by Jim Heath | Aug 19, 2020 | 2020, Conventions, Headlines, Joe Biden, Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris, the Black daughter of immigrants from India and Jamaica, tonight became the first woman of color to accept the nomination for vice president from a major political party. The senator from California signaled that she plans to help lead the attack...
by Jim Heath | Aug 19, 2020 | 2020, Conventions, Democrats, Headlines, Joe Biden
Barack Obama unleashed on President Trump in his speech to the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday night, saying the administration would do anything to win even if it meant tearing down America’s democracy. He made a clear, concise argument on why Trump...
by Jim Heath | Aug 19, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, QAnon, Social Media
Facebook said today that it had removed 790 QAnon groups from its site and was restricting another 1,950 groups, 440 pages and more than 10,000 Instagram accounts related to the right-wing conspiracy theory, in the social network’s most sweeping action against the...
by Jim Heath | Aug 19, 2020 | 2020, Headlines, Trump
President Trump’s darkly portentous campaign message came into stark focus this as he launched his most intensive campaign swing since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, warning of “fascist” Democrats with a “Trojan horse” candidate....
by Jim Heath | Aug 18, 2020 | 2020, Conventions, Delegates, Democrats, Headlines, Joe Biden
Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden’s wife, Jill Biden, painted a personal portrait of her husband and family tonight, striking a deeply unifying tone in her virtual address to the Democratic National Convention. “How do you make a broken family...
by Jim Heath | Aug 18, 2020 | 2020, Conventions, Democrats, Headlines, Joe Biden, McCain
Cindy McCain is going to bat for Joe Biden, lending her voice to a video set to air during tonight’s Democratic National Convention programming focused on Biden’s close friendship with her late husband, Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona. She’s just the latest...
