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Politicon was an annual, non-partisan political convention in the United States. Politicon's vision was to bring "
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, Democrats, and people of all political stripes together to banter and spar over the most topical issues in smart and entertaining ways that often poke fun at both sides of the aisle." It has been called the "
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of politics" and the "
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of politics". It was first held in Los Angeles in 2015, with the last one held on October 26–27, 2019, in Nashville, Tennessee, at the Music City Center. It eventually dissolved in 2022.


Conventions


Politicon 2018

Politicon 2018 took place at the
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. Notable speakers included
Kentucky Secretary of State The secretary of state of Kentucky is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is now an elected office, but was an appointed office prior to 1891. The current secretary of state is Republican Party (United States), Re ...
Alison Lundergan Grimes Alison Case Lundergan Grimes (born November 23, 1978) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was the secretary of state of Kentucky from 2012 until 2020. Grimes was elected in 2011 after defeating incumbent Elaine Walker in the De ...
, actress
Alyssa Milano Alyssa Jayne Milano ( ; born December 19, 1972) is an American actress and activist. She has played Samantha Micelli in '' Who's the Boss?'' (1984–1992), Jennifer Mancini in '' Melrose Place'' (1997–1998), Phoebe Halliwell in '' Charmed'' ...
, political advisor Amanda Carpenter, Republican strategist and commentator
Ana Navarro Ana Violeta Navarro-Cárdenas (née Navarro Flores;Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', November 14, 2017 born December 28, 1971) is a Nicaraguan-American political strategist and commentator. She appears on various television programs and news o ...
, political commentator
Ann Coulter Ann Hart Coulter (; born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative media pundit, author, syndicated columnist, and lawyer. She became known as a media pundit in the late 1990s, appearing in print and on cable news as an outspoken critic ...
,
Speaker of the California State Assembly The speaker of the California State Assembly is the speaker (politics), presiding officer and highest-ranking member of the California State Assembly, controlling the flow of legislation and committee assignments. The speaker is nominated by th ...
Anthony Rendon Anthony Michael Rendon (, ; born June 6, 1990) is an American baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Washington Nationals and was a member of the Nationals' 2019 World S ...
, journalist
April Ryan April Danielle Ryan (born September 5, 1967) is an American reporter, author, and White House Correspondent for The Grio. In 2023, Ryan joined MSNBC as a political contributor. Formerly, from January 1997 to 2020 Ryan served as a White House ...
,
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anchor
Ari Melber Ari Naftali Melber (born March 31, 1980) is an American attorney and Emmy-winning journalist who is the Chief Legal Correspondent for MSNBC and host of '' The Beat with Ari Melber.'' Early life and education Melber is Jewish, the son of an Isra ...
, former
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presidential candidate
Austin Petersen Austin Wade Petersen (born February 19, 1981) is an American writer, political activist, commentator, and broadcaster. He is the host of the Wake Up America show daily newscast. He was the runner-up for the Libertarian Party's nomination for ...
, commentator
Bakari Sellers Bakari T. Sellers (born September 18, 1984) is an American attorney, political commentator, and politician. Sellers served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for the 90th District from 2006 to 2014, and was the 2014 Democratic no ...
, former
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Ben Rhodes, conservative commentator
Ben Shapiro Benjamin Aaron Shapiro (born January 15, 1984) is an American Conservatism in the United States, conservative political commentator, media host, and attorney. He writes columns for Creators Syndicate, ''Newsweek'', and ''Ami Magazine'', an ...
, former Chief of Staff to the VP
Bill Kristol William Kristol (; born December 23, 1952) is an American neoconservative writer. A frequent commentator on several networks including CNN, he was the founder and editor-at-large of the political magazine ''The Weekly Standard''. Kristol is edi ...
, Representative
Brendan Boyle Brendan Francis Boyle (born 6 February 1977) is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives, since 2015 representing successive districts in the Philadelphia area. Since January 202 ...
(D- PA02), gun control activist and Parkland shooting survivor
Cameron Kasky Cameron Marley Kasky (born November 11, 2000) is an American activist and advocate against gun violence who co-founded the student-led gun violence prevention advocacy group Never Again MSD. He is notable for helping to organize the March for ...
, former NJ Governor
Chris Christie Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician and former United States Attorney, federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party (United States) ...
(R), former Representative
David Jolly David Wilson Jolly (born October 31, 1972) is an American politician, attorney, and former lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district from 2014 to 2017 as a Republican. After leaving office, Jolly ...
(R- FL13), Virginia Delegate
Elizabeth Guzmán Elizabeth Rosalina Guzmán is an American politician and social worker who served as a member of the Virginia's House of Delegates for the 31st district from 2018 to 2024. She was first elected in 2017 after defeating incumbent Republican Sc ...
(D), host of NBC's Stay Tuned on
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Gadi Schwartz Gadi Schwartz (born July 18, 1983) is an American journalist working as an NBC News host and correspondent. He is the co-host of ''Stay Tuned'', an NBC News program broadcast on Snapchat's Discover platform, ''Stay Tuned Now'' on NBC News Now, a ...
, Mayor of Knox County, TN
Glenn Jacobs Glenn Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967), also known by his ring name Kane, is an American politician, actor and professional wrestler. He rose to fame in WWE and is regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. In 2018 ...
, Representative
Judy Chu Judy May Chu (born July 7, 1953) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for . A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she has held a seat in Congress since 2009, representing until redistricting. ...
(D-CA27), comedian
Kathy Griffin Kathleen Mary Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American comedian and actress who has starred in television series, comedy specials and has released multiple comedy albums. In 2007 and 2008, Griffin won Primetime Emmy Awards for her rea ...
, former President of the California State Senate
Kevin de León Kevin Alexander Leon (born December 10, 1966), known professionally as Kevin de León and colloquially as KDL, is an American politician who served as the Los Angeles City Council member for District 14 from 2020 until 2024. A member of the Dem ...
, gun rights activist and Parkland shooting survivor
Kyle Kashuv Kyle Kashuv (born May 20, 2001) is an American conservative activist. He survived the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and subsequently advocated for gun rights, notably in opposition to his fellow survivors' March for Our Lives move ...
, former RNC Chair
Michael Steele Michael Stephen Steele (born October 19, 1958) is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007 and as chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) f ...
, Mayor of
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Michael Tubbs Michael Derrick Tubbs (born August 2, 1990) is an American politician who is currently serving as a special adviser for economic mobility and opportunity for Governor Gavin Newsom. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 79 ...
, former Representative Patrick Murphy (D- FL18), Representative
Ted Lieu Ted Win-Ping Lieu ( ; born March 29, 1969) is an American lawyer and politician. He is a member of the Democratic Party and has represented California's 36th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives since 2023. He re ...
(D- CA33), conservative commentator
Tomi Lahren Tomi Rae Augustus Lahren (; born August 11, 1992) is an American conservative political commentator and television presenter. She hosted ''Tomi'' on TheBlaze, where she gained attention for her short video segments called "Final Thoughts", in w ...
, and
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anchor
Tucker Carlson Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American conservative political commentator who hosted the nightly political talk show '' Tucker Carlson Tonight'' on Fox News from 2016 to 2023. Since his contract with Fox News was term ...
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Adam Carolla Adam Carolla (born May 27, 1964) is an American radio personality, comedian, actor and podcaster. He hosts '' The Adam Carolla Show'', a talk show distributed as a podcast which set the record as the "most downloaded podcast" as judged by ''Guin ...
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Alex Ebert Alexander Michael Tahquitz Ebert (born May 12, 1978) is an American singer-songwriter and composer. He is best known for being the lead singer and songwriter for the American bands Ima Robot and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros. On January ...
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Alex Marlow Alexander Mason Marlow (born January 24, 1986) is an American media executive who is the editor-in-chief of ''Breitbart News''. Marlow began his career as Andrew Breitbart's editorial assistant, a position which he held for four years. He was hir ...
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Alexi McCammond Alexi Jo McCammond (born 1993) is an American political journalist. She has served as a reporter for the political website Axios and an opinions editor for The Washington Post. She has also been an NBC and MSNBC contributor and a contributor for ...
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Alicia Menendez Alicia Jacobsen Menendez ( ; born July 2, 1983) is an American television commentator, host and writer. She is the author of the book ''The Likeability Trap: How to Break Free and Succeed as You Are'' (2019), and is an anchor for MSNBC. From 2020 ...
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Alison Lundergan Grimes Alison Case Lundergan Grimes (born November 23, 1978) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was the secretary of state of Kentucky from 2012 until 2020. Grimes was elected in 2011 after defeating incumbent Elaine Walker in the De ...
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Alyssa Milano Alyssa Jayne Milano ( ; born December 19, 1972) is an American actress and activist. She has played Samantha Micelli in '' Who's the Boss?'' (1984–1992), Jennifer Mancini in '' Melrose Place'' (1997–1998), Phoebe Halliwell in '' Charmed'' ...
* Amanda Carpenter * Amanda Chen *
Amy Holmes Amy Mulenga Holmes (born July 25, 1973) is a Zambian-born American journalist and political commentator. Holmes co-hosted, with fellow commentator Michael Gerson, a politically conservative-oriented talk show on PBS titled ''In Principle.'' She i ...
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Ana Kasparian Anahit Misak Kasparian (; born July 7, 1986) is an American independent political commentator, media host, and journalist. She is a host and producer of the online news show ''The Young Turks'', having begun working as a fill-in producer for th ...
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Ana Navarro Ana Violeta Navarro-Cárdenas (née Navarro Flores;Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', November 14, 2017 born December 28, 1971) is a Nicaraguan-American political strategist and commentator. She appears on various television programs and news o ...
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Anand Giridharadas Anand Giridharadas () is an American journalist and political pundit. He is a former columnist for ''The New York Times''. He is the author of four books: ''India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation's Remaking'' (2011), ''The True American: ...
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Andrew Klavan Andrew Klavan (; born July 13, 1954) is an American novelist and conservative political commentator. He has also worked in film and as an essayist and video satirist. He is also known for being a political commentator and hosts ''The Andrew Klava ...
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Ani Zonneveld Ani Zonneveld (born 1962) is a Malaysian singer, songwriter, activist, and writer based in Los Angeles. She has released three original albums, produced music for other artists, and participated in the writing of Grammy-winning songs. She is the ...
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Ann Coulter Ann Hart Coulter (; born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative media pundit, author, syndicated columnist, and lawyer. She became known as a media pundit in the late 1990s, appearing in print and on cable news as an outspoken critic ...
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Anthony Rendon Anthony Michael Rendon (, ; born June 6, 1990) is an American baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played for the Washington Nationals and was a member of the Nationals' 2019 World S ...
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April Ryan April Danielle Ryan (born September 5, 1967) is an American reporter, author, and White House Correspondent for The Grio. In 2023, Ryan joined MSNBC as a political contributor. Formerly, from January 1997 to 2020 Ryan served as a White House ...
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Ari Melber Ari Naftali Melber (born March 31, 1980) is an American attorney and Emmy-winning journalist who is the Chief Legal Correspondent for MSNBC and host of '' The Beat with Ari Melber.'' Early life and education Melber is Jewish, the son of an Isra ...
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Austin Petersen Austin Wade Petersen (born February 19, 1981) is an American writer, political activist, commentator, and broadcaster. He is the host of the Wake Up America show daily newscast. He was the runner-up for the Libertarian Party's nomination for ...
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Bakari Sellers Bakari T. Sellers (born September 18, 1984) is an American attorney, political commentator, and politician. Sellers served in the South Carolina House of Representatives for the 90th District from 2006 to 2014, and was the 2014 Democratic no ...
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Ben Gleib Ben Gleib (born June 18, 1978) is an American actor, stand-up comedian, satirist, news commentator, and writer. Early life and education Gleib was born Ben Nathan Gleiberman to Nate and Ziva Gleiberman in Los Angeles, California, on June 18, 19 ...
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Ben Higgins Benjamin Edward Higgins (born March 23, 1989) is an American television personality, Podcaster and entrepreneur who starred on the 20th season of ABC's ''The Bachelor'', after appearing on the 11th season of ''The Bachelorette''. Early life H ...
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Ben Shapiro Benjamin Aaron Shapiro (born January 15, 1984) is an American Conservatism in the United States, conservative political commentator, media host, and attorney. He writes columns for Creators Syndicate, ''Newsweek'', and ''Ami Magazine'', an ...
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Ben Stein Benjamin Jeremy Stein (born November 25, 1944) is an American writer, lawyer, actor, comedian, and commentator on political and economic issues. He began his career as a speechwriter for U.S. presidents Richard Nixon and Gerald Ford before enter ...
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Bill Kristol William Kristol (; born December 23, 1952) is an American neoconservative writer. A frequent commentator on several networks including CNN, he was the founder and editor-at-large of the political magazine ''The Weekly Standard''. Kristol is edi ...
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Bradley Whitford Bradley Whitford (born October 10, 1959) is an American actor and producer. He is best known for his portrayal of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman in the NBC television political drama ''The West Wing'' (1999–2006), for which he ...
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Brandon Darby Brandon Michael Darby (born November 2, 1976) is an American conservative blogger and activist. He first became known in the fall of 2005 for actions in New Orleans in efforts to help residents, where he was a co-founder of the Common Ground Colle ...
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Brendan Boyle Brendan Francis Boyle (born 6 February 1977) is a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party member of the United States House of Representatives, since 2015 representing successive districts in the Philadelphia area. Since January 202 ...
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Cameron Kasky Cameron Marley Kasky (born November 11, 2000) is an American activist and advocate against gun violence who co-founded the student-led gun violence prevention advocacy group Never Again MSD. He is notable for helping to organize the March for ...
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Carter Page Carter William Page (born June 3, 1971) is an American petroleum industry consultant and a former foreign-policy adviser to Donald Trump during his 2016 presidential election campaign. Page is the founder and managing partner of Global Energy C ...
* Carter Sherman * Catherine Rampell *
Celeste Headlee Celeste Headlee (born December 30, 1969) is an American radio journalist, author, public speaker, musician, and co-host of the weekly series ''Retro Report on PBS.'' In her 20-year career in public radio, Headlee has served as the host of the Geo ...
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Cenk Uygur Cenk Kadir Uygur ( ; ; born March 21, 1970) is a Turkish-American political commentator, media host, and attorney. He is the co-creator of ''The Young Turks'', a progressive and left-wing populist sociopolitical news and commentary program. I ...
* Chad Goes Deep * Charles Mahtesian *
Charlie Kirk Charles James Kirk (born October 14, 1993) is an American Conservatism in the United States, conservative political activist, author and Right-wing populism, right-wing populist media personality. With Bill Montgomery (activist), Bill Montgome ...
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Chris Christie Christopher James Christie (born September 6, 1962) is an American politician and former United States Attorney, federal prosecutor who served as the 55th governor of New Jersey from 2010 to 2018. A member of the Republican Party (United States) ...
* Chris Fairbanks *
Chris Gore Christopher Patrick Gore (born September 5, 1965) is an American speaker and writer on the topic of independent film. He founded, edited and wrote for Film Threat magazine and website and other film sites. He was producer, writer or host for seve ...
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Christina Tobin Christina Tobin (born June 17, 1981) is an Americans, American Political activist, activist and leader in the election reform and voters' rights movements. She is the founder and chair of The Free & Equal Elections Foundation, and president and c ...
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Christine Pelosi Christine Paule Pelosi (born May 5, 1966) is an American Democratic Party political strategist from California. She is the daughter of Nancy Pelosi, the former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, and businessman Paul Pelosi a ...
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Clay Aiken Clayton Holmes Aiken (''né'' Grissom; born November 30, 1978) is an American singer, television personality, actor and political activist. Aiken finished second place on the second season of ''American Idol'' in 2003, and his debut album, '' Me ...
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Dan Bongino Daniel John Bongino (born December4, 1974) is an American government official, Conservatism in the United States, conservative political commentator, radio host, and former law enforcement officer who has served as the 20th Deputy Director of ...
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David Brock David Brock is an American liberal political consultant, author, and commentator who founded the media watchdog group Media Matters for America. He has been described by ''Time'' as "one of the most influential operatives in the Democratic Par ...
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David Frum David Jeffrey Frum (; born 30 June 1960) is a Canadian-American political commentator and a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush. He is a senior editor at ''The Atlantic'' as well as an MSNBC contributor. In 2003, Frum authored the ...
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David Jolly David Wilson Jolly (born October 31, 1972) is an American politician, attorney, and former lobbyist who served as the U.S. representative for Florida's 13th congressional district from 2014 to 2017 as a Republican. After leaving office, Jolly ...
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David Pakman David Pakman (born 2 February 1984) is an American left wing talk show host and progressive political commentator. He is the host of the talk radio program '' The David Pakman Show''. He was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and is a naturalized ...
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David Urban David Urban (born March 6, 1964) is an American lobbyist and political commentator for CNN. He is the managing director for BGR Group and serves on the board of directors for numerous companies. Urban served as a senior advisor to the 2016 D ...
* Deborah Flora *
Dennis Rodman Dennis Keith Rodman (born May 13, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. Renowned for his defensive and rebounding abilities, his biography on the official NBA website states that he is "arguably the best rebounding forw ...
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Drew Pinsky David Drew Pinsky (born September 4, 1958), commonly known as Dr. Drew, is an American media personality, internist, and addiction medicine specialist. He hosted the nationally syndicated radio talk show ''Loveline'' from the show's inception ...
* Drennon Davis *
Eddie Izzard Suzy Eddie Izzard ( ; born Edward John Izzard, 7 February 1962) is a British stand-up comedian, actor and activist. Her comedic style takes the form of what appears to the audience as rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential pantomi ...
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Elayne Boosler Elayne Boosler (born August 18, 1952) is an American comedian, writer, and actress. She was one of the few women working in stand-up comedy in the 1970s and 80s, and she broke ground by adopting an Observational comedy, observational style that ...
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Elizabeth Guzmán Elizabeth Rosalina Guzmán is an American politician and social worker who served as a member of the Virginia's House of Delegates for the 31st district from 2018 to 2024. She was first elected in 2017 after defeating incumbent Republican Sc ...
* Emiliana Guereca * Eric Golub *
Esther Ku Esther Ku is a comedian, television personality and actress. Ku was a cast member on the MTV shows ''Girl Code'' and '' Wild 'N Out''. She was a finalist of ''Last Comic Standing'', Showtime's AVN Awards Host, SAG Actor, host of ''Ku and the Gan ...
* Evan Sayet * Felicia Michaels *
Frangela Frangela is a Los Angeles-based comedy duo composed of comedians Frances Callier and Angela V. Shelton, both of The Second City. Callier and Shelton regularly appeared on the VH1 weekly comedy news review ''Best Week Ever'', the NPR radio show ...
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Fred Guttenberg Fred Guttenberg (born December 2, 1965) is an American activist against gun violence. His 14-year-old daughter Jaime Guttenberg was murdered in the Parkland high school shooting in Parkland, Florida on February 14, 2018. His son, Jesse, also a s ...
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Gadi Schwartz Gadi Schwartz (born July 18, 1983) is an American journalist working as an NBC News host and correspondent. He is the co-host of ''Stay Tuned'', an NBC News program broadcast on Snapchat's Discover platform, ''Stay Tuned Now'' on NBC News Now, a ...
* Gautam Raghavan *
George Halvorson George Halvorson (born January 28, 1947) is a retired American healthcare executive who was CEO of Kaiser Permanente. He is the Chair and CEO of the Institute for InterGroup Understanding. Education Halvorson holds a B.A. in history, political s ...
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Glenn Jacobs Glenn Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967), also known by his ring name Kane, is an American politician, actor and professional wrestler. He rose to fame in WWE and is regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. In 2018 ...
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Grace Parra Grace Parra Janney (born June 27, 1984) is an American screenwriter, presenter, and actress who was a contributor on ''The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore''. Career Born in Houston, Texas, she moved to New York City to attend Columbia Universi ...
* Greg Autry * Greg Miller *
Guy Benson Guy Pelham Benson (born March 7, 1985) is political editor of Townhall.com,an American columnist, commentator, and political pundit. He is a contributor to Fox News and a conservative talk radio host on Fox News Radio. Benson served as a Fel ...
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Hal Sparks Hal Harry Magee Sparks III (born September 25, 1969) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, musician, political commentator, television and radio host and television personality. He made contributions to VH1, hosting E!'s ''Talk Soup'', and pl ...
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Hasan Piker Hasan Doğan Piker ( ; ; born July 25, 1991), also known as HasanAbi, is a Turkish-American online streamer, YouTuber, influencer, and left-wing political commentator. His streams typically consist of political and social commentary, gaming, a ...
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Henry Winkler Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, producer, director, and author. Widely known as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the sitcom ''Happy Days'' (1974–1984), Winkler has distinguished himself as a character acto ...
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Jacob Soboroff Jacob Hirsch Soboroff (born 1983) is an American journalist. He is known as a correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Prior to his debut on the network in September 2015, he was the host of ''YouTube Nation'' and a co-host of '' TakePart Live'' on ...
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James Carville Chester James Carville Jr. (born October 25, 1944) is an American political consultant, author and occasional actor who has strategized for candidates for public office in the United States and in at least 23 nations abroad. A Democrat, he is a ...
* James Hohmann *
Jamie Kilstein Jamie Alexander Kilstein (born May 17, 1982) is an American writer, radio host, and stand-up comic. He grew up in Pennington, New Jersey, and is the oldest of five children. He lives in Austin, TX. Career Writing Kilstein's writing has appeared ...
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Jason Winston George Jason Winston George (born February 9, 1972) is an American actor. He is best known for his roles as Michael Bourne on the NBC daytime soap opera ''Sunset Beach'', as Jeremiah Thurgood "J.T." Hunter on the UPN television sitcom ''Eve'', as Dr. ...
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Jill Wine-Banks Jill Wine-Banks (born May 5, 1943, as Jill Susan Wine
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Joel Pollak Joel Barry Pollak (born 25 April 1977) is a South African-born American conservative political commentator, writer, radio host, and attorney. He currently serves as the senior editor-at-large for ''Breitbart News''. He attended Harvard College ...
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Johann Hari Johann Eduard Hari (born 21 January 1979) is a British writer and journalist. Until 2011, Hari wrote for ''The Independent'', among other outlets, before resigning after admitting to plagiarism and fabrications dating from 2001 to 2011. Since t ...
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John Fugelsang John Joseph Fugelsang (born September 3, 1969) is an American actor, comedian, writer, television host, political commentator and television personality. Early life and education Fugelsang was born on Long Island, New York. Of Danish, German, ...
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Jonathan Capehart Jonathan T. Capehart (born July 2, 1967) is an American journalist and liberal television commentator. He writes for ''The Washington Posts ''PostPartisan'' blog and is host of '' The Saturday/Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart'' on MSNBC. B ...
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Joshua Malina Joshua Charles Malina (born January 17, 1966) is an American film and stage actor known for playing Will Bailey on the NBC drama ''The West Wing'', Jeremy Goodwin on ''Sports Night'', U.S. Attorney General David Rosen on ''Scandal'', and Caltec ...
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Joy Reid Joy-Ann M. Lomena-Reid ( Lomena; born December 8, 1968) is an American political commentator and television host. She was a national correspondent for MSNBC and is best known for hosting the political commentary program ''The ReidOut'' from 20 ...
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Joe Wilson Addison Graves "Joe" Wilson Sr. (born July 31, 1947) is an American politician and attorney serving as the U.S. representative for since 2001. A member of the Republican Party, his district stretches from Columbia to the Georgia–South Caro ...
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Judy Chu Judy May Chu (born July 7, 1953) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for . A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she has held a seat in Congress since 2009, representing until redistricting. ...
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Karine Jean-Pierre Karine Jean-Pierre (born August 13, 1974) is an American political advisor who served as the White House Press Secretary, White House press secretary from May 2022 to January 2025, and a senior advisor to President Joe Biden from October 2024 t ...
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Kasie Hunt Kasie Sue Hunt (born May 24, 1985) is an American political correspondent for CNN, and host of ''The Arena with Kasie Hunt.'' From 2013 to 2021, she was NBC News' Capitol Hill correspondent, covering Congress across all NBC News and MSNBC platfo ...
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Kathy Griffin Kathleen Mary Griffin (born November 4, 1960) is an American comedian and actress who has starred in television series, comedy specials and has released multiple comedy albums. In 2007 and 2008, Griffin won Primetime Emmy Awards for her rea ...
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Kaya Jones Chrystal Neria (born August 28, 1984), known professionally as Kaya Jones, is a Canadian-born American singer and model. She originally became known in 2003 for performing with the American girl group the Pussycat Dolls. Since 2004, she has purs ...
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Ken Dilanian Ken Dilanian is an American journalist of Armenian descent. As of 2024, he is based in Washington, D.C., serving as the justice and intelligence correspondent for NBC News and MSNBC. Early life and education Dilanian was born in Holyoke, Massac ...
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Kendrick Sampson Kendrick Sampson (born March 8, 1988) is an American actor and activist, best known for his appearances on ''The Vampire Diaries'', ''Gracepoint'', ''How to Get Away with Murder'', ''The Flash,'' and HBO's ''Insecure''. Early life Sampson was bo ...
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Kevin De Leon Kevin is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; ; ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicised from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictiona ...
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Kyle Kashuv Kyle Kashuv (born May 20, 2001) is an American conservative activist. He survived the 2018 Stoneman Douglas High School shooting and subsequently advocated for gun rights, notably in opposition to his fellow survivors' March for Our Lives move ...
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Kyle Kulinski Kyle Edward Kulinski (born January 31, 1988) is an American left-wing political commentator and media host. He is the host and producer of ''The Kyle Kulinski Show'' on his YouTube channel ''Secular Talk, co-host on'' Kyle & Corin on the YouTub ...
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Lawrence O'Donnell Lawrence Francis O'Donnell Jr. (born November 7, 1951) is an American television anchor, actor, author, screenwriter, liberal political commentator, and host of '' The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell'', an MSNBC opinion and news program that ...
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Malcolm Nance Malcolm Wrightson Nance (born 1961) is an American author and media pundit. He is a former United States Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer specializing in naval cryptology. Nance is an intelligence and foreign policy analyst who frequently discu ...
* Mark Joseph *
Markos Moulitsas Markos Moulitsas Zúniga (; born September 11, 1971), often known by his username and former military nickname "Kos" ( ), is an American blogger who is the founder and publisher of Daily Kos, a blog focusing on liberal and Democratic Party pol ...
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Michael Avenatti Michael John Avenatti (born February 16, 1971) is an American former attorney currently incarcerated in federal prison for felony fraud and extortion. He is best known for his legal representation of Pornographic film actor, adult film actress S ...
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Michael D'Antonio Michael D'Antonio (born May 11, 1955) is an American author, journalist, and commentator on CNN. He shared the 1984 Pulitzer Prize for Local Reporting with a team of ''Newsday'' reporters for their coverage of the Baby Jane Doe Case. He has writt ...
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Michael J. Knowles Michael John Knowles (born March 18, 1990) is an American conservative political commentator, YouTuber, author, and media host. He has worked for ''The Daily Wire'' since 2016, and has hosted ''The Michael Knowles Show'', a daily political p ...
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Michael Steele Michael Stephen Steele (born October 19, 1958) is an American politician, attorney, and political commentator who served as the seventh lieutenant governor of Maryland from 2003 to 2007 and as chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) f ...
* Michele Dauber *
Mindy Robinson Melinda Lynn Robinson (born February 14, 1980) is a reality TV show personality. Robinson is known for appearing as herself on network shows ''Take Me Out (U.S. game show), Take Me Out'', ''King of the Nerds'', ''Millionaire Matchmaker'', and app ...
* Morgan Radford *
Michael Tubbs Michael Derrick Tubbs (born August 2, 1990) is an American politician who is currently serving as a special adviser for economic mobility and opportunity for Governor Gavin Newsom. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 79 ...
* Mo'Kelly * Mueller, She Wrote *
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Nate Boyer Nate Boyer (born January 9, 1981) is a United States Army Green Beret, actor, and former professional football player who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) as a long snapper. He played college football for the Texas Longhor ...
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Philip Rucker Philip Rucker is an American reporter and author. Since January, 2025, he has been CNN Senior Vice President, Editorial Strategy and News. Prior to 2025, he was the National Editor at ''The Washington Post''. Early life and education Rucker is ...
* Rachel Carmona * Randy Sklar * Rayne Steinberg * Richard A. Fowler *
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Richard Painter Richard William Painter (born October 3, 1961) is an American lawyer, professor, and political candidate. From 2005 to 2007 Painter was the chief White House ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration. He is the S. Walter Richey Professor ...
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Richard Schiff Richard Schiff (born May 27, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing Toby Ziegler on ''The West Wing'', a role for which he received an Emmy Award. Schiff made his television directorial debut with ''The West Wing'', directing an ...
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Rick Ungar Richard "Rick" Ungar (; born November 4, 1950) is an American film producer and radio host. He is the host of ''The Rick Ungar Show'', a two hour political and news commentary radio show. Ungar is also the editor-in-chief of The Daily Centrist w ...
* R. J. Cutler *
Lauren Chen Lauren Chen (born 1994 as Lauren Yu Sum Tam) is a Hong Kong-Canadian conservative political commentator and former YouTube personality. She has been involved with Glenn Beck's BlazeTV and Turning Point USA and has contributed opinion pieces to ...
* Ruth Marcus * Sally Kohn *
Sam Seder Samuel Lincoln Seder (; born November 28, 1966) is an American actor, progressive political commentator, and media host. His works include the film '' Who's the Caboose?'' (1997) as well as the television shows ''Beat Cops'' (2001) and '' Pilot ...
* Sara Gorman * Scott Bland * Scott Conroy * Scott Wilson * Scottie Nell Hughes * Shasti Conrad * Shawna Thomas * Shermichael Singleton * Sky & Nancy Collins * Sonja Schmidt *
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* Sterlin Lujan * Steven Olikara * Tad Rams *
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* Tiffany Cross *
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Tucker Carlson Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American conservative political commentator who hosted the nightly political talk show '' Tucker Carlson Tonight'' on Fox News from 2016 to 2023. Since his contract with Fox News was term ...
* Vince Houghton *
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* Yasmin Kadir *
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* Zack Czajkowski * Zerlina Maxwell


Politicon 2019

For the first time, Politicon moved from Los Angeles to the Music City Center in Nashville, Tennessee. Notable speakers included former
Minnesota Minnesota ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by the Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Ontario to the north and east and by the U.S. states of Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the so ...
Senator A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or Legislative chamber, chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the Ancient Rome, ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior ...
Al Franken Alan Stuart Franken (born May 21, 1951) is an American politician, comedian, and actor who served from 2009 to 2018 as a United States senator from Minnesota. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he worked as an ...
(D),
Kentucky Secretary of State The secretary of state of Kentucky is one of the constitutional officers of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is now an elected office, but was an appointed office prior to 1891. The current secretary of state is Republican Party (United States), Re ...
Alison Lundergan Grimes Alison Case Lundergan Grimes (born November 23, 1978) is an American lawyer and Democratic politician who was the secretary of state of Kentucky from 2012 until 2020. Grimes was elected in 2011 after defeating incumbent Elaine Walker in the De ...
, Republican strategist and commentator
Ana Navarro Ana Violeta Navarro-Cárdenas (née Navarro Flores;Stated on ''Finding Your Roots'', November 14, 2017 born December 28, 1971) is a Nicaraguan-American political strategist and commentator. She appears on various television programs and news o ...
, political commentator
Ann Coulter Ann Hart Coulter (; born December 8, 1961) is an American conservative media pundit, author, syndicated columnist, and lawyer. She became known as a media pundit in the late 1990s, appearing in print and on cable news as an outspoken critic ...
, journalist
April Ryan April Danielle Ryan (born September 5, 1967) is an American reporter, author, and White House Correspondent for The Grio. In 2023, Ryan joined MSNBC as a political contributor. Formerly, from January 1997 to 2020 Ryan served as a White House ...
,
CNN Politics Cable News Network (CNN) is a multinational news organization operating, most notably, a website and a TV channel headquartered in Atlanta. Founded in 1980 by American media proprietor Ted Turner and Reese Schonfeld as a 24-hour cable news ...
reporter
Chris Cillizza Christopher Michael Cillizza (; born February 20, 1976) is an American political commentator, who worked for the television news channel CNN from 2017 to 2022. Prior to joining CNN, he wrote for ''The Fix'', the daily political blog of ''The Wa ...
,
Clay Aiken Clayton Holmes Aiken (''né'' Grissom; born November 30, 1978) is an American singer, television personality, actor and political activist. Aiken finished second place on the second season of ''American Idol'' in 2003, and his debut album, '' Me ...
, former DNC Chair
Donna Brazile Donna Lease Brazile ( ; born December 15, 1959) is an American political strategist, campaign manager, and political analyst who served twice as acting Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC). She is currently an ABC News contributor, ...
, former
FBI Director The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is the head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), a United States federal law enforcement agency, and is responsible for its day-to-day operations. The FBI director is appointed for a ...
James Comey James Brien Comey Jr. (; born December 14, 1960) is an American lawyer who was the seventh director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 2013 until Dismissal of James Comey, his termination in May 2017. Comey was a registered Repub ...
, Mayor of Knox County, TN
Glenn Jacobs Glenn Thomas Jacobs (born April 26, 1967), also known by his ring name Kane, is an American politician, actor and professional wrestler. He rose to fame in WWE and is regarded as one of the greatest professional wrestlers of all time. In 2018 ...
, former RNC Chair and
White House Chief of Staff The White House chief of staff is the head of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, a position in the federal government of the United States. The chief of staff is a Political appointments in the United States, politi ...
Reince Priebus Reinhold Richard "Reince" Priebus ( ; born March 18, 1972) is an American politician, attorney, and naval officer who served as chairman of the Republican National Committee from 2011 to 2017 and as White House chief of staff during the first s ...
, former
White House Press Secretary The White House press secretary is a senior White House official whose primary responsibility is to act as spokesperson for the executive branch of the United States federal government, especially with regard to the president, senior aides and ...
Sarah Huckabee Sanders Sarah Elizabeth Huckabee Sanders ( Huckabee; born August 13, 1982) is an American politician serving as the 47th governor of Arkansas since 2023. Sanders is the daughter of Mike Huckabee, who served from 1996 to 2007 as Arkansas's 44th governor ...
,
Fox News The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Conservatism in the United States, conservative List of news television channels, news and political commentary Television stati ...
anchor
Sean Hannity Sean Patrick Hannity (born December 30, 1961) is an American conservative television presenter, broadcaster and writer. He hosts ''The Sean Hannity Show'', a radio syndication, nationally syndicated talk radio show, has hosted a Hannity, sel ...
, and conservative commentator
Tomi Lahren Tomi Rae Augustus Lahren (; born August 11, 1992) is an American conservative political commentator and television presenter. She hosted ''Tomi'' on TheBlaze, where she gained attention for her short video segments called "Final Thoughts", in w ...
. 2020 presidential candidates in attendance included
Howie Hawkins Howard Gresham Hawkins III (born December 8, 1952) is an American trade unionist and environmental activist. Co-founder of the Green Party of the United States, Hawkins was the party's presidential nominee in the 2020 presidential election. Hi ...
(G),
Mark Sanford Marshall Clement "Mark" Sanford Jr. (born May 28, 1960) is an American politician and author who served as the U.S. representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district from 1995 to 2001 and from 2013 to 2019, and as the 115th govern ...
(R),
Joe Walsh Joseph Fidler Walsh (born Joseph Woodward Fidler; November 20, 1947) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. Best known as a member of the rock band Eagles (band), Eagles, his five-decade career includes solo work and stints in other ...
(R), and
Bill Weld William Floyd Weld (born July 31, 1945) is an American attorney, businessman, author, and politician who served as the Governor of Massachusetts, 68th Governor of Massachusetts from 1991 to 1997. A Harvard University, Harvard graduate, Weld be ...
(R). The full list of expected speakers was as follows:


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Political conventions in the United States