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Actress Susan Sarandon joined more than one hundred Black Lives Matter activists for a Saturday protest march through Brooklyn.

PHILADELPHIA – Over five hundred activists have pledged to risk arrest by engaging in nonviolent mass civil disobedience at the Democratic National Convention here in Philadelphia between Monday and Thursday, according to Kai Newkirk, mission director for the Democracy Spring activist group.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Chair of the Democratic National Committee has been dropped from the party’s lineup of convention speakers after WikiLeaks released emails showing the DNC colluded against Bernie Sanders.

Actress Lena Dunham will deliver a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this month alongside fellow actress America Ferrera and a host of other female celebrities who will be in town to watch Hillary Clinton accept her party’s nomination for president.

Pop star Lady Gaga, rocker Lenny Kravitz and DJ Jazzy Jeff are set to headline a concert at the Democratic National Convention just hours before Hillary Clinton is formally nominated as the party’s nominee for President of the United States.

Former Daily Show host Jon Stewart is set to join The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during its live coverage of the Republican National Convention this week in what could be part of a push to boost the CBS late-night program’s disastrous ratings.

The #OperationRNC campaign – whose goal is to have the Republican National Convention defund Planned Parenthood in its 2016 platform – will fly its banners over downtown Cleveland July 13 to 21 for three hours daily, weather permitting.

Hillary Clinton’s campaign will get a shot of Broadway star power in July when the presumptive Democrat presidential nominee hosts a fundraiser at a performance of the smash hit musical Hamilton.

The president of the Cleveland Ohio police union warns that cops and convention goers are “sitting ducks” at the 2016 Republican National Convention. The City of Cleveland is ill-equipped to handle the thousands of professional leftist, Black Lives Matter, and other protesters and there is just under a month to go before the convention.

Taking a page from Donald Trump’s campaign playbook, Democrat Party officials are reportedly reaching out to pop stars and celebrities — including Broadway’s Hamilton star Lin-Manuel Miranda — in an attempt to recruit star power to add to the Democrat National Convention in Philadelphia in July.

The Commerce Department is set this July to publish a stunning 2 percent downward revision of gross domestic product (GDP) during the Obama Administration term in office.

Democratic pollster Doug Schoen has penned an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal predicting that Hillary Clinton could be denied the Democratic Party nomination if Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) wins the June 7 California primary.

The LA Times reports: Sen. Bernie Sanders has begun pushing the Democratic Party toward a platform fight over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, a departure from his core focus on domestic economic issues that would put pressure on Hillary Clinton to handle a growing divide within her party.

Saturday, MSNBC’s Joy Reid said while discussing the Democratic National Convention that there “seems to be” an “all-out war between the Democrats at this point.” Show guest CRVIII.com co-founder Jamal Simmons agreed, adding that “there’s a real concern starting to develop among people in

Despite Hillary Clinton raising $264,973,438 to Donald Trump’s $51,393,537, the latest Washington Post-ABC News poll found Trump winning among registered voters by 46 to 44 percent over Clinton.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders is supporting the primary election opponent to Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.

Thursday on his syndicated radio show, conservative talker Rush Limbaugh speculated on how big the Republican National Convention will be this July in Cleveland, OH now that Donald Trump’s is the party’s presumptive nominee. According to Limbaugh, Trump will likely

Fans of Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) are planning to occupy the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania this July.

If the California primary, scheduled for June 7, were held today, Republican frontrunner Donald Trump would likely win 106 delegates — 93 from congressional districts, plus 13 for winning statewide — while Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) would win 66.

Thursday on CNN’s “New Day,” Democratic National Committee chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz told host Chris Cuomo that she anticipates her party will have “presumptive nominee” headed into this summer’s Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia with the necessary delegates to have

As Republican campaigns scramble to assembly delegate lists by May 8, Democrats on Wednesday passed the first of several key deadlines in the delegate selection process before the California primary. Those Democrats interested in representing their congressional district at the Democratic National Convention July 25-28 in Philadelphia — some 317 (58%) of the party’s 548 delegates from California had to file a form by Wednesday.

Friday on Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Democratic National Committee chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (R-FL) downplayed any possibility of a contested convention at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia this summer. “No, there won’t be a contested convention,” Wasserman

On April 6, the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms (CCRKBA) issued a press release calling on the Democratic Party to practice what they preach and disarm guards and security at the upcoming Democratic Convention.

The Democratic National Convention will be held the week of July 25, 2016, DNC Chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (R-FL) announced Friday. While the DNC has not settled on a host city yet, the committee is in final contract negotiations with Columbus, New York, and Philadelphia.

Ohio may host the 2016 Democratic National Convention because of New York Mayor Bill de Blasio’s feud with the NYPD and embrace of anti-police demonstrators.