March 29, 2012 5:42 pm ET filed under Blog
Rep. West Attacks Rep. Rush For "Immature Gimmickry" On The House Floor
December 20, 2011 2:45 pm ET filed under Blog
Judge: Personhood Proposals Would Limit Women's Access To Health Care
November 21, 2011 3:21 pm ET filed under Video
Rep. Young Explodes At Arctic Wilderness Expert: "You Be Quiet!"
From a November 18, 2011, House Natural Resources Committee hearing on oil drilling in Alaska:
September 21, 2011 10:36 pm ET filed under Fact Check
What Happened To The Republican Consensus On Climate Change?
In May right-wing activist Marc Morano said Republican candidates "can believe in the science of global warming ... if you keep your mouth shut about it and you advocate no quote-unquote solution to the problem." By contrast, the following statements show that in previous years, prominent Republicans spoke about both the robust body of evidence indicating that human activities are changing the climate and the need to address the problem. While the political discourse has since regressed, the scientific consensus has not.
March 21, 2011 1:42 pm ET filed under Blog
Political Correction Reporting Prompts Calls For Rep. Don Young To "Re-Swear His Oath" To The Constitution
March 03, 2011 5:49 pm ET filed under Blog
Florida Judge Issues Stay On Previous Ruling Against Health Care Reform
February 23, 2011 9:43 am ET filed under Blog
Third Federal Judge Upholds Health Care Law
February 08, 2011 12:45 pm ET filed under Blog
After Billions In Federal Aid To States, Palin Blames State Budget Problems On "The Feds"
January 20, 2011 3:32 pm ET filed under Video
Gov. Christie's Subtle Dig At Palin: I'm "Not Arrogant Enough" To Run For President After A Year As Governor
January 18, 2011 1:04 pm ET filed under Blog
Gov. Christie's Subtle Dig At Palin: I'm "Not Arrogant Enough" To Run For President After A Year As Governor
October 27, 2010 5:39 pm ET filed under Blog
Miller Supporters: We "Don't Have All The Facts," But We Just KNOW Democrats Are Anti-Gun
October 20, 2010 12:58 pm ET filed under Ad Check
Club For Growth Continues To Propagate Clean Energy Lies
Club for Growth has released a new ad that attacks Scott McAdams (D-AK) and Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) for supporting clean energy legislation. Contrary to the ad's false claims, investing in clean energy legislation would boost America's economy by billions and create up to 1.9 million American jobs — including 4,000 in Alaska — at very little cost to taxpayers. And despite the ad's insinuation that McAdams' supports cap-and-trade, he has not yet expressed his position on the policy; rather, he favors the "responsible development" of Alaska's natural resources.
October 19, 2010 5:20 pm ET filed under Blog
Joe Miller Paid Active-Duty U.S. Soldiers To "Arrest" Journalist
October 06, 2010 3:32 pm ET filed under Blog
Joe Miller Says Palin Is Constitutionally Qualified To Be President
September 20, 2010 10:10 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - September 19, 2010
September 20, 2010 10:00 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - September 19, 2010
A huge state and a tiny one dominated the Sunday political talk shows, with the Tea Party takeovers in Alaska and Delaware sucking most of the oxygen out of other subjects. Still, Karl Rove brought his white board to Fox News Sunday and used it to misrepresent the polling on President Obama's proposed middle-class tax cuts. Despite Rove's cherrypicked numbers, major polls show a clear majority of Americans want the rich to start paying their fair share again. Alaska Republican Senate candidate Joe Miller, meanwhile, argued erroneously that unemployment benefits are unconstitutional. The question was settled in 1937 when the Supreme Court found the constitutional responsibility of Congress to "provide for the general welfare" included providing food money to the jobless.
August 30, 2010 10:02 am ET filed under Blog
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - August 29, 2010
August 30, 2010 9:59 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking The Sunday Shows - August 29, 2010
Sunday on Face The Nation, Republican Senate hopeful Joe Miller (AK) stoked fears about Social Security's finances and Gov. Haley Barbour (R-MS) wrapped his sugary drawl around a variety of sour attacks on Democrats' economic policies. Miller claimed "the trust fund is empty," but in reality Social Security holds assets of $2.5 trillion and is solvent through the Baby Boomers' golden years. Later, Gov. Barbour dissembled about the cost-cutting Affordable Care Act — the bill actually reigns in health care spending while expanding coverage dramatically and cutting the deficit — and suggested Democrats aren't creating jobs despite the expert consensus that the Recovery Act and other measures saved millions of jobs and turned the economy around.
August 05, 2010 1:08 pm ET filed under Blog
Palin Doubles Down On "Pants On Fire" Tax Lie
August 05, 2010 10:08 am ET filed under Blog
GOP Swoons Over Missouri Health Care Vote, Ignores National Attitudes
August 02, 2010 5:05 pm ET filed under Blog
A Few More Sarah Palin Lies About The Expiring Tax Cuts
June 21, 2010 12:55 pm ET filed under Blog
Does Sen. Murkowski Really Understand Clean Energy Policy?
June 21, 2010 10:54 am ET filed under Fact Check
Fact Checking the Sunday Shows — June 20, 2010
On Sunday, Republicans struggled to deflect attention from Rep. Joe Barton's (R-TX) ridiculous apology to BP. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) ludicrously suggested that President Obama has taken so much money from BP that he is more likely than the GOP to side with Big Oil — which has given Republicans $188 million since 1990. McConnell and Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) each claimed that Barton's comments are not the Republican position, but the 114-member Republican Study Committee has expressed similar concerns. Elsewhere, Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) proved that she doesn't understand the basics of cap-and-trade by calling that system of economic incentives a "command-and-control type of system."
June 08, 2010 9:37 am ET filed under Blog
RNC Official On Murkowski Amendment: Great Use Of An "Obscure Procedure"
November 13, 2009 9:44 am ET filed under Fact Check
Sarah Palin Makes False Claims About Clean Energy Legislation
In a November 12, 2009 Facebook note, Sarah Palin falsely claimed clean energy legislation was a "job-killing scheme." In reality, an increased investment in renewable energy would create millions of American jobs across every single state.
September 24, 2009 10:08 am ET filed under Fact Check
Palin Gets It Wrong On The F-22
While delivering a paid speech in Hong Kong, former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin criticized President Obama for eliminating the Air Force's F-22 program. However, President Obama, the Secretary of Defense, the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Air Force Chief of Staff, the Secretary of the Air Force and even Sen. John McCain believe Sarah Palin is wrong.
July 27, 2009 1:18 pm ET filed under Blog
Palin's Relationship With Fraudster Raises Questions
While she has her share of critics, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin also has a number of passionate supporters. Fred Malek is a big one. Yet, in 2004 Malek was fined $250,000 for what the SEC called a "fraudulent scheme." For a woman whose favorite political zinger criticized then-Senator Obama for "pallin' around" with shady figures, she best be careful who she associates with herself.
July 14, 2009 10:44 am ET filed under Fact Check
Gov. Palin's Misleading Washington Post Op-ed
On July 14, 2009, Gov. Sarah Palin wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post that falsely claimed cap-and-trade would harm low-income Americans and kill jobs. In reality, the American Clean Energy and Security Act would create jobs in every state and help America become more energy independent, all for the price of a postage stamp per day.
