Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) appeared onFace the Nationwhere he predictably spread lies and disinformation about the 2020 election and absurdly claimed that voter fraud has been a problem ever since the very first election. The election conversation began when CBS host Margaret Brennan asked Cruz to confirm what Bob Woodward …
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Donald Trump’s loss to Joe Biden was a fitting denouement to a presidency replete with hateful policy, deliberate neglect, and slothful governance. The vote count looked good for Trump on Election Day, in part because he’d discouraged his own supporters from using the postal service he’d sabotaged to mail in …
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Campaigning requires compassion. The same goes for governance. Neither Donald Trump nor anyone in his orbit have yet come to this realization, surviving instead on their stale brand of Fox News testosterone. Sure, that message still can draw a lot of (white) people on a frigid weekday evening, especially if …
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“FINISH HIM!” read tweet after tweet after Elizabeth Warren’s opening verbal volley against Mike Bloomberg, echoing the video-game edict from the fighting game Mortal Kombat that precedes a graphic evisceration of one’s opponent. While the Massachusetts Senator didn’t reach to her right and rip out Bloomberg’s spine, her piercing account …
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Fare thee well, John Delaney. On the morning of Friday, January 31st, the self-made multi-millionaire and former congressman from Maryland officially ended his quixotic bid for the 2020 Democratic nomination. His quest began on July 28th, 2017, which means Delaney had been running for president for a whopping 918 days …
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The opening night of the first Democratic primary debates didn’t feature many confrontations. The same can’t be said for the second night, which featured several tense moments, most notably a fierce back-and-forth on race between Kamala Harris and Joe Biden. After agreeing with Marianne Williamson that reparations haven’t been talked …
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Donald Trump’s presidential campaign warned his supporters on Tuesday of scammers trying to pass their organizations off as authentically affiliated with the president. While the campaign didn’t call out any particular groups by name, the announcement came shortly publication of a report from the Campaign Legal Center and Axios that …
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The 2020 Democratic primary field is already stress-inducingly crowded, and you’d be forgiven if you’re having trouble keeping track of everyone. Well, lucky for all of us, nearly every serious potential candidate has a book that lays out his or her policy positions while also offering up some personal backstory …
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