Here's Bill de Blasio ft. Santana ft. Rob Thomas
Ashley Feinberg · 07/27/16 05:10PMMan, it’s a hot one.
A Black, Gay, HIV-Positive Man Addresses the DNC, But Is Anybody Listening?
Rich Juzwiak · 07/27/16 04:57PMDaniel Driffin, a 30-year-old Atlanta-based HIV/AIDS activist, addressed the DNC today. His three-minute speech touched on the history of AIDS, Hillary Clinton’s advocacy regarding the epidemic (which she has a vast experience doing, brain farts aside), and most importantly, the current state of the epidemic, which disproportionately affects black and Latino gay and bisexual men.
Watch All of Bill Clinton's Ad-Libs From Last Night
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/27/16 03:50PM
PHILADELPHIA — Bill Clinton is a brilliant speaker, and more often than not it’s completely off-the-cuff, prepared remarks be damned. In fact, the DNC media team was unable to distribute an advanced copy of his speech, as it does for many of the speakers, because he was reportedly working on it up until he delivered it. And even then, he ad-libbed most of his remarks.
"Life Can Only Be Understood Backwards; But It Must Be Lived Forwards." -Kierkegaard
Hamilton Nolan · 07/27/16 03:32PMCan You Hear the People Fart?
Brendan O'Connor · 07/27/16 03:00PM
In Philadelphia on Thursday, poverty activist Cheri Honkala plans to host “the world’s largest ‘fart-in,’” during Hillary Clinton’s nomination acceptance speech, as a silent but deadly rebuke to the Democratic nominee. Given the handwringing from Clinton supporters and surrogates about Sanders supporters booing and jeering the Democratic elite (including their own candidate), one can only imagine the outrage that will greet such a bodily demonstration on Thursday. The presumptive nominee, this thinking goes, is supposed to accept her nomination without disruption or distraction—despite the fact that having such a vocal, activist wing of the party is, in fact, a very good thing!
Desperate-For-Attention Trump Is The Only Authentic Trump
Ashley Feinberg · 07/27/16 02:21PM
Donald Trump is an attention-hungry, inauthentic charlatan driven almost entirely by an insatiable appetite for fame and, if he can swing it, fortune. So to treat Donald Trump as if he’s trying to convey any actual message is to miss the point of him entirely. Donald Trump’s only message is that Donald Trump exists.
Fusion Staffers Barred From Eating ABC News Snacks At DNC
Alex Pareene · 07/27/16 12:55PMIf Russia Really Did the DNC Hack: Thanks, Russia!
Hamilton Nolan · 07/27/16 12:33PMDonald Trump Tells NBC's Katy Tur to "Be Quiet"
Jordan Sargent · 07/27/16 11:32AMDonald Trump held a patently absurd press conference this morning, in which he offered that foreign governments should hack Hillary Clinton, asked reporters if they’re familiar with the “n-word,” and referred to John Hinckley—the man who tried to kill Ronald Reagan—as “David.”
Trump Calls for Russia to Cyber-Invade the United States To Find Clinton's "Missing" Emails
Brendan O'Connor · 07/27/16 10:45AMAffordable Housing Means We All Gotta Pay
Hamilton Nolan · 07/27/16 10:18AMAll Remaining Charges Dropped Against Cops in Freddie Gray Case
Jordan Sargent · 07/27/16 09:55AMHero Ex-City Councilman Charged With Stealing DNC Parking Passes and Food Vouchers
Brendan O'Connor · 07/27/16 09:15AMFrench Priest's Killer Was Arrested and Released Twice Trying to Join the Islamic State in Syria
Brendan O'Connor · 07/27/16 08:09AM
One of the two attackers who were shot dead after taking hostages and killing a priest at a Catholic church in Normandy, France, on Tuesday had twice been released from prison after attempting to travel to Syria to join the Islamic State. One of the hostages said the attackers made her husband film as they slit the priest’s throat.
Kremlin Dismisses U.S. Spy Agencies' Theory That Russia Hacked the DNC
Brendan O'Connor · 07/27/16 07:14AM103 Days and a Wake Up
Brendan O'Connor · 07/27/16 06:20AMDonald Trump Asks Russia to Hack the United States
Gabrielle Bluestone · 07/26/16 11:25PMClinton Confidant Verbalizes Sanders Supporters' Worst Nightmares
Jordan Sargent · 07/26/16 10:00PM
The first speaker of the Democratic Convention on Tuesday night was Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe, who was once described by the Washington Post as “close as family” to the Clintons. His buddies did him a nice favor getting him a slot on the main stage tonight, though I can’t imagine this is how they imagine being thanked.
Bill O'Reilly: Actually, the Slaves Who Built the White House Had It Pretty Good
Hudson Hongo · 07/26/16 09:40PM
On Tuesday, conservative commentators sprang into actually to “fact check” Michelle Obama’s remark about the White House being built with slave labor, successfully missing the point of her story to note that, hey, lots of non-slaves worked on it too. Bill O’Reilly went one further, however, weirdly stating that the slaves that did work on the White House were “well-fed” with “decent lodgings.”