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Collins Resigns Ahead of Guilty Plea in Insider Trading Case DCCC Chairwoman Cheri Bustos issued this statement following news reports that Chris Collins would resign from Congress, effective immediately: “Congressman Chris Collins is resigning one year after he was indicted and arrested on insider trading charges. Tomorrow, he is expected to plead guilty to conspiracy, […]

After Rep. Mac Thornberry followed Texas Republican Congressmen Pete Olson, Mike Conaway, Will Hurd, Kenny Marchant and Bill Flores in choosing to retire, DCCC Executive Director and native Texan Lucinda Guinn issued the following statement: “Congressman Thornberry is now the sixth Texas Republican to retire as the DCCC’s early and aggressive investment in Texas’s swing […]

Last week we said that nobody wins when the family feuds, and this beef is only getting messier… First, Denver Riggleman’s own party started rallying against him, censuring him for failing to “represent the will of the constituents of Rappahannock County.” Local GOP leaders even warned that someone would step-up to primary him from the right. Well, Riggleman just received a primary […]

CNN’s Erin Burnett To Zeldin: “You’re Making That Part Up… That Is False.” Another day, another lie told by Lee Zeldin. Tuesday night on Erin Burnett OutFront, Zeldin dodged, deflected, and distorted critical facts surrounding national security. SEE FOR YOURSELF: Burnett extensively fact-checked Zeldin’s inaccurate claims, pointing out his lies five times in twenty seconds. Burnett […]

Valadao Settled Farmworker Wage-Theft Lawsuit But Never Paid Up, Declaring Bankruptcy on His Farm Instead Earlier today, it was reported that former Rep. David Valadao and his family farm settled a lawsuit with their farmworkers for denying them a minimum wage and overtime pay to the tune of $325,000. BUT also that Valadao failed to […]

From Rep. Hunter to Candidate Carl DeMaio, Darrell Issa’s Entrance Makes for a Crowded Field of Corrupt GOP Politicians “Darrell Issa’s name has become synonymous in Southern California with criminality, corruption and cronyism. His long track record of misdeeds that include disrespecting first responders, suspected arson, and alleged grand theft auto, shows that Issa doesn’t […]

Serial political loser Jim Oberweis maintains strong name ID after running for Governor, U.S. Senate and U.S. House six times and losing six times Only Jim Oberweis would issue a poll that Politico Illinois described as “bizarre” and raising “more questions than it probably answers.” On Thursday, the serial political loser released a new survey […]

Oakland County went blue in 2018… and it ain’t going back. As chief of staff to President Obama’s auto rescue, Rep. Haley Stevens was a leader in the effort to save Michigan autoworker jobs and the American auto industry. But in Oakland County, Republicans are stuck in reverse gear – and they know it. Rep. […]

As ‘Young Gun’ Steel Runs for Congress,  She Votes for New Policy to Immediately Destroy Public Records Including Her Own, Steel has a Long Record of Opposing Transparency and Ethical Oversight Last week, GOP Congressional candidate and Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel joined her colleagues in approving, without public discussion, an extremely controversial new policy […]

DCCC Puts Up Strongest Off-Year August Ever While NRCC Struggles to Compete Turns out a deluge of Republican retirements isn’t the only bad news the NRCC has to contend with… The National Republican Campaign Committee raised a disappointing $3.9 million in the month of August, according to its filing with the FEC Friday. By comparison, […]