Harris’s tastiest word salads on the campaign trail Kamala Harris had a way with words that often left her audience confused and wondering what she meant to say during the 2024 election cycle. 12/25/2024 - 5:33 am | View Link
Kamala Harris tells students to ‘stay in the fight’ after the election During the presidential campaign, Harris often talked about her love of Generation Z and the importance of rising leaders. It was one of the ways she tried to draw a contrast with Trump ... 12/17/2024 - 7:13 am | View Link
National Politics During the presidential campaign, Harris often talked about her love of ... Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to print (Opens ... 12/17/2024 - 7:13 am | View Link
Former Harris campaign official: ‘No value’ in speaking to mainstream newspapers A former top aide to Vice President Harris’s presidential campaign says her team found little to gain from granting interviews to mainstream media organizations. “There’s just no value ... 12/17/2024 - 1:54 am | View Link
Harris Reportedly Tells Donors Her Political Career Isn’t Over, but Is Unsure About Run for California Governor in 2026 Vice President Harris is assuring her allies and donors that she has no intention to step off the political stage anytime soon, according to a new report from CNN. She is unsure, however, if she ... 12/15/2024 - 8:22 pm | View Link
Above: Driftglass has discovered woodworking! He made this cat-proof Christmas tree for our living room.
Driftglass and I are so grateful to be a part of the C&L family.
2024 will log ONE HUNDRED episodes of our Professional Left Podcast.
Year in review: We'll record Episode 100 for the year next week!
Buckle up, friendsit is going to be a bumpy one. 2025 is not going to start off the way we had hoped, but I want to share some of my thoughts (and a personal reflection) as we enter this tumultuous year.
Many of you got to know me in The Bad Placestarting about 10 years agowhen my son was 8.
“Five months after a jury convicted Sen. Bob Menendez of corruption-related charges that ended his political career, federal prosecutors have admitted to a series of errors that could upend the verdicts,” Politico reports.
“The missteps have handed Menendez’s attorneys just the kind of opening they’d been looking for, and they have already requested a new trial.
Playbook: “He has the money, the platform, a Republican trifecta in Washington and a radically altered information ecosystem compared to would-be government shrinkers in generations past. Trump and his allies are serious about targeting the federal government, which many MAGA figures see as full of disloyalty, for radical changes.”
“But inertia is powerful.
After the presents, breakfast, hugs, and thank yous, it's time for football!
NFL Christmas Day looks like this: at 1 p.m. ET, the Kansas City Chiefs (14-1) play the Pittsburgh Steelers (10-5).
Then the Baltimore Ravens (10-5) play the Houston Texans (9-6) at 4:30 p.m. Eastern.
Which team are you rooting on to the Super Bowl?
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WASHINGTON — The fate of President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet is still unclear after Republican senators spent much of December carefully dodging questions about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. ’s views on vaccines, accusations of sexual misconduct against Pete Hegseth and Tulsi Gabbard’s 2017 meeting with then-President Bashar Assad of Syria.
While some GOP senators have indicated they are all-in for Trump’s picks, others have withheld support, for now, especially on some of his more controversial nominees.