The Trump campaign finds itself in an unexpected financial crunch heading into the election’s homestretch: substantially behind Joe Biden in the cash it has on hand despite years of advanced preparation. If the president is looking to cast blame, however, the receipts suggest that it starts with himself. During the month of August, the Trump campaign spent nearly half-a-million dollars on fireworks, almost certainly for the […]
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President Trump has promised a second-term agenda that would replicate his first term. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption toggle caption Alex Brandon/AP President Trump has promised a second-term agenda that would replicate his first term. Alex Brandon/AP A central promise of last week’s Republican National Convention was a pledge that President Trump would use a second term to build on elements of his first term, with very […]
Fed up with decades of two-party rule, hundreds of thousands of Americans tuned in for the People’s Convention, where they voted to form a new political alternative unbeholden to corporate power or the military-industrial complex. The event drew more than 400,000 viewers to its livestream on Sunday, organizers said. It continued to trend on Twitter through more than 5 hours of speeches that culminated in a […]
Donald Trump’s acceptance speech Thursday night was interminable, sprawling, and littered with superfluous lines. But it also included some finely tuned themes that were repeated over and over during the four-night infomercial called the Republican National Convention, starting with the timely issue of law and order. “If the Democrat Party wants to stand with anarchists, agitators, rioters, looters, and flag-burners, that is up to them,” Trump […]
Daily Beast: After reportedly declining the Republican National Committee’s request to perform Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah” at their convention this week, Cohen’s estate is exploring legal options because the song was played twice anyway, according to Pitchfork. Also, no way in HELL Leonard Cohen would have appreciated Trump using Hallelujah as RNC Convention bumper music. It’s practically sacrilege. — Christy (@ChristyW907) August 28, 2020 Leonard Cohen’s estate […]
Bob Eckstein With the aid of a live — at least for now — audience, Donald Trump energized the faithful this week with a revival of this country’s fear of socialism and the horror that would be a Biden America, making every American forget there ever was murder hornets. Most importantly he proved he really can assemble a better team (a better TV production team, that […]
At 9:30 p.m., as hundreds of protesters marched down Kenosha’s streets to protest a police shooting that left 29-year-old Jacob Blake paralyzed, National Association of Police Organizations President Michael McHale took to the stage at the Republican convention to chide Democrats for disrespecting America’s police officers. “Chaos results when elected officials in cities like Portland, Minneapolis, Chicago, and New York make the conscious and very public […]
Vice President Mike Pence was the headline speaker at the third night of the Republican National Convention and he did not disappoint. Speaking at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Pence outlined the successes of the administration and the goals they have for the next four years. He also took the fight to the Democrats, criticizing their failure to address the unrest in various American cities during their […]
Kamala Harris, not basement-dwelling Joe Biden will travel to DC to deliver a counter to President Trump’s convention speech on Thursday. 77-year-old (almost 78) Joe Biden is too feeble to travel and campaign. Biden rarely leaves his Delaware basement and when he does, he stays close to home so he can shuffle back to his bunker for a nap. Now he’s deploying his running mate as […]
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) launched the Twitter hashtag #TrumpChaos, fueling both offline and online campaigns against US President Donald Trump, attacking the president for how he uses the coronavirus pandemic and condemning him for attempting to repeal the Affordable Care Act. The Democratic National Committee has placed billboards and light installations in Washington DC amid the ongoing Republican National Convention. The highly-visible billboards slam US President Donald […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The Republicans opened the third night of their convention with a series of speeches by veterans and officials including vice presidential National Security adviser Keith Kellogg who drove home the theme that President Donald Trump supports the military and is more patriotic than the rival party. Later in the evening, Vice President Mike Pence later will deliver his keynote remarks from Fort McHenry […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/08/1a/1080285175_0:0:2560:1440_1200x675_80_0_0_90bda70800bc6bacc882f80e96469034.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Andrei Dergalin. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/us/202008261080285140-land-of-heroes-what-to-expect-on-day-3-of-the-republican-national-convention/ A number of military veterans are slated to speak at the event, and it seems that US President Donald Trump himself is also expected to make “some sort of appearance”. The Republican National Convention, which kicked off on Monday, 24 August, now goes into its third day, with the speaker to close out the evening being none […]
On the second night of its national convention, the Party of Trump resorted to reruns, hammering home the message he’s been pushing for four years: That the radical left—with help from Communist China and the Lamestream Media—is hellbent on destroying the traditional (white) American way of life, and the only person who can stop them is Trump. Among the invitees to take up the theme was […]
If you just returned from 40 years (or even four) in a jungle in Borneo without television and modern communications and watched Tuesday night’s Republican convention, you’d think these were lovely people doing wondrous things. There was the former robber and the FBI guy who befriended him (needless to say, across racial lines). The New Mexico cop who adopted the heroin addict’s baby and helped her […]
Being Secretary of State is, as it turns out, is really just a side hustle for Mike Pompeo. He’s happy to have the gig if it helps advance his personal political ambitions, but should the burdens or restrictions associated with being America’s chief diplomat ever get in the way of those ambitions, time and time again, this heir to the legacy of Thomas Jefferson chooses himself […]
WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US President Donald Trump’s family, including his wife Melania, will headline the second night of the Republican National Convention (RNC), but Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s speech will be highly scrutinized over allegations that he may be violating US law and the State Department policy. The Republicans opened the second night of their semi-virtual convention in North Carolina on Tuesday. Tonight’s program is […]
Hours before she was set to speak at the Republican National Convention on Tuesday night, Mary Ann Mendoza took to Twitter and urged her followers to investigate a supposed Jewish plot to enslave the world. “Do yourself a favor and read this thread,” Mendoza, who is a member of the Trump campaign’s advisory board, tweeted to her more than 40,000 followers early Tuesday morning. Mendoza, an […]
Progressive groups are demanding that all television networks delay airing the Republican National Convention until they fact-check all claims made by the featured speakers — which they didn’t demand for the Democratic convention. “The best way to combat the spread of disinformation is to stop it at its source. By putting the Republican National Convention on a one-minute time delay, your network will be able to […]
On Night 1 of the 2020 Republican National Convention, acolyte after high-profile acolyte lined up to lavish praise on President Donald Trump for standing tall between the American people and a Marxist, politically correct hellscape. They just couldn’t seem to figure out why, exactly, he was so great. Trump was alternately touted as a true champion of the Black community—but also as the only person standing […]
Former US envoy to the UN Nikki Haley has sparked rumors that she is eyeing the White House, after using her address to support US President Donald Trump while also laying out her own vision for the country. Haley accused Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his party of “blaming America first,” and pushed back on the notion that “America is racist.” “That is a lie. […]
The Republican party has been headed down the wrong path on inclusion and diversity for decades and on Monday night, America saw the results as a lineup intended to highlight the party’s diversity instead exposed how little of it there is. The night opened with Charlie Kirk, the 26-year-old white founder of Turning Point USA and one of the most divisive, and angriest figures in America. […]
Cohen, it seems blackmailed Falwell for a Trump endorsement while the pool boy was passed around like a party favor, not just Falwell but he went elsewhere as well. Doesn’t Trump Tower have a swimming pool? Taking a break between sessions of exhibitionist cuckold sex with the pool boy, Becki Falwell interviews with Lara Trump for “Women for Trump.” Yes, there once was a “Trump TV”. […]
The ongoing Republican National Convention has re-nominated incumbent US President Donald Trump and his vice president, Mike Pence, for the presidential ticket in the 2020 November election. Charlie Kirk, a pro-Trump student activist and a founder of Turning Point USA, called US President Donald Trump a “bodyguard of western civilization” during a speech at the beginning of the Republican National Convention. “Speaking to you in my […]
CNN’s Sunday Show host Brian Stelter went on Sunday and attacked Republicans before their convention even started. Stelter, a committed CNN liberal, praised the DNC Convention last week where speakers were “largely accurate.” This was after after an entire week of deluded people who believe Europe is to blame for the China virus, the Black Lives Matter riots are “mostly peaceful” and Governor Andrew Cuomo is […]
President Donald Trump welcomed his formal re-nomination at the Republican National Convention much like he has greeted crowds across the country, press in the briefing room at the White House and workers on factory floors in the months after his rallies were shut down: with a lengthy, rambling, grievance-filled speech. Despite promising an “optimistic” event, Trump had no sooner taken to the podium, before he complained […]
This just happend in Kenosha, WI. 💔#BlackLivesMatter. pic.twitter.com/QLW7Vxtdzm — chrizi (@nolimitchrizi) August 23, 2020 Video shows Wisconsin police shooting a Black man multiple times as he enters a car https://t.co/2Ohrp56FYc — The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 24, 2020 VT: Clear as day, this was planned, an execution and timed to provide a backdrop for a Trump speech. We have very very strong reasons to believe this […]
The news channel’s media critic Brian Stelter says CNN will have live “fact-checks” for the RNC, leaving many to wonder where those fact-checks were during the respective Democratic event. Warning about a possible “stream of disinformation” at the RNC, scheduled to take place from August 24 through August 27, Stelter promised CNN will “fact-check” and “cut away” from the event as needed. He also blasted rival […]
Donald Trump really wanted to go big for his re-nominating convention. Long before the coronavirus pandemic utterly destroyed his vision of a great American “revival” this summer—to be packed with his signature mega-rallies, economic renewal, and an extravagant 2020 Republican National Convention that would show up Joe Biden—the president was planning for yet another evening of being treated as a Republican rock-star while anointed the party […]
Convention attendees must get a coronavirus test upon arrival and carry badges that record their movements. Steve Harrison/WFAE hide caption toggle caption Steve Harrison/WFAE Convention attendees must get a coronavirus test upon arrival and carry badges that record their movements. Steve Harrison/WFAE Delegates arriving in Charlotte for the scaled down, in-person portion of the Republican National Convention aren’t being greeted by the Charlotte mayor or even […]
Olivia Winslow (L), Camryn Amy (R) Police made a second arrest in the attack on a 7-year-old Trump supporter outside of the DNC convention. 21-year-old Camryn Amy was arrested Saturday, just one day after Olivia Winslow was arrested and charged for the same attack against a 7-year-old boy. Olivia Winslow was arrested Friday and charged with robbery, conspiracy and endangering the welfare of a child in […]
This is a preview of our pop culture newsletter The Daily Beast’s Obsessed, written by senior entertainment reporter Kevin Fallon. To receive the full newsletter in your inbox each week, sign up for it here. This week: The DNC afterparty nobody asked for. Dolly and Cher to the rescue. Remembering a Drag Race star gone too soon. A foolproof guide to getting a husband. Dolly and […]
Throughout the week, the Democratic National Convention has been on prime time TV every night. If you watched any of it, you would have heard some crazy things, but the REALLY crazy stuff was happening during the day, and the media didn’t show you any of that. Tucker Carlson recently exposed this in a must-see segment on his show. Here’s a partial transcript via FOX News: […]
It’s amazing how often it happens that we elect as president someone whose personal attributes are the opposite of the exiting incumbent. Jimmy Carter was a bit of pious moralist preaching sacrifice; Ronald Reagan said set that thermostat wherever you want. It’s gone on like that ever since. Donald Trump, a coarse braggart who thinks the White House is a dump, was the opposite of Barack […]