This Election Is Going To Be Completely Different. Here’s What To Expect.
BuzzFeed News; Getty Images Socially distanced lines, poll workers in face shields, ballots piling up in elections offices. Election Day this fall is going to be completely unrecognizable from anything we have seen before. The very act of voting will change for millions of people because of the coronavirus. The tidy and traditional expectation that
Support For Black Lives Matter Surged During Protests, But Is Waning Among White Americans
The recent protests against police brutality are some of the largest and most widespread in American history. An estimated 15 million to 26 million Americans have taken to the streets to protest police violence and advocate for Black lives. The remarkable size and scope of these demonstrations has translated into real policy gains, too. Dozens
Alex Morse Would Like You To Know He Has Sex
Alex Morse would probably prefer to be talking about, well, anything else. As the 31-year-old mayor of Holyoke, Massachusetts, mounts his left-wing challenge to unseat Democratic Rep. Richard Neal, he’d surely rather be spending the last few weeks of his campaign talking about the progressive change he wants to bring to the district (Morse supports
Donald Trump’s Brother Robert Hospitalized In New York
President Donald Trump’s younger brother, Robert Trump, is hospitalized in New York. White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany confirmed the news to ABC News. The outlet described Robert’s condition as “very ill.” Donald Trump is expected to visit his brother Friday ― he was already scheduled to spend time at his nearby country club in
Biden’s Pledge To Choose A Woman For VP Was Popular — And So Is Harris
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll(s) of the week Before Joe Biden announced Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, criticism of his VP search was heating up. For some, the announcement back in March that he would pick a woman started to ring hollow the longer the search dragged on.
Mike Pence Says He’ll Keep Kamala Harris From Meddling With America’s Meat
Vice President Mike Pence pledged that he and President Donald Trump would protect America’s red meat from former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) in a speech to Iowa farmers on Thursday. “During her short campaign for president, [Harris] said Americans needed to be, and I quote, ‘educated of
‘Urine Trouble Trump’ Sprays Twitter As New Golden Showers Allegations Emerge
And it’s not the kind of publicity the president typically craves. “From golden showers in a sex club in Vegas, to tax fraud, to deals with corrupt officials from the former Soviet Union, to catch and kill conspiracies to silence Trump’s clandestine lovers, I wasn’t just a witness to the president’s rise — I was
A Former Campaign Staffer For Bernie Sanders Is Jailed In Belarus In Crackdown Before Election There
KYIV — Belarus on Friday charged a former campaign staffer for Bernie Sanders and Barack Obama with allegedly organizing an illegal political rally for the candidate running against the country’s authoritarian president in Sunday’s election, his lawyer told BuzzFeed News. Vitali Shkliarov, a 44-year-old Belarusian citizen who as the spouse of a US diplomat holds
‘Live And Let Die’ Plays At Trump Ohio Speech And Twitter Loses It
Whoever was behind the music at President Donald Trump’s appearance at an Ohio washing machine factory on Thursday might want to rethink the playlist. The Guns N’ Roses’ cover of Paul McCartney and Wings’ “Live and Let Die” blared on the loudspeaker before the president’s speech at a Whirlpool plant in Clyde, Ohio. The White
Trump Wants To Postpone The Election, But Americans Really Don’t
Welcome to Pollapalooza, our weekly polling roundup. Poll(s) of the week Last week, President Trump sparked a firestorm by calling for the postponement of the November election as the country prepares to vote amid the coronavirus pandemic. And although the president cannot actually delay the vote — Congress determines the federal election date — this