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Robert Redford says that he will vote for Joe Biden for president, warning in a new op ed that another four years of Donald Trump “would accelerate our slide toward autocracy.” “I don’t make a practice of publicly announcing my vote. But this election year is different,” Redford wrote in an essay published on CNN.com…

Kim Kardashian West has spent a fair amount of time at the White House the past few years, but now it looks likes she is seriously thinking about moving into the ultimate reality show as first lady — at least if her husband has his way. Kanye West let off a July 4th fireworks display of his own today by announcing…

The GOP loves to point out that Joe Biden hasn't held a press conference in nearly three months due to the coronavirus pandemic. After the former Vice-President took questions from the media today, Donald Trump may be wishing the man who aims to kick him out of the Oval Office had continued to stay away from media…

UPDATED, with details on the event: Jeffrey and Marilyn Katzenberg hosted a small virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden on Saturday, as the candidate told the Hollywood crowd that Donald Trump’s response to the coronavirus was something that “you guys would have trouble making a movie and selling it." What was not a hard…

The Democratic National Convention will still take place in Milwaukee over four nights in August, but in a smaller venue and with much of the programming coming virtually from around the country. Former Vice President Joe Biden will accept the nomination for president from The Wisconsin Center, rather than the…

Former president Barack Obama’s first fundraiser for Joe Biden reaped a whopping $11 million for his former vice president’s campaign, as the two gathered for a virtual event that tried to instill a sense of urgency in defeating Donald Trump. The campaign initially announced during the event that it raised $7.6…

Joe Biden’s president campaign said on Monday that he has committed to three presidential debates this fall, while criticizing Donald Trump’s team for their rationale for earlier meet ups. In a letter to the Commission on Presidential Debates, Biden’s campaign manager Jen O’Malley Dillon wrote, “Our position is…

Showtime’s political docuseries returns in two months. and it will be a three-ring The Circus covering the pandemic, systemic racism and a crucial presidential election. The premium cabler said today that the second half of Season 5 will bow at 8 p.m. Sunday, August 16. When we last saw hosts John Heilemann, Alex…

Star Wars star Mark Hamill will headline a virtual fundraiser for Joe Biden on June 30, the latest in a series of events the campaign has on its slate in an effort to raise huge sums before the fall campaign. According to an invite, Hamill will moderate a “virtual conversation about hope and democracy.” Tickets will…

UPDATED with Obama fundraiser: Former President Barack Obama is making his first foray into presidential fundraising this cycle, as he headlines an event next week with Joe Biden. The June 23 event will be virtual and it’s also being billed as “grassroots,” i.e. open to low-dollar donors. Tickets start at $15 per…

Joe Biden raised money at a star-filled virtual fundraiser on Thursday that included performances by Jennifer Hudson, John Legend and Andra Day, jokes from Jay Leno, and a scathing rebuke of Donald Trump by Barbra Streisand. "Think of how many lives could have been saved if he had paid attention to the warnings and…

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign launched an online petition and open letter targeting Facebook’s policies, telling CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the platform has taken “no meaningful action” to root out misinformation. In the letter, the Biden campaign writes that Facebook “continues to allow Donald Trump to say anything…