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Democrat Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro pledged to protect “our trans children” in the face of “hate” coming from the federal government and welcomed Admiral Rachel Levine back to the Governor’s mansion at his fourth annual pride reception. The June 2026 event welcomed LGBTQ+ leaders and activists from across the state to celebrate queerness with transgender flags, a performance from the Harrisburg Gay Men’s Chorus, and an impassioned speech from Shapiro. Shapiro has been a fierce advocate of gender ideology throughout his political career and believes gender-confused children should have access to harmful sex-rejecting medical interventions such as puberty blockers, cross-sex...

PITTSBURGH, PA — Language learning app Duo Lingo announced this week that it will be rolling out a new language called "Kamala Harris" to help people understand the former Vice President. Researchers at Duo Lingo say they spent years studying the strange verbal inflections and random sound repetitions of the Kamala language. The task of parsing it out in a teaching module wasn't easy, they said, but they're excited to offer it as a new feature.

Former Vice President Kamala Harris declared packing the U.S. Supreme Court and reworking the Electoral College “first priorities” during a New Hampshire campaign swing for U.S. Senate nominee Chris Pappas and other Granite State Democrats Saturday. Harris, who sits atop the national polls for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary, made a three-city campaign swing through the state. She pumped up volunteers at a Portsmouth phone bank and poured beers at Feathered Friend Brewing in Concord. Then she joined Pappas on stage for a taping of an episode of the “My Body. My Pod.” podcast with Mini Timmaraju, president and CEO...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris’ attempt to inspire voters at a Democratic rally in Mississippi fell flat Thursday after she was forced to repeat a confusing quote in a far-from-full high school gym. “You know, I mentor a lot of young people, and I talk to them sometimes and part of the advice I give them is, you know, never let someone else with limited ability to see your capacity be a limitation on your ambition,” Harris said at the Columbus, Miss., rally for Democratic Senate hopeful Scott Colom. The applause line received barely any reaction from the crowd, prompting...

Kamala Harris insists she hasn't decided whether she's running for president in 2028, but she accidentally gave the game away. Obviously, nobody in the Democrat Party is exactly begging her to jump in. The establishment has been pushing back hard on the idea of a third Kamala campaign. Former allies and donors grumble that she squandered her first year out of office, and they can't come up with a single reason voters should take another look at her. Even her husband, Doug Emhoff, reportedly isn't thrilled about her running again. You'd think all that would give her pause. Instead, Kamala...

Harris wants 13 Supreme Court justices and statehood for D.C. and Puerto Rico, while strategist James Carville told Democrats to "just do it" without campaigning on it. Former presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris this week presented a number of what she considers top Democratic Party goals, should the party retake Congress, that appear more far-left than those being pitched to potential voters during the midterm cycle. She expressed her views on the "Baby, This Is Keke Palmer" podcast posted Tuesday on what a Democrat-controlled Congress should try to advance, including expanding the Supreme Court, changing the Electoral College,...

Cracks may be starting to appear in Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s 2028 White House bid, a lawsuit provided to On The Money shows. **SNIP** Yet if any of the allegations in the whistleblower lawsuit I just reviewed are even partly true — and yes they are just allegations — there are questions whether Shapiro is ready for the primetime political proctology exam he will experience if he does run in 2028. The suit doesn’t name Shapiro as a defendant but he looms large in the litigation that takes aim at the state and agencies where the alleged whistleblower worked. Filed...

Former Vice President Kamala Harris laid out her political vision in Seoul on Wednesday — a vision that, rather than being a scathing assault on the Trump administration, was somewhat aligned with the MAGA playbook. Ms. Harris, the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee, was in South Korea at the invitation of the Asan Institute, a prominent Seoul think tank, to deliver its annual memorial lecture. The lecture cut a broad swath, linking geopolitics and U.S. alliances to the race for primacy in global tech and the import of secure supply chains. Given the timing — less than three weeks ahead of...

U.S. — As rumors continued to swirl that she was preparing to make another run at the White House in 2028, former Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on a podcast to demand the abolishment of the Electoral College and also the popular vote and also anything else she could lose. Appearing on the Baby, This Is Keke Palmer show and tiptoeing around any formal announcement that she would again run for president, Harris advocated for expanding the U.S. Supreme Court, doing away with the Electoral College, disregarding the popular vote, and removing any other obstacles in general that might prevent...

Dr. Jill Biden opened up about a conversation that she had with her husband, Joe Biden, the night of his historic decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race.(snip) The former first lady said that her husband’s choice to run for another term — then to later end his campaign — were both entirely his own, despite rumors that she played a role. Recalling a conversation that took place at their Delaware beach house, Jill said that Joe specifically asked for her opinion. “And I said, ‘No.’ I said, ‘You make this decision yourself.’ I said, ‘Whatever decision is...

“The H-1B program is completely broken, and I’d be very supportive of just eliminating it,” Vice President JD Vance said on October 1. Vance is gradually expanding his criticism of the white-collar replacement programs, in step with expanding support from Silicon Valley investors who want a compromise reform amid increasing public opposition. “He’s certainly trying to gain more attention to this,” said Chris Chmielenski, a founder of the Immigration Accountability Project (IAP) advocacy group. “The vice president is a strong messenger for conservatives … [and] this would be a natural area for [Democrats] to also speak out on,” he told...

Maryland-based activist... Tiffany Carlock, who goes by Candidly Tiff online, shared a video of Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello telling Rolling Stone that he 'certainly did not' vote for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.'I certainly did not... I couldn't do it. V for vendetta. That one inch, that one inch of who you are belongs to you, and they can't have it,' Morello, a left-wing political activist, stated.Carlock then posted the clip to her X account and wrote: 'I don't know who this white man is, but I'm not surprised he didn't vote for Kamala in the...

t seems that the Democrats have already settled on a candidate for the ’28 presidential contest. It’s always a good idea to get ahead of the game, to make your arrangements early so as to guarantee a smooth, simple process and to ensure that all the pressure is on the opposition. At least that’s what you might think until you realize that the candidate is… Kamala Harris. This is one of those things that causes you to stare off into space and consider whether you’ve slipped through a transdimensional portal and ended up in an alternate timeline where humans evolved...

Behind the scenes, several people who worked closely with former Vice President Kamala Harris remain skeptical that she will launch another bid for the White House in 2028. Although early polls show Harris leading the Democratic field for the nomination, a number of her former aides, advisers, surrogates, and donors do not expect her to run again, according to Axios. The outlet spoke with eight former Harris aides and advisers, including several who held senior positions, about her prospects for another presidential campaign. Only one said she would probably run. Two viewed the decision as a toss-up, and five said...

Addie Bullock, communications director for the Amy Acton campaign for governor, issued a statement asserting that "at the Canfield Fair an armed man lunged at Dr, Acton. This kind of violence has no place in Ohio. Dr. Acton will always stand up to the chaos, hate and vitriol that pits us against one another." Four potential candidates for the Democratic Party's 2028 presidential nomination boldly and bravely condemned political violence. Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Az) "I just spoke to Amy Acton. She's tough. There's no place in our society for political violence. An issue that unfortunately Gabby and I are very...

The House Judiciary Committee, along with the House Administration Committee and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, released an interim staff report on ActBlue, the Democratic fundraising platform. In that report, the Committees found that ActBlue failed to prevent illegal foreign political contributions, and it's being called an "explosive" insight into the organization's practices. Two years ago, the Committees began investigating ActBlue's fraud-prevention practices. In 2024, ActBlue changed its fraud policy twice during the presidential campaign, reportedly implementing "more lenient" standards that let foreign donors and other suspicious donor money flow into U.S. campaigns. Earlier this year, The New...

Gov. Gavin Newsom has revealed one factor that could tank his expected presidential bid: fellow Democrat Kamala Harris. Newsom was asked in an interview with CNN’s Jake Tapper about his expected White House run, and he didn’t hold back on how the ex-vice president, his former colleague and rumored frenemy, could change his decision. “I wouldn’t run if she ran,” Newsom said while fly-fishing with Tapper in Montana. “I wouldn’t do that to her … I wouldn’t waste anyone’s time. Who needs that?” Newsom explained, calling it “mutually assured destruction.”

If she’s in, he’s out.California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) told CNN anchor Jake Tapper he will not run for president in 2028 if former Vice President Kamala Harris decides to try again. The liberal governor dished the revelation on Monday while he and Tapper were recorded fly fishing together in Montana — and it appeared to mildly stun the news host.“I wouldn’t run if she ran,” Newsom said.Tapper turned to the gov while holding his poll in the air and confirmed, “If she runs, you will not?”Newsom acted like it was obvious he should bow out if Harris opts to...

Kamala Harris suffered a humiliating moment on Jeopardy! as contestants were left stumped when asked for the name of her memoir. The contenders stared blankly and could not provide the title of the former vice president's tell-all book about losing the 2024 election. The question read: 'The title of this 2025 memoir by Kamala Harris refers to how long she had to launch and run her 2024 presidential campaign.' The answer – '107 Days' – eluded the panel of three contestants, leading to an awkward lull before the host stepped in. 'She had 107 days,' Ken Jennings chimed in with...

Rob Sand, the Democratic gubernatorial nominee in Iowa, had a one-word response to whether Kamala Harris should run for U.S. President in 2028. Harris served as the Vice President from 2021 to 2025 under Joe Biden. Biden endorsed Harris for the 2024 presidential campaign against Donald Trump. Iowa Democrat believes Kamala Harris shouldn't run for President in 2028 Democratic nominee Rob Sand is not endorsing Kamala Harris for President in 2028. Politico's Jonathan Martin asked him whether Harris should run for President again, to which Sand replied curtly, "Nope." Sand dodged the previous question when Martin asked him whether he'd...