“We cannot call ourselves a free nation when women are not free.” — Head of Planned Parenthood #DNC2024
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don't care what end of the political spectrum you are, but if you cannot appreciate the genuine love between Barack and Michelle Obama; then i need you to find people in your life who have a healthy conjugal relationship. don't matter if hetero or not.
find a couple that is real in your life, who you can look up to as relationship goals; who together radiate this amount of love and joy and admiration and respect for one another.
Via Richard Stengel:
A word of caution to the press: a political convention is the place where more journalists are in one place in search of fewer stories than any other situation. The tendency is to blow up something small because it's new, not because it's important. Don't do that. #DNC2024
For those looking for a great live blog of tonight at #DNC2024 see @mastodonmigration.
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Griffin:
Vice President #Harris just made a surprise appearance at the #DNC. Speaking on the stage:
"This is going to be a great week and I want to kick us off by celebrating our incredible president, Joe #Biden."
"Joe, thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of service to this nation."
"We are forever grateful to you." #DNC2024
The crowd chanting “Lock him up!” to Hillary after she mocks him falling asleep at his trial — holy shit, the justice… Hands down the best moment of the night (so far).
We're going to see a lot more of Jasmine Crockett in the years ahead.
Great line, delivered with her characteristic humor and verve: "Kamala Harris has been living the American dream while Donald Trump has been America's nightmare."
Watching #DNC2024 and seeing all these caring, empathetic, normal people, it's insane that this election isn't 90% to 10%
is this the #Harris2024 campaign's answer to my pleas of DON'T FUCK IT UP 🤔
we will only know by her pick of VP.
previously:
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/112826364566827296
"Beware the pundit-brained version of the Democratic Convention.
As everyday Americans tune in to watch Kamala Harris receive her party’s nomination, they should trust what they see with their own eyes—especially as D.C.’s chattering class tries to gaslight them."
https://newrepublic.com/article/184990/pundit-brained-media-democratic-convention #DNC2024
“So I said what about a line like, ‘Who’s gonna tell him that the job he’s seeking might be one of those Black jobs?’ Let’s see Melania steal that.” #DNC2024
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Via Benjy Renton:
Presenting…a near complete playlist of songs played at tonight's #DNC2024 roll call. Making some tweaks here and there but currently at >90% complete. Enjoy!
#DNC2024 Aug 21 Speakers
Host: #MindyKaling [Actress, writer, comedian]
#PeteButtigieg — US Secy of Transportation, fmr South Bend, IN mayor
#GeoffDuncan — Republican, fmr Lt Gov of GA
Rep #MaxwellFrost — US House FL
#OliviaJulianna — TX #AbortionRights Activist
#WesMoore — Gov of MD
Rep #NancyPelosi — Speaker Emerita US House
#AftabPureval — Mayor of Cincinnati, OH
#JoshShapiro — Gov of PA
Rep #TomSuozzi — US House NY
#BillClinton — 42nd POTUS
#TimWalz — Nom for VP, Gov of MN
Republicans need to work on their attacks. Sometimes they come across as advertising.
Seriously, the NYT has to be intentionally trolling us at this point.
Imagine being a reporter at the “paper of record” and writing with a straight face that a “large swath of the public” gave a flying fuck through a rolling donut about Obama’s tan suit. And then quoting Lou Dobbs.
I’m usually very supportive of protests but I must admit that I find this annoying when we’re trying to keep a narcissistic crackpot and his coterie of fascist grifters out of power.
Not counter-protesting Jan 6 proved to be one of the smartest decisions in recent memory and I’d like to see more of that.
#DNC2024 #HarrisWalz2024 #trump #Election2024
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/18/dnc-protests-gaza-kamala-harris-00174497
Ok friends. It is the eve of the Democratic National Convention. Time to step up the Mastodon for Harris-Walz fundraiser. Let’s go for bigger reach to more potential donors. The fight to elect #Harris is going to intensify from now right through Election Day. Our first target for #DNC2024 is $550,000. We start today with $510,873.32. https://secure.actblue.com/donate/mastodon-for-harris
Let me say a bit about the expenses the #HarrisWalz campaign will have to fund going forward. 1/
cc @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
Wow. Just wow. Kamala Harris has vigor, determination, intelligence, kindness and integrity. She’s going to make a hell of a President.
Let’s do this.
Forgive the X link but it does seem that the Beyoncé rumor was started by Dems, including some connected to the WH.
Can't say for sure that it was to get more eyeballs on Kamala's speech and ultimately drive Trump further over the edge by juicing her ratings but I hope it was.
I want them to get how our attention economy works and be just a little ruthless in their efforts to kick Trump's ass and save our democracy. Stakes are too high for niceties.
I started writing about politics 20 yrs ago and since then there were always people urging Dems to reclaim #patriotism and the mantle of being pro-freedom.
I instinctively found the U-S-A! chants and flag-waving at the #DNC2024 a bit cringe but I was happy to see them get the message. I know I wasn’t the target audience.
Kamala Harris thinks that every USian with a full time job should not live in poverty.
“Wait,” I thought to myself. “Even unskilled workers? Fast-food workers? Kids straight out of high school taking minimum wage jobs? That doesn’t sound right, does it?”
And then I realized that FUCK YES, that’s OBVIOUSLY the way it should be. That’s the USA I want to live in.
We can do this. It requires neither communism nor socialism. Just decency.
Forward.
#DNC #DNC2024 #KamalaHarris #USPol @kamalaharrisforpresidentnews
Photo credit: Todd Heisler NY Times.