Can #USA #Overcome #GenderBias To #Elect Its First #Woman #President?
A recent nationally representative #survey showed that 51% of #voters agreed that “#America is ready for its first #AfricanAmerican #female #president.”
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #DemocraticParty #Allies #Rolemodels #BlackMastodon #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #ThePartyOfHate #Megathread
#US #Democrats outline #commitments to the #LGBTQ+ #community as #KamalaHarris set to accept the Party's #nomination.
The 2024 #PartyPlatform outlining the party's #priorities will be #voted on at the #DemocraticNationalConvention from August 19 to 22.
#Beware the #Pundit-Brained Version of the #DemocraticNationalConvention.
As #everyday #Americans #tunein to #watch #KamalaHarris receive her #party’s #nomination, they should #trust what they #see with their own #eyes—especially as #WashingtonDC's chattering class tries to #gaslight them.
https://newrepublic.com/article/184990/pundit-brained-media-democratic-convention
I Have Been #Studying #Poker for Years. #VicePresident #KamalaHarris Isn’t #Bluffing.
If, as is usually the case after a #party holds its #convention, Ms. Harris continues to rise in the polls after the convention, she may find herself in a new position: the perceived front-runner.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/opinion/kamala-harris-democrats-risk.html
#VicePresident #KamalaHarris to hike the #corporate #tax #rate to 28% to get '#money in the #hands of #middle, #working #class'
The push to increase the taxes is a “fiscally responsible” way to put money in the hands of the working class and to make the billionaires and corporations pay their “fair share.”
#VicePresident #KamalaHarris, #Needling #Trump, Holds a #Rally at His #Convention #Site.
In her latest move that seems meant to get under Donald Trump’s skin, Kamala Harris will hold an event at the same #Milwaukee #arena where he #accepted the #Republican #nomination.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/us/politics/harris-trump-rally-milwaukee-fiserv.html
#President #JoeBiden, #US #Rep. #JasmineCrockett, and the #Black #Leaders Making the #Case for a #VicePresident #KamalaHarris' #Presidency
Before the #president’s #keynote #speech, U.S. Reps. #MaxineWaters and #JasmineCrockett and U.S. Sen. #RaphaelWarnock didn’t hold back on their #criticism of #Trump
#KamalaHarris's incredible #tribute to #Beyonce as she makes #surprise #appearance at the #DemocraticNationalConvention
The #Democratic #presidential #nominee was not due to appear until later on in the week.
#Beyoncé’s Stirring #ACappella ‘#Freedom’ #Video Helped #KickOff #Night1 of #DemocraticNationalConvention.
The #song was used in a rousing 90-second #ad for the #Democratic #presidential #candidate that was narrated by #Oscar-#nominee #JeffreyWright.
'#TheDailyShow' #jokes about #rumors of #TaylorSwift and #Beyoncé at the #DNC.
"This feels like hosting a #birthdayParty when you're 13..."
— At least if it happens, they won't fake it like Trump tried to do with his ai generated fake endorsement
https://mashable.com/video/daily-show-dnc-taylor-swift-beyonce
‘He Didn’t So Much #PasstheTorch, He Set It Ablaze’: The #Best and #Worst #Moments From Night 1 of the #DemocraticNationalConvention
#AlexandriaOcasioCortez. In a #night #showcasing the #party’s #elders, #AOC #demonstrated that she is their #future. #Republicans underestimate her at their #peril.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/opinion/democratic-convention-kamala-harris-night-1.html
#VicePresident #KamalaHarris’s #Tan #Suit #Surprise.
The #Democratic #candidate for #president made an unexpected appearance on #Day1 of the #party #convention.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/20/style/kamala-harris-dnc-tan-suit.html
#TimWalz reveals the unusual way he met his #wife #GwenWalz.
Since becoming the #Democrats' #vicepresidential #candidate in the #election, #TimWalz has won the #hearts of many — but his own #heart belongs squarely to his #wife of 30 years.
https://www.hellomagazine.com/celebrities/713566/tim-walz-unusual-way-he-met-wife-gwen-walz/
#TimWalz's #kids put #bunnyears on #VP #nominee during #DNC #convention #interview.
#Video shows #GusWalz and #HopeWalz placing bunny ears over their father's #ears as he is #talking to the #cable #network. Walz's X, formerly Twitter account, #retweeted the #moment and said, "My #kids keep me #humble."
#Out #gay #Congress #members, #AOC, #President #JoeBiden, #Former FirstLady and #SecretaryOfState #HillaryClinton #speak at #Democratic #convention.
"#DonaldTrump would #sell this #country for $1 if it meant lining his own pockets," Rep. #AlexandriaOcasioCortez said.
In a #fullcircle #moment, #former #nominee #HillaryClinton #speaks in support of #VicePresident #KamalaHarris
Former #SecretaryofState #HillaryClinton, the first #woman ever to clinch a major #party #nomination for #president, expressed her #support for #VicePresident #KamalaHarris, saying Harris has the "#character, #experience and #vision to lead us #forward."
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/19/g-s1-17766/hillary-clinton-democratic-national-convention
'#Lockhimup!': #HillaryClinton #smiles and #nods amid #chants echoing #Trump #supporters.
The three-beat #chant was a new #spin on the tired republican “lock her up,” one of the constant refrains of Trump’s #presidential #campaign against Clinton in 2016.
— Trump unlike Clinton has been #convicted of 34 #felonies.
How #Americans Really #Feel About #Abortion: The Sometimes #Surprising #Poll #Results As #DNC Gets Underway
#Democrats are highlighting #abortion as a major #campaign #issue at the #DemocraticNationalConvention this week—with #polling suggesting why #reproductive #rights could be a #winning #issue for the #left in the November Elections.
A #rabbi, a #pastor and a #president walk into a #convention: #Scenes from the #DNC’s first night.
#Calls to bring the #hostages #home, a #song by a #Jewish #librettist and #Biden’s #rabbi learns to use a #teleprompter.
— While I support Harris, #Democrats and #US #Government must #stop #enabling #Israel's #Genocide against #civilians in #Gaza. WIth that said, under Trump it would be even worse.
https://forward.com/news/645459/dnc-biden-rabbi-israel-hostages-speech/
#AlexandraOcasioCortez #wows #Democrats with #fiery #speech on first night of #DNC.
The #NewYork #congresswoman was also among the first #highprofile #speakers to reference the #Genocide in #Gaza, where #Israel has murdered an estimated 40,000 people in the 10 months since the #Hamas #attacks of Oct. 7, 2023, in which about 1,200 Israelis were killed.
#AOC’s #DNC #Speech #Highlights Her #Evolution From #Democratic #Outsider to #Face of Its #Future.
Her #primetime #speech in 2024 reflects a changing #party of which some believe she represents the #future.
#WATCH: #Rep. #AlexandriaOcasioCortez #speaks at 2024 #DemocraticNationalConvention.
Ocasio-Cortez has been one of the most #critical #voices in #Congress of the #Biden #administration’s #policy on #Israel's #Palestine #Genocide and has called for greater #restrictions on #military #aid to #Israel.
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