CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – Right on the heels the second Democratic presidential debate, Bernie Sanders will be in Cleveland Monday night. The U.S. Senator will rally at the Wolstein Center at Cleveland State University. The Democratic Party presidential candidate will discuss a wide range of issues, including criminal justice reform, his college affordability plan, immigration reform, income and […]

Donald Trump can’t understand why anyone would vote for a man who admits he tried to stab one of his friends – as fellow GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson continues to claim. Trump was speaking in Iowa Thursday when he recounted Dr. Carson’s tale of trying to stab his friend in the stomach, but ultimately only […]

Clearly, not everyone is here for Trump’s antics. At a Monday rally in Springfield, Ill., Donald Trump spoke in front of a crowd of supporters and one woman who clearly gave no care in the world that he was speaking. https://platform.vine.co/static/scripts/embed.js Throughout the speech, we see the woman, later identified as Johari Idusuyi, doing everything […]

NewsOne’s PolitickerOne blog tackles some of the most important topics in politics: Election 2016, moves by the Obama administration, voting rights, lawmaking, and the way that elected officials represent our communities. Three times a week, we will go beyond the mainstream media’s “pack” coverage of politics to highlight the underreported aspects of how politics and policy […]

Donald Trump’s sensibilities have been violated by Starbucks’ decision to opt for bland holiday messaging on their coffee cups over non-secular imagery (or reindeers), and the presidential candidate has thrown his “Make America Great Again” hat into the controversy ring. “I have one of the most successful Starbucks, in Trump Tower,” he said. “Maybe we should […]

Bush 41 openly talked about how he felt Cheney was pre-occupied with building “his own empire” while Rumsfeld was too dismissive of other’s ideas.   George Bush, Sr. has finally spoken publicly about his disapproval for former Vice President Dick Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld’s performance while working in George W. Bush’s administration. […]

Ben Carson thinks that one way to attract young, black voters is to put out a rap ad. So his campaign just did it, according to ABC News. And no, it wasn’t Cole, Kendrick or Drake on the track. No Kanye, no Jay Z, no Fetty Wap. Instead, Carson’s campaign enlisted the talents of Aspiring Mogul. […]

Can somebody tell us why the the two top Republican candidates in the 2016 presidential election are the ones who don’t have any political experience?   I reluctantly watched the third Republican debate last night. I have low tolerance for all of the nonsense that comes out of the candidates’ mouths for the sake of boosting […]

NewsOne’s PolitickerOne blog tackles some of the most important topics in politics: Election 2016, moves by the Obama administration, voting rights, lawmaking, and the way that elected officials represent our communities. Three times a week, we will go beyond the mainstream media’s “pack” coverage of politics to highlight the underreported aspects of how politics and policy […]

After the horrific mass shooting at Umpqua Community College in Roseburg, Ore., Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson posted a photo of himself holding up a sign reading “I am a Christian,” which promptly went viral. The shooter, who killed nine people, was reported to have targeted Christians, allegedly asking students to identify their religion before […]

Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson said he would be willing to give Kanye West a good look if he decides to run for president in 2020, essentially saying it would afford the rapper an opportunity to see if he can parlay his lyrical skills into a political message. Via ABC News: “Well, I am certainly willing to […]

Trump’s campaign team says they did not hear the whole question, but blames the media for coverage, and says its really “about him waging a war on Christianity.”   WASHINGTON — Donald Trump came under fire Thursday night for his handling of a question at a town hall about when the U.S. can “get rid” […]