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Hangover star Zach Galifianakis blasts Democrats for filling DNC with celebrities instead of focusing on average Americans_l

Hangover star Zach Galifianakis has blasted the Democrats for filling the DNC with celebrities instead of focusing on ordinary Americans. The four-day event at the United Center in Chicago was attended by the likes of Kerry Washington, Tony Goldwyn, Eva Longoria, Ben Stiller, Octavia Spencer, Uzo Aduba, Jesse…

Michelle Obama’s secret feud with Biden… what Nancy Pelosi thinks of Kamala Harris… and why the president was left physically shaking: EMILY GOODIN’s dispatch reveals what REALLY went down at the DNC_l

As Joe Biden disembarked Air Force One in the early hours of Tuesday morning in California last week, he was visibly shaking. It was approaching 5.30am East Coast time and the president had been awake almost 24 hours. Walking slowly down the plane’s stairs,…

My chat with a black woman Uber driver that revealed why Kamala’s path to the White House won’t be nearly as smooth as America’s liberal elite believe_l

Thousands of wildly enthusiastic Democrats cheered their political idols Barack and Michelle Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton in what one teary-eyed delegate called ‘the ultimate political love-fest’. This pre-election orgy – otherwise known as the Democratic National Convention – culminated with the official…

‘America is ready for a better story’: Barack Obama lauds Kamala Harris in rousing speech_lus

Ex-president praised Harris as ‘champion’ of people and took a dig at Trump’s ‘weird obsession with crowd sizes’ Amid chants of “Yes, she can!”, Barack Obama returned to the scene of past triumphs on Tuesday to pass the mantle of political history…

‘Resurrected’ Democrats look toward 2024 convention with renewed hope_l

Kamala Harris’s ascent in the race for the White House has imbued the party with joy and galvanized Ranking Tens of thousands of Democrats are expected to descend on Chicago this week for their party’s convention, bubbling with a feeling…

‘The world is watching’: 1968 protests set stage for Democratic convention

National guard soldiers face off with demonstrators at Grant Park in Chicago on 26 August 1968. Photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group/Getty Images On Monday Democrats return to Chicago to prepare to anoint Kamala Harris as their candidate – amid striking…