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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…
Lots of people tuned into the Democratic National Convention on Thursday night to see Kamala Harris. But lots of people were expecting to see Beyoncé, too.Harris, who was supposed to show up, showed up. Beyoncé, who was never officially listed on the DNC’s schedule, didn’t.For a bunch of reasons.For starters,…
The Democratic National Convention came to a close on Thursday with fanfare, as Kamala Harris finally made her address to attendees.Several members of Harris’ family also appeared onstage to share their stories of the vice president, including her niece Meena Harris, her goddaughter Helena Hudlin, and her stepdaughter Ella Emhoff.Emhoff,…
Here’s something you don’t usually expect: partisans speaking at the convention of the opposing political party.It’s just one indication of what Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democrats are really after between now and Election Day: the vote of both independents and disillusioned Republicans.Even before Harris was the party’s nominee,…
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez burst onto the national political scene in 2018, it was clear that she little patience for politics as usual.Ocasio-Cortez’s defeat of then-Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s 14th congressional district Democratic primary that year signaled the rising influence of progressivism within the party, especially among working-class voters,…
As President Joe Biden took to the stage at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, the schedule for the first night of festivities was not the way he originally envisioned it just weeks ago.Biden was set to partake in the revelry, with his acceptance speech planned for the last day…
The Democratic National Committee is spending nearly $2 million in additional targeted state investments to boost down-ballot candidates and fund critical voter registration efforts ahead of November.The latest round of funding is part of the $20 million in investments the DNC has made in state parties this election cycle. This…
