The Democrat who delivered President Joe Biden his first defeat of the 2024 primary cycle wasn’t millionaire Congressman Dean Phillips or new age gadfly Marianne Williamson. It was a previously obscure Baltimore businessman with a name out of an Aaron Sorkin script: Jason Palmer. Palmer shocked the incumbent, and denied …
Read More »Super Tuesday Highlights Biden's Gaza Problem
President Joe Biden is on track to be the Democratic nominee in November — but the results in Tuesday’s primaries indicate he has a growing political problem on his left. The protest movement that started in Michigan, to oppose Biden’s support for Israel’s brutal war in Gaza, is spreading. Following …
Read More »Mitch McConnell Says Alleged Felon Who Called Him a 'Stone-Cold Loser' Should Be President
Donald Trump has called Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell a “Broken Down Crow,” a “dumb son of a bitch,” a “stone-cold loser,” a “RINO,” leveled racist insults at his wife, and accused him of having a “death wish” for supporting bills opposed by the former president. None of this stopped …
Read More »Trump Claims He Will Debate Biden 'ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE'
Donald Trump is only a few hundred delegates away from securing the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, and after a dominating performance on Super Tuesday and the withdrawal of his last GOP opponent, Nikki Haley, Trump really, really, wants to debate President Joe Biden — or so he claims. “It is …
Read More »Meet the Big Money Moguls Behind RFK's Quest to Unseat Biden
Robert Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign is being boosted by deep-pocketed supporters of Donald Trump, venture capitalists, conservative Hollywood types, and other celebrities. Democrats worry the Kennedy campaign could help tank President Joe Biden’s reelection bid and make Trump president again. He is also a danger to public health: Kennedy …
Read More »Trump Demolishes Nikki Haley in Her Home State Primary
Former President Donald Trump has won the South Carolina Republican primary, demolishing his sole opponent, former Governor Nikki Haley, in her home state.The Associated Press was among the first to call the race shortly after polls closed at 7 p.m., basing it on AP VoteCast — a survey of South …
Read More »Self-Proclaimed 'Dissident' Trump Rails on Newsom, Calls Migrants' Languages a 'Horrible Thing'
Former President Donald Trump spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, on Saturday. The event precedes the South Carolina primary results expected later on Saturday, where he is predicted to defeat his competitor, Nikki Haley, the former U.N. Ambassador and former South Carolina governor, in …
Read More »Fewer Americans Are Struggling to Pay Bills, New Census Survey Finds
With eight months to go before Election Day, a deeply troubling number of Americans say they are struggling to pay their bills. But vast hardship appears to be decreasing substantially, at a good time for President Joe Biden. As of this month, 36 percent of Americans reported having difficulty paying …
Read More »Trump's Abortion-Plan Leak Inflamed His Campaign and Energized Democrats
Late last week, the New York Times reported that Donald Trump privately told his allies he backs a 16-week national abortion ban with some exceptions. Inside the Trump campaign, the news was immediately met with deep annoyance, anger, and a scramble for damage control, two people familiar with the matter …
Read More »Young, Black, and Done With Biden: The Issues That Could Decide the Election
T roy, Michigan, is quintessential suburbia: strip malls, banks with drive-thrus, and jewelry stores. Though just 30 minutes outside of Detroit, Troy feels a world away from the Motor City, with its blocks of boarded-up houses and abandoned stores. The disparate environments speak to the systemic inequality that brought me …
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