You may have noticed that the first night of the Democratic National Convention ran quite long on Monday. So long, in fact, that elements were forced to be cut — like the appearance of James Taylor. The legendary songwriter was slated to close out the evening with Carole King’s “You’ve …
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Mickey Guyton and Jason Isbell helped kick off night one of the 2024 Democratic National Convention Monday, Aug. 19. The musicians provided the night’s entertainment amidst the usual flurry of speeches. Guyton performed her 2021 song “All American,” and Isbell played “Something More Than Free,” his 2015 album’s title track. …
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The Democratic National Convention is a celebration of Vice President Kamala Harris as the 2024 Democratic nominee, and while there has been plenty of adulation for the Harris-Walz campaign, the first night of the DNC was also an emotional reminder of what’s at stake in November. On Monday, amid speeches …
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Joe Biden addressed the Democratic National Convention on Monday not as a candidate, but as a supporter passing the baton to his vice president, Kamala Harris. The president spoke for nearly an hour in what felt like his political swan song. “I made a lot of mistakes in my career, …
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Amid reports that Donald Trump’s campaign will hold daily briefings at the Trump International Hotel and Tower in Chicago during the Democratic National Convention — a cute lil’ transfer of campaign funds to the candidate’s personal business portfolio— Democratic operatives are having some fun trolling their rival ahead of the …
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Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is only a month old, and her large rallies have already provoked the flailing anger of her opponent: the crowd-size-obsessed Donald Trump. But as the 2024 Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago this week, Trump has moved on to obsessing over the size of something …
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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 …
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President Joe Biden’s stumbling, confused, and disjointed performance on the CNN debate stage Thursday threw back the curtain on an issue his campaign, the White House, and allies have long attempted to convince the public isn’t true: that he’s too old. The party must weigh whether to stick with Biden …
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Democratic political consultants have some advice if you’d prefer not to have companies track your every move and sell that data to campaigns: avoid mobile games like Candy Crush. “Political campaigns are a perfect microcosm of the data economy,” Raffi Krikorian, the host of the Technically Optimistic podcast tells Rolling …
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