Conservative super PAC aiming to win a Republican majority in the House of Representatives.
Year: 2022
Examining Rick Scott’s Claim That Medicare, Social Security Will Soon Go ‘Bankrupt’
Sen. Rick Scott went too far in claiming that Medicare will go “bankrupt” in four years and Social Security in 12 years. Government trustees project that certain trust funds would become depleted by then, but payments would continue, albeit at a reduced rate.
Former Judge Janice Rogers Brown Was Not Nominated to the Supreme Court
Republicans did not nominate former Judge Janice Rogers Brown to the U.S. Supreme Court. A Facebook post falsely claims that Brown — not Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson — was the first Black woman to be nominated to the nation’s highest court.
Save America
A Republican leadership PAC formed by former President Donald Trump.
Viral Photo of Russian Bomber Shows Incident from 2020
Amid rising tensions between the U.S. and Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, a misleading photo posted March 22 on Facebook shows an American fighter jet intercepting a Russian bomber near Alaskan airspace. But the incident was not related to the current situation in Ukraine; the photo appeared in an article published in Aero Magazine in June 2020.
American Bridge 21st Century/AB PAC
A liberal super PAC that conducts opposition research to aid Democratic candidates and organizations.
House Majority PAC
A Democratic PAC focused on keeping a Democratic majority in the House.
Judge Jackson and Critical Race Theory
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson says her passing mention of critical race theory in a 2015 speech was about “sentencing policy and all of the different academic disciplines that might relate to it.” She said the theory has not been a part of any decisions she has made as a judge.
The Facts on Judge Jackson’s Sentencing in Child Porn Cases
The first two days of Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson have been preoccupied, in large part, by a contentious debate over the judge’s sentencing in child pornography cases. We review the facts.
Misleading ‘Defund the Police’ Attack on Dr. Oz
Dr. Mehmet Oz has been outspoken about opposing defunding the police. But an ad from a conservative super PAC misleadingly claims that the Pennsylvania Republican Senate candidate was “a spokesman for a group who wanted to defund the police.”