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Since Donald Trump’s crushing defeat of Kamala Harris in November, Democrats have agonized over their loss. Manifestos have been published, podcasts launched, summits held — all in the name of trying to figure out how to win back the voters Democrats lost last year.

But new research suggests the prevailing wisdom that has guided those efforts — the idea that Democrats tacked too far to the left last year — might be, well, wrong.

The polling, conducted by Democratic pollster Celinda Lake on behalf of the progressive donor network Way to Win,...

Star Trek: Voyager’s Kate Mulgrew said that she initially felt a bit out of place when she was invited by Hillary Clinton to talk about women in Stem fields. Mulgrew played Captain Kathryn Janeway in the show, creating history as the first female captain to lead a Star Trek series, and inspired countless women to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering, and math.

Mulgrew recounted an incident while on a panel discussion with her Voyager co-star Robert Picardo, where she was invited to the White House by Hillary Clinton, who was the First Lady at the time. She mentioned that she was asked to give a speech to the best of women researchers who attended the event and were looking at her for guidance (via The Planetary Society).

She’d called a group an international group of young scientists whom she thought were particularly promising, and she could think...

In a late night vote at the Capitol on Monday, House Republicans blocked a Democratic effort to unseal documents related to the investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Republicans have long stoked conspiracies about the disgraced financier’s death, voted against the resolution in the heat of a Maga civil war over the Trump administration’s backtracking on the release of the files.

The House Rules Committee voted down a bid by Democrats to attach an amendment to the Genius Act — a controversial piece of cryptocurrency legislation currently making...

“Hello, and unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably know that the Democratic primary did not go the way I had hoped,” said former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who was recently bested in the NYC Democratic mayoral primary by Zohran Mamdani, a political unknown who energized a young and diverse electorate to emerge as the party’s contender in the upcoming Nov. 4 election.

Conceding the loss after the late June primary, Cuomo praised his rival for running “a really smart and good and impactful campaign.”

However, in a video posted on X Monday announcing his run, the former governor, sounding and looking rather subdued, said, “My opponent, Mr. Mamdani, offers slick slogans, but no real solutions.” He spoke standing in front of some green in Central Park interspersed with handshaking around the city and promised New Yorkers they’d soon be seeing a lot more of him.

President Donald Trump’s decision to deploy masked, armed federal agents to round up community members is one of the more horrifying features of his second term.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (Ice) brutal crackdown on undocumented migrants across the country has led many activists, members of the public, and Democratic politicians to characterize the agency as a new secret police. Trump’s Ice conducts raids at immigration courts, workplaces, and on farmland, with agents regularly dressing in plainclothes, wearing masks and face coverings to hide their identities, and eschewing...

The signature piece of Donald Trump’s legislative agenda cleared Congress on Thursday as the House of Representatives gave its final approval after a marathon overnight session.

The vote was 218-214, with two Republicans. Rep. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania joining all Democrats in voting against it.

Trump is expected to sign the bill Friday during a White House ceremony.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) and Trump worked through the night trying to persuade holdouts, while they managed to flip almost all Republicans who initially voted to block the bill from even coming to the floor.

As things dragged on, Trump wrote shortly after midnight: “Largest Tax Cuts in History and a Booming Economy vs. Biggest Tax Increase in History, and a Failed Economy. What are the Republicans waiting for??? What are you trying to prove??? Maga Is Not Happy, And It’S Costing You Votes!

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Democratic Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary victory in New York City has prompted an elite panic, the likes of which we’ve rarely seen: Billionaires are desperately seeking a general-election candidate to stop him, former Barack Obama aides are publicly melting down, corporate moguls are threatening a capital strike, and CNBC has become a television forum for nervous breakdowns. Meanwhile, Democratic elites who...

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is calling out “scare tactics” employed by the media.

The 35-year-old U.S. representative for New York spoke out following Zohran Mamdani‘s defeat of Andrew Cuomo in the New York Democratic Primary for Mayor.

In a side-by-side of two covers of the New York Post, Aoc blasted the damning headlines featured on both.

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“Red Alert,” the New York Post headline reads, featuring Aoc after her own first election win. “Young socialist upsets King of Queens, shocking Dem establishment.”

“NYC Sos,” the newest Nyp headline reads featuring Zohran, adding, “Who will save city after radical socialist batters Cuomo in Dem mayoral primary?”

“Billionaires use the same scare tactics every time to divide working people. It’s all to create hysteria and keep us from achieving the affordable, dignified life we deserve,” she wrote on Wednesday (June 25).

“We won’t fall for it anymore.

The Wednesday, June 25, episode of The View began with the cohosts discussing Donald Trump and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s new feud, which began after she publicly called him out for bombing Iran, prompting him to call her “stupid” and “one of the dumbest people in Congress.” Joy Behar began the conversation by pointing out, “[Trump] really doesn’t like strong women. He likes dutiful, obedient women who compliment him. Even back in the day, I used to do jokes about his hair. Every male comedian did jokes about his hair, but he went after me.” Behar’s main question to her cohosts was whether they believe young democrats like Aoc are finding the voice that’s connecting with people. While Sunny Hostin felt this was the case, Alyssa Farah Griffin disagreed. “Donald Trump is dying to have this fight [with Aoc],” she said. “He wants to make her the face of the Democratic ...

Updated: Zohran Mamdani held a solid lead over Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic primary race for New York mayor, signaling a major upset by a political unknown against the state’s former governor.

Mamdani led Cuomo by nearly eight percentage points, with more than 90% of the vote counted on Tuesday evening, according to the AP.

“Tonight was not our night; tonight was Assemblyman Mamdani’s night,” Cuomo told his supporters, conceding that his rival had “won.” He credited Mamdani with running “a really smart and good and impactful campaign.”

Mamdani, a Democratic socialist and state assemblyman, has run a campaign focused on affordability, proposing things such as a rent freeze and city owned grocery stores. But he put a big emphasis on social media and a heavy slate of media appearances, contrasting himself with the Democratic establishment.

“Tonight, we made history,” Mamdani told supporters. “In the words of Nelson Mandela,...

Zohran Mamdani declared victory in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary Tuesday night after Andrew Cuomo conceded the race in a stunning upset, as the young, progressive upstart who was virtually unknown when the contest began built a substantial lead over the more experienced but scandal-scarred former governor.

Though the race’s ultimate outcome will still be decided by a ranked choice count, Mamdani took a commanding position just hours after the polls closed.

With victory all but assured, Mamdani, a 33-year-old democratic socialist who ran an energetic campaign centered on the cost of living, told supporters, “I will be your Democratic nominee for the mayor of New York City.”

“I will be the mayor for every New Yorker, whether you voted for me, for Governor Cuomo, or felt too disillusioned by a long-broken political system to vote at all,” he said. “I will work to be a mayor...

New York’s mayoral race has entered its climactic phase, with Democratic voters heading to the polls Tuesday to vote in the all-important primary election.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, 67, who was ousted four years ago and replaced by former Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul after 11 women accused him of sexual misconduct, has been the front-runner. In the final days before the primary, however, he has faced a sudden surge from far less well-known challengers. Because of New York’s leftward tilt, the primary winner typically emerges as the heavy favorite in the fall general election.

Chief among the upstarts is Zohran Mamdani, a two-term state Assemblyman from Queens who has been endorsed by U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-ny) and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-vt). The 33-year-old Democratic Socialist has seen his message resonate widely due to his digital savvy and sophisticated social media approach. Cuomo, the son of late New York Gov.

Ariana Grande has cosigned a statement from Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, which argues that Donald Trump’s decision to bomb Iran over the weekend was grounds for impeachment. The pop singer reshared Ocasio-Cortez’s statement to her Instagram Stories on Sunday.

The President’s disastrous decision to bomb Iran without authorization is a grave violation of the Constitution and Congressional War Powers,” Ocasio-Cortez wrote. “He has impulsively risked launching a war that may ensnare us for generations. It is absolutely and clearly grounds for impeachment.”

Trump launched a bombing campaign against Iran’s nuclear facilities on Saturday — without the authorization of Congress. While the president was quick to declare that the country’s nuclear program had been “completely and totally obliterated,” military officials have since conceded that they don’t yet know the fate of Iran’s uranium stockpile.

Ariana Grande agreed with Aoc.

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Donald Trump took to the halls of the White House to address the nation on Saturday night (June 21).

The 79-year-old President of the United States was joined by Vice President Jd Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as he spoke out to cameras hours after the US bombed three nuclear enrichment facilities in Iran: Fordow, Natanz, and Esfahan.

Trump spoke out about the bombings, and pressed that if there is no peace reached quickly, there will be more attacks.

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“A short time ago, the US military carried out massive precision strikes on the three key nuclear facilities in the Iranian regime,” he said from the podium. “Everybody heard those names for years as they built this horribly destructive enterprise. Our objective was the destruction of Iran’s nuclear enrichment capacity and a stop to the nuclear threat posed by...

Pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil was released on bail from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility Friday, per a judge’s order, after being incarcerated for more than three months. During a press conference Saturday, Khalil said he will continue to protest for Palestinian human rights.

The Columbia University activist missed the birth of his child and his graduation while he was incarcerated. President Donald Trump’s administration moved to revoke Khalil’s legal permanent residence in the U.S. and arrested him in March, arguing his presence in America creates “serious adverse foreign policy consequences.

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The "Star Trek: Voyager" episode "Tuvix" was, for many years, mocked as one of the worst episodes in the series. The premise is risible: A transporter malfunction accidentally merges the stern, logical Tuvok (Tim Russ) with the jolly hobbit-like Neelix (Ethan Philips) to form Tuvix (Tom Wright), a being that shares the personalities of both. There had been plenty of fantastical, silly, and even stupid stories on "Star Trek" before, but this seemed to go one step beyond. It felt like a fully realized TV production of an idle doodle one might make in the margins of their notebook during 10th grade history -- or, at the very least, a question one might ask after a giant bong rip. Tuvok and Neelix are the opposite. What if they were the same guy? Cosmic.

But years later, after "Voyager" was off the air,...

Inside a packed arena at the University of Montana in April, 20-year-old Lander Busse stepped onto the stage to thunderous applause. More than 9,000 people had turned out here in Missoula for the Fighting Oligarchy rally organized by Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez — a remarkable crowd in a state that went to Donald Trump by nearly 20 points and ousted longtime Democratic Senator Jon Tester in favor of a novice Maga Republican.

Busse was here at the request of Senator Sanders, who had invited on stage plaintiffs from the Held v.

It was like the Twitter of old on Thursday, as users on the site now known as X reveled at the jaw-dropping and very public “big, beautiful breakup” between Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

The entirely predictable split between Trump and Musk finally came to pass as long festering resentment spilled out into all-out social media fighting. The very catty barbs escalated so much that Musk alleged that Trump’s name was in the Epstein Files, and the president fired back that the U.S. government take away the billions in federal subsidies it gives to Musk’s Tesla and SpaceX.

The unbecoming and unedifying spectacle of the world’s most powerful man and the world’s richest man throwing insults and horrific allegations at each other, predictably, was met by concern and embarrassment for both Trump and Musk supporters, confused as they were by a feud between their two Maga heroes.

It’s an early May afternoon in Washington, D.C., and as a group of demonstrators gather outside of the Capitol protesting cuts to Medicaid, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is in her congressional office, excitedly pulling bright pink, blue, and yellow yarns out of her purse.

“I am knitting a cardigan; I call it my Fruity Pebble sweater,” says Ocasio-Cortez, holding the colorful jumble against her black dress. The congresswoman has recently started knitting as an alternative to doomscrolling. “This is a practice that forces me to slow down. In a moment like this,...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-n.Y.) is reintroducing her bill to provide civil recourse for survivors of nonconsensual sexually-explicit deepfakes.

Ocasio-Cortez is co-leading the bicameral bill with Rep. Laurel Lee (R-Fla.), Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-s.C.). The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (Defiance) Act was originally introduced last year and unanimously passed the Senate but did not make it to a vote at the House of Representatives. The bipartisan legislation currently has nine co-sponsors and will be reintroduced today in both the Senate and House.

Star Trek: Voyager star Kate Mulgrew wasn’t shy about where she stood politically, and her endorsement might ruffle some Maga feathers. The actress threw her support behind a high-profile U.S. politician known for clashing with Donald Trump at every turn.

Mulgrew called herself a huge fan and made it clear she’s backing brains, not bluster. For fans hoping their favorite sci-fi captain stayed neutral, she’s steering this ship straight into real-world politics, and she’s not afraid to speak her mind.

Kate Mulgrew backed Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Donald Trump fans won’t like it Kate Mulgrew in a still from Star Trek: Voyager | Credits: Paramount Network

Kate Mulgrew, best known as Captain Janeway from Star Trek: Voyager, alluded during a 2019 interview with TrekMovie that she’s backing Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

Well, I’m a great fan of hers, and she of me. So I went out to her...

As Donald Trump and Republican lawmakers ponder how best to cut Medicaid in order to pay for new tax boons for the rich, doctors, hospital executives, and advocates are warning that changes to the nation’s health insurance program for the poor could harm patients, quickly cause rural hospitals to close, and force essential programs to shut down.

For months now, the Trump administration has been exploring ways to pay off the massive $4.5 trillion loss of tax revenue it would incur by making Trump’s 2017 tax cuts permanent. So far,...

New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham issued a stark warning that if Republicans in Congress and the Trump White House cut Medicaid, “People will die. Children will die.” She is joined by other Democrats who are raising the alarm about the planned cuts.

Grisham was speaking from experience. When her state cut spending on behavioral health years ago, she said, “more than a decade later, we are still digging out.”

“Providers left [the state]. Contractors left. People don’t have access. People died,” she said Sunday on CBS’s Face the Nation.

As Republicans and Democrats prepare to face off about Medicaid cuts in next week’s Energy and Commerce Committee meetings at the House of Representatives, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is vehemently speaking out against threats to Medicaid.

“They’re robbing people in order to hand it over to the rich,” the progressive New York lawmaker tells Rolling Stone. “Medicaid is one of the largest insurers in the United States of America.”

Republicans are considering a range of proposals to slash Medicaid, the federal health insurance program for low-income people and those with disabilities,...

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Is Whoopi Goldberg leaving The View after 14 years?

From Whoopi’s controversies to her most scathingly accurate statements about society, the legendary actor’s time on The View has been indelible.

Some of Whoopi’s statements have spawned memes and become life mottos. But no one’s run on The View lasts forever.

Recently, the daytime talk series – and the country – have undergone some major changes. Shortly after the 2024 election, Whoopi admitted she wanted to leave the show and never come back.

And the plan may be already in motion.

Whoopi Goldberg appears on The View in 2024. (Image Credit: The View) Whoopi Admits She’s Having ‘Hard Time’ Not Quitting Her Job

Whoopi says she’s been in a stage of grief since Trump was elected to a second term in office. His reinstatement to power has left her questioning what comes next.

Shortly after her 69th birthday,...

On a scale of “highly valued” to “thankless,” the roles that production assistants play on film and television sets can swing towards the latter. Delivering lunch, escorting cast members, managing background actors, maintaining radio equipment — it’s all in production assistants’ repertoires, with the general expectation being that, as entry-level workers in a cutthroat creative industry, they are eager to please as they work lengthy hours for around minimum wage.

But one group believes longstanding norms around these roles can and should change. For a bit less than a year, Production Assistants United has been taking steps to unionize these workers nationwide with the backing of Burbank-based LiUNA Local 724, which represents utility workers on Hollywood productions. Organizers are aiming to increase wages, enshrine turnaround times and provide access to union health benefits — in other words, to give these workers some of the same benefits as their union colleagues on set.

Kamala Harris criticized Donald Trump in a speech in San Francisco last night, noting that his administration has perpetuated a “wholesale abandonment” of America’s highest ideals.

Speaking at the 20th anniversary gala for Emerge America, an organization that recruits and trains Democratic women to run for office, Harris took aim at the president’s agenda. During the 15-minute speech, Harris reflected on the fear and anxiety being caused by Trump’s tactics and praised those who have been standing up against them.

“They are counting on the notion that...

Sounding a lot like a candidate for something, Kamala Harris returned to her old stomping ground of San Francisco tonight to warn Americans the apparent chaos of Donald Trump’s Project 2025 fueled agenda is a ruse to distract from the long-lasting wounds being inflicting on the body politic, civil society and the Constitution.

“Instead of an administration working to advance our highest ideals, we are witnessing the wholesale abandonment of those ideals,” the former VP said Wednesday to the the Emerge 20th Anniversary Gala of Trump’s attacks on the Constitution and the “greatest man-made economic crisis in modern presidential history.”

“Let us not be duped into thinking everything is chaos,” the 2024 candidate added at the Bay Area city’s Palace Hotel. “It may feel like that. But understand, what we are, in fact, witnessing is a high velocity event. Where a vessel is being used for the swift implementation...

Sen. Bernie Sanders has faith that the American people understand what “oligarchy” means, defending his use of the term from fellow Democrats Sen. Elise Slotkin and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, who have argued that it doesn’t resonate with voters.

“I think the American people are not quite as dumb as Ms. Slotkin thinks they are,” Sanders said on NBC’s Meet the Press. “I think they understand very well, when the top one percent owns more wealth than the bottom 90 percent, when big money interests are able to control both political parties,...

In the recent Time magazine cover story on the first 100 days of Donald Trump’s second term, a presidential aide explained the president’s revenge strategy: “Look, either we come after you, we shut you down, or you’re going to help me out.”

There’s a famous scene in Goodfellas that explains this mob boss mentality. In voiceover from Ray Liotta’s wiseguy Henry Hill, we learn that the New York Mafia don Paulie tells anyone who owes him fealty, or really anything, “Fuck you, pay me” — or else.

The FBI has arrested a judge in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, they have accused of obstructing the arrest of an undocumented migrant.

According to a now-deleted X post, FBI Director Kash Patel wrote that the FBI has arrested Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan “after evidence of Judge Dugan obstructing an immigration arrest operation last week.”

“We believe Judge Dugan intentionally misdirected federal agents away from the subject to be arrested in her courthouse, Eduardo Flores Ruiz, allowing the subject — an illegal alien — to evade arrest,” Patel wrote, adding that Flores Ruiz had been arrested.

Democratic Sen. Dick Durbin of Illinois announced on Wednesday he will not be seeking reelection next year. Durbin, who is 80, has spent more than half of his life serving first in the House and then the Senate, where he was elevated to Democratic Whip, party leadership’s second-highest role. “I truly love the job of being a United States senator, but in my heart, I know it’s time to pass the torch,” Durbin said in a video message.

Meredith Shiner, a communications professional, was in a Zoom training for...

Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s “Fighting Oligarchy” tour stop in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday featured politicians, famous musicians, labor leaders — and Hollywood production assistants.

Echoing the event’s ethos of challenging corporate interests and billionaires, labor organizers focused on one of the entertainment industry’s most crucial but unglamorous roles made a fiery unionization pitch to the reported 36,000 attendees. In the process, they put a spotlight on wages and working conditions as they described production assistants as being primed to build “working-class power.”

Thousands of production assistants are “sick and tired of being underpaid, overworked and unprotected,” said LiUNA Local 724 business manager Alex Aguilar, whose Local is heading up the union-organization effort, in a speech. “That stops!”

Organizer Clio Byrne-Gudding, a production assistant who has in the past worked on Rebel Moon parts one and two, addressed production assistants directly: “Will you continue to allow the...

The busiest politician in America over the weekend was not President Donald Trump, or any of his cronies, but Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who spoke before crowds of tens of thousands in Los Angeles, Salt Lake City, and at this year’s Coachella music festival as part of his Fighting Oligarchy Tour with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-n.Y.).

“When it comes to standing up to Trumpism there is no such thing as a red state,” Sanders wrote Sunday on X. “20,000 people came out in Salt Lake City tonight to say No to oligarchy,...

Bernie Sanders has long been amassing crowds at his political rallies throughout the nation, but he might have drawn his biggest audience yet via a surprise appearance at Coachella last night, introducing indie artist Clairo and making an urgent plea to young people to “fight for justice.”

The leftist senator from Vermont began his address by thanking the “Bags” singer-songwriter for the invite and introducing Florida Rep. Maxwell Frost, who joined him onstage.

“This country faces some very difficult challenges, and the future of what happens to America is dependent upon your generation,” Sanders told the jubilant crowd. “Now you can turn away and ignore what goes on, but if you do that, you do it at your own peril. We need you to stand up and fight for justice, to fight for economic justice, social justice and racial justice.”

Continuing on, Sanders referenced Potus, whose name elicited strong boos from the audience.

The star-studded lineup at the Coachella music festival included an unexpected guest Saturday night.

In a surprise appearance before a massive crowd at the Indio, California, festival, Sen. Bernie Sanders took the stage to deliver a rousing speech blasting President Donald Trump and exhorting the young audience to stand up against billionaires, the fossil fuel industry, “greedy insurance companies” and states that are rolling back abortion rights across the nation. As he spoke under a full moon, hundreds of screaming fans rushed over, cameras in hand, to capture the senator’s unannounced address, which followed a blockbuster set from Charli Xcx on a neighboring stage.

Sanders had been invited by festival organizers to introduce singer-songwriter Clairo, whom he praised for her own record of activism. He was introduced by Maxwell Frost, the Florida Democrat who recently became the first Gen Z member of Congress.

“I’m here because Clairo has...

Clairo had an unexpected guest for fans on Saturday night at Coachella: Just before her set began, Bernie Sanders came out for a moment of political activism in the desert. The Vermont Senator, who was in California for an anti-oligarchy rally earlier in the day, encouraged the crowd to fight for the country, warning of the dire consequences the country faces if people remain apathetic.

Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost came onstage first to introduce Sanders. “We’re living in some crazy times, and because of that, I’m here to introduce someone very special,...

“Welcome to Berniechella,” Maggie Rogers told a crowd of an estimated 36,000 people as she took to the stage at Gloria Molina Grand Park in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday afternoon.

Indeed, those in L.A. who didn’t make the trek down to Coachella this weekend still had a chance at a star-studded show as Rogers, Neil Young and Joan Baez all performed at Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s L.A. stop on their Fighting Oligarchy tour, calling upon all in attendance to take on President Donald Trump and the billionaire class supporting his administration.

“We are going to make our revolution with joy,” Sanders told the crowd as he thanked the musicians who played before his speech. “We’re going to sing and dance our way to victory against hatred and divisiveness.”

Sanders’ tour has also stopped in cities like Denver and Tempe, Arizona, and they’ll hit several more markets,...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) appeared to draw his largest crowd ever as part of his “Fighting Oligarchy” tour in Los Angeles near City Hall on Saturday. About 36,000 people gathered for the rally, according to his team. Joan Baez, Maggie Rogers, Neil Young performed leading up to Sanders’ speech, and progressive Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-n.Y.) introduced him.

When Sanders took the stage, the crowd chanted “Bernie, Bernie.” He stopped them: “Nope. It’s not ‘Bernie.’ It is you.”

The former presidential candidate strongly condemned President Donald Trump and Elon Musk,...

Cameron Allen is close to the Democratic Party’s ideal voter. A millennial lawyer from Kentucky, Allen was part of the wave of energized younger Democrats who sent Andy Beshear to the governor’s office in 2018 and mobilized behind Joe Biden’s 2020 campaign. Allen detests Donald Trump and opposes the Republican Party’s slide into the gutter of authoritarianism. But ask Allen about the Democratic Party and the room temperature drops.

“Being a Democrat is the most depressing thing in the world,” Allen laments in a phone call. “You wake...

Stephen A Smith. (Photo by Moody College of Communication via Wikimedia Commons)

Sports analyst Stephen A. Smith just landed a lucrative contract to continue his television duties at ESPN, so it should come as no surprise that he has no interest in running for President of the United States.

At a broadcast industry trade show in Las Vegas on Monday, Smith said he would not rule out the possibility of a presidential bid in the future, but noted it would take a fair amount of persuasion because his interest in running for office is practically non-existent.

“I have no desire to do it; I’m living a pretty good life right now. Life’s been good,” Smith said at the Nab Show on Monday. “The last thing that I would want to do is involve myself in politics. I’ve always perceived politicians as being professional beggars. I don’t...

As Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continue his “Fighting Oligarchy” across America, they’ll by joined by a special group of musical guests for his upcoming rally in Los Angeles. Neil Young, Maggie Rogers, and Joan Baez will play sets, as will indie artists Jeff Rosenstock, Indigo De Souza, and the Red Pears. LA’s Raise Gospel Choir will also perform.

The rally will take place next Saturday, April 12th at Gloria Molina Grand Park in Los Angeles. Gates open at 9:00 a.m. Pt with the rally slated to begin at 1:00 p.m. To RSVP, click here.

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“It has been easy to feel powerless and alone since the election and seeing the massive crowds of people who are also tired of this bullshit attending these events (cornball alert) has filled my heart with hope,” Rosenstock wrote on social media. “I am beyond honored...

After Democrats lost the White House, the Senate, and the House of Representatives in last year’s election, Saikat Chakrabarti waited for the party’s leaders to acknowledge — if not address — their mistakes.

“I was sort of expecting the Democrats to have a big realization that, ‘Oh my Gosh. We did something wrong. We’ve got to figure out what that was,’” he tells Rolling Stone. “Especially when they’re confronted with the fact that Trump increased his vote share amongst a bunch of working-class coalitions and demographics.”

Instead, just days after the election,...

The cohosts of The View kicked off the week by taking a look at what key members of the Democratic party are currently doing to spread their message of resistance during Donald Trump‘s second term. First, they watched clips of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leading very well-attended anti-oligarchy rallies; then, they showed new Michigan Senator Elissa Slotkin championing a more centrist approach. After her fellow cohosts — that is, Sara Haines, Ana Navarro, Sunny Hostin, and Alyssa Farah Griffin — weighed in on the matter with their varying perspectives, Whoopi Goldberg offered up a very different take on the matter altogether. To Goldberg, the question wasn’t which approach is right but rather, why are people looking to the Democrats for leadership when America elected Republicans to leadership in both the presidency and both chambers of Congress? “I find it fascinating that everyone wants the Democrats to figure out what...

After caving to Donald Trump and voting for a Republican-backed short-term government funding bill, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has faced calls to resign from members of his own party. But Schumer is not backing down on that fight, saying he will not quit his leadership position.

“I’m not stepping down,” Schumer said in an interview with Kristen Welker that aired Sunday on NBC’s Meet the Press.

Nine Democrats joined Schumer in voting for the legislation that increased defense spending and cut $13 billion in non-defense spending, giving Trump...

The Democratic Party is a mess. Donald Trump is systematically dismantling the United States government in order to consolidate power around himself, and last week Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-n.Y.) abdicated what little congressional power Democrats have left by supporting the Republican resolution to fund the government. The president was pleased. The Democratic Party’s favorability is, not surprisingly, now at a record low, according to a CNN poll released earlier this week.

There are still some signs of life within the opposition to Trump, however. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.

Exclusive: As Hakeem Jeffries treks to Los Angeles for a big-ticket fundraiser, a number of Hollywood donors are staying on the sidelines out of fatigue, frustration and even fear over the ability of the Democratic party to stand up to Donald Trump.

“I’m not interested, skipping it,” one usually very dependable Dem check-writer said of Jeffries’ event Wednesday hosted by Hope Warschaw.

“The Democrats are all about the midterms, great. But that’s next year, they’re blowing it against Trump now,” the producer added of the party’s leadership and its opposition to the chaos and of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. “A lot of that is on Hakeem, Schumer, Pelosi and the rest of them.”

Out on the West Coast last month to talk with Silicon Valley Democrats, Jeffries’ fundraiser tonight has tickets going from $10,000 a couple to $100,000. With the man who would be speaker accompanied by Rep.

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has risen to become one of the most polarizing figures in modern American politics. While she has gained recognition and admiration, especially among younger voters, for her bold policies, Ocasio-Cortez has also faced criticism from conservatives and moderate Democrats.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Credit: Dimitri Rodriguez/Cc-by-2.0/Wikimedia Commons

And she has previously opened up about how Star Trek: Voyager, the popular sci-fi series, played a significant role in shaping her perspective on leadership, influencing her approach to modern American politics.

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez how Star Trek’s Kathryn Janeway inspired her journey to leadership Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert via YouTube

The polarizing political figure Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez continues to be a hot topic of discussion, especially as a potential rising leader for Democrats.

And Kate Mulgrew’s Star Trek character has played a significant role in shaping her vision of leadership, as she revealed during a...

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-n.Y.) has postponed three events on his book tour — including one in Washington, D.C. — amid widespread backlash to his capitulation to Republicans during last week’s spending negotiations.

According to multiple outlets, scheduled events in Baltimore, New York City, and Washington, D.C., surrounding the Thursday release of his book Antisemitism in America: A Warning were suddenly postponed on Monday morning. In a statement to The New York Times, a spokesperson for the minority leader said the events needed to be rescheduled due to “security concerns.

Bill Maher raised questions about the evolving language around sex work during the latest episode of Real Time with Bill Maher. In his “New Rules” segment, the comedian addressed how the term “sex worker community” has replaced previous terminology, particularly in the wake of Anora’s success at the Academy Awards.

Maher commented on how language changes over time. “You gotta give me more than a week to get used to a new word or phrase or name for what we call something,” he said. Comparing it to shifts in terminology for homelessness and immigration, he expressed skepticism over the sudden mainstream adoption of “sex worker” as the preferred term.

The HBO host referenced Anora, the Sean Baker-directed film that won five Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Actress for Mikey Madison. Both Baker and Madison used their acceptance speeches to acknowledge the “sex worker community,” which Maher found notable.