Nearly half of the delegations headed to the July 2020 Democratic National Convention in Milwaukee will be housed in Illinois, with some staying in hotels as far away as the Chicago suburbs. 
Celebrity authors Barack and Michelle Obama are striking a blow for social, economic, and climate justice, vowing to donate an undisclosed eight-figure sum to Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck in exchange for his massive beachfront estate on Martha's Vineyard, the luxury island vacation spot popular with Northeastern elites, boat-shoed bon vivants, and other rich freaks who use "summer" as a verb and donate to Pete Buttigieg. 
The American people may finally get a presidential candidate worthy of the Oval Office. Lincoln Chafee, the former governor and U.S. Senator from Rhode Island, is reportedly open to running for president in 2020 on the Libertarian Party ticket. 
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors proposed new language guidelines to re-shape the way people talk about those in the crime industry. Words such as "felon," "offender," and "convict" would be replaced by "person first" terminology. Under the proposal, a convicted criminal would be referred to as a "formerly incarcerated person," or "justice-involved individual," or even a "returning resident." 
In a head-to-head matchup against Trump, a new poll found Sen. Kamala "Five-0" Harris tied with the president at 38 percent. Mayor Pete "Boat Shoes" Buttigieg trails by 6 points. That's even worse than failed Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke's 4-point deficit against the president. 
Team Biden is on the defensive, and has even wheeled out the former Veep's brain surgeon to reassure skeptics that he's totally fine and definitely doesn't have brain damage. It's not the most reassuring claim to have to make about a presidential candidate, but here we are. 
Mayor Pete "Boat Shoes" Buttigieg and Sen. Kamala "Five-O" Harris were once considered "top tier" contenders in the 2020 Democratic primary. A new poll from CNN suggests that is no longer the case 
Former Senate majority leader Harry Reid called Medicare for All and decriminalizing border crossings bad ideas in an interview with Vice News published on Tuesday. 
A recent New York Times report on the brotherly bond between Barack Obama and Joe Biden contains some interesting details about how Obama ultimately arrived at the decision to select Biden as his running mate in 2008. Unlike Hillary Clinton, among others, Biden was seen as a safe choice in part because he lacked presidential ambitions and was unlikely to exploit the vice presidency to maneuver for a future White House run.
Disgraced journalist Glenn Thrush has a piece in the New York Times detailing the history of the most adorable bromance in politics. The report examines the somewhat complicated relationship between former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Joe Biden and offers some insight into Obama’s thinking as he was searching for a suitable running mate in 2008.
