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President Trump is taking a beating over his divisive rhetoric, and the White House is getting desperate. On Monday afternoon, for the first time since October 3rd, Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders actually hosted a press briefing. Sanders only held one such briefing in both August and September, so the …

Jim Carrey delivered a rousing political speech at the Britannia Awards on Friday evening when the actor received the British Academy’s Charlie Chaplin Award for Humor. Hailing Chaplin as his personal “artistic and humanitarian hero,” Carrey drew parallels between the era of Chaplin and now. Noting that Chaplin grew up …

I worry about the voters who need to be told that This Is the Most Important Election of Our Lives. I have heard people use this phrase for as long as I’ve been alive, and I’m sure I’ve repeated it a few times myself. But who are these people who …

Kanye West visited President Trump in the Oval Office on Thursday. It was something. Sitting across the Resolute Desk from Trump and surrounded by a gaggle of reporters, the rapper and self-proclaimed “Free Thinker” delivered a 10-minute soliloquy about a perplexing array of issues. He pitched the president on a …

This past July saw the launch of the non-profit When We All Vote, which aims to boost voter registration for the November midterm elections and counts Michelle Obama among its spokespeople, along with celebrities like Tom Hanks, singer Janelle Monáe and NBA point guard Chris Paul. With the deadline to …

A week after Hurricane Florence made landfall on the Carolina coast, officials are still unable to take stock of the potential environmental damage in the hardest-hit areas because of unsafe travel conditions, the AP reports. “Water is still rising, flooding is widespread, and lives are still in danger,” a regional …

Hillary Clinton recently took a break from fundraising to pen an afterword for the paperback release of her 2017 bestsellerWhat Happened. An adaptation of that afterword was published Sunday night by The Atlantic, and, as one might expect, it isn’t so kind to President Trump and the Republicans enabling him. …

Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-TX), heading into the final weeks of his long-shot bid to unseat Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), took a break from criss-crossing Texas to appear on The Late Show with Stephen ColbertWednesday night. TheLate Showhost made it worth the trip, offering O’Rourke botha new campaign slogan (“Beto for …

Since becoming the leader of the Catholic church in 2013, Pope Francis has infused a progressive spirit into one of the world’s oldest and most socially conservative organizations. He’s called for action on climate change. He’s embraced marriage equality. He’s condemned President Trump on multiple occasions, most recently in response …

A central figure in Russia’s campaign to seduce the NRA – the subject of a Rolling Stone investigationin April – has been arrested in Washington, D.C. Maria Butina is charged with “conspiracy to act as an agent of the Russian Federation within the United States.” A supporting affidavit alleges a …