2024 election
LeBron James Passes Leadership of ‘More Than a Vote’ to WNBA Star Nneka Ogwumike
More Than a Vote is getting new leadership, and a new focus. The non-profit voting rights initiative founded by Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James will turn its attention to women’s rights and reproductive freedom for the 2024 election, with James passing the leadership baton to WNBA Seattle Storm star Nneka Ogwumike. More Than a […]
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“Never, Never Use That Song Again”: Isaac Hayes III Explains Why He’s Threatening Trump Over Copyright
After a lawsuit was threatened over the weekend against Donald Trump and his presidential campaign, the White House hopeful’s attorneys have continued to ignore the family of late soul icon Isaac Hayes, as they allegedly have for years. Meanwhile, the artist’s son and a lawyer representing the Hayes family have attempted to stop the use […]
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Al Franken as Tim Walz and Colin Jost as J.D. Vance? A Speculative Casting of the VP Candidates for ‘SNL’
It’s an election year and with all of the media frenzy and speculation, a bevy of new faces have stoically entered the national political fray. This sort of national political exposure comes for these career civil servants at a major inflection point for the country. So, naturally, this means that their parody equivalents will mock […]
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How Zoom and Identity Politics Are Propelling the Harris Campaign
As the American political landscape drastically shifted and the Democratic party breathed a sigh of relief when President Joe Biden ended his re-election bid, his successor’s campaign swiftly began to take shape. Many elements seemed familiar from past election cycles — the canvassing and relentless emails or text messages, or both. But a July 29 […]
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White Dudes for Harris Founders Blame Elon Musk for X Account’s Suspension
Two of the founders of White Dudes for Harris, a political organizing group and popular Zoom meeting that gained massive popularity and raised a reported $4 million-plus for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid this week, blamed Elon Musk for its official X (formerly Twitter) account being suspended following an enormous fundraising event that saw […]
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TV Ratings: 29M Viewers Watch Biden’s Oval Office Address on Ending Campaign
President Joe Biden’s Oval Office address on ending his re-election campaign Wednesday drew a large TV audience. Nearly 29 million people — 28.9 million, to be precise — watched the 15-minute speech at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT across 15 broadcast and cable networks, according to final same-day Nielsen ratings. ABC had the largest single-network audience for […]
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Biden Says He Will “Pass the Torch to a New Generation” in First Speech Since Ending Re-election Bid
President Joe Biden delivered a forthright address to the nation Wednesday night, where he explained that it’s time to pass the torch to a new generation following his announcement Sunday that he is suspending his campaign for a second term and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to lead the Democratic ticket. Biden opened by invoking […]
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Netflix’s Reed Hastings Backs Kamala Harris With $7M Donation
Reed Hastings has come out big for Kamala Harris, cutting the vice president’s 2024 election campaign a check for $7 million. The Netflix co-founder and executive chairman revealed the massive donation to the tech-focused site The Information on Tuesday. “After the depressing debate, we are in the game again,” Hastings told The Information. He added […]
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Donations Flood in for Kamala Harris as ActBlue Says It Raised Nearly $50M in Record Time
The shock news that Joe Biden would be ending his reelection campaign and backing Vice President Kamala Harris for the 2024 election has proved to be a shot in the arm for the Democrats, with the move spurring a flood of donations Sunday night. ActBlue, the Democrat-linked fundraising platform, revealed that by Sunday night, tens […]
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John Oliver, in Show Taped Ahead of Biden’s Announcement, Takes Aim at Trump and RNC
Last Week Tonight was preempted by a clarification note for its Sunday audience: “This show was taped on Saturday, July 20.” Sunday marked the return of host John Oliver to his HBO talk show after a nearly one-month hiatus, and even though his segment was taped before the biggest news story on Sunday, Oliver’s opening […]
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Instantly Iconic Image of Trump After Shooting Becomes Cash Cow for Online Merchandise
While filling in for the host on Jimmy Kimmel Live! this week, comic actor Anthony Anderson noted that the shooting at a Pennsylvania political rally over the weekend that saw a bullet graze former President Donald Trump’s ear is no laughing matter. But, he pointed out, some of the merchandise seen online in many instances […]
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Joe Biden Uses Detroit Rally to Flip From Defending His Age to Attacking Trump
At a rally in Detroit on Friday evening, an embattled Joe Biden sought to assuage pervasive fears that his candidacy for reelection is in major trouble as a growing list of politicians and celebrities call for him to step down from the 2024 Democratic ticket. Biden’s agenda in Detroit was to deflect the focus off […]
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