Photo courtesy of the Alabama Secretary of State Facebook page. By Ken Klippenstein Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, whose office oversees elections, told TYT Sunday that ballot access in Tuesday’s special Senate election between Roy Moore and Doug Jones should be “fine” and that he has implemented changes to reduce long wait times seen in previous elections. Merrill has …
Pro-Sanders Congressional Candidate Weighing Democratic “Unity” Demands
Democratic congressional candidate Doug Applegate. Photo courtesy of www.applegateforcongress.com. By Michael Tracey A Democratic congressional candidate favored to unseat Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) next year is said to be highly reticent to agree to a demand by the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee to demonstrate unity with his rival Democratic candidates, TYT has learned. Two sources familiar with his thinking told …
Tax Bill Negotiators Get Big Money from Companies Automating and Outsourcing Jobs
Left: Rep. Peter Roskam, September, 2015. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. Right: Rep. Diane Black, January, 2017. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. By Steve Horn Part of a series on FedEx, UPS, and their positions on taxes and jobs Campaign finance records show that two of the House Republicans now negotiating to reconcile differences between their tax bill and the Senate’s version have received …
House to Vote on Gun Control Legislation That Puts Domestic Violence Survivors at Risk
NRA Executive Vice President and CEO Wayne LaPierre sits with President Donald Trump during a meeting regarding Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch’s nomination on on February 1, 2017. Photo by Michael Reynolds; Pool/Getty Images. By Naomi LaChance The House is set to vote Wednesday on a bill that would loosen restrictions on concealed firearms by allowing gun owners to transport weapons across state lines. …
Leaked Memo: Democratic Campaign Committee Demands “Unity” of 2018 Candidates
Rep. Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) speaks at a news conference on November 17, 2014, during which new members of the House Democratic leadership team were announced. Luján had just been selected to chair the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC), a position he still holds. Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images. By Michael Tracey The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is making several demands of candidates preparing …
‘Kill The Bill! Don’t Kill Us!’: Why We Got Arrested in DC
By Eric Byler More than 100 protesters stormed the Senate Budget Committee meeting on Wednesday, chanting, “Shame!” and “Kill the bill, don’t kill us!” as the Senate Budget Committee advanced the Republican tax cuts bill on a party-line vote. Thirty-six were arrested by Capitol Police, including Rebecca Wood of Charlottesville, Virginia. Wood traveled to Washington, D.C., three times this week, …
GOP Tax Bill Will Put Higher Education Out of Reach – With Ana Kasparian & Ryan Grim
The Republican tax reform bill working its way through Congress will make higher education less affordable for United States citizens by taxing education grant money as if it is income. This means that graduate students could be forced to pay a 400 percent increase come tax day. TYT host Ana Kasparian ( http://Twitter.com/AnaKasparian) chats with TYT contributor Ryan Grim ( …