President Obama threw his full support behind Hillary Clinton at the 2016 Democratic National Convention and reflected on his eight-year presidency. Here are the highlights in four minutes. Barack Obama’s mission on behalf of Hillary Clinton on Wednesday night was personal and political. He testified to her virtues as a would-be president in a way only a current president could. [...]

Though some anti-war Americans see hope that Donald Trump would pull back from foreign wars, they also must face his undeniable record of racial and sexist bigotry, writes Marjorie Cohn. In his acceptance speech for the Republican presidential nomination, Donald Trump declared, “My Dad, Fred Trump, was the smartest and hardest working man I ever knew. . . . It’s because of him that I learne [...]

Focusing on domestic issues, Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech sidestepped the deep concerns anti-war Democrats have about her hawkish foreign policy, which is already taking shape in the shadows, reports Gareth Porter. As Hillary Clinton begins her final charge for the White House, her advisers are already recommending air strikes and other new military measures against the Assad regime in [...]

+ First things first. I want to apologize to the Sandernistas, to those of you who rose up after your leader abandoned you, after Bernie wiped out your votes and muted your voices, after he turned you over to the DNC’s thuggish floor managers and security guards, after he sat passively as your brave chants of “No More Drones” were drowned out by the fascist war-cry of “USA! USA!!” [...]

For those to whom this hasn’t yet occurred, if Hillary Clinton is elected President she will be President. The Democratic Party platform, Bernie Sanders’ program proposals and Mrs. Clinton’s theorized move Left will be but distant memories. If Mrs. Clinton brings with her a Democratic Congress (or not) she will use it to pass the TPP and TTIP ‘trade’ agreements, to launch ‘liberal’ w [...]

After releasing nearly 20,000 emails from the US Democratic National Committee, WikiLeaks has dumped audio recordings from the organization. The new release includes 29 voice messages pulled from the emails of high-ranking DNC officials, totaling 14 minutes. What's in the WikiLeaks DNC Recording hey have a history of corruption’: Clinton Cash documentary author Peter Schwei [...]

Wealthy potential donors to the Democratic National Committee (DNC) were courted with promises of access to the president, a Washington Post analysis of internal DNC emails released by WikiLeaks has found. The party insiders' pitches appear to be in violation of White House policy, the newspaper notes.On Monday, the Post reported: [...]

Bernie Sanders is expected to address close to 1,900 supporters in Philadelphia on Monday, amid controversy over the Democratic National Committee's newly revealed support for Hillary Clinton and more. The presidential candidate, whose campaign galvanized a swell of support from new and young Democratic voters, will address the full convention on Monday night.Watch a live stream below, and check b [...]

On this Friday, July 15 broadcast of the Alex Jones Show, we break down the aftermath of the Bastille Day terror attack in Nice, France, which left 84 dead and hundreds injured. Meanwhile leftist media outlets reacted to the devastating attack not by blaming Islam or even terrorists, but by suggesting a truck was responsible for the carnage. Former Minnesota Governor Jesse Ventura joins the show t [...]

What are the social, political, and economic ingredients for a revolution? Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges has a few ideas. He’ll examine the looming collapse of our civil society, the frightening rise of demagogues, the transformation of political discourse into hate speech, and the political awakening of the Christian Right, the neo-Confederates, the Tea Party, right-to-life groups, nativi [...]

The race between the two presidential frontrunners remains too close to call in the final stretch leading to the two major party conventions, as new polling shows that Donald Trump has overtaken Hillary Clinton in key battleground states while her national lead has shrunk to just three points. [...]

The House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on Thursday, where FBI Director James Comey is scheduled to testify regarding his decision to recommend that Hillary Clinton not be charged for her use of a private email server for government business while she was Secretary of State. [...]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has basically said the upcoming presidential election belongs to Hillary Clinton, and we really needn’t do much more than wait out the clock until November, former State Department official Peter Van Buren told RT. [...]

In a televised press conference on Monday, James Comey, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), announced that his department had completed its investigation of Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server and, despite castigating her "extreme carelessness," recommended that the Department of Justice (DOJ) file no charges against the presidential hopeful. [...]

Clinton indictment odds just ramped up dramatically, according to one former judge. Andrew Napolitano, who was a Judge on the New Jersey Superior Court from 1987 to 1995 and currently serves as the Senior Judicial Analyst for Fox News, weighed in on U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s Friday statement that she would accept FBI recommendations in regard to the Clinton email investigation. [...]

Environmentalists oppose it. So do labor unions, medical professionals, and major religious groups, as well as every leading presidential candidate. So why hasn't the Democratic Party gone on record opposing the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP)?That's what Bernie Sanders wants to know.Noting that the deal "is opposed by virtually the entire grassroots base of the Democratic Party," Sanders said Su [...]

Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks interviews Green Party candidate for President, Dr. Jill Stein. Along with running for President Dr. Jill Stein. Along with running for President Dr. Jill Stein is an activist, medical doctor, and environmental health advocate. Learn more about Dr. Jill Stein here: http://www.jill2016.com/  Dr. Jill Stein Interview With The Young Turks Jill Stein Wants Free C [...]

Unless you follow politics closely, you could be forgiven for thinking that Hillary Clinton has locked up the Democratic presidential nomination. This is not true. She still doesn’t have the requisite number of delegates. That could, and probably will, happen next month when her lead in superdelegates puts her over the top at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia – when the sup [...]

Now that the 2016 primary season is drawing to a close, many are contemplating the impact the presidential campaign of Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders will have on the American political landscape, both in the near future and years, perhaps decades, down the line. [...]