The new penalties are part of a larger effort by Republicans to criminalize people involved in the election process, using Trump's continually repeated lies of election fraud as a justification.
Politics, Corruption & Criminality
Since the 2020 election, 26 states have enacted, expanded or increased the severity of 120 election-related criminal penalties, according to an analysis by States Newsroom of state legislation and data from the Voting Rights Lab.
Almost half of the nearly $190 million raised by the House and Senate GOP super PACs in the first 16 months of the 2022 campaign cycle came from just 27 billionaires.
Joe Manchin has once again placed the profits of his donors and his own wallet above the needs of his constituents and the rest of the world by blocking U.S. efforts to bring carbon emissions into line with international targets.
The Family Research Council, a staunch opponent of abortion and LGBTQ rights, joins a growing list of activist groups seeking church status, which allows organizations to shield themselves from financial scrutiny.
Our largest corporations are ripping us all off and jacking up inflation just to stick it to the Democrats, hand the GOP the reins of power in 2022 and 2024—and torpedo democracy in the bargain.
Conservative Partnership Institute: Building Out an “America First” White Supremacist Infrastructure
"America First" has been the slogan of white supremacist factions for about 100 years and has now been adopted by various right wing groups, insurrectionist militias and politicians. And CPI is acting as their HR department in D.C.
Clawing back benefits in the event of untimely death is only one of the utterly outrageous provisions that are at the heart of Rubio's cynical proposal.
How do we undo this? Republicans spent decades cheating their way to a right-wing Supreme Court majority that enacts an extremist agenda, rather than interpreting the law.
Corporations quietly resumed funding seditious members of Congress. They now face an undeniable threat to their bottom lines once consumers become aware of their funding of fascists.
Republican leadership across this country is declaring open war on diversity, on education, on the legitimacy of our elections. Our checks and balances have been compromised—and Democrats are warring with one another.
83% of likely voters support proposals to expand Social Security benefits while just 7% support GOP plans to end the program, giving the majority party a golden opportunity to maintain control of the House and Senate.
Uber Internal documents reveal how the company won access to world leaders, cozied up to oligarchs and dodged taxes amid chaotic global expansion.
Just last week, the Biden administration agreed to buy another 105 million doses of Pfizer’s covid vaccine for the fall booster campaign, paying $3.2 billion—a significant premium over what the government paid for the first 100 million.
Democrats are placing bets all around the country, running ads in Republican primary contests in hopes that the candidates they consider the least electable in the fall will win nomination.
Apparently there is no better investment for weapons industry lobbyists to make than lobbying the House and Senate Armed Services Committees. The $10 million spent so far is expected to yield a return of 450,000 percent.