2024 election
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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Newsom Throws Support Behind Biden Amid Calls for California Governor to Replace President
California Gov. Gavin Newsom, who was once the subject of serious chatter regarding a possible but ultimately not pursued primary challenge to President Joe Biden this year, is throwing his full support behind the president and his reelection campaign after he delivered a debate performance this week that was causing a “five-alarm freakout” among Democrats […]
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Panic Ensues Over President Joe Biden’s Shaky and Stumbling Debate Performance
The concern over President Joe Biden’s advanced age and cognitive abilities crystalized in the front half of the first presidential debate on Thursday, leading to panic among his supporters and several notable individuals to call for him to be replaced on the ticket. Biden had multiple gaffes and stumbles as the debate began, trailing off […]
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Biden and Trump Face Off in Testy, Insult-Laden First Debate
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump came face to face in Atlanta for what was a testy debate that saw the sitting president fumble at the outset as the former president shouted out insults at his opponent over dozens of topics, only for the president to lob insults right back at him, bringing […]
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Donald Trump Used Racial Slur on ‘The Apprentice’ Set and Other Revelations From Producer’s Tell-All
Twenty years after The Apprentice debuted on NBC, putting the catchphrase “You’re fired” on the nation’s lips and starring Donald Trump, the expansive nondisclosure agreements signed by its producers are beginning to expire. This week, one of the show’s top producers during seasons one and two is sharing previously unheard details — just as Trump’s […]
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How Hillary Clinton Helped Make Joe Biden’s Howard Stern Interview Happen
Of President Joe Biden’s myriad quips and Dad joke-level zingers at Saturday night’s White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner — including around the thorny issue of his age and aimed at former President Donald Trump — one joke, in particular, referenced a notable, recent move by his campaign. Speaking to a crowd of media figures, A-list […]
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Dwayne Johnson Says He Won’t Endorse Biden Again for President
You’d think he’d want to walk back Jungle Cruise or Black Adam. Instead, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson is expressing some regret about his 2020 endorsement for Joe Biden for president and says he won’t endorse any candidate this year. “The endorsement that I made years ago with Biden was one I thought was the best […]
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Who Is Nicole Shanahan, RFK Jr.’s Pick for Vice President?
The first major running mate announcement of the 2024 presidential election cycle came much earlier than usual this week, as White House hopeful Robert F. Kennedy Jr. held an Oakland rally to make the big announcement, concluding weeks of speculation by introducing the young political neophyte to the nation and revealing that he may just […]
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