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America’s Grandparents Have New Reason to Hate JD Vance

TALE AS OLD AS TIME

The Ohio senator’s comments quickly gained attention on social media as users on X slammed him for being “out of touch.”

Lily Mae Lazarus | Published Sep 05, 2024

Man Hid Mom’s Death for 30 Years to Steal $800K in Benefits

SWINDLED

Even after investigators caught on to his scheme, Donald Zampach continued to insist his mother was still alive.

Erik Uebelacker | Published Jun 28, 2023

How Rick Scott Became the Senator Washington Loves to Hate

LEADER WITHOUT FOLLOWERS

To understand Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL), you have to understand a self-help book from the 1930s—and how he's now applying the opposite of its lessons.

Sam Brodey | Published Mar 20, 2023

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Senators Quietly Question the Social Security Retirement Age

Third Rail

Republicans were outraged when Joe Biden accused them of proposing Social Security cuts. Now a bipartisan group is talking about raising the retirement age.

Ursula Perano | Published Mar 03, 2023

Scott Quietly Tweaks His Controversial ‘Rescue America’ Plan

UNDER PRESSURE

He’s dropped Medicare and Social Security from his sunset plan after fierce backlash.

Asta Hemenway | Published Feb 17, 2023

Is Mike Pence Suggesting We Get Rid of Social Security?

SUNSET TIME

After Pence proposed replacing Social Security with a “better deal,” Fox News anchors wondered if there was any “appetite for that” and warned him he was touching a “third rail.”

Justin Baragona | Published Feb 16, 2023

Jake Tapper Shreds Rick Scott’s ‘Word Salad’ Attack on Him

‘VERY STRANGE’

The veteran CNN anchor said it was “nonsensical” and “incomprehensible” that the GOP senator repeatedly invoked comments Tapper made to justify his debunked claims.

Justin Baragona | Published Feb 10, 2023
opinion

Trump’s Right On One Thing—GOP Is Picking Political Losers

STOPPED CLOCK IS RIGHT TWICE A DAY

The former president’s opposition to “no exception” abortion bans and cutting Social Security and Medicare put him at odds with his party.

Eleanor Clift | Published Feb 01, 2023

Fox News Anchor Lets Rick Scott Peddle His Medicare Lie

ALTERNATIVE FACTS

Not only did Faulkner let Scott’s false claim go uncorrected—she emphatically agreed with it.

Justin Baragona | Published Jan 26, 2023
opinion

Progressives Should Support GOP’s Social Security Reform

CALM DOWN, THINK THIS THROUGH

Democrats are resorting to pre-election scare-mongering, but Republicans aren’t trying to gut Social Security, they’re trying to save it.

Brian Riedl | Published Nov 04, 2022

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