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N.C. Democratic Party: Dark Money Anti-Abortion Group Announces $80 Million Midterm Investment With Sights Set on North Carolina
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 13 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news:
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Dark Money Anti-Abortion Group Announces $80 Million Midterm Investment With Sights Set on North Carolina
In new reporting from POLITICO, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America - a dark money anti-abortion group that exclusively supports candidates who back a national abortion ban - announced an $80 million investment in the midterms, including spending on behalf of DC insider Michael Whatley. This comes as Senate Republicans are pushing even stricter abortion restrictions.
Whatley was "proud"
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 13 -- The North Carolina Democratic Party issued the following news:
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Dark Money Anti-Abortion Group Announces $80 Million Midterm Investment With Sights Set on North Carolina
In new reporting from POLITICO, Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America - a dark money anti-abortion group that exclusively supports candidates who back a national abortion ban - announced an $80 million investment in the midterms, including spending on behalf of DC insider Michael Whatley. This comes as Senate Republicans are pushing even stricter abortion restrictions.
Whatley was "proud"when Roe v. Wade was overturned and celebrated North Carolina passing a severe abortion ban with limited exceptions for rape, incest, and life of the mother, calling it "responsible," "reasonable," and "mainstream." Whatley was also chair of the North Carolina Republican Party when it adopted a platform with a plank that would ban abortion nationwide with no exceptions.
Now, Whatley wants to take his support for a national abortion ban to the U.S. Senate.
"Out-of-state dark money groups are pledging to flood North Carolina with millions of dollars to prop up Michael Whatley because they know he'll answer to DC, not North Carolinians," said North Carolina Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton. "Michael Whatley is an out-of-touch DC insider and anti-abortion extremist who will always put special interests over protecting women and their freedoms."
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Original text here: https://www.ncdp.org/media/new-dark-money-anti-abortion-group-announces-80-million-midterm-investment-with-sights-set-on-north-carolina/
Mich. Democratic Party: John James Still Silent On Epstein Files As House Nears a Vote
LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 13 -- The Michigan Democratic Party posted the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025:
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John James Still Silent On Epstein Files As House Nears a Vote
With a new Member of Congress being sworn in today and signing on as the final signature necessary on a Republican-led effort to force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, Rep. John James is still conspicuously silent and has not commented on releasing the Epstein files.
It comes as newly released emails today from Epstein himself allege that Donald Trump knew of his conduct, and Epstein even wrote that
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LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 13 -- The Michigan Democratic Party posted the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025:
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John James Still Silent On Epstein Files As House Nears a Vote
With a new Member of Congress being sworn in today and signing on as the final signature necessary on a Republican-led effort to force a vote on releasing the Jeffrey Epstein files, Rep. John James is still conspicuously silent and has not commented on releasing the Epstein files.
It comes as newly released emails today from Epstein himself allege that Donald Trump knew of his conduct, and Epstein even wrote thatTrump had "spent hours at my house" with one of the victims.
Prior to Trump's refusal to release the Epstein files, James was outspoken on the issue of human trafficking and in 2024 said, "I am leading the efforts in Congress to fight human trafficking."
In September, the Michigan Democratic Party launched digital ads in James' district calling on him to release the Epstein files, and a constituent of James recently wrote in the Macomb Daily that "Rep. James is choosing political convenience over truth and justice. His constituents deserve better. It is time for him to speak up and sign on."
"John James shamefully continues to cover for pedophiles by refusing to vote for the release of the Epstein files," said Michigan Democratic Party spokesperson Derrick Honeyman. "Jeffrey Epstein's victims have demanded the truth--and the people of Michigan want to know what's in the Epstein files. As a vote finally approaches, it's time for John James to quit hiding and take action to fully release the Epstein files."
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/john-james-still-silent-on-epstein-files-as-house-nears-a-vote/
Mich. Democratic Party: Anti-Abortion Group Vows to Spend Millions of Dollars in Michigan
LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 13 -- The Michigan Democratic Party posted the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025:
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Anti-Abortion Group Vows to Spend Millions of Dollars in Michigan
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA), a dark money anti-abortion group that exclusively supports candidates that back a national abortion ban, has set it sights on Michigan and three other battleground states in 2026 with an $80 million effort to elect extreme anti-abortion politicians like John James, Mike Rogers, Tom Barrett, and Matt Hall. This comes after SBA announced in September that it would spend millions
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LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 13 -- The Michigan Democratic Party posted the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025:
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Anti-Abortion Group Vows to Spend Millions of Dollars in Michigan
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America (SBA), a dark money anti-abortion group that exclusively supports candidates that back a national abortion ban, has set it sights on Michigan and three other battleground states in 2026 with an $80 million effort to elect extreme anti-abortion politicians like John James, Mike Rogers, Tom Barrett, and Matt Hall. This comes after SBA announced in September that it would spend millionsto prop up Rogers' flailing Senate campaign.
"This dark money anti-abortion group is preparing to spend millions of dollars to try and prop up John James, Mike Rogers, Tom Barrett, and Republicans because they know they're fully committed to ripping away Michiganders' reproductive freedoms," said Michigan Democratic Party Chair Curtis Hertel. "Michiganders have been clear in their support for protecting reproductive rights, and they will reject extreme anti-abortion politicians like James, Rogers, and Barrett once again next year."
Check out more on Michigan Republicans' extreme anti-abortion views below:
* Time and time again, the MIGOP has fought against reproductive rights despite an overwhelming majority of Michiganders supporting reproductive freedoms-overturning the state's 1931 abortion ban in 2022.
* The Republican candidates for governor all support banning abortion and having staked out the most extreme positions possible:
- John James has compared abortion to "genocide," said that he is "100% pro-life," and supported Roe v. Wade being overturned. James also has an A+ rating in Congress from SBA Pro-Life America. Just last week, James attended a Right to Life of Michigan dinner.
- Mike Cox defended abortion restrictions as attorney general and was previously endorsed by anti-choice Right to Life of Michigan, while Aric Nesbitt voted against repealing the 1931 abortion ban.
- Tom Leonard, while running for attorney general, said he would enforce the now-repealed 1931 abortion ban and even came out against the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Griswold v. Connecticut, which barred states from banning contraceptives.
* Mike Rogers "made it clear over the course of his political career that he opposes reproductive rights," and has been a "fervent abortion opponent" who supported "extreme restrictions" on reproductive freedom:
- Rogers supported overturning Roe v. Wade, calling the decision a "travesty," and "vowed to back additional restrictions to care" after Roe was overturned.
- Rogers said he would've voted against Michigan Proposal 3, which would have cemented "the right to reproductive freedom" in Michigan.
- Rogers had an extensive anti-abortion record that included "a history of lobbying for a nationwide abortion ban" including backing bills that could ban abortion with no exceptions and a constitutional amendment to ban abortion.
- Rogers supported a "near-total abortion ban" and when asked about a national abortion ban, he replied that he's been "a pro-life candidate" his entire career and would "have to look at it."
- In the House, Rogers backed anti-choice bills, including personhood legislation that could ban all abortions and IVF, and a constitutional amendment that would "ban abortion from the moment of conception."
* Tom Barrett has "spent years working to ban abortion."
- Tom Barrett boasts that he's "100% pro-life" with "no exceptions" and has also led extreme abortion ban legislation that would throw Michigan health care providers in prison.
- He's also joined the Michigan legislature in calling to reinstate the draconian 1931 law that would ban nearly every abortion in the state with no exceptions for rape or incest and subject women, nurses, and doctors to felony criminal prosecution.
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/release-anti-abortion-group-vows-to-spend-millions-of-dollars-in-michigan/
Mich. Democratic Party: "Four Insurers Dropping Obamacare Coverage in Michigan" As Price Hikes Backed by Mike Rogers Cause Premiums to Skyrocket
LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 13 -- The Michigan Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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"Four Insurers Dropping Obamacare Coverage in Michigan" As Price Hikes Backed by Mike Rogers Cause Premiums to Skyrocket
The Detroit Free Press reports that three insurance companies are dropping out of Michigan's individual ACA marketplace in 2026, and a fourth is dropping coverage for Metro Detroiters, collectively affecting more than 200,000 Michiganders. This comes as ACA premium costs are "higher than ever" and "could double or triple" for enrollees because of health care price hikes supported
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LANSING, Michigan, Nov. 13 -- The Michigan Democratic Party posted the following news release:
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"Four Insurers Dropping Obamacare Coverage in Michigan" As Price Hikes Backed by Mike Rogers Cause Premiums to Skyrocket
The Detroit Free Press reports that three insurance companies are dropping out of Michigan's individual ACA marketplace in 2026, and a fourth is dropping coverage for Metro Detroiters, collectively affecting more than 200,000 Michiganders. This comes as ACA premium costs are "higher than ever" and "could double or triple" for enrollees because of health care price hikes supportedby failed GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers and national Republicans.
Price Hike Mike said he "firmly supported" the GOP's toxic tax law that failed to extend ACA premium tax credits, threatening to cause MIchiganders' 2026 premiums to skyrocket:
* A 45 year-old Michigander making $64K faces a $1,678 average premium increase
* A 60-year old Michigan couple making $85K faces a $19,533 average premium increase
* A Michigan family of four making $130K faces a $9,092 average premium increase
"Mike Rogers is cheering on the health care crisis that's crushing Michigan families while millionaires like himself get tax handouts at everyone else's expense," said Michigan Democratic Party spokesperson Joey Hannum. "This is Mike Rogers' and the GOP's health care plan in action: spiking premiums, ripping away access to affordable health care, and punishing working people to reward the wealthy."
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Detroit Free Press: 4 insurers dropping Obamacare in Michigan as costs for some could double or triple
* For Michiganders who shop for individual health insurance, this year's open enrollment period could be the most frustrating in the history of the Affordable Care Act, or "Obamacare."
* Three insurance companies are dropping out of the individual insurance market in 2026 -- HAP CareSource, Molina and Physician Health Plan, also known as University of Michigan Health Plan -- and a fourth, Meridian, is ending coverage for metro Detroiters, although keeping it for others. Collectively, the four insurers currently cover more than 200,000 Michiganders.
* What's more, extra Affordable Care Act subsidies that made individual plans on the Healthcare.gov marketplace significantly more affordable for middle and upper middle-income earners are expiring at the end of this year, forcing some beneficiaries to pay double or triple what they do now in 2026 for health insurance.
* [...] Absent an extension for the extra subsidies, Michiganders who earn more than four times the federal poverty level, or $62,600 for an individual or $128,600 for a family of four, will again need to pay full price for their ACA premiums. And that full price will be higher than ever.
* State regulators recently approved new premiums for individual health plans that, on average, are going up 20% in 2026.
* [...] But for current enrollees who earn above that 400% cutoff, the extra subsidies are going away and the sticker price of their 2026 plan could go up way more than 20%, perhaps doubling or tripling.
* That group includes Cortney Strother, 61, of Berkley, who is a small business owner. He said he currently pays about $289 a month for his "silver" individual plan health insurance. His expanded ACA subsidy provides him a $627 tax credit. So if not for the subsidy, he would be paying the full $916 per-month cost for his plan.
* [...] But last month Strother received a notice that his insurance carrier, HAP CareSource, which is a joint venture between Detroit-based Health Alliance Plan and Ohio-based CareSource, is dropping out of the individual market in 2026.
* In an interview, Strother said receiving the end-of-service notice felt like "a kick to the midsection." He ordinarily buys his health insurance through an agent, and was still waiting last week to find out whether there are insurance plans for next year that he could afford.
* "I've been very happy with the Affordable Care Act options in this past," Strother said, "but right now I am literally in limbo waiting to see what's going to be available. If my bills go up into that region that is close to $1,000 a month, I have no idea what I'm going to do."
* [...] Annika Vanderwerf, 25, of Houghton, in the Upper Peninsula, is in sticker shock after seeing the potential costs for health insurance once the expanded subsidies disappear. Thanks to those subsidies, she currently pays under $10 a month for her individual plan, she said. So far, the least expensive plan she has seen on Healthcare.gov would cost her $380 per month.
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Original text here: https://michigandems.com/four-insurers-dropping-obamacare-coverage-in-michigan-as-price-hikes-backed-by-mike-rogers-cause-premiums-to-skyrocket/
DNC: Trump Doesn't "Want to Hear About" Affordability While His Economy Implodes
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025:
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Trump Doesn't "Want to Hear About" Affordability While His Economy Implodes
After Democrats' resounding victories in last week's elections, Donald Trump is floundering. Trump is attempting to claim victory on his failed economy while continuing to ignore Americans' top concern, saying he doesn't "want to hear about" affordability.
Time and again, Trump has claimed that he's "already taken care of" inflation, and just yesterday, Trump said that "the economy is my thing, and we
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Nov. 12, 2025:
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Trump Doesn't "Want to Hear About" Affordability While His Economy Implodes
After Democrats' resounding victories in last week's elections, Donald Trump is floundering. Trump is attempting to claim victory on his failed economy while continuing to ignore Americans' top concern, saying he doesn't "want to hear about" affordability.
Time and again, Trump has claimed that he's "already taken care of" inflation, and just yesterday, Trump said that "the economy is my thing, and wehave the greatest economy in history." But the economy is only great for Trump and his billionaire buddies, while working families are drowning under sky-high prices, massive debt, and a stagnant job market with frozen wages.
In response, DNC Rapid Response Director Kendall Witmer released the following statement:
"When Americans buy their Thanksgiving turkeys or shop their usual Black Friday deals and are met with sky-high prices, they can thank Donald Trump. Everyone, from consumers to small business owners, is being crushed by Trump's chaotic tariffs and facade of policy solutions that don't come close to addressing the most pressing needs of Americans struggling to put food on the table every day. Trump could spend his time addressing the needs of everyday Americans -- but instead, he prefers to insult them, while spending his days partying at Mar-a-Lago with his billionaire buddies, playing golf, or building his gilded ballroom."
This holiday season, Americans will be paying more for less, thanks to Trump's reckless trade war. Trump falsely claimed that costs for Thanksgiving meals are down compared to last year, yet everyday Americans are still struggling to put food on the table. And numerous companies have already indicated that they will be unable to offer their usual Black Friday discounts because tariffs have driven up their costs to unsustainable levels.
What's worse, in addition to Trump's historically bad job market with little to no hiring, wage growth has been slowing, and Americans are afraid of losing their jobs. And to add insult to injury, Trump last night said that he believes Americans -- who are already facing a recession-like job market -- "don't have certain talents" to fill much-needed jobs.
Instead of focusing on bringing down costs for everyday Americans, Trump is offering "solutions" that will dig working families into an even deeper financial hole, like his 50-year mortgage proposal that will just hurt working families in the long run.
Trump continues to boast about having the greatest economy in the world, all while Americans struggle to make ends meet. He and his administration have even resorted to cherry-picking data from food delivery services to substantiate their lies because they know the truth: The economy is a wreck, and the blame rests squarely with Trump.
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Original text here: https://democrats.org/news/trump-doesnt-want-to-hear-about-affordability-while-his-economy-implodes/
NRCC: From Mamdani to Tran - The Socialist Pipeline
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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From Mamdani to Tran: The Socialist Pipeline
A new report reveals that a PAC tied to Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is taking credit for electing left-wing socialist Zohran Mamdani and claims it helped elect Democrat Derek Tran as well.
"Democrat Derek Tran's campaign is being run by the same extremist groups who engineered socialist Zohran Mamdani's victory. Tran is the Zohran Mamdani of California." - NRCC Spokesman Christian Martinez
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2025/11/12/from-mamdani-to-tran-the-socialist-pipeline/
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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From Mamdani to Tran: The Socialist Pipeline
A new report reveals that a PAC tied to Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) is taking credit for electing left-wing socialist Zohran Mamdani and claims it helped elect Democrat Derek Tran as well.
"Democrat Derek Tran's campaign is being run by the same extremist groups who engineered socialist Zohran Mamdani's victory. Tran is the Zohran Mamdani of California." - NRCC Spokesman Christian Martinez
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2025/11/12/from-mamdani-to-tran-the-socialist-pipeline/
NRCC: Democrats' Hypocrisy at 30,000 Feet
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Democrats' hypocrisy at 30,000 feet
Air traffic controllers are working without pay and nationwide flight delays have stranded millions of travelers, all because of the Democrat Shutdown. But while Americans are paying the price, top Democrat leaders and vulnerable House Democrats are cashing in.
A new report shows they've pocketed tens of thousands in campaign cash from groups like the National Air Traffic Controllers Association and the FAA Managers Association... the same groups now caught
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee posted the following news:
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Democrats' hypocrisy at 30,000 feet
Air traffic controllers are working without pay and nationwide flight delays have stranded millions of travelers, all because of the Democrat Shutdown. But while Americans are paying the price, top Democrat leaders and vulnerable House Democrats are cashing in.
A new report shows they've pocketed tens of thousands in campaign cash from groups like the National Air Traffic Controllers Association and the FAA Managers Association... the same groups now caughtin the middle of the Democrats' reckless shutdown.
"Air traffic controllers have been forced to work unpaid, yet Democrats are shamelessly raking in cash from the same groups suffering under their shutdown. It's hypocrisy at 30,000 feet." -- NRCC Spokesman Mike Marinella
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Original text here: https://www.nrcc.org/2025/11/12/democrats-hypocrisy-at-30000-feet/
