Carefully Choreographed Convention Confirms Progressive Policies Not Central to Biden Bid

The key message from this year’s DNC is the emphasis the Biden campaign is putting on reaching out to so-called “moderate Republicans,” presenting Trump as an aberration and Biden as the cure.

Alan Macleod
By Alan Macleod
Election 2020 DNC Feature photo

The Democratic National Convention continued for a fourth night last night, as the party coronates former vice president Joe Biden as its nomination for November. Originally scheduled to be held in Milwaukee, the current pandemic meant that it is mostly taking place virtually, allowing the DNC to hold a more carefully choreographed celebration than

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Democratic “Superdelegates” May Once Again Rob Bernie Sanders of the Nomination

There is no denying that the need to defeat Trump at all costs will be the rallying cry used to push Democratic voters to fall in line behind the eventual nominee, regardless of whether the nominee was chosen by voters or by superdelegates.

Whitney Webb
By Whitney Webb
Election 2020 Bernie Sanders

WASHINGTON -- According to recent polling data compiled by Real Clear Politics for the Democratic 2020 nomination, Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is the clear front-runner among the contenders who have already declared their candidacy. Indeed, among declared candidates, Sanders has a double-digit lead, averaging over 21 percent, while the other most

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DNC Donor & Fox News Regular Sreedhar Potarazu Pleads Guilty To Fraud

Sreedhar Potarazu was a frequent guest of Fox Business and other cable news shows, and in one appearance billed himself as a supporter of Republican John Kasich.

Associated Press
By Associated Press
Sreedhar Potarazu during an appearance on Fox Business.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. — A political donor and cable news commentator pleaded guilty Friday to federal criminal charges in what prosecutors described as a $30 million investment fraud scheme tied to his health-technology company. Sreedhar Potarazu, 51, an ophthalmogist from Potomac, Maryland, was appointed to serve on the credentials committee to this

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Snowden: Leak Of NSA Hacking Tools Are Russia’s ‘Warning’ To The US Government

In a recent string of tweets, the whistleblower warned that recently leaked NSA hacking tools ‘could have significant foreign policy consequences. Particularly if any of those operations targeted US allies.’

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
A reflection of the Department of Homeland Security logo in the eyeglasses of a cybersecurity analyst at the watch and warning center of the Department of Homeland Security's secretive cyber defense facility in Idaho Falls, Idaho.

AUSTIN, Texas --- According to whistleblower Edward Snowden, a recent leak of secret NSA hacking tools reflects an escalation in tensions between Russia and the United States. For others, though, it highlights concerns about what, if any, privacy is afforded to the general public. The NSA whistleblower lit up Twitter on Tuesday with suggestions

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Developed In Iraq, Deployed At the DNC?: Cell-Jamming Technology Is Being Turned On Journalists

Both citizen journalists and mainstream media reporters found they couldn’t share photos or video when they approached the gates of the Democratic National Convention, leading many to believe that their cell signals were being jammed.

Kit O'Connell
By Kit O'Connell
A man takes a photo of Hillary Clinton as she walks on to the stage to accept her nomination from the Democratic Party for president on the final night, July 28, of the Democratic National Convention.

PHILADELPHIA --- Technology developed to jam cellphones during the Iraq War may be getting deployed against journalists reporting on protests against the political establishment in the United States. While police and government surveillance of protests, including monitoring of cellphone use, is well-documented, efforts to block signals at

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Russia Won’t Hack US Voting Machines, That’s America’s Job

Given all the information about US voting machines, one has to wonder whether the avalanche of accusations about Russian hacking isn’t just the preparatory stage for a massive vote fraud campaign.

Eric Draitser
By Eric Draitser
President Barack Obama casts his ballot during early voting at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center in Chicago, Ill., Oct. 25, 2012. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

With the Democratic National Convention in high gear, the corporate media has inundated the television and computer screens of American voters with endless accusations of Russian meddling in US electoral politics. Democrats have conveniently chosen to deflect attention away from their own criminality – the Wikileaks release of official Democratic

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