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Seth Meyers took a closer look at last night’s CNN Democratic primary debate, the first of two nights in which ten candidates vying for the nomination faced off in Detroit. Meyers noted the winners and losers of the night, pulling out the best quips and comebacks. But first he looked at yesterday’s session of Trump yelling over a helicopter, in which the president made some accidental confessions. “There’s no strategy, I have no strategy, there’s zero strategy,” said Trump about his racist tweets on Baltimore and Rep. Elijah Cummings. Quipped...

Mayor Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday unveiled the broadest plan by any of the 2020 Democratic candidates to expand public service programs in the U.S. The NYT reports: “His plan calls for expanding existing national service organizations like AmeriCorps and the Peace Corps and also adding new ones focused on combating climate change, treating mental health and addiction, and providing caregiving for older people. The new programs would prioritize bringing volunteers into predominantly minority communities and rural areas.” Buttigieg plans to more than triple the size of current public service programs...

Immigration, corporate power, and wealth inequality dominated the night at the first 2020 Democratic debate as 10 candidates jockeyed to stand out. The most prominent mention of LGBTQ people came in this moment from Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ): Booker on transgender violence: "We do not talk enough about trans Americans, especially African American trans Americans and the incredibly high rates of murder right now" #DemDebate pic.twitter.com/Bdh0cEgZrI— NBC News (@NBCNews) June 27, 2019 Booker’s response came after moderator Chuck Todd asked Tulsi Gabbard, “One of the first things you did after...

10 of 20 Democratic candidates face off in tonight’s first Democratic Primary debate from 9-11 pm ET in Miami, in the Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. Pre-coverage starts at 8 pm.Watch it via this livestream. If you’d like to open it in a new tab, click HERE. THE CANDIDATES: Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren; Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke; Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; Former Housing and Urban Development secretary Julián Castro; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar;...

10 of 20 Democratic candidates will face off in tonight’s first Democratic Primary debate from 9-11 pm in Miami, in the Knight Concert Hall of the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County. The other 10 candidates (split because there are just too many for one stage) will face questions on Thursday night at the same venue. The debates will be broadcast on NBC, MSNBC and Telemundo. We’ll be posting a livestream when available. Savannah Guthrie, Lester Holt, Chuck Todd, Rachel Maddow, and José Diaz-Balart of Telemundo...

The Democratic National Committee has released the schedule for the first primary debates, to take place on two consecutive nights, June 26-27. The debates will be broadcast on NBC News. NIGHT ONE: New Jersey Sen. Cory Booker; Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren; Former Texas Rep. Beto O’Rourke; Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar; Former Maryland Rep. John Delaney; Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard; Former Housing and Urban Development secretary Julián Castro; Ohio Rep. Tim Ryan; New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio; Washington Gov. Jay Inslee. NIGHT TWO: California Sen. Kamala Harris; Former Vice...

Image by chayka1270 from Pixabay President Trump is working with the Russians to enrich himself. The Republican Party is shielding him from accountability. The Democrats want to win elections by repopulating the country with foreigners. Then they’ll be able to permanently transform the racial and cultural makeup of American society. These are versions of stories told by, first, Democrats, and second, Republicans. Let’s set aside the merits of these stories – at least for the moment (I know, it’s not easy to do!). These stories are, essentially, allegations of disloyalty....