Alanis Morissette and the cast of Jagged Little Pill will be hosting a fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, the Broadway show’s producers announced on Friday. The virtual fundraiser to benefit the Biden Victory Fund will be held on Tuesday, October 13th, from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. ET …
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In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by actor Michael K. Williams, best known for his iconic role as Omar Little on The Wire, and who is currently starring in HBO‘s Lovecraft Country. For “Democrats Suck,” Katie expresses frustration for Biden’s confusing …
Read More »How to Watch the 2020 Democratic National Convention
The 2020 Democratic National Convention — which will be almost entirely virtual — will start Monday, August 17th and wrap Thursday the 20th, with primetime speeches and other events set to take place between 9 p.m. and 11 p.m ET every evening. Joe Biden will officially accept the Democratic nomination …
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Maya Rudolph, who was nominated for an Emmy earlier this month for her impersonations of Senator Kamala Harris on Saturday Night Live, will likely be reprising that role more often following the announcement that presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has named Harris as his running mate. Rudolph, an SNL …
Read More »Four Big Questions for Super Tuesday
As Joe Biden stumbled through months of debates and disappointed in the first three contests of the Democratic primary, his surrogates developed a kind of mantra: Wait until South Carolina— you’ll see. Variations on the theme were repeated so often thatthey felt destined to be proven utterly worthless,like so much …
Read More »2020 Democrats: Who Should Drop Out Next? Who Should Stay in the Race?
For the Democratic presidential candidates who want to block Bernie Sanders’ path to the 2020 nomination, the field is too damn crowded. The best way to beat Sanders, at least so the theory goes, is to face him in a one-on-one matchup before he racks up an insurmountable delegate lead. …
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