Donald Trump and his supporters have trotted out an array of conspiracies about why he struggled so badly in his first debate against Kamala Harris. Preparation, however, is no conspiracy.
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Presidential candidate’s potential ties to an Irish slave owner complicate narratives around colonial legacies and the proper place of Black Irish identity in history.
Democrats are taking a new tone aimed at a particular weakness of Donald Trump: He hates being laughed at.
While celebrities are unlikely to decisively shift whom many people choose to vote for, their endorsement of a political candidate can still help shape an election.
While Kamala Harris’s ‘brat summer’ and its TikTok enthusiasts seemingly took flight overnight, the real question is whether young voters show up to cast their ballots in November.
A relatively unknown political figure, Walz will now be defined by both the Harris and Trump campaigns in starkly different lights.
The summer of 2024 seems to be ranking high in terms of drama, debate and as one of the hottest — if not most contentious — summers in U.S. political history.
While many voters embrace Kamala Harris’ candidacy and the fact that she is a multiracial woman without any biological children, some Republicans are using her identity as fodder for attacks.
Between her ‘coconut context’ and embracing a ‘brat summer’, Harris is certainly leaning into young people’s discourse surrounding the election. In many ways, her quirks have become her strengths.
Why are Republicans talking about Kamala Harris’ laugh? It’s the latest stage in a long history of marginalizing Black women.
Too often, women are judged solely through a biological lens. Our value, our ability to contribute meaningfully to society, is reduced to our ability to reproduce.
Like most woman politicians, Kamala Harris is already in the line of fire, facing racist and sexist attacks from Republican supporters.
Keeping the United States together meant more than defeating the Confederacy. Lincoln first had to unite a fractured North.
Harris is assertive and confident on the issue, while Trump and his running mate seem to be at odds over strategy.
Had Biden not retreated, and had he been defeated by Trump, he would have been excoriated for being self-centred, hubristic and arrogant. His decision to step aside allows for a different ending.
If the Democrats move forward with Kamala Harris, it could be the circuit breaker the party needed. It will also likely lead to misogynistic and racist vitriol.
At the time of independence, Pennsylvania was also at the geographical center of the 13 original Colonies. It remains a focal point of American politics, and a swing state.
The question of Biden’s viability as the Democratic presidential nominee is unsolvable. And he’s arguably made things worse trying to prove otherwise.
Tight security may be the reason that the GOP Convention isn’t filled with the homemade, and often wacky, stuff that’s usually found by Smithsonian political ephemera curators at the event.
Independent voters who feel high levels of nostalgia were more likely to vote for Republicans in the 2022 midterm elections.
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