Sen. Heinrich at center of complaint from ethics watchdog over campaign solicitations A nonprofit ethics watchdog is calling for an investigation into Sen. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) for allegedly violating Senate Ethics Rules. 04/30/2024 - 4:30 pm | View Link
Alaska House votes down ethics board alternate member, citing signature on Dunleavy recall petition The vote on Rachel Kelly, a Juneau resident nominated to fill a public seat on the ethics committee was four short of the needed tally. 04/30/2024 - 7:09 am | View Link
Jeff Landry gets his agenda through state House, but will the Senate accept all of it? Gov. Jeff Landry’s arch-conservative agenda is advancing with few bumps through the House, but whether all of it will also meet a friendly reception in the Senate remains uncertain. The differences ... 04/28/2024 - 10:00 pm | View Link
Sen. Nicole Mitchell relieved of committee assignments amid burglary case On Sunday, Senate Majority Leader Erin Murphy (DFL- St. Paul) announced that Mitchell will be relieved of her committee assignments and removed from caucus meetings. Calling the case a "tragic ... 04/28/2024 - 5:56 pm | View Link
Senate Majority Leader Ensures Fair Process for Ethics Complaint Against Senator Nicole Mitchell The Senate DFL Caucus is working on a fair resolution process for an ethics complaint against Senator Nicole Mitchell. 04/26/2024 - 4:51 pm | View Link
Former Trump attorney Jim Trusty weighs in on how the jury may react to an exchange between former President Donald Trump's attorney and Stormy Daniel's former attorney during Trump's criminal hush money trial.
Russian state-affiliated accounts have boosted their use of TikTok and are getting more engagement on the short-form video platform ahead of the U. S. presidential election, according to a study published Thursday by the nonprofit Brookings Institution.
The report states that Russia is increasingly leveraging TikTok to disseminate Kremlin messages in both English and Spanish, with state-linked accounts posting far more frequently on the platform than they did two years ago.
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Such accounts are also active on other social media platforms and have a larger presence on Telegram and X than on TikTok.
Mike Lindell was a great American success story, coming from nothing to owning a successful business. From being a crack addict to earning millions from his flourishing business. And then he threw it all away for Donald J. Trump, a raging narcissist, possibly a sociopath, who is hungry for power.
The pillow salesman is looking rough these days.
Even before he formally announced his campaign to be the Republican candidate to run against Senator Tammy Baldwin, Eric Hovde has been getting hammered on the fact that he is living large in Laguna Beach, California, so that he could do hands on management of his banks out west.
In a lame effort to counter this, Eric Hovde made what just might be the most cringeworthy video of this campaign season by going out in an icy lake, because he apparently thinks that is what Wisconsinites do, and then challenging Baldwin to join him in the water:
Considering the fact that the only time you will find a Wisconsinite in a frozen lake is during a New Years Day Polar Bear Plunge or if their ice fishing shanty fell through the ice, he didn't convince a lot of people.
Tax justice advocates this week are expressing hope that delegates at a United Nations summit aimed at drafting an international tax convention will take the "once-in-a-century opportunity," as one campaigner and researcher said, to place the common good at the center of the global tax system instead of individual and corporate greed.
Representatives of U.