Rep. Donna Edwards Jumps into Maryland Senate Race

Rep. Donna Edwards (D) has announced that she will run for the open Senate seat in Maryland. She is the second Democrat to announce a candidacy, after fellow Rep. Chris Van Hollen. Many progressive advocacy groups had been calling for Edwards to run and she reached out to in particular […]


FiOS Drops The Weather Channel, Replaces It With AccuWeather

Verizon’s FiOS television service has dropped The Weather Channel. There was no contract dispute, but The Weather Channel says that the two were negotiating terms of a new contract. The Weather Channel is partly owned by NBC Universal, which is in turn owned by Comcast. Comcast is one of Verizon’s […]


CNN Announces Two New Original Series

Yesterday, CNN announced a new Original Series with Kevin Spacey. Today, they’ve announced two new programs with Reza Aslan and W. Kamau Bell. Last July, Aslan teased a new CNN show in a tweet to CNN’s Jake Tapper. He said that details would be coming soon, but months passed with […]


Vice President Biden: Letter “Offends Me”

Yesterday, 47 Republican Senators released an open letter to the leaders of Iran regarding a potential nuclear deal. The letter tells the leaders that they must remember that Congress is involved and if they are not, it is merely an executive action. An executive action that can be revised by […]


CNN Announces New Series with Kevin Spacey

CNN has announced a new Original Series with Kevin Spacey. While his fictional character on House of Cards (spoiler alert!) serves as President of the United States, Spacey will narrate six episodes following different candidates and campaigns for the Presidency. Based off the press release, it appears that CNN is using […]