The Latest Breaking News from Republican Party

Michael Hiltzik: GOP ratchets up the hypocrisy in opposing Biden's student debt plan

The hypocrisy meter has been stuck at the high end as Republicans and conservatives fill the airwaves and social media to decry President Joe Biden's student loan forgiveness proposal.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 31, 2022

The Unfolding by AM Homes review – jittery tale of Republican conspiracy

Set in the wake of Obama’s election, AM Homes’s satirical prehistory of the Maga movement is caught between two eras

The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2022

Minnesota Republicans carefully weigh abortion stance after Roe decision

MINNEAPOLIS — Top Minnesota Republican candidates are treading carefully on the issue of abortion since the fall of Roe v. Wade, trying to balance the interests of steadfast anti-abortion activists in their party while staking out a position palatable to a broader set of voters in November.

Tribune News Service · Aug 31, 2022

A chance to win the future — right now

Political tides may be turning — but Republicans remain likely to win without vigorous progressive turnout

Salon · Aug 30, 2022

Pennsylvania split screen: Biden v. Trump

Wilkes-Barre, Pa., residents are getting dueling visits this week.

Axios · Aug 30, 2022

GOP AGs scheme to derail debt relief

Conservatives are hoping right-wing courts will intervene to deny debt relief to tens of millions of borrowers

Salon · Aug 30, 2022

Kimberly Guilfoyle mocked for denouncing college grads as lazy basket weavers who contribute nothing to society

‘The GOP decision to openly insult the tens of millions of Americans with student loan debt strikes me as an odd choice’

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022

Abortion ban faces exceptions fight in South Carolina House

South Carolina House members plan to debate a new total ban on abortion Tuesday with no exceptions for pregnancies caused by rape or incest even as some Republicans in the GOP-dominated chamber suggested they can’t vote for the bill as written

The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2022

Biden will give prime-time speech about democracy from Philadelphia on Thursday

PHILADELPHIA — President Joe Biden will give a prime-time speech Thursday from outside Independence Hall, warning about threats to democracy, as he makes a swing of appearances to boost Democrats with roughly two months until the midterm election.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Aug 29, 2022

Sarah Palin leads GOP congressional candidates in sharing misinformation, study finds

More Republican nonincumbents shared content online from unreliable websites than their GOP counterparts in Congress, the study found

The Independent UK · Aug 29, 2022