Someone at MSNBC Told Another Person At MSNBC That Someone Not At MSNBC Told Them That Tom Steyer Is Dropping Out. Then That Person (The Second MSNBC Person) Tweeted It.
Just breaking on @MSNBC: Tom Steyer is ending his presidential campaign. — Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) March 1, 2020 By the actual wording of this tweet, I confess that it is possible that the second MSNBC employee actually literally saw the report from the first MSNBC employee while watching MSNBC. Update: According to some other…
South Carolina Democrats Not Terribly Taken With Former Republican Mayor at Center of Controversial Racial Policing Policy
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Biden Wins the South Carolina Primary
Former Vice President Joe Biden addresses a crowd during a campaign event on Friday in Spartanburg, South Carolina. Sean Rayford/Getty Images Joe Biden won the South Carolina Democratic primary on Saturday, breathing life into the former vice president’s campaign after he’d bombed out of Iowa and New Hampshire and seen his polling wobble in the…
“Good Morning, Women for Mike! I’m Mike for Women!”
Carolyn Kaster/AP Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire politician who is throwing an ungodly amount of money into his own presidential campaign, wants people to know that he supports women. “Good morning, Women for Mike! I’m Mike for women!” the former New York City mayor said, kicking off his “Women for Mike” campaign event in McLean, Virginia,…
Bernie Sanders Doesn’t Have a Plan to Get Rid of the Filibuster
Win McNamee/Getty Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has fought his way to the front of the Democratic race for president by promising bold changes that would profoundly reshape the country. But he’s been cool to at least one fundamental reform long pushed by other Democrats: eliminating the filibuster. After progressives have watched their priorities, including a…
Stephen Colbert Played a “Billionaire Guessing Game” With Elizabeth Warren and I Can’t Stop Laughing
There hasn’t been much cause to laugh during this election. Cry? Sure. Plenty of heaving anxiety sobs. But true belly chuckles are hard to come by. Then I watched this viral Stephen Colbert clip, and it made me LOL, IRL. When I tell you this sent me FLAT on the floor pic.twitter.com/lGzLpd75fS — marv 🗽…