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.
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.
Rep. #AlexandriaOcasioCortez’s #PrimeTime #Speech Reflects Long #March To #Mainstream.
The #NewYork #congresswoman shook the #establishment when she #ousted a #senior #Democrat but has since become a #progressive inside #player.
[Video] #Watch: Rep. #JasmineCrockett gives #emotional #DNC #speech, compares #Trump and #Harris' #Resumes
The #Texas #Rep. briefly #chokedup while giving an #emotional #address at the #DemocraticNationalConvention as she recounted #meeting #VicePresident #KamalaHarris for the first time.
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett briefly choked up while giving an emotional address at the Democratic National Convention as she recounted meeting Vice President Kamala Harris for the first time. Crockett also compared the backgrounds of Harris and former President Donald Trump.
#Kentucky #Gov. #AndyBeshear #assails #Trump’s #record on #abortionrights at #DNC.
“Their (#Republican) #policies give #rapists more #rights than their #victims. That's not #inconvenient. It's just plain #wrong,” Beshear said to a packed crowd at the #UnitedCenter.
#EllaEmhoff sports #surprising #look as she prepares to #support #stepmom #VicePreisdent #KamalaHarris
The #stepdaughter of the #VP is a #style #icon
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