With just hours to go before the midnight deadline to qualify for the third Democratic Primary debate next month, former hedge fund investor and self-proclaimed populist Tom Steyer has failed to make the grade. While Steyer won the necessary 130,000 donors to take the stage, he got 2 percent of the vote in only three […]
In the ’80s, Marianne Williamson Taught a “Course in Miracles” in Los Feliz
Scroll through a news article about frequently googled Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson and you may come across a reference to the Philosophical Research Society in Los Feliz. Located in a classic Mayan Revival building on the corner of Los Feliz and Griffith Park boulevards, the society is where Williamson began her career as a […]
Who’ll Make It to the Next Round of Dem Debates and Who’s Out?
More than half of the presidential hopefuls who took the stage over the last two nights during the second round of Democratic Primary Debates won’t be fighting it out in the third round of debates next month. In order to qualify, candidates will need to have 130,000 donors and register at least 2 percent support in […]
Marianne Williamson May Not Have Won the Debate, but She Won the Internet
While all eyes were on Democratic frontrunners Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren in Detroit at last night’s debate, author and self-help guru Marianne Williamson managed to steal the show, or at least post-debate Twitter. Even though she got less time than the center stage Senators—to whom most of the evening’s questions were addressed—Williamson used her […]
Presidential Candidate Marianne Williamson Is Running on Empathy
Once upon a time, a nice Jewish girl from Texas christened herself “a bitch for God.” But after 13 books (seven of them New York Times bestsellers), officiating Liz Taylor’s eighth wedding, and umpteen appearances on Oprah, Bill Maher, and Good Morning America, Marianne Williamson is wagering that her nondenominational spiritual gestalt and robust public […]
Beto O’Rourke Can’t Quite Seem to Recapture His Early Viral Success
Still struggling to find his footing in a national race, one-time Democratic darling Beto O’Rourke stopped by Los Angeles on Saturday as a part of a four-day tour of the Golden State. Both in tone and substance, O’Rourke’s 20-minute speech at Los Angeles Trade-Tech College signaled a shifting strategy in response to an electorate hungry […]