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Senator Bernie Sanders (D., V.T.) said “authoritarianism has taken root” under President Trump’s leadership during his speech at the virtual Democratic National Convention Monday night, citing recent controversies with voting, the Postal Service, and the deployment of federal agents to cities facing unrest. “He has tried to prevent people from voting, undermined the U.S. Postal …

New York governor Andrew Cuomo turned his Democratic convention speech into an extended metaphor in which he compared President Trump to the coronavirus. “We know that our problems go beyond the COVID virus: COVID is the symptom, not the illness,” Cuomo said in a live speech broadcast without a physical audience. “Our nation is in …

“A Late Show with Stephen Colbert” will go live next week during the Democratic National Convention. The show is doing virtual interview with guests, although Colbert returned to his studio offices this week. On Monday, Susan Rice, who Joe Biden considered as a running mate, will be the guest. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) will be …

Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) slammed the Israel-U.A.E. agreement announced on Thursday, which commits the two countries to establishing full diplomatic relations and commits Israel in particular to suspending its annexation of territory in the West Bank. The agreement makes the U.A.E. the third Arab Middle Eastern nation to establish formal ties with Israel, joining …

Who needs comedy when you have politics? In the months leading up to the 2020 presidential election, a 2009 HBO clip of late comedian and actor Robin Williams talking about then-Vice President Joe Biden has resurfaced online, quickly going viral on Twitter. In the 30-second video, Williams, who would have turned 69 last month, doesn’t …

On August 4, 2020, Breitbart News reported Biden tweeted, “As president, I’ll take on the powerful gun lobby to pass universal background checks, ban assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, and close loopholes to keep guns out of dangerous hands. We can and will end our gun violence epidemic.” On August 5, 2020, Biden tweeted, “Weapons of …

Progressive “Squad” member Representative Rashida Tlaib (D., Mich.) has claimed victory over her establishment challenger in a primary race for her House seat. Tlaib beat out Detroit City Council president Brenda Jones, whom she narrowly defeated in a crowded primary in 2018 before first being elected to her seat. Tlaib’s 2018 election made her one …

Presumptive Democrat presidential nominee Joe Biden has delayed his selection of a vice presidential running mate by at least another week. Campaign aides are saying Biden needs more time for vetting the potential nominees. This is a BS excuse and tells me two things: One, the leading contenders of Senator Kamala Harris, Congresswoman Karen Bass, …

With more than 30 million Americans on some form of unemployment benefits, the additional $600 per-week unemployment insurance boost expired Friday as partisan fighting has marred the path forward on a new coronavirus relief deal. While Democrats have proposed extending the $600 benefit, which began in March, until January, most Republicans have called the benefits …

For four years, Democrats have been trying to cement in voters’ foreheads the idea that Trump is unfit for office. Perhaps that’s because Democrats’ policies never have been as unfit for the office as they are now. In 2016, the news-minding public endured an endless chant branding Donald Trump’s character and personality as “unfit” for …