The Latest Breaking News from Rick Santorum

The Senate still wants candy

No golden ticket is required to take a seat in the sweet spot in the Senate: the famous “candy desk.” But with Sen. Markwayne Mullin soon vacating it to lead the Department of Homeland Security, questions are swirling over who the chamber’s new candy maestro will be. The tradition began…

Roll Call · Mar 10

A cold snap could swipe the spotlight in low-drama Iowa caucuses

Besides being first, Iowa's caucuses have marketed the element of surprise. Since their start in 1972, the caucuses' big story has most often been news because it caught many in the media off guard.

WEKU · Jan 14, 2024

Could Iowa be Ron DeSantis’s last stand?

Florida governor has done ‘everything right’ and his Iowa campaign is a ‘well-oiled machine’. But will it be enough? Eric Garcia and Gustaf Kilander take a look at the DeSantis campaign heading into the first-in-the-nation contest

The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2024

Sarah Silverman mocks Santorum for ‘sexy’ abortion remark

It came after Ohio voted to codify abortion rights into the state constitution and legalize recreational use of cannabis

The Independent UK · Nov 9, 2023

Ex-GOP candidate says ‘pure democracy not the way to run a country’

‘I thank goodness that most of the states in this country don’t allow you to put everything on the ballot,’ Rick Santorum says

The Independent UK · Nov 8, 2023

Fox tries to cope with election failure

And over on Newsmax, Rick Santorum lamented that “pure democracies are not the way to run a country”

Salon · Nov 8, 2023

Robin Abcarian: Hang on to the pill and your IUD. After abortion, birth control is the next fight

Mark my words: Contraception is the next front in the war on women. And we can't say we haven't been warned.

Los Angeles Times · Apr 13, 2023

Myth America review: superb group history of the lies that built a nation

Julian Zelizer and Kevin Kruse marshal a fine array of historians for a bestselling assault on rightwing nonsense

The Guardian - US · Jan 28, 2023

Pa. gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano blasted by fellow Republicans in the final days of campaign

PHILADELPHIA — It is almost impossible to overstate how bad the press coverage has been for Doug Mastriano’s gubernatorial campaign. Enough to give a campaign manager nightmares straight through to the 2023 primary.

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Nov 3, 2022

Inside Steve Bannon’s ‘disturbing’ quest to radically rewrite the US constitution

By taking over state legislatures, Republicans hope to pass conservative amendments that cannot be electorally challenged

The Guardian - US · Oct 19, 2022