After Democrats lost the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives in last year’s election, Saikat Chakrabarti waited for the party’s leaders to acknowledge — if not address — their mistakes. “I was sort of expecting the Democrats to have a big realization that, ‘Oh my Gosh. We …
Read More »Pelosi Privately Urged Hakeem Jeffries to 'Use Your Power'
Senate Minority Leader Schumer’s bowing to Donald Trump and voting for the Republican-backed spending bill could offer House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries the opportunity to lead. Behind the scenes, Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi has urged him to “Use your power,” CNN reported. The recent disagreement between Jeffries and Schumer have …
Read More »Absent GOP Congresswoman Found in Assisted Living Home: Report
Republican Rep. Kay Granger, who has missed 100 percent of votes in the House since July 24, has been in an assisted living and memory care home, according to a report. Her staff denies that she is in memory care, with communications director Valerie Nelson telling Rolling Stone via email, …
Read More »Sanders: 'The Working Class Is Angry, and They Have Reason to Be'
Sen. Bernie Sanders is standing ten toes down on his assessment that the Democratic Party lost the presidential election because the working class feels abandoned. The Vermont senator, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, released a statement after the election stating, “It should come as no great surprise that …
Read More »Harris: 'Sometimes The Fight Takes a While. That Doesn't Mean We Won't Win'
WASHINGTON D.C. — Standing on a stage in front of Frederick Douglass Memorial Hall on the campus of Howard University, her alma mater, Kamala Harris told a courtyard filled with her young supporters she was ending her bid for president. “The outcome of this election is not what we wanted, …
Read More »Pelosi: Trump's Violent Comments Are 'Further Indication of His Cognitive Degeneration'
House Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi pointed to Donald Trump‘s violent comments about shooting at journalists as evidence “of his cognitive degeneration” and doubted the former president’s ability to “last as president for four years with his brain deteriorating at the rate that it is.” Pelosi was reacting to remarks Trump …
Read More »Trump Names Pelosi and Schiff as 'the Enemy From Within'
Donald Trump is not backing down from his fascistic remarks about “the enemy from within,” comments he has made repeatedly in recent weeks. Instead he’s naming Democratic Reps. Nancy Pelosi and Adam Schiff as part of said “enemy from within.” In earlier comments made on Oct. 13, the former president …
Read More »Nancy Pelosi: 'This Is Bigger Than Any of Us'
L ATE ON AUG. 19 — far later than anyone over the age of 80 had any business being awake — Nancy Pelosi stood on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, in full view of the stage and TV cameras, gripping a “We ❤ Joe” sign, eyes …
Read More »Protesters Prompt Pelosi to Discuss Gaza During Her Interview With Stephen Colbert
Pro-Palestine protesters interrupted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert twice Tuesday night. In response, Pelosi said that the U.S. is committed to Israel and that she hopes Hamas will accept a ceasefire agreement. A protester began shouting a few minutes into the segment, …
Read More »Pelosi on Biden's Political Operation: 'Never Been That Impressed'
For the first time since President Joe Biden dropped his bid for reelection, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has spoken candidly about her role in the party upheaval, and her relationship with Biden. In an interview with The New Yorker published Thursday, Pelosi spoke at length about her fateful decision …
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