Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ press secretary Christina Pushaw was not happy that critics had nicknamed a controversial Florida law the “don’t say gay” law. She retorted by deploying a term that quickly became a political grenade of its own: “grooming.” “The bill that liberals inaccurately call ‘Don’t Say Gay’ would be more accurately described as […]
The secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security recently spent more than two hours fielding pointed questions from lawmakers about the Biden administration’s management of immigration at the southern border. But what most dominated headlines was his seemingly unplanned announcement of a “Disinformation Governance Board.” The revelation came after Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., asked […]
The Iowa Legislature’s 2022 session dragged into mid-May with a stumbling block: a school voucher bill that Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds proposed to what usually has been the receptive, Republican-led House and Senate. The voucher bill, in the Students First Act, would create 10,000 vouchers — enough for 2% of Iowa’s K-12 students — that parents could use […]
Supporters of abortion rights are calling on Congress to pass a federal law that protects the right to abortion after Politico published a draft of a Supreme Court majority opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade. Overturning Roe, the 1973 landmark ruling that recognized the constitutional right to an abortion, would allow each state to […]
About 43 million American borrowers have a direct stake in what President Joe Biden decides to do about student loan debt. Plenty of Democrats are pressing him to grant at least some relief, particularly as a pandemic-driven repayment pause ends after August. “We’ve got millions of people across this country who say they are not […]
A draft Supreme Court ruling that would overturn Roe v. Wade means that abortion pills may become a key part of the next legal frontier to access to abortion. If finalized, the ruling would overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade court opinion that established a national right to an abortion, as well as a later […]
Republican Kristina Karamo launched her campaign for Michigan secretary of state with a passionate campaign promise. “I am running to remove corruption from our elections and from the Michigan SOS office,” she said in a statement announcing her bid. This vow to clean up elections stemmed from her experience in 2020 as a presidential election […]
With the news leaked of a possible Supreme Court ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, politicians and commentators of all stripes claimed public opinion was on their side when it came to abortion. The reality is that the data is murkier and more contradictory than either supporters and opponents of abortion rights care to admit. Partly, […]
A leaked draft opinion showing that a majority of the Supreme Court may soon overturn Roe v. Wade has prompted some social media users to urge people to turn to The Satanic Temple to protect their abortion rights. A TikTok video posted on May 3, 2022, has a text overlay that reads, “How to protect […]
The historic leak of a draft U.S. Supreme Court opinion that would strike down the landmark Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion in 1973 rippled through Washington and the country at large in the hours after the document’s publication by Politico. The impact of the leak was seismic. The ruling spelled out in the draft […]
“2000 mules,” a new documentary from a right-wing filmmaker with a history of spreading false claims, promises to give evidence to millions of Americans who believe something went wrong in the 2020 election. The trailer for Dinesh D’Souza’s movie resembles a sci-fi flick, set to dramatic horror movie music with grainy video footage of what […]
From drug prices to gas prices to inflation and health care, a range of topics came out on top for readers of PolitiFact Wisconsin in April. Here’s a look at our “High Five,” our feature that looks at the most-clicked items posted in the previous month. 1. U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., said: “The price […]