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Gavin Newsom appeared on The Late Show last night and took the opportunity to reflect the attention he’s been getting for his social media posts, which parody those of Donald Trump. Host Stephen Colbert asked Newsom why he decides to do “something kind of funny” with his communication strategy. “The …

There’s a new centrist Democratic think tank in Washington, D.C., and its leaders think progressive groups have too much influence on the Democratic Party politicians who instinctively ignore the left. The nation’s capital already has plenty of organizations designed to marginalize the largely powerless left. The Searchlight Institute intends to …

America’s pro-democracy movement is gearing up for what may be its biggest mass demonstration yet against the increasingly militaristic Trump administration — which has sent armed troops to occupy the nation’s capital and is threatening to do the same in large cities from Chicago to New Orleans. Popular resistance in …

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) on Saturday endorsed political outsider Graham Platner, the populist oyster farmer running to oust Maine’s Republican Sen. Susan Collins. While national Democrats have been eyeing Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) for the Senate race, Platner arrived as an unexpected progressive contender, pitching himself to those frustrated …

Donald Trump is waging a fascist takeover of the United States, siccing the Justice Department on his political enemies while deploying federal troops to “liberate” Washington, D.C., where crime has been steadily declining. Democratic politicians are responding the only way they know how: by heeding the advice of the wonks …

This morning, the White House posted a livestream on X of the grand opening ceremony of his newest golf club, Trump International Golf Links in Aberdeen, Scotland — the latest in a long line of recent examples of Donald Trump using his public office for personal profit, with U.S. taxpayers …

Voters have increasingly little faith in the Democrats, a new Wall Street Journal poll found, with the party reaching its lowest favorability rating in more than three decades. Voters overwhelmingly believe that Republicans are better able to handle key issues in Congress than Democrats. The survey found that the majority …

The Democratic Party is examining how it lost the 2024 election, but it apparently does not intend to spend much time looking at their actual presidential campaigns. The party is planning to avoid reviewing decisions like whether President Joe Biden should have run for reelection, whether he should have dropped …

Even as the MAGA movement eats its own tail in response to Donald Trump and his administration’s handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case, Democrats are netting record-low approval ratings. According to a Wednesday poll released by Quinnipiac University, approval of congressional Democrats is down to a historic low of just …

Donald Trump’s administration is giving churches a green light to explicitly endorse political candidates, without fear of losing their nonprofit tax status, under a proposed court settlement. And a leading figure on the Religious Left insists that’s a good thing for Democrats. The Internal Revenue Service — now led by …