Weeks of candidate debate prep likely flew out the window Monday, when CNN dropped a bombshell story: Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren claimed Vermont’s Bernie Sanders told her a woman couldn’t win in 2020. By an amazing coincidence, CNN is hosting the last candidate debate before the Iowa caucus in Des …
Read More »Ed Buck's Arrest Has Stirred Up the Far Right — But the Story Is Bigger Than They Realize
Prior to his arrest on Wednesday, few outside of the black LGBTQ community had likely heard of Ed Buck, the 65-year-old Democratic political donor and LGBTQ rights advocate who was arrested in West Hollywood and charged with operating a methamphetamine ring. Police arrested Buck after a 37-year-old man overdosed at …
Read More »Voter Enthusiasm for the Midterms Is on the Rise
American voters are more likely to turn out in the upcoming midterms than they were four years ago, when voter turnout was at a record low point for the past 50 years,according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Voter enthusiasm has increased across the board, with the greatest increases …
Read More »What Happens in Georgia Could Have National Implications for Years to Come
If you’re a Fox News Republican, you’re either freaked out by Stacey Abrams, or about to be. A Pandora’s Box of musty racial terrors, myths and prejudices – along with freshly updated Trumpian resentments – will be uncorked Tuesday if (as expected) the Yale Law School graduate, romance-novel writer, single …
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