BOSTON, Massachusetts, Feb. 29 -- The Massachusetts Republican Party issued the following news: Beacon Hill Democrats, despite the state brimming with historic levels of tax revenue, are clamoring for more, and this time are looking to whack taxpayers at the gas pump as part of a $600 million transportation bill. Following House Speaker Robert DeLeo's lead, his underling House leaders are parroting his "revenue can't wait any longer" plea, this even after 2019 fiscal year tax revenue topped th  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 -- The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee issued the following news release: One year ago, Senator Thom Tillis published his high-profile Washington Post op-ed laying out his "grave concerns" with President Trump's sham emergency declaration, and stating flatly that he "would vote against" a military cash grab that he "cannot justify." Less than three weeks later, he "completely reverse[d] course" in a "remarkable," "Olympic gold" "flip-flop for the ages." Tillis' abo  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- Gallup, a research-based, global performance-management consulting company, issued the following news: * * * - 59% say their personal representative in Congress deserves reelection - A much lower 35% say that most members deserve to be reelected * * * Most Americans (59%) say the U.S. representative in their local congressional district deserves to be reelected, and 35% say the same for most members of Congress. Both figures are the highest seen since 2012 and are on   more

ATLANTA, Georgia, Feb. 25 -- The Georgia Republican Party issued the following news: With socialist Bernie Sanders' landslide Nevada Democrat presidential caucus win this weekend, he appears to be the front runner for his party's nomination. This weekend, The Washington Post reported that the very real possibility of Sanders at the top of the Democrat ticket is already causing heartburn for Democrats down-ballot, some of whom are already trying to "distance themselves" from his far-left agenda  more

NEW YORK, Feb. 29 -- Hachette Book Group published the following book - "Un-Trumping America, A Plan to Make America a Democracy Again" by Dan Pfeiffer: There is nothing more important than beating Donald Trump in 2020, but defeating Trump is just the start of this timely book. Un-Trumping America offers readers three critical insights: first, Trump is not an aberration, but rather the logical extension of the modern Republican Party; second, how Democrats can defeat Trump in 2020; and third, p  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-California, issued the following news release: "90% of every search goes through Google. You know what Google did on Wikipedia two weeks before the last election in California? If you looked up the Republican party it said our ideology was Nazism. . . "[Twitter is] allowing liberal activists to determine whether [your tweets] are harmful or not. . . We need more speech, not less. . . "They're letting these socialist ideas be able   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 27 -- The House Oversight and Reform Committee issued the following testimony on Feb. 26 by William J. Barber II, president and senior lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, at a hearing entitled "Voter Suppression in Minority Communities: Learning from the Past to Protect Our Future": My name is Rev. Dr. William Barber II, and I am President and Senior Lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, and Co-Chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Campaign for Moral Revival./1 I am   more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 25 -- The Michigan Democratic Party issued the following news release: After Donald Trump and the RNC announced an attack on Michigan voters with a $10 million voter suppression fund, the Michigan Democratic Party held an roundtable highlighting the work the party is doing to register voters and get out the vote and fight against the attempts at voter disenfranchisement. Read More here: Michigan Advance: Michigan Dem chair blasts GOP for fighting voting rights suits B  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 28 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: While many Democrats are fighting back against Socialist Senator Bernie Sanders' takeover of their party, Michigan Senator Gary Peters can't be counted amongst their ranks. On Wednesday, when asked by the Washington Post if he would support the radical Vermont Senator, Peters replied: "I'm supporting whoever the Democratic candidate for President is,". Peters' statement comes after Sanders' victories in the e  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following news release on Feb. 27: * * * - As reproductive freedom faces unprecedented threats nationwide, Virginia expands access to abortion, thanks to critical electoral victories and a new pro-choice majority * * * In a major victory for the 77% of Americans (and the 79% of Virginians) who support reproductive freedom, the Virginia General Assembly passed the Reproductive Health Protection Act (RHPA), a bill that expands access t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- NARAL Pro-Choice America issued the following news release: * * * - NARAL Pro-Choice America, SEIU, WOMEN VOTE!, Indivisible, Planned Parenthood Votes, and Illinois Federation of Teachers Join Forces to Fund Multi-Pronged Program to Defeat Anti-Choice, Anti-Obamacare Congressman Dan Lipinski * * * A coalition of leading progressive organizations announced a $1.4 million investment in an independent expenditure (IE) program in Illinois' 3rd congressional district in sup  more

NEW DELHI, India, Feb. 27 -- President Trump issued the following remarks on Feb. 26 at a business roundtable: PRESIDENT TRUMP: Thank you, everybody. Thank you very much. (Applause.) Please. Please. It's an honor to be with you. I have a whole big, beautiful speech to give, but I just gave two of them, and I thought we'd do, maybe, a little question and answer. You've heard it before and -- so we could do that. I just want to say we've had a tremendous time in India. Prime Minister Modi is a f  more

LANSING, Michigan, Feb. 29 -- The Michigan Republican Party issued the following news: On Wednesday, Elizabeth Warren joined Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg in calling for the shutdown of the Line pipeline, even though a plan created late last year by Michigan's business, labor, and political leaders would eliminate its's environmental risks, and create good-paying union jobs in northern Michigan. The bipartisan plan to build a tunnel under the straights would also carry vital utilities used   more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 27 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: Candidate for the Wisconsin Supreme Court, Jill Karofsky, can't stop making false claims in her campaign for Wisconsin's highest court. The Republican Party of Wisconsin launched a new website called "FactCheckJill.com" to hold Jill Karofsky accountable for her lies and expose the truth about her record. "Jill Karofsky has shown that she will do or say anything to advance her political agenda but Wisconsin  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 29 -- The Ripon Society issued the following news: * * * - Burgess, McMorris Rodgers, and Latta Discuss Work of Energy & Commerce Committee * * * Three Republican leaders of the Energy & Commerce Committee appeared yesterday before a breakfast discussion of The Ripon Society, where they shared their thoughts about the committee's 2020 agenda and laid out their vision for the panel should the GOP recapture control of the House later this year. The leaders included: Congressm  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. David Perdue, R-Georgia, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator David Perdue (R-GA) joined Fox and Friends to discuss how Democrat presidential frontrunner Bernie Sanders' socialist platform is a stark contrast to President Trump's winning agenda. Highlights: Stark Contrast: "Bernie Sanders is a gift to the Republican Party. We have the greatest contrast that America has ever had between two potential presidents. On one hand, you've got President Donald Tr  more

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Feb. 27 -- The University of Pennsylvania issued the following news on Feb. 26: * * * - Black History Month's theme for 2020 is African Americans and the Vote. Three Penn scholars define what the "Black vote" means when viewed through history, and what it doesn't mean when viewed as an indivisible bloc. * * * Black History Month has been thematic since its inception in 1976, not to distill focus on the African American experience but to add to a collection of hist  more

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Virginia, Feb. 26 -- The University of Virginia's School of Law issued the following news: * * * - Event Aims to Increase LGBTQ Representation in Government and Politics * * * Trevor Potter '82, founder and president of Campaign Legal Center, will deliver the keynote address at the Ele(Q)t Project for LGBTQ+ Leadership symposium March 5 at the University of Virginia School of Law. Potter is a former chairman of the Federal Election Commission, and was general counsel to Jo  more

MADISON, Wisconsin, Feb. 25 -- The Wisconsin Republican Party issued the following news: Liberal Dane County Judge and Supreme Court candidate Jill Karofsky sentenced a man convicted of abusing and causing great bodily harm to nine babies--including fractured skulls and multiple broken bones--to just 13 years in prison despite facing 140 years behind bars. Karofsky's latest light sentence represents another example where Karofsky was unwilling to give a dangerous criminal a sentence that matche  more