Tom Hanks joined former first lady Michelle Obama in a virtual event on Monday to push for mail-in voting in the upcoming November elections.The virtual event was organized by , a self-identified bipartisan organization led by former Obama administration officials.Advertisement - story continues belowEx-Obama administration officials on the group’s board include , a former White House senior adviser, , a former chief of staff to Michelle Obama, and , a former policy adviser in the White House Office of Public Engagement., the main speaker for the virtual “couch party,” said she wanted to...…Tom Hanks joined former first lady Michelle Obama in a virtual event on Monday to push for mail-in voting in the upcoming November elections.The virtual event was organized by , a self-identified bipartisan organization led by former Obama administration officials.Advertisement - story continues belowEx-Obama administration officials on the group’s board include , a former White House senior adviser, , a former chief of staff to Michelle Obama, and , a former policy adviser in the White House Office of Public Engagement., the main speaker for the virtual “couch party,” said she wanted to...WW…

The phrase “safe, legal and rare,” when applied to the mass killing of the innocent unborn, doesn’t exactly ease my qualms about the procedure.That said, the general cultural agreement that these three provisos are necessary if abortion is to be a legal right also confers a certain gravity upon it.Advertisement - story continues belowThere’s no need to emphasize the fact there needs to be a legal right to the procedure or a need to keep it rare if it weren’t ethically problematic. If women found it necessary to terminate their pregnancy, there should at least be a certain seriousness...…The phrase “safe, legal and rare,” when applied to the mass killing of the innocent unborn, doesn’t exactly ease my qualms about the procedure.That said, the general cultural agreement that these three provisos are necessary if abortion is to be a legal right also confers a certain gravity upon it.Advertisement - story continues belowThere’s no need to emphasize the fact there needs to be a legal right to the procedure or a need to keep it rare if it weren’t ethically problematic. If women found it necessary to terminate their pregnancy, there should at least be a certain seriousness...WW…

A 1993 video clip supports part of the story told by Tara Reade, a former aide to then-Sen. Joe Biden, who has accused Biden of sexual assault.Reade has claimed the likely sexually assaulted her in 1993. Biden served as a U.S. senator representing Delaware from 1973 until he assumed the vice presidency in 2009.Advertisement - story continues belowReade worked for Biden from 1992 to 1993, and has said that in one instance, Biden kissed, groped and digitally penetrated her during an unwanted sexual advance.Biden’s campaign has denied . Although Biden has been the subject of complaints in the...…A 1993 video clip supports part of the story told by Tara Reade, a former aide to then-Sen. Joe Biden, who has accused Biden of sexual assault.Reade has claimed the likely sexually assaulted her in 1993. Biden served as a U.S. senator representing Delaware from 1973 until he assumed the vice presidency in 2009.Advertisement - story continues belowReade worked for Biden from 1992 to 1993, and has said that in one instance, Biden kissed, groped and digitally penetrated her during an unwanted sexual advance.Biden’s campaign has denied . Although Biden has been the subject of complaints in the...WW…

Former Vice President Joe Biden really loves ice cream, so much so that it even says so in his Twitter bio.In fact, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential spent almost $10,000 — $9,942.60, to be exact — on the dessert as a donor gift between 2019 and 2020, according to data.Advertisement - story continues belowAnd it wasn’t just any ice cream that the campaign shelled out almost 10 grand for, but Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, which is the same brand that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi showed off in her now-infamous on “The Late Late Show” with James Corden on April 13.In her appearance,...…Former Vice President Joe Biden really loves ice cream, so much so that it even says so in his Twitter bio.In fact, the presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential spent almost $10,000 — $9,942.60, to be exact — on the dessert as a donor gift between 2019 and 2020, according to data.Advertisement - story continues belowAnd it wasn’t just any ice cream that the campaign shelled out almost 10 grand for, but Jeni’s Splendid Ice Creams, which is the same brand that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi showed off in her now-infamous on “The Late Late Show” with James Corden on April 13.In her appearance,...WW…

CNN’s Jim Acosta received a Twittersphere rap across the knuckles Thursday from White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who suggested Acosta get his facts straight.Acosta tweeted an allegation that President originally supported Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to reopen businesses in his state but was talked out of that position.Advertisement - story continues below“News: Members of the coronavirus task force had to convince Trump to change his view on Georgia governor Brian Kemp’s decision to reopen businesses in his state later this week, a source close to the task force tells...…CNN’s Jim Acosta received a Twittersphere rap across the knuckles Thursday from White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany, who suggested Acosta get his facts straight.Acosta tweeted an allegation that President originally supported Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp’s decision to reopen businesses in his state but was talked out of that position.Advertisement - story continues below“News: Members of the coronavirus task force had to convince Trump to change his view on Georgia governor Brian Kemp’s decision to reopen businesses in his state later this week, a source close to the task force tells...WW…

One thing the coronavirus outbreak has taught us is that we have limited resources, at least when it comes to funding.Consider that the funds set aside for small businesses in the Paycheck Protection Program ran out in a matter of weeks. And that’s the federal government. State governments have even less budgetary room to play around with, and counties have even less money.Advertisement - story continues belowSo imagine what Harris County, home to Houston, must be feeling right now given that when it’s all said and done, they will have spent about $17 million on a temporary hospital that...…One thing the coronavirus outbreak has taught us is that we have limited resources, at least when it comes to funding.Consider that the funds set aside for small businesses in the Paycheck Protection Program ran out in a matter of weeks. And that’s the federal government. State governments have even less budgetary room to play around with, and counties have even less money.Advertisement - story continues belowSo imagine what Harris County, home to Houston, must be feeling right now given that when it’s all said and done, they will have spent about $17 million on a temporary hospital that...WW…

It was a shocking news-break Friday as reports indicated evidence had emerged supporting former Senate aide Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegations against presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential primary nominee Joe Biden.Potentially more shocking, however, were Saturday morning developments that seemed to suggest that — just like that — the American left’s zero-tolerance, “Believe All Women” approach to sexual assault allegations against prominent figures in the D.C. political establishment had been put to rest.Advertisement - story continues belowAccording to , video was found this week...…It was a shocking news-break Friday as reports indicated evidence had emerged supporting former Senate aide Tara Reade’s sexual assault allegations against presumptive 2020 Democratic presidential primary nominee Joe Biden.Potentially more shocking, however, were Saturday morning developments that seemed to suggest that — just like that — the American left’s zero-tolerance, “Believe All Women” approach to sexual assault allegations against prominent figures in the D.C. political establishment had been put to rest.Advertisement - story continues belowAccording to , video was found this week...WW…

This is going to be a bad year to unseat incumbents, particularly when you consider the limited opportunities to campaign. It’s especially true when that incumbent is California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters, a fixture in the Democrat firmament despite the fact she doesn’t seem terribly affixed to reality.Waters was most recently in the news last week, when, as reported, she announced on the House floor that her sister is deathly ill with the coronavirus.  This is indeed a tragedy and our prayers are with her and her family.Advertisement - story continues belowHowever, Waters also has a...…This is going to be a bad year to unseat incumbents, particularly when you consider the limited opportunities to campaign. It’s especially true when that incumbent is California Democrat Rep. Maxine Waters, a fixture in the Democrat firmament despite the fact she doesn’t seem terribly affixed to reality.Waters was most recently in the news last week, when, as reported, she announced on the House floor that her sister is deathly ill with the coronavirus.  This is indeed a tragedy and our prayers are with her and her family.Advertisement - story continues belowHowever, Waters also has a...WW…

Comments made by Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez three years ago about women who are victims of sexual abuse are coming back to bite Democrats as former Vice President Joe Biden faces a sexual assault allegation.After then-Minnesota Sen. was embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal in 2017, Perez called for the Democrat to resign in a statement that excoriated elected officials accused of sexual improprieties or crimes.Advertisement - story continues below“Sexual misconduct, harassment, and assault have no place in the Democratic Party, the United States Congress, the White...…Comments made by Democratic National Committee Chairman Tom Perez three years ago about women who are victims of sexual abuse are coming back to bite Democrats as former Vice President Joe Biden faces a sexual assault allegation.After then-Minnesota Sen. was embroiled in a sexual misconduct scandal in 2017, Perez called for the Democrat to resign in a statement that excoriated elected officials accused of sexual improprieties or crimes.Advertisement - story continues below“Sexual misconduct, harassment, and assault have no place in the Democratic Party, the United States Congress, the White...WW…

Thousands of protesters converged on the Pennsylvania Capitol grounds in Harrisburg on Monday to demand Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf reopen the state’s economy.On March 19, Wolf all but “life-sustaining” businesses to close immediately in the Keystone State in response to the coronavirus outbreak, backed with threats of fines and loss of business licenses for those that did not comply.Advertisement - story continues belowToday I’m taking decisive action to stop the spread of by ordering all non-life-sustaining businesses to close by 8 p.m.Enforcement actions against businesses that don’t close...…Thousands of protesters converged on the Pennsylvania Capitol grounds in Harrisburg on Monday to demand Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf reopen the state’s economy.On March 19, Wolf all but “life-sustaining” businesses to close immediately in the Keystone State in response to the coronavirus outbreak, backed with threats of fines and loss of business licenses for those that did not comply.Advertisement - story continues belowToday I’m taking decisive action to stop the spread of by ordering all non-life-sustaining businesses to close by 8 p.m.Enforcement actions against businesses that don’t close...WW…