PHOENIX, Arizona, Aug. 4 -- The Arizona Democratic Party issued the following news release: Blake Masters managed to crawl out of the "decidedly weak" field of "C-listers" running in the GOP Senate primary to become the party's nominee. Here's what you need to know about Masters' dangerous beliefs that are trouble both for Arizonans and for the AZ GOP: For Arizonans, Blake Masters is a risk our state cannot afford. Already, thanks to a brutal primary, we know Masters: * Supports a complete, n  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (TNStalk) -- The Democratic Governors Association issued the following statement on Aug. 4, 2022: * * * DGA Executive Director Noam Lee released the following statement on Kari Lake securing the Republican gubernatorial nomination in Arizona. "Kari Lake is a diehard MAGA extremist who has centered her campaign on far-right conspiracy theories and dangerous policies. Rather than addressing the real issues Arizonans care about, Lake is focused on peddling the Big Lie and its   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: Yesterday's results from Kansas are a dire reminder for Republicans across the country hellbent on banning abortion that their position is wildly out of step with Americans and that they will be held accountable for their extreme views. Make no mistake -- if they gain power, MAGA Republicans will stop at nothing to pursue their dangerous, anti-choice agenda. Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConn  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 4, 2022: Tonight, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and other MAGA Republicans will be gathering in Dallas, Texas to kick off the extreme Conservative Political Action Conference -- where they will stand alongside far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. Let's be clear: CPAC 2022 is nothing but an extreme GOP cattle call. Even former CPAC Chair Al Cardenas said it was "shameful" that Orban was invit  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Ahead of this weekend's CPAC convention, the DNC is releasing a new video hitting extreme MAGA and right-wing Republicans. The Republican Party has rolled out the red carpet for some of their most extreme members, who will even be standing alongside the far-right authoritarian Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. CPAC brings out the worst in the Republican Party, and as these individuals gather in Tex  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: Today's MAGA Hot Mic is a special edition rounding up what extreme MAGA Republicans have said on the record regarding abortion. After voters in Kansas made it resoundingly clear yesterday that they oppose their extreme anti-choice agenda, all of the MAGA Republicans should be ready to be held accountable in November. Here's what they are saying: * Virginia GOP congressional candidate Yes  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: From pushing the "Big Lie" to supporting draconian abortion bans, the GOP nominees who won yesterday's primaries represent what the Republican Party is today: Totally beholden to Donald Trump and his extreme MAGA agenda. Trump may be out of office, but Trump-ism is alive and well in today's Republican Party. Across the country, extreme candidates swept GOP contests at all levels of the ba  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Democratic National Committee issued the following news release: Here's your reminder: This weekend, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, and extreme MAGA Republicans will be standing alongside the extreme, far-right Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Dallas, Texas for the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC). The extreme MAGA GOP is embracing Viktor Orban, who is best known for his anti-democratic principles, and his homophobic, racist, and anti-immigrant comment  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The House Administration Committee issued the following testimony by Carolyn Shapiro, professor and associate dean at Chicago-Kent College of Law, involving a hybrid hearing on July 28, 2022, entitled "The Independent State Legislature Theory and its Potential to Disrupt our Democracy": * * * Thank you for the invitation to testify before this committee. I am a Professor of Law and an Associate Dean at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Illinois Institute of Technology, where I  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The House Administration Committee issued the following testimony by New York University School of Law professor Richard H. Pildes involving a hybrid hearing on July 28, 2022, entitled "The Independent State Legislature Theory and its Potential to Disrupt our Democracy": * * * I am the Sudler Family Professor of Constitutional Law at NYU School of Law. Most of my professional career has been devoted to the law of democracy. I am the co-author of the casebook, The Law of D  more

NEW YORK, Aug. 5 -- Human Rights Watch issued the following commentary on Aug. 4, 2022: By Lydia Gall, Senior Researcher, Eastern Europe and Western Balkans Europe is my territory for Human Rights Watch and I rarely take note of political events thousands of miles away in Texas. But the news that Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is speaking at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas this week was chilling to me -- and should be to anyone who cares about basic human rights.   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 (TNStalk) -- The Immigration Hub issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2022: * * * Sergio Gonzales, Executive Director of the Immigration Hub, issued the following statement on the third anniversary of the mass shooting at the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso, Texas. "Three years ago, our nation was devastated by a targeted, hate-fueled act of violence that stole the lives of 23 innocent people in El Paso in what became the deadliest anti-Latino attack in modern U.S history.  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 1 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2022: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today called on the Indiana Republican Party to release its internal poll showing how deeply unpopular anti-abortion bills like Senate Bill 1 are with Hoosier voters. From what Democrats know, the "reliably Republican" poll shows 63-percent of Hoosiers support the state governmen  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 4 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today celebrated the brighter future the American Rescue Plan is STILL creating for the Hoosier State. This time, the Fishers City Council finalized its plans to use $6 million of Rescue Plan funding for an arts and city center for the city - including a new City Hall. Hamilton C  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 2 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2022: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today celebrated the brighter future the American Rescue Plan is STILL creating for Indiana's economy. This time, the Rescue Plan is creating new water and sewer lines in northern Hamilton County. The investment will create economic opportunity in the Bakers Corner community, and  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 3 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today laughed at Mike Pence's political stunt on gas prices, because the former vice president will be criticizing his own Indiana Republican Party for the high costs at the pump. A new report in NWI Times found Indiana's gas tax is at its highest in state history - all thanks to  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 3 -- The Indiana Democratic Party issued the following news release: The Indiana Democratic Party, the organization that advocates for the future of Indiana and its families, today criticized Todd Young and the Indiana Republican Party for spreading misinformation about the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and its impact on Indiana's future. In a series of press releases and tweets, Young and the Indiana GOP claimed the IRA would increase taxes on Hoosiers across the st  more

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana, Aug. 5 -- The Indiana House Democrats issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2022: * * * Indiana House Democratic Leader Phil GiaQuinta (D-Fort Wayne) today released the following statement after the news of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski's passing. The car accident killed the lawmaker, Communications Director Emma Thomson and St. Joseph County Republican Party Chair Zachery Potts. Walorski served with GiaQuinta in the Indiana General Assembly: "My heart goes out to t  more

WOBURN, Massachusetts, Aug. 4 -- The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following news releases: Massachusetts Republican Party Chairman Jim Lyons on Tuesday called out Attorney General Maura Healey, the Democrats' radical nominee for governor, for claiming to be on the side of taxpayers "when all evidence points to the contrary." Healey on Monday drew headlines for apparently criticizing Beacon Hill's all-Democrat leadership team for not only failing to push forward tax relief measures  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 -- The National Republican Congressional Committee issued the following news: Summer Lee isn't even trying to hide it - she's running for Congress to be part of the Squad. Lee is the focus of a new Rolling Stone piece profiling young progressives who would fit right in with socialists AOC and Ilhan Omar. But Lee's socialist ties threaten to doom her in Western Pennsylvania, where thousands of Democrats are fleeing to the Republican Party. NRCC Comment: "Summer Lee is welco  more

COLUMBUS, Ohio, Aug. 2 -- The Ohio Democratic Party issued the following news: Amidst bad fundraising and questions from conservative talk radio hosts if Vance is ever even in Ohio, J.D. Vance tried to assure conservative talk radio host Mark Blazor that his campaign would start running TV ads in July. Welcome to August, J.D.! At the 12:13 mark, Vance told Mark Blazor, "We're definitely going to be on TV, I think probably sometime in July." Well, July has come and gone and there are still no T  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris issued the following remarks on Aug. 3, 2022, at the first meeting of the Interagency Task Force on Reproductive Healthcare Access: * * * THE PRESIDENT: Thank you, Vice President Harris, for leading today's meeting. And thanks to you, all of you, especially Health and Human Services Secretary Becerra and Director of the Gender Policy Council Jen Klein for co-chairing this task force, and Attorney General Garland, Homeland S  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release: With the Biden Administration backing off its plans to create a Disinformation Governance Board, the latest edition of The Ripon Forum examines the effort to combat fake news in America and what the appropriate role of the federal government should be. "Today, misinformation and its malicious sibling, disinformation, permeate U.S. society so thoroughly that citizens have no way of knowing which information is accurate,"  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news release on Aug. 1, 2022: The Ripon Society held a breakfast discussion last Thursday with two Republicans who are leading the charge to recruit more Hispanic candidates to run for political office and ensure the GOP makes inroads in Hispanic communities across the country. Those leaders were U.S. Reps. Mario Diaz-Balart (FL-25) and Tony Gonzales (TX-23), who are Chair and Vice Chair of the Congressional Hispanic Conference, resp  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The Senate Rules and Administration Committee issued the following testimony by Institute for Free Speech President David Keating involving a hearing on July 19, 2022, entitled "The DISCLOSE Act." The DISCLOSE Act is the Democracy is Strengthened by Casting Light on Spending in Elections Act. * * * On behalf of the Institute for Free Speech,1 thank you for the opportunity to appear before the Committee today. S. 443, the DISCLOSE Act, would harm the rights of Americans   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 4 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: Recent reports show that nearly two-thirds of all Americans are now living paycheck to paycheck in the Biden Recession. As record-high inflation continues with no end in sight, and AAA warning higher gas prices could be just around the corner, consumers are feeling the pinch. But Democrats like Mandela Barnes want to make this economic crisis even worse with higher taxes and more spending. The latest Barnes  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Aug. 1 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: As liberals decide to bypass the voters and anoint fringe-left radical Mandela Barnes as their candidate for the U.S. Senate, Democrats are privately scrambling to cover for Barnes' record of supporting policies that are out-of-step with the mainstream. It's no wonder that Barnes' championing of defunding the police, abolishing ICE, and ending cash bail is already causing problems for his campaign in purple  more