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Donald Trump tests positive for Covid-19

2 October 2020 3:21 pm

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have tested positive for Covid-19. The President and first lady underwent testing…

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Antifa for Biden

12 September 2020 4:28 am

Hey folks, it’s me, your friendly neighborhood antifa ringleader. You may recognize me from such news clips as ‘Small group…

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That dreary Bloomberg speech cost him $18 million

21 August 2020 12:29 pm

There’s an infamous anecdote from an old New York magazine story, in which then-New York mayor Michael Bloomberg arrived at…

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Biden picks Kamala Harris as running mate

12 August 2020 6:36 am

In a rare win for the police, Joe Biden has selected California senator Kamala Harris to join him on the…

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Joe Biden should debate

11 August 2020 4:24 am

Why would a benevolent God deny us the prospect of a debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump? As the…

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Cuomo and de Blasio’s unearned lap of honor

9 June 2020 6:37 am

After weeks of state-mandated lockdown, thousands of preventable nursing home deaths and days of angry protests and looting, New York…

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Amy Klobuchar’s VP prospects are over

30 May 2020 3:40 am

Move over, Kamala — there’s a new bad sheriff in town. After the death of George Floyd at the hands…

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Life and death in New York City

3 April 2020 12:54 pm

No matter where in the apartment I am, if I sit very still, I hear a siren. Over the 18…

Coughing crotchety codgers at a dull DC coronavirus debate

16 March 2020 1:01 pm

Two gentlemen considered at ‘high risk’ of contracting COVID-19 met tonight in the Washington DC studio of CNN, to pitch…

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EXCLUSIVE: Karlie Kloss’s dad helps Jared with coronavirus ‘research’

13 March 2020 12:37 pm

Jared Kushner has a lot on his plate. The White House senior adviser was tasked this week with conducting research…

Bye bye Bloomberg

5 March 2020 3:18 am

‘I’m a believer in using data to inform decisions,’ Michael Bloomberg said in a statement as he ended his campaign.…

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What is Michael Bloomberg thinking?

4 March 2020 1:54 pm

There are lies, damned lies, and data in politics. Everyone presumed a man as well-resourced as Michael Bloomberg had run…

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Mayor Pete out

2 March 2020 10:51 am

Former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg is dropping out of the Democratic primary ahead of Super Tuesday, according to Politico.…

Andrew Yang, Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Elizabeth Warren, Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer at the DNC debate in Manchester, New Hampshire

The latest Democratic debate was the most pugilistic yet

8 February 2020 6:24 pm

If you’re after a real fight, come to Manchester, New Hampshire on a Friday night. An idyllic Catholic college smothered…

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Chaos wins the Iowa caucus

4 February 2020 5:05 pm

Six months ago, you would have predicted a Joe Biden win in the Iowa caucuses. Four months ago, Pete Buttigieg…

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Warren’s dirty trick against Bernie proves she’s the new Hillary

15 January 2020 8:27 am

The next time Elizabeth Warren offers you a beer, be sure not to turn your back on her lest she…

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Kamala Harris is not your vice president

13 December 2019 5:32 am

Little over a week on from the sad demise of the Kamala Harris presidential campaign, the California senator is the…

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The Democrats’ open mic night in Atlanta

21 November 2019 3:18 pm

Fear not everyone — there are only seven Democratic debates left this cycle. As if the prospect of a fifth…

michael bloomberg

For some reason, Michael Bloomberg thinks he should be president

8 November 2019 10:18 am

Who would you like to see better represented in the already-crowded Democratic primary? Septuagenarians? Centrists? Or billionaires? For those of…

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What if Elizabeth Warren blows it in Houston?

13 September 2019 4:28 am

Get your skates on! The Democrats on Ice roadshow rolls into Houston this evening, and the media are poised for…

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What will anyone learn from the Detroit debates?

20 July 2019 5:42 am

The DNC are ditching porn stars, yacht rides and Pitbull for rusty motors and the 8 Mile Road, as the…

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Marianne Williamson put a spell on me

29 June 2019 8:19 am

Of all the low-profile candidates vying for national attention in the Democratic debates this week, Marianne Williamson stood out. In…

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Spare a thought for the single-digit 2020 Democrats

26 June 2019 3:03 am

Who was the last person you felt genuinely sorry for? A newly unemployed blue-collar worker who’s been ‘innovated’ out of…

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The 2020 primary’s pivot to video

26 April 2019 8:26 am

‘Charlottesville, Virginia is home to the author of one of the great documents in human history. We know it by…

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If Joe Biden is so manly, why can’t he just admit he’s running?

13 March 2019 3:40 am

Has Joe Biden finally made up his mind? The former vice president has told a House lawmaker that he is…