How the Trump Rally at Madison Square Garden Follows a Long Tradition in Politics
27 Oct
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How the Trump Rally at Madison Square Garden Follows a Long Tradition in Politics

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Politics tamfitronics NEW YORK — Republican Donald Trump's rally on Sunday at Madison Square Garden follows a long line of political events at the storied New York City arena.The Garden has hosted both Democratic and Republican National Conventions since the 1800s, and in 1939, thousands joined back-to-back pro-Nazi and Communist Party rallies in the lead-up to World War II. Marilyn Monroe took the stage in 1962 to sing “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy, adding to the lore surrounding what the New York Knicks announcer calls “the world's most famous arena!”Here are a few highlights from the political history of Madison Square Garden, which has occupied four buildings over time.Politics tamfitronics Grover Cleveland stages a comebackGrover Cleveland is the only U.S. president to have served two nonconsecutive terms. Trump hopes to become the second.After...
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Jordan Klepper Has a Front Row Seat to the End of the World
27 Oct
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Jordan Klepper Has a Front Row Seat to the End of the World

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Politics tamfitronics Jordan Klepper has lost count of how many Trump rallies he’s attended. “We’re probably in the 30 range,” he says over Zoom. “Yeah, it’s a blur.” As The Daily Show’s resident rally-goer, Klepper has carved out a niche by picking the brains, or lack thereof, of Donald Trump’s most ardent and ridiculous supporters. “I got these front row seats to the end of the world,” he says.In a new special titled The Daily Show Presents: Jordan Klepper Fingers The Pulse: Rally Together that airs Monday, October 28 at 11:30 p.m., Klepper returns to the field weeks before “the most consequential election of our lifetime.” But this time, he’s bringing friends. Playwright and actor Jeremy O. Harris, Guys We Fucked podcast hosts Corinne Fisher and Christina Hutchinson, and Reno 911’s Thomas Lennon accompany Klepper...
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The president’s husband
27 Oct
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The president’s husband

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Politics tamfitronics Erin Schaff/Pool/Getty ImagesThere’s a lot going on in American politics these days, but one of the funniest things is the status of Doug Imhoff, the husband of Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s candidate in the US presidential race, who, if she wins, will be the President of the US.So what exactly is Mr. Imhoff’s situation?Kamala, born to an Indian mother and a Jamaican father, married Imhoff in 2014; they are childless, but he has two sons from a prior marriage. Imhoff works as a lawyer, and when Harris became Joe Biden’s running mate in 2020, he quit his legal work at major corporations to prevent conflict of interest.No one cared about him or his work until this July, when Biden dropped out of the race, and Kamala became candidate in his...
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Unpacking America’s urban-rural divide
27 Oct
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Unpacking America’s urban-rural divide

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Politics tamfitronics EmbedUnpacking America's urban-rural divideEmbedThe code has been copied to your clipboard.widthpxheightpxThe URL has been copied to your clipboardNo media source currently available0:000:04:430:00Download240p | 12.8MB360p | 22.4MB480p | 43.5MB720p | 73.9MB1080p | 124.5MBThe divide between urban and rural voters is a key indicator in U.S. electoral politics. Cities favoring Democrats and rural areas favoring Republicans isn’t new. But since 2000, the gap has grown dramatically. What is behind this trend, and why is it so important? The answer is partly economic — but there are also complex cultural factors involved. Produced by Yass Monem and Nicky Woolf.
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