December 13, 2023 - by Heather Cox Richardson

In a day that was chock full of political stories in which Republicans were launching attacks on Democrats, Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI) made a key point. “We have not passed an emergency supplemental, a Farm Bill, or regular Appropriations,” he said. “The story is not what they are doing. The story ..

Select January 6th Committee Final Report and Supporting Materials Collection | GovInfo

Democratic Georgia State Rep Defects to GOP After School Voucher Vote

“The Democrat Party left ME when it embraced left-wing radicalism, lawlessness, and put the interests of illegal aliens over the interest of Americans,” Mesha Mainor tweeted.

Vote NO on Jim Jordan for Speaker of the House

🚨 Emergency Alert 🚨 Jim Jordan should be disqualified as a candidate for the speaker of the House of Representatives. He has refused to honor subpoenas , supported the insurrection attempt on Janua...

The Medicare Advantage Ripoff that Every American Should Know About

Just the overcharges happening right now in that scam are costing Americans over $140 billion a year: more than the entire budget for the Medicare Part B or Part D programs…

House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s family benefited from U.S. program for minorities based on disputed ancestry - Los Angeles Times

A company owned by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s in-laws received millions in federal contracts based on disputed claims of Cherokee Indian heritage, a Times investigation has found.

Eric Trump denies report Mar-a-Lago sold for $422m days before dad’s Georgia arrest | The Independent

Former president’s middle son angrily denies reports that glitzy property was sold to Donald Trump Jr

MomsRising.org | QUICK SIGNATURE: Tell Congress to fund kids and families!

Dear Member of Congress: On behalf of more than one million MomsRising members across the country, we urge you to oppose cuts to key programs that families and children rely on and poison pill amendments in Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations bills. The U.S. budget is a reflection of the cou..

Family shot to death, including three young children, in quadruple-murder suicide in Ohio

The family, including Jason Dunham, 46, his wife Melissa, 42, and their children Renee, 15, Amber, 12, and Evan, 9, were found Thursday night.

Reid Hoffman, Laurene Powell Jobs, Michael Moritz, Others Behind Secretive Flannery Associates

A firm cloaked in mystery has bought up $800 million worth of land. Now the investors are unmasked.

GOP Lawmaker Compares Parkland Dad Arrested For Protesting To Insurrectionists | HuffPost Latest News

“Is this an insurrection?" Rep. Pat Fallon asked the grieving parents.

Ohio banned August elections. Then the GOP planned one that could help preserve an abortion ban.

Ohio banned August elections. Then the GOP scheduled one that could help preserve an abortion ban. Now, abortion-rights advocates are suing to nix it.

Ohio Secretary of State rejected old absentee forms for Issue 1, then allowed supporters to use them - Ohio Capital Journal

Ohio Sec. of State Frank LaRose rejected dozens of submissions of old absentee ballot forms printed in a Cleveland newspaper, but when Issue 1 supporters sent out an old form, within hours he issued guidance saying the old forms are OK.

Hundreds of thousands of vote-by-mail requests erased from Florida's system - NBC2 News

Most everything has an expiration date, but one thing you may not have expected to expire was your vote-by-mail ballot.

Voting in Ohio: Deadline to register for August election

Ohio will hold not one, but two elections before the end of the year, and Ohioans wanting to vote in the August election have less than a week left to register for it.