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This cannot be real. Did two hours of watching the Democratic National Convention cause me to lose my mind? President Trump was blamed by one woman for causing her father's death from COVID. Yeah, she used his dead body to score political points, I'm sure that's what he—a Trump supporter—would have really wanted. Bernie tried to get the progressive base excited for Joe; it wasn't convincing. And then we have the loser brigade, some no-name Republicans who are throwing their support behind Joe Biden. John Kasich is also doing that—forever cementing himself as the Benedict Arnold of the Republican Party....

A Most Unconventional Convention Approach Greetings, my friends. I hope Tuesday is off to a good start for all of the Kruiser Morning Briefing faithful. Well, the 2020 Democratic National Convention (DNC) kinda/sorta got underway on Monday night and we’re still waiting to hear from the twelve people who aren’t in political media who watched it. Those who did were in for a real treat if they’ve never had a concussion or done hallucinogenic drugs before and wondered what either is like without having to actually experience them. After night one of the first of the COVID conventions, I can...

The first completely digital Democratic National Convention in American history kicked off Monday night, gifting CNN and MSNBC viewers two hours of the Democratic message, and CNN, MSNBC, and Fox viewers with all or much of the second hour. Designed to be part concert, part political commercial, and part digital pep rally, the evening contained easily recognized aspects of a normal rally as well as some surprising imagery for a 2020 Democratic Convention, but above all fell flat, coming across as both dour and canned, and suffering greatly from the absence of a boisterous crowd.Politicians giving speeches peppered with...

Viewers have slammed the 'boring' and 'unwatchable' first night of the Democratic National Convention, as America braces for three more nights of what many described as little more than a two-hour 'infomercial'. 'The DNC right now is like a 3am infomercial but has less sex appeal,' one person tweeted Monday night. 'Watching DNC convention, five minutes in... LAME... BORING... EVA LONGORIA... who cares,' another tweeted.

Covington Catholic High School graduate Nicholas Sandmann, whose interaction with Omaha Tribe elder Nathan Phillips at the Lincoln Memorial went viral, will speak at the Republican National Convention next week. The teenager made the announcement in a tweet on Monday night. "I can’t tell you all enough about how excited I am to be apart of this years RNC!" - Nicholas Sandmann Sandmann announced last month that he had reached a settlement in his defamation lawsuit against The Washington Post over its coverage of his interaction with Phillips last year. Details of the settlement in the $250 million lawsuit were...

Standing at an actual crossroads, Republican former Gov. John Kasich of Ohio on Monday endorsed Democrat Joe Biden at the Democratic National Convention, saying he is “respectful” and won’t “turn sharp Left.” Kasich, who lost to President Trump in the 2016 GOP primary, said in a recorded message that “we’re being taken down the wrong road by a president who is pitted one against the other. He’s unlike all of our best leaders before him who work to unite us.” “Many of us can imagine four more years going down this path,” said Kasich, who left office last year. He...

The St. Louis couple who wielded firearms while Black Lives Matter protesters gathered outside their mansion will make an appearance at the Republican National Convention next week, a report said Monday. Personal injury attorneys Mark and Patricia McCloskey are expected to express their support for President Trump during the virtual weeklong event, party officials told the Washington Post.

If you'd like to see my @DemConvention speech this evening, we expect it to air in the 10-11PM ET hour. Hope you can tune in! #DemConvention— John Kasich (@JohnKasich) August 17, 2020

Jill Biden’s ex-husband has accused the potential first lady of having an affair with Joe Biden and says they lied about how they met in the 1970s, according to a bombshell new report. Bill Stevenson on Monday accused the Democratic nominee of being a homewrecker and says the story of how they met on a blind date is completely made up, the Daily Mail reported. “I don’t want to hurt anyone,” Stevenson told the publication, “But facts are facts and what happened, happened.” The jilted ex is planning on selling a bombshell book with his tell-all tale about how he...

Why him? That’s what Tara Reade is demanding to know after learning Bill Clinton snagged a prime speaker’s slot at this week’s Democratic National Convention, calling the move “unconscionable.” Reade, who made headlines this year when she accused Joe Biden of shoving her against a wall and forcibly penetrating her with his fingers at a Capitol Hill office building in 1993, slammed party bigwigs for bringing in Bubba. “The Democratic National Committee has made it clear to survivors that they enable and they uphold institutionalized rape culture by allowing Bill Clinton to be a main speaker,” Reade told The Post....

"Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace is in disbelief over the Biden campaign's decision not to have any top officials appear on the Sunday talk shows the weekend before the Democratic National Convention. The veteran journalist called it "the damnedest thing [he's] ever seen" in a Friday interview with Guy Benson on Fox News Radio. "So I've been doing Sunday shows with conventions. I started on Meet the Press in 1988. I've been doing it on and off. For what? What is that? Thirty-two years," Wallace said. "And it always happens that the Sunday before the convention, the campaign puts...

POTUS, Candidate, Democrat,Joe Biden and his chosen Democrat, VP Candidate choice, Kamala Harris have very little electric Jazz MoJo motion between the both of them. Both are amazingly boring, Biden cannot speak without looking like he is falling asleep and the ego driven Harris always looks ticked off when she speaks anything!!! Add to that they take no questions at all!!! I wonder how they will pull off their interviews next week. Methinks unless they come in to the convention with a 180 turnaround, that convention will be a total flop!!! What, say, you good folks?

John Legend, The Chicks, Common and Billie Eilish are among the performers scheduled to appear next week at the Democratic National Convention. Also in the lineup: Leon Bridges, Jennifer Hudson, Billy Porter, Maggie Rogers, Prince Royce and Stephen Stills. They will be featured at points during the four nights of the convention. “These artists are committed to engaging with, registering and mobilizing voters to get us over the finish line in November,” Stephanie Cutter, program executive for the convention, said in a statement. Convention organizers said that they will perform new songs and American classics. On Monday evening, youth choir...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be given just 60 seconds to deliver a pre-recorded message at the Democratic National Convention next week. The party’s progressive firebrand has been afforded the limited role while Democrats like Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and former Mayor Pete Buttigieg of South Bend, Indiana, will get to deliver live, virtual speeches at the coronavirus-revamped event, Business Insider reported Wednesday.

**SNIP** Both parties are still firming up their convention schedules and have not yet released details such as key speakers. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is expected to give an address at the Democratic convention, Bloomberg reported. Cuomo's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Democratic Convention will run Aug. 17-20 and air for two hours each night from 9 to 11. Organizers have framed the event as a convention across the nation, with speakers appearing from locations around the country. Indeed, former Vice President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he would not be traveling to Milwaukee...

This year's virtual, time-crunched Democratic National Convention isn't making space for many top Democrats to speak. The DNC has set aside just two hours every night from August 17–20 for the convention where former Vice President Joe Biden will accept the nomination. That has led the Biden campaign to make some "ruthless cuts" to some of the highest profile Democrats out there, though the convention's official schedule is far from finalized, Politico reports. "It goes without saying that the party's two most popular figures," former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, will get a big role even with...

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept his party's nomination at the Democratic National Convention due to concerns about the surging coronavirus. Biden will instead accept the nomination from his home state of Delaware. The development marks the latest impact the pandemic has had on the party nominating process in the U.S. ahead of November's general election. "From the very beginning of this pandemic, we put the health and safety of the American people first," Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement on Wednesday. "We followed the science, listened to the...

Presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee later this month to accept his nomination by the Democratic National Convention, according to reports from Wednesday morning. Biden's original intentions of traveling to the midwestern city "have been scrapped because of coronavirus concerns," Bloomberg reporter Tyler Pager tweeted on Wednesday. In a statement to media on Wednesday, DNC organizers said that the "worsening coronavirus pandemic" had led convention officials to cancel the event's various speaking engagements "in order to prevent risking the health of our host community as well as the convention’s production teams, security officials, community partners, media...

Fascinating discussion between Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) and Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) following HBO's "The Swamp" (I didn't see it). Gaetz & Buck want a Convention of the states to introduce federal term limits and a balanced budget amendment. They also discuss a range of other topics regarding Congress and how things are done. Click Excerpt Link then play the video (discussion starts about 5 mins in)...

The Democratic National Convention will take place in a couple of weeks, but it won’t be the boisterous celebration of politics we are used to seeing every four years. Instead, look for a mostly virtual event, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. The highlight will be when presumptive nominee Joe Biden accepts the nomination on the last night of the convention. - It will take place Aug. 17-20. - The party's mostly virtual festivities will kick off on Monday with opening ceremonies and a selection of speakers, who will be announced at a later date. - The results of votes on...