Cornel West cleared to appear on ballot in Maine, where ranked voting is in play
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) — Independent presidential candidate Cornel West can appear on the ballot in Maine, the state’s secretary of state has ruled.
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University of Kentucky to disband diversity office after GOP lawmakers pushed anti-DEI legislation
The University of Kentucky will disband its office promoting diversity and inclusion efforts in response to questions from policymakers that its focus on identity has stifled political discussions, its president said Tuesday.
If Dire Warnings Won’t Stop Trump, Democrats Figure Mockery Might
If Democrats can’t make the nation fear Donald Trump, they have decided that perhaps they can persuade voters to laugh at him instead.
Michelle Obama, Thrashing Trump, Suggests the Presidency Is a ‘Black Job’
Michelle Obama, the former first lady and one of the most popular figures in the Democratic Party, delivered one of the Democratic National Convention’s most emphatic takedowns of former President Donald J. Trump on Tuesday night and turned one of his most controversial campaign lines against him: “Who’s going to tell him that the job he’s currently seeking might just be one of those ‘Black jobs’?” she said.
‘I Am the Only Person Stupid Enough to Speak After Michelle Obama’
Whoever set the schedule for the second night of the Democratic National Convention certainly did Barack Obama no favors. As the former president admitted when he took the stage on Tuesday night, “I am the only person stupid enough to speak after Michelle Obama.”
Michelle Obama: Trump used 'misogynistic, racist lies' to 'try to make people fear us'
Former First Lady Michelle Obama directly challenged former President Donald Trump over his decade-long effort to vilify the Obamas in her speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday. "Donald Trump did everything in his power to try to make people fear us," Obama said. "Doubling down on ugly, misogynistic, racist lies as a substitute for real ideas and solutions that will actually make people's lives better." "I want to know who's going to tell him that the job he's currently seeking might just be one of those 'Black jobs'," she quipped. The crowd roared with laughter at the joke, a reference to Trump's re
Reclusive Republican megadonor drops $50m into Trump super PAC
Reclusive billionaire and Republican mega-donor Timothy Mellon gave $50 million to a Donald Trump-supporting super PAC in July after pumping two other massive multi-million dollar donations into his campaign this cycle.
FTC’s bid to ban noncompete agreements rejected by federal judge in Texas
A federal judge in Texas has blocked a new rule from the Federal Trade Commission that would have made it easier for employees to quit a job and work for a competitor.