We’re currently experiencing a Brat Summer, as everyone paying attention to pop music right now knows. We’re also in an election year — and if you think those two things have nothing to do with each other, think again. Vice President Kamala Harris’ declaration that she’s in it to win …
Read More »Trump and RFK Jr. Discussed Trading Admin. Position for Endorsement: Report
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is running for president as an independent, but whether he stays in the race may depend on what the Trump campaign is willing to give him. According to a Monday report from The Washington Post, Kennedy discussed the possibility that he could end his campaign and …
Read More »No, She Didn't Party With Diddy: Dumb Misinfo Swirls Around Kamala Harris
With President Biden‘s announcement on Sunday that he would no longer seek the Democratic party’s nomination in the 2024 election, Republicans found themselves facing the likelihood of running against his preferred replacement: Vice President Kamala Harris. And, while they freaked out a fair amount over the shakeup, right-wing influencers still …
Read More »Trump Bashes Biden After Race Exit: 'Not Fit to Run'
Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, and his predecessor has already pounced. After Biden announced on Sunday that he would be ending his run for reelection — and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the 2024 Democratic ticket — former President Donald Trump took to …
Read More »DNC Scrambles to Contain Chaos Unleashed By Biden's Surprise Withdrawal
As rumors swirled that President Joe Biden could be forced to withdraw from the presidential race, leaders at Democratic National Committee were adamant: Biden would not be dropping out, and the party would move forward with a plan to nominate him through a virtual roll call held online weeks before …
Read More »Trump Promises Unity, Delivers Division in Low-Energy RNC Speech
MILWAUKEE — Former President Donald Trump — who left the White House only after an unprecedented campaign to undermine the results of his 2020 election defeat, culminating in a deadly insurgency at the U.S. Capitol — has completed one of the most disturbing comeback stories in American politics, accepting the …
Read More »Biden Should Resign the Presidency to Save His Legacy
George Washington could tell a lie, Taft didn’t get stuck in the bath, and Mary Lincoln never used Todd, her maiden name, after marriage. As a presidential historian, I love eviscerating falsehoods with an arsenal of contradictory evidence. I start by naming the false witness, identifying his motivations, methodically trace …
Read More »AOC Slams Effort to Oust Biden in Lengthy Livestream
The Republican National Convention ended with a lengthy, divisive, and exhausting speech from Donald Trump — now the official GOP 2024 nominee. For Democrats, the dawn brings a reminder that questions around their own presumptive candidate are far from settled. Shortly after the former president’s speech ended, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez …
Read More »Kamala Harris Holds Emergency Call With Dem Donors
Vice President Kamala Harris will speak with major Democratic donors in a call to discuss what sources described to The New York Times by two sources as “urgent, emerging” issues related to the 2024 campaign. According to an email reviewed by the Times, Reid Hoffman — a venture capitalist and …
Read More »Jon Stewart on the RNC: 'Unity in the Streets, Divisive in the Sheets'
Jon Stewart took to the Daily Show news desk on Tuesday to roast hypocritical calls for unity at the Republican National Convention following the attempted assassination of Donald Trump last weekend. The host rolled clips of Republicans emphasizing the need to stop the “vitriol and hatred” and turn the “temperature …
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