The U.S. Supreme Court is considering one of the most important election law cases in decades, with potentially sweeping consequences for how congressional districts are drawn and how future federal elections will be held. The case stems from a dispute over redistricting in North Carolina, namely whether the state Supreme Court had the power to […]
Behind Florida’s decision to block clinical services for transgender adolescents is a talking point — repeated by the state’s governor and top medical authorities — that most cases of gender incongruence fade over time. The Florida Board of Medicine voted Nov. 4 to approve a rule that barred physicians from performing surgical procedures on minors […]
The lone undecided U.S. Senate midterm race, Georgia’s battle between Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker, goes to a runoff election Dec. 6. The runoff is happening because neither candidate won 50% of the vote Nov. 8. It will be the fourth time in just over two years that Peach State voters will […]
Sen. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., mocked comments that Republican challenger Herschel Walker made on the campaign trail about werewolves and vampires, a bull and pregnant cows, and China’s “bad air” coming to the United States. The attack came in a 60-second TV ad days before the Dec. 6 runoff election in the Senate’s only still undecided […]
MSNBC talk show host Lawrence O’Donnell and Ron Klain, President Joe Biden’s White House chief of staff, seemed elated that Democrats kept control of the Senate in the November midterm elections. O’Donnell interviewed Klain after Nevada Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto’s win determined that Democrats retained at least 50 Senate seats, and thus a majority, given […]
A recent Washington Post headline about vaccinated Americans comprising the majority of COVID-19 deaths has been shared widely on social media to suggest that getting vaccinated is worthless. “Vaccinated people now make up a majority of covid deaths,” read the headline of the Nov. 23 article. It has since been changed to read, “Covid is […]
The new anti-vaccine movie “Died Suddenly” begins with an ominous warning: “This film is not suitable for children.” Another warning to viewers would have been warranted, too — that the film’s claims are unsubstantiated and linked to conspiracy theories. “Died Suddenly” was produced by Stew Peters, a far-right radio show host with a history of spreading […]
Vote in our reader poll before we release our 2022 Lie of the Year! PolitiFact awards the Lie of the Year to the most significant falsehood or exaggeration that worked to undermine an accurate narrative. Lies downplaying the significance of the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack “won” in 2021. The 2020 “winner” was denial about […]
Despite predictions in some corners of a nationwide Republican surge in the midterm elections, Democrats made their own blue splash in some of the most hotly contested races Nov. 8, keeping hold of the Senate while keeping Republicans from seizing as many House seats as they had hoped. The colorful terms “red wave,” along with […]
Civic engagement organizers serving Texas immigrant communities are turning their attention to encrypted messaging apps as a platform for sharing critical information. University of Texas researchers found that misinformation on encrypted messaging apps like WhatsApp, Telegram and Signal uniquely affect diasporic communities because the apps are favored platforms among them. Organizers say countering misinformation and […]
Republican Kari Lake shared a video on Twitter saying she remained “in the fight” to become Arizona’s next governor and claiming that voters had been disenfranchised in Maricopa County. Three days earlier, media organizations projected that Democrat Katie Hobbs, Arizona’s secretary of state, had won the closely watched gubernatorial contest. “On Election Day, nearly half […]
Americans will pay more for their Thanksgiving dinners this week, and inflation likely will be on their minds afterward, as they plan holiday season travel and gift giving. But things aren’t as dramatic as some are saying. “Good luck getting a Turkey for Thanksgiving,” former President Donald Trump said on Nov. 15 at his Mar-a-Lago […]