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Democrats hope blue states can be the party’s redoubt against Trump’s second term.Democrats will be in the minority in both houses of Congress in January 2025.Democrats are also lining up lawyers to stymie Trump’s agenda and planning for 2028.With Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential election loss, President Joe Biden leaving…
In a podcast appearance, Jon Stewart dismissed the idea that Democrats need their own Joe Rogan.The suggestion, he said, always comes from “people that have never really listened to him.”Rogan, Stewart said, talks to everyone with curiosity, which Stewart suggested Dems need more of.Jon Stewart seems to think the idea…
Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally was supposed to be part of a triumphant closing pitch.Instead, it’s become about one comedian’s offensive joke about Puerto Ricans.That could give Democrats one last shot to shake up a race that’s been static for a while. Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on…
New York City Mayor Eric Adams is set to appear in court over bribery and wire fraud charges.Adams faces five criminal counts related to a federal corruption investigation.Calls for Adams’ resignation are growing with some arguing his legal battles hinder city governance. As New York City Mayor Eric Adams prepares…
With less than 50 days until the election, Senate Democrats are trying to put Republicans — and Trump — in the hot seat on IVF.On Tuesday, Senate Democrats brought the Right to IVF Act to a second vote, just 3 months after Republicans in the chamber first shot it down.…
Donald Trump may sometimes literally hug the American flag, but Democrats showed during their four-day convention that they are just as ready to embrace the red, white, and blue. After Kamala Harris formally accepted the nomination as presidential candidate, 100,000 patriotic balloons fell to the floor of the United Center.Though…
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The level of political donations from major food companies accepted by Democratic lawmakers has ticked higher this congressional election cycle, even as many Democrats have accused the top U.S. grocery chains and their suppliers of pushing prices higher at consumers’ expense, a Reuters analysis…
Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz has a lengthy political résumé. But as he introduced himself to the nation, it was his time in the classroom and on the sidelines that he relied on the most.If the subtext was too subtle, Walz, the Minnesota governor, summoned the delegates inside the…
Though Democrats successfully transformed their convention from a lukewarm acceptance of President Joe Biden to a full-fledged embrace of Vice President Kamala Harris, they haven’t successfully managed the basics of day-to-day operations. Monday’s events were plagued by delays, winding lines, and grumbling journalists, casting a shadow over an otherwise bright…
Only a few weeks ago, most people outside Minnesota, other than some political nerds, knew little, if anything, about Gov. Tim Walz.According to the poll of 1,613 adults, 71% of those surveyed, said they’d never heard of Walz or had no opinion of him. That means Republicans and Democrats both…