MoveOn Slams Advertisers Sticking with Fox News After Outrageous Segment Asserting Canadian Wildfire Smoke Causes No Adverse Health Issues and Denying Impact of Climate Change

Washington, D.C. – Today, MoveOn released a new video as part of its Stop Funding Fox campaign to spotlight consumer brands that are still inexplicably advertising on Fox News, despite the network’s track record of promoting lies and propaganda. The group debuted another “Bought and Paid For” video highlighting a segment on Fox News from June 7 where host Laura Ingraham egged a guest on to promote rampant falsehoods and deny the health emergencies resulting from the air pollution caused by the Canadian wildfires.  On last night’s “The Ingraham Angle,”…

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Now both chambers of Congress are investigating Microsoft email breach

As Congress settles into August recess, investigations into a high-profile hack of government email accounts are just starting to heat up. The House Oversight and Accountability Committee is now probing the breaches of unclassified Microsoft email accounts at the Commerce Department and State Department, respectively, by a China-linked group. In separate letters sent to Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken today, lawmakers request staff briefings on the breaches no later than Aug. 9. The hackers were reportedly able to access the unclassified email of Raimondo herself,…

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The Next Big Abortion Fight

For the 150 or so people who filled a church hall in Toledo, Ohio, for a Thursday-night campaign rally last week, the chant of the evening featured a profanity usually discouraged in a house of God. “With all due respect, pastor, hell no!” shouted Betty Montgomery, a former Ohio attorney general. Montgomery is a Republican, which gave the largely Democratic audience even more reason to roar with approval. They had gathered at the Warren AME Church, in Toledo, to voice their opposition to a constitutional amendment that Ohio voters will…

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EXCLUSIVE: Majority of GOP, Independent Voters Want to End US Aid to Ukraine

A majority of Republican and independent voters oppose additional U.S. aid for Ukraine, according to new polling data released today and shared with The Daily Signal. By a margin of 54% to 29%, Republicans do not want Congress to provide funding and supply weapons to Ukraine. Among independents, opposition jumps to 56% with a mere 17% in support. Scott Rasmussen conducted the national survey of 1,000 voters from Aug. 2-3. Overall, a plurality of American voters—43% to 38%—oppose additional Ukraine aid. Voters are divided by party with 59% percent of…

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ICYMI: MoveOn’s Rahna Epting: ‘No Labels’ Third-Party Fantasy May Elect Trump’

Washington, D.C. – MoveOn Political Action Executive Director Rahna Epting penned an opinion piece in MSNBC with Third Way’s Executive Vice President Matt Bennett outlining how high the stakes are to stop No Labels and get to the bottom of who is bankrolling their dangerous third-party efforts. As reported by Axios, MoveOn and Third Way are also calling on lawmakers to join the growing list of Democratic leaders who have publicly denounced No Labels.  “It’s hard to imagine how the No Labels plan could be more favorable to Republicans if…

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