WASHINGTON — A campaign ad from a Republican congressional candidate from Indiana sums up the arrival of migrants at the border with one word. He doesn’t call it a problem or a crisis. He calls it an “invasion.” The word invasion also appears in ads for two Republicans competing for a Senate seat in Michigan. […]
Charlie Burnside, a businessman who transformed a doughnut shop into a regional brand and was well-known for his colorful promotions that often reflected his conservative political views, has died. He was 78. He started in the doughnut business when he was a child, buying bags of doughnuts from his father’s shop, Burnside Donuts, for 20 […]
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is spending millions to reach out to Florida’s Hispanic voters, a key voting group for his November reelection campaign that has grown to lean more heavily Republican. Scott’s campaign said Wednesday it plans to spend about $700,000 per week for a series of radio, digital, TV […]
WASHINGTON — The Biden campaign and a pro-Trump super PAC are out with competing ads on immigration that paint vastly different pictures of an issue that’s expected to affect turnout in November. The Biden advertisement largely focuses on Latino Americans but also goes after former President Donald Trump and his rhetoric. “Now he says immigrants […]
Democratic Gov. Tony Evers on Thursday signed into law a bipartisan bill that requires political ads with content generated by artificial intelligence to include disclaimers, making Wisconsin the 10th state with a similar law ahead of the 2024 presidential election. While no AI-generated political ads are believed to have aired in Wisconsin this election cycle, […]
Chelsea Ouimet has more than a million followers between her two Instagram accounts, “Chelsea the Affiliate” and “Hustle with Chelsea.” The self-described stay-at-home mom of three smiles broadly and shows off her beautiful home in video posts touting ways to make money — quickly — through a business model called affiliate marketing. “All you need […]
SALEM, Ohio — It took less than a day for the attacks to begin on Senate candidate Bernie Moreno over a report linking his email to an account on an adult website that sought “young guys to have fun with.” Buckeye Leadership Fund, a super PAC supporting his GOP primary rival Matt Dolan, on Friday […]
Maybe you’ve already seen them — the billboards, bumper stickers and bus ads touting “Crime doesn’t pay in Orange County.” If you haven’t, officials with the O.C. District’s Attorney Office are spending federal dollars to make sure that you do. The multi-county public safety advertising campaign was launched to make it clear that criminals “will […]
Lori Camp, who filed for the Democratic nomination for Congress in Indiana’s 2nd District without one cent in funding, ran TV commercials on cable news channels just prior to the State of the Union address Thursday night. Camp became a candidate on the last day for filing when she found nobody else was filed for […]
LONDON – The U.K. Advertising Standards Authority has backtracked on a decision it made two months ago regarding a Calvin Klein underwear ad from 2023 featuring the singer FKA Twigs. The ASA had originally said the ad, which appeared last April as part of a wider poster campaign that also featured Kendall Jenner, objectified the singer and “must […]
A bill that would have prohibited deceptive artificial intelligence-generated campaign advertisements didn’t pass by the turnaround deadline in the Kansas House, but the rapidly evolving technology is already in use in campaigns in several different ways. Pat Proctor, R-Leavenworth, introduced House Bill 2559, along with House Minority Leader Vic Miller, D-Topeka. The bill wouldn’t ban […]
Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-CA) are making their final TV ads buys before Tuesday’s Senate primary, but one candidate has shot to the top of the polls without spending a dime on such spots. In fact, according to one poll released today, former Dodgers star and Republican Steve Garvey is leading, […]