Katie Hill has been running for Congress for 19 months, and you can tell. Her answers to policy questions are polished and substantive. She has studies to back up her claims. Her body language tells you she’s at ease, but her resolute gaze belongs to someone practiced at anticipating challenges and personal jabs.
Hill is a 31 year-old executive of a nonprofit, PATH, People Assisting The Homeless, who grew up in grew up in Santa Clarita and Antelope Valley. She would be the fir...
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Transgender women celebrate monumental health care court victory
It was the first case outcome of its kind: a total of $780,000 in damages for two transgender women who were denied medically necessary health care because of their gender identity. It was also likely the first time a court found that facial feminization surgery was medically necessary.
The women now hope that if eight jurors in Wisconsin could be convinced that transgender people deserve access to health care related to their identities, others might be inspired to fight for what t...
Media outlets use racist terms to describe Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship
President Trump told Axios in an interview this week that he is planning to end birthright citizenship, a right granted to children of undocumented immigrants born in the United States.
Axios on Tuesday morning released a small portion of the interview, set to air in full on HBO Sunday, using racist terminology to describe the decision.
“This would be the most dramatic move yet in Trump’s hardline immigration campaign, this time targeting ‘anchor babies̵...
Everything you need to know about why Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship is unconstitutional
Donald Trump, in an interview with Axios, said that he plans to sign an executive order stripping many Americans of their citizenship. Though it is unclear how far Trump wants to go, or whether he would attempt to retroactively strip many existing citizens of their citizenship, Trump apparently wants to target the children of undocumented immigrants.
“We’re the only country in the world where a person comes in and has a baby, and the baby is essentially a citizen of the United...
Audience laughs at Rep. Steve Knight after he says the economy is ‘explosive’ thanks to GOP tax cuts
SIMI VALLEY, CA — Republicans passed a sweeping tax bill last year that mainly benefited wealthy individuals and corporations, but that hasn’t stopped Rep. Steve Knight (R-CA) from arguing it deeply changed the economy to benefit everyone.
In a debate on Thursday night with his Democratic opponent, Katie Hill, Knight said the economy was “explosive” thanks to the tax bill passed last year. His statements ignore the reality of the bill he voted for, as well as...
The Note: Obamacare central to midterm races
Attention can be drawn to the Supreme Court, to a migrant caravan and even towards tax cuts, but races across the country keep coming back to one big issue: health care.
Trump unveils ‘American patients first’ plan in bid to lower Medicare drug costs
President Donald Trump unveiled a new "American patients first" plan that will experiment with only paying drug manufacturers for certain drugs what they charge overseas.
The right’s obsession with Venezuelan socialism completely disregards history
The White House’s Council of Economic Advisers (CEA) on Tuesday released a sprawling, wacky report titled “The Opportunity Costs of Socialism,” a 72-page manifesto that cites Venezuela 52 times, using it as evidence of the perils of socialism.
This shouldn’t be surprising. For the past couple of years, right-wing outlets and politicians have been fixated on the Latin American country. In the last month, Breitbart has occasionally published multiple articles per day about the countr...
Scott Walker shamelessly lies about protecting pre-existing conditions during Trump rally
During a rally with President Trump on Wednesday night, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) shamelessly lied about his position on pre-existing conditions.
“I want to reinforce it to everyone — we will always cover people like my wife with preexisting medical conditions,” Walker said, referring to his wife Tonette, who has Type 1 diabetes. “Don’t believe the lies. Don’t believe the lies!”
Walker has good reason to pay lip service to prot...