The right-wing publication, The National Review, has been pushing this narrative against Governor Steve Bullock (D. MT) in his bid to unseat U.S. Senator Steve Daines (R. MT): ‘When you invest in Montana, you have the full support of the state,” Governor Steve Bullock says at the conclusion of a video soliciting Chinese investment in…
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MA-Sen: Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D) Builds Momentum For The Medicare Crisis Program Act
Received this e-mail from Rep. Joe Kennedy III’s (D, MA-04) U.S. Senate campaign: Health care for all. In the richest nation on Earth, that shouldn’t be too much to ask. We are in the throes of a global pandemic and one thing is clear: Our profit-driven health insurance system is ill-equipped to handle it. 30,000,000…
ME-Sen: “Susan Collins (R) Took Credit for That Shady Loan Program. Now She’s Going to Pay.”
Kudos to The Daily Beast for calling this out: Republican Senator Susan Collins got a boost in the polls when she took credit for helping write the Paycheck Protection Program for small businesses. But now she’s back in the doldrums, her job approval at 37 percent, as she faces increasingly steep odds to win re-election. Big…
Pennsylvania Democrats Double Down To Expand Their Statewide Vote-By-Mail Program
Received this e-mail from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party: Voting by mail is how we'll expand democracy, keep voters safe, and win at every level as we fight this pandemic. PA Dems are focusing our efforts on mail-in voting to meet this moment. We're writing to update you on four ways PA Democrats are turning out the…
TX-Sen: MJ Hegar (D) Launches Huge Virtual Volunteer Program
Received this e-mail from MJ Hegar’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: We need to make sure every Texas voter knows why MJ is the best candidate to beat Sen. Cornyn before the July 14 runoff! With in-person events suspended, online organizing is one of the most important tools in our arsenal to reach out to…
NC-Sen: North Carolina Has The Worst Unemployment Benefits Program Thanks To Thom Tillis (R)
This story came out two years ago: People without jobs in North Carolina receive some of the lowest unemployment benefits in the country and receive payments for a shorter time than in nearly every other state, according to a new report. A 2013 state law cut both the size and duration of unemployment benefits in…
Could the USAID Predict program, which ended under Trump, have prevented the COVID-19 outbreak?
As snarky as I like to get vis-à-vis the ocher abomination, I really can’t say I know the answer to this. But now that The New York Times appears to have temporarily removed its paywall, everyone should read this story, which the paper published in October 2019, long before the novel coronavirus started tearing the…
