by Erin Reed | Dec 17, 2025 | ACA, Affordable Care Act, Anti-trans, Anti-Trans Bills, Anti-Trans Legislation, Criminalization, Gender-Affirming Care, GOP, health care, LGBTQ Rights, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Medicaid, Op-Ed, Republicans, Sarah McBride, Trans Rights
As major anti-transgender bills loom and Congress prepares to vote on sweeping restrictions on transgender healthcare over the next two days, Representative Sarah McBride gathered with reporters outside the Capitol to denounce what she called the Republican Party’s “obsession” with transgender people. McBride was joined by Representatives Ocasio-Cortez and Johnson for the press scrum…
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by Sharon Zhang | Dec 17, 2025 | health care, Israel, News, Palestine, Republicans
New polling finds that a comfortable majority of Republicans say they would rather the U.S. fund health care programs at home than continue to send billions to Israel, in the latest show of the increasing divide between the public and U.S. political leaders on Israel policy. Polling conducted last month asked whether or not Republican voters believe that the U.S. should give Israel funding…
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by Sharon Zhang | Dec 15, 2025 | Australia, Bigotry, Islamophobia, Mass Shootings, News, Republicans, Tommy Tuberville
Republican lawmakers are seizing on Sunday’s tragic mass shooting in Bondi Beach, Australia to call for Muslims in America to face collective punishment, in yet another example of the right’s ongoing campaign of Islamophobia. In a post on X on Sunday, just hours after the shooting was first reported, Sen. Tommy Tuberville (Alabama) wrote that all Muslims should be deported.
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by Sharon Zhang | Dec 15, 2025 | Chris Murphy, Donald Trump, far right, News, Republicans, Violence
President Donald Trump sparked disbelief and outrage on Monday when he appeared to revel in the tragic killing of Hollywood director Rob Reiner and his wife, blaming their deaths on the fact that the iconic director was critical of his presidency. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said the couple’s deaths were “very sad,” but went on to say that Reiner was “tortured and struggling” and…
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by Eleanor Klibanoff | Dec 5, 2025 | 2026 election, 2026 midterms, Congressional Map, Gerrymandering, GOP, News, Redistricting, Republicans, Supreme Court, Texas, Voting Rights
Texas can use its new, GOP-friendly congressional map while a legal challenge plays out, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled, temporarily pausing a lower court ruling that had blocked the map from going into effect. With the Dec. 8 candidate filing deadline fast approaching, the high court’s decision likely means Texas’ new map will be used for the 2026 midterm elections.
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by Sharon Zhang | Dec 3, 2025 | Citizenship, Donald Trump, immigration, News, Republicans
A Republican senator has introduced a bill to ban Americans from holding dual citizenship, in the latest attempt by the right to attack immigrants and tighten the rules around what is permissible with regards to American citizenship. Sen. Bernie Moreno, a Republican from Ohio, introduced the legislation, entitled the “Exclusive Citizenship Act,” on Tuesday. The bill makes the sweeping…
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