Georgia prosecutors pursuing a criminal investigation against former president Donald Trump for trying to influence the 2020 election are eyeing a call Sen. Lindsey Graham made to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger as part of that probe, the Washington Post reported Friday. The call took place 10 days after …
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Stacey Abrams may have just ushered in a new political era in Georgia, helping to secure 16 electoral votes for Joe Biden, but right now, all she is concerned about is finishing our Zoom before the AT&T guy knocks out her internet. In the middle of the most chaotic and …
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Multiple videos posted to social media on Saturday morning apparently show Trump supporters in trucks and cars harassing a Joe Biden and Kamala Harris campaign bus in Texas, causing the campaign to cancel a planned event in Central Texas. A Biden campaign spokesperson told Forbes that the Trump supporters “attempted …
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John Kerry isn’t usually like this. During his half-century in public life, the Massachusetts Democrat has served as a model of a dignified American statesman, projecting stoicism, resolve, and a well-coifed New England nicety that rarely ruffles. He kept his cool while being “swiftboated” as a presidential nominee in 2004, …
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When it comes to voting rights in our pandemic election year, President Donald Trump has a habit of saying the quiet part out loud. In May, he tweeted that mail-in voting in 2020 would “LEAD TO THE END OF OUR GREAT REPUBLICAN PARTY.” In June, he told Politico that the …
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As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to force citizens to remain in their homes, the enterprising Puerto Rican rapper-activist Residente has begun broadcasting weekly Instagram Live discussions with world leaders. In the interest of educating and connecting with listeners from across Latin America, previous broadcasts have featured Nayib Bukele, a resident …
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House Democrats on Tuesday listed the two main reasons why they want to impeach President Trump. The primary one was because he engaged in a form of voter suppression, though foreign election interference isn’t commonly understood as such. When the president leans on a less powerful counterpart, from Ukraine or …
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Deval Patrick, former governor of Massachusetts and newly-resigned executive of Mitt Romney’s private equity firm Bain Capital, has entered the Democratic primary race, which is shaping up to be the biggest ensemble-disaster comedy since Cannonball Run. Patrick’s entry comes after news that former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg put himself …
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Rolling Stone is pleased to announce a launch this week of Useful Idiots, a news and politics podcast I’ll be co-hosting with my friend and colleague, Katie Halper. Useful Idiots is an iconoclastic take on the political podcast. Imagine a standard cable-news commentary show, and we’ll be shooting for its …
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Cable news coverage of politics has hit a new low. The next new low will probably be next week, but still. CNN’s NBA-style debate lottery Thursday night degraded us all. “The Leader” held a special segment for the randomized determination of the order for Democratic Party presidential debates on July …
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