In this week’s quarantine episode of ourUseful Idiotspodcast, hostsMatt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by Jimmy Dore, comedian and podcast extraordinaire. Matt and Katie explore the psyche of New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, who Katie believes might be a beta. “He’s always being out-alpha’d by Andrew Cuomo,” …
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Former South Bend mayor Pete Buttigieg will drop out of the 2020 presidential race, the New York Times reported. The first openly-gay candidate to run a major presidential campaign, Buttigieg won the Iowa caucuses — beating Bernie Sanders by one delegate — and came in second in New Hampshire. But …
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With the Iowa caucuses just days away, Vampire Weekend performed Saturday at a rally in support of Bernie Sanders. The band showed their support for the Democratic hopeful at the US Cellular Center in Cedar Rapids, delivering a set that featured cover of Thin Lizzy’s 1976 hit “The Boys are …
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Just a few elections ago, the national press policed the boundaries of both Democrat and Republican politics. You couldn’t sniff either party’s nomination without media assent. After more high-profile crackups, including a few over the weekend, the press might be months from being pushed all the way to the outside …
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Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) was decidedly not impressed with President Donald Trump‘s decision to call for a military strike on Iran and then, minutes before it was to occur, calling it off. During his appearance on Face the Nation, host Margaret Brennan asked Sanders about Trump’s decision, …
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