In this week’s quarantine episode of our Useful Idiots podcast, hosts Matt Taibbi and Katie Halper are joined by mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, Alex Morse, who discusses the recent controversy around his campaign for Congress. First, Matt and Katy discuss the Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion song “WAP,” and …
Read More »
Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) announced Monday that he will not seek re-election in 2020. “I will not be a candidate for re-election to the United States Senate in 2020,” wrote Alexander, who at 78 is one of the oldest senators in Congress. “The people of Tennessee have been very generous, …
Read More »
If you had to describe the state of the Democratic Party in 2018, you could pretty well capture it in two wildly contrasting vignettes from the past two days. Cut to Tuesday evening in Atlanta, Georgia: In a jam-packed and jubilant ballroom, 44-year-old Stacey Abrams – who’s running to become …
Read More »