In 2016, Stephen Colbert hosted a memorable, if uncomfortable, election night special on the evening of November 8th. Expecting a landslide victory for Hillary Clinton, the mood of the special shifted as the politically liberal Colbert, his guests, and his audience slowly realized that Donald Trump would be claiming victory …
Read More »Taylor Swift Endorses Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
Taylor Swift is voting for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris on November 3rd. On Wednesday ahead of the vice presidential debate, V Magazine shared an article featuring the pop star, which appears in its Thought Leaders issue. “The change we need most is to elect …
Read More »How 'Cuties' Is Fueling the Far Right's Obsession With Pedophilia
No foreign film in recent memory has attracted quite as much scrutiny as Netflix‘s Cuties. Directed by French-Senegalese filmmaker Maïmouna Doucouré, Cuties, which was a hit when it premiered at Sundance last year, tells the story of an 11-year-old girl, Amy, who strays from her strict conservative and religious Muslim …
Read More »Biden: 'Trump Failed to Protect America. So Now He's Trying to Scare America'
Democratic Presidential candidate Joe Biden went after President Trump in a speech on Monday in Pittsburgh, laying the responsibility of what ails the country at the feet of the man in charge. In an attempt to blunt some of the nonsensical charges coming from Trump and his campaign, Biden took …
Read More »Democrats Are In Love With Mike Bloomberg's Money — If Not Bloomberg Himself
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Gail Dunham couldn’t stop gushing about Mike Bloomberg. It was Saturday night at the North Carolina Democratic Party’s Blue NC gala, one of those lanyard-laden rubber-chicken dinners that brings together Democrats from across the state. I’d spotted Dunham, the former mayor of Summerville, in the hallway outside …
Read More »Debate Night Was a Rough One for the Moderators: Here Are 4 Lowlights
Three weeks out from the Iowa caucuses, six candidates dutifully assembled in Des Moines Tuesday night for the final debate before voting begins. With polls showing a virtual dead heat in Iowa, the stakes were high and the spotlights bright. But the questions? The questions were mystifyingly inane. No questions …
Read More »Biden, Ignoring Three-Quarters of His Vice-Presidential Tenure, Says Sharing Power With Republicans Is a Good Thing
During an interview with reporters on his “No Malarkey” campaign bus in Iowa, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden expressed concerns about Republicans possibly getting “clobbered” in the upcoming election mainly because of President Donald Trump. The candidate said he’s held back on his “ass-kicker” side because he knows the American …
Read More »GOP Rep. Jim Jordan's Attempt to Defend Trump Goes Down in Flames
While discussing President Donald Trump’s most recent controversy, Ukraine, a staunch ally of the president, Republican Rep. Jim Jordan, was challenged by CNN’s Jake Tapper on Sunday. Tapper used facts and Jordan’s own issues while confronting him about “throwing out wild allegations against people,” which the congressman continues to do …
Read More »Watch James Blake Perform 'Are You in Love?' on 'Kimmel'
James Blake took the stage at Jimmy Kimmel Live to offer an emotional rendition of his recent track “Are You in Love?” The performance was meant to be televised, but due to a long-running interview with presidential hopeful Joe Biden, Blake’s affecting performance is online-only. In the clip, Blake keeps …
Read More »Trump, Biden, Ukraine and a Whistle-Blower: What You Need to Know
The whistle-blower complaint at the center of a dispute between the White House and Congress concerns a phone call President Trump had with new Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, according to reports published a minute apart in the Washington Post and New York Times. At the time of the phone call, …
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