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This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: This is Democracy Now!, democracynow.org. We’re “Breaking with Convention: War, Peace and the Presidency.” I’m Amy Goodman, with Nermeen Shaikh. NERMEEN SHAIKH: Minnesota Governor Tim Walz accepted the Democratic nomination for vice president on the third night of the Democratic National Convention here in Chicago. Walz has served as governor of Minnesota since 2018 after six […]

RFK Jr. suspends presidential campaign, will join forces with Trump to ‘save millions of children’ Robert F. Kennedy Jr. today suspended his campaign for president of the United States as an independent, telling the media he no longer saw a path forward to victory “in the face of relentless censorship.” (Article republished from ChildrensHealthDefense.org) Kennedy said that following discussions with former President Donald Trump, he has agreed to join forces with […]

Kamala Harris Accepts Democratic Presidential Nomination, Backs Israel While Calling for End to WarUncommitted Delegates Walk DNC Halls Arm in Arm After Being Denied Opportunity to Take the StageNew Round of Ceasefire Talks in Cairo as Israel Rebuffs Demand to Withdraw Troops from GazaIsraeli Forces Kill 3 Palestinians, Destroy Homes in West Bank Raid on TulkarmDesperately Needed U.N. Food Trucks Begin to Enter Darfur After Sudan Military Reopens Chad BorderArkansas's […]

Trump promises to apologize, rehire and provide back pay to veterans terminated for refusing mRNA COVID injections At a recent campaign stop in North Carolina, Donald Trump told his supporters that if he gets reelected, he will apologize to, rehire and provide back pay for all of the military veterans who were terminated for refusing to get injected with mRNA "vaccines" for the Wuhan coronavirus (COVID-19). "We didn't want […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night here in Chicago. Harris is the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to be nominated for the president by a major party. Her nomination came just over a month after President Biden dropped out of the race. Before a thunderous crowd […]

Second Gentleman Emhoff says Kamala Harris faces cowards “head on” – yet she REFUSES to debate Trump Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff says his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris, faces cowards "head on." "Kamala is as tough as it comes," he said during the second day of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 20. "Just ask the criminals, the global gangsters and the witnesses before the Senate Judiciary […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.AMY GOODMAN: So, let’s go to what wouldn’t have been a throwaway line. BARBARA RANSBY: OK. AMY GOODMAN: And this is what the “uncommitted” delegates attempted to get all week. You have Harris accepting the Democratic nomination Thursday night, after a four-day convention where the Harris campaign refused to allow a Palestinian American to take the stage. There […]

Trump says he’s willing to offer RFK Jr. a role in his administration if elected in November Former President Donald Trump has expressed willingness to offer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. a role in his administration if he wins in November. Nicole Shanahan, Kennedy's, running mate revealed on a podcast that their campaign is considering withdrawing from the race to endorse Trump and reduce the risk of Vice President Kamala Harris defeating the former president […]

This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form.JUAN GONZÁLEZ: Meanwhile, outside, thousands of protesters marched on the DNC calling for an end to U.S. aid to Israel. The protesters rallied into the night as Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic presidential nomination on the DNC stage. They had planned to march toward the convention site but were blocked by hundreds of police in riot gear, who […]