Just over eight years ago, Donald Trump announced Mike Pence as his running mate. The choice was seen as an olive branch to the insiders of the Republican Party who appreciated Pence as a classical conservative with rock solid right-wing policy views. Pence also represented a salvo for white evangelicals …
Read More »Crypto Giants Want to Buy Washington. They're Bankrolling Trump to Make It Happen
Just before the three-day Bitcoin 2024 conference got underway in Nashville this week, Tyler Winklevoss, the bitcoin billionaire who founded the cryptocurrency exchange Gemini with his twin brother Cameron, had harsh words for presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. He was incensed that after years of tension between the Biden …
Read More »We Just Lived Through Two of the Hottest Days Ever. Does Anyone Care?
Earlier this week, the Copernicus Climate Change Service, a European Union-funded research group, announced that last Sunday, July 21, 2024, the daily global average temperature hit 62.76 degrees.It was the hottest day scientists have measured since 1940 — which officially makes it the hottest day ever recorded on Earth by …
Read More »Harris Taunts Trump After He Backs Out of Debates
Nearly five months after Donald Trump vowed on social media that he would debate “ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE,” the former president has backed out of that promise. “Given the continued political chaos surrounding CrookedJoe Bidenand the Democrat Party, general election debate details cannot be finalized until Democrats formally decide on their …
Read More »The Obamas Endorse Harris: 'This Is Going to Be Historic'
Barack and Michelle Obama have endorsed Kamala Harris for the Democratic nomination for president, sharing the news in a joint phone call. A video released by the campaign suggests the former president and first lady called Harris on Thursday while the vice president was in Houston, where she addressed the …
Read More »Convicted Felon Trump Baselessly Accuses VP, Former Prosecutor Harris of 'Committing Crimes'
During his first rally since President Joe Biden exited the 2024 presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, Donald Trump ran through his usual list of falsehoods, while baselessly accusing Harris of committing crimes. The event in Charlotte, North Carolina was also one of Trump’s first ralliessince the assassination …
Read More »Biden Says Democracy 'More Important Than Any Title' in First Speech Since Exiting Race
President Joe Biden on Wednesday made his first public appearance since ending his bid for the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination over the weekend. In a televised address from the Oval Office, Biden framed his decision to step aside as a matter of protecting democracy. “I revere this office, but I …
Read More »Kamala Harris Debuts First Campaign Ad … With Some Help From Beyoncé
Less than 72 hours after Kamala Harris took control of the President Joe Biden’s struggling re-election campaign, Harris for President has debuted its official campaign launch video — a vision, one might say, of what a Democratic campaign for president can be, unburdened by what has been. The one minute, …
Read More »Melania Trump Is Publishing a Memoir
Good news for the MAGA book clubs out there: Former First Lady Melania Trump has announced plans to publish her first memoir this fall. Titled simply Melania, the book is “the powerful and inspiring story of a woman who has defined personal excellence, overcome adversity, and carved her own path. …
Read More »Trump Allies Sure Are Talking A Lot About Civil War
A little more than a week after Donald Trump was nearly assassinated at a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, Ohio state Sen. George Lang was warming up the crowd ahead of a speech from Trump’s running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio),when he started idly vamping about how the country might need …
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