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
[Video] #WATCH: #DNC #delegates on what they #see in a #HarrisWalz #ticket.
“#People are really #tired of the #doomandgloom. … This #ticket presents a (hopeful) #alternative.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-dnc-delegates-on-what-they-see-in-a-harris-walz-ticket
#President #JoeBiden’s #exit, #talk of the #glassceiling, a #nod to #Gaza #protesters. #Takeaways from #DNC’s #Day1.
It’s #Day2 of the #DNC, and there are 76 days until #ElectionDay.
The Democratic National Convention’s first night has showcased speeches from the last Democrat to lose to Donald Trump and the last one to beat him. Hillary Clinton spoke hopefully of finally breaking the “glass ceiling” to elect a female president. Joe Biden laced into Trump and directly acknowledged the concerns of protesters against the war in Gaza who demonstrated a few blocks from the convention hall. And Vice President Kamala Harris told Biden, “We are forever grateful to you.”
Why #President #JoeBiden Deserves a Place On the #Black #MountRushmore But These Other #Presidents ...Hell No!
When it was about the #business of #Black #Americans, Biden handled far more of it than #Presidents like #GeorgeWashington and #homas Jefferson, etc
https://www.theroot.com/why-biden-deserves-a-place-on-the-black-mount-rushmore-1851626536
Who’s #KaitlynJoshua, the #Louisiana #woman who #spoke at the #DemocraticNationalConvention?
The DNC heard the #stories of three #women Monday night who #struggled to obtain #reproductive #healthcare after the #Corrupt #US #SupremeCourt #overruled the 49-year-old Roe v. Wade #precedent in 2022.
#Women #Impacted by #Republican #AbortionBans Share #GutWrenching #Stories at #DNC.
The first night of the #DemocraticNationalConvention in #Chicago was #emotional, to say the least.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/women-impacted-abortion-bans-dnc-1235083385/
#Thousands #protest outside #DNC
#Chicago #police are #bracing for another round of #protests after dozens breached the #outerperimeter of the #DemocraticNationalConvention yesterday.
https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/shop/video/thousands-protest-dnc-112976508
Will #Gaza #Genocide #protests spoil the #party for #VicePresident #KamalaHarris?
The #Gaza #Genocide, as more #Palestinian #civilians were #killed, #protests over the #war grew #louder — particularly on #California #college #campuses — and #pressure #increased on #Democratic #leaders to support a #ceasefire #resolution.
https://calmatters.org/newsletter/kamala-harris-democratic-convention-gaza/
#Protesters in #Chicago Are Having a Harder Time #Protesting #VicePresident #KamalaHarris
A #movement that planned to #dominate the #DemocraticNationalConvention is off to a #slower #start than #activists had #expected.
https://www.notus.org/harris-2024/chicago-democratic-convention-protests
What to #watch as the #DemocraticNationalConvention enters its second day in #Chicago.
Former #President #BarackObama and former #firstlady #MichelleObama are returning to the #city they once called #home to take the stage in #support of #VicePresident #KamalaHarris’ #nomination.
https://apnews.com/article/what-to-watch-dnc-harris-biden-e6376919e2bc2a713ba868a1c6aea150
The Democratic National Convention heads into its second day on Tuesday. Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama are returning to the city they once called home to take the stage in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination. The Obamas are expected to headline the convention’s second night, a day after the unofficial farewell for President Joe Biden, who served eight years as Obama’s vice president. Biden won’t be in the hall to see his former running mate speak, having departed Chicago after his own speech. According to convention organizers, the theme for Tuesday’s events is “a bold vision for America’s future,” a defined pivot toward a new generation for Democrats and their leadership.
#America’s first #secondgentleman gets his #turn on #centerstage #tonight
Emhoff speaks about #reproductiverights, and #antisemitism
— It is never #antisemitic to #criticize a #genocide being directed as a #Civilian #Population.
https://www.npr.org/2024/08/20/nx-s1-5010765/doug-emhoff-democratic-national-convention
The #Obamas and #DougEmhoff are to #headline the #DemocraticNationalConvention on Tuesday.
The #HarrisCampaign said Tuesday it will #spotlight “#trusted #messengers” from key #battleground #states over the convention’s three remaining days.
Former President Barack Obama and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will speak on the second day of the Democratic National Convention. Obama and Emhoff on Tuesday will turn the party’s attention toward Vice President Kamala Harris and her faceoff against Republican Donald Trump. The pivot toward the campaign’s final 76 days follows an opening night that was designed to give a graceful exit to the incumbent president, who was greeted with a hero’s welcome for stepping aside for Harris. Harris will travel Tuesday to Milwaukee for a rally in the swing state of Wisconsin before returning to Chicago late in the evening.
#Former #President #BarackObama made his #DNC #debut 20 years ago.
He’s #returning to make the #case for #VicePresident #KamalaHarris
https://apnews.com/article/barack-obama-dnc-convention-harris-58f15df279a382be92040dfbc6adde13
Barack Obama is returning to the Democratic National Convention stage two decades after his memorable debut. His job is different this time. In 2004, Obama was a young state senator from Illinois stumping for nominee John Kerry and introducing himself to the nation. That speech came months before his election to the Senate and put him on course to the presidency four years later. This time, Obama is the 63-year-old elder statesman eight years removed from serving two terms as the nation's first Black president. He'll be making the case for another historic figure: Vice President Kamala Harris.
[Audio] #PeteButtigieg, who ran for the #president #nomination in 2020, to #speak at the #DNC.
#NPR's #SteveInskeep talks with #Democrat #PeteButtigieg about #President #JoeBiden's #legacy, and the #goals and #strategies of the #DemocraticNationalConvention.
#MichelleObama to give #DNC a #glimpse of #Democrats’ #dream #candidate.
Polls routinely show Obama as the most #popular #Democrat in the #country, and she has routinely given #Republicans a #scare when she has been #floated as a #potential #candidate.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4836220-michelle-obama-democratic-convention/
Next up at the #DemocraticNationalConvention: #Republican #speakers
It won’t just be #Democrats speaking at their #convention in #Chicago this week. Several #Republicans have also received key #speaking #spots.
#Former #Trump #official #StephanieGrisham to #speak at the #DemocraticNationalConvention.
Grisham #resigned from the #Trump #administration immediately after the #January6th #Insurrection at the #USCapitol.
#Competing #political #conventions show the #difference between #fake #champions and #real #ones
Unlike #HulkHogan, #SteveKerr is the #real #deal.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article291200915.html#storylink=cpy
#JuliaLouisDreyfus Says #KamalaHarris Is Not a ‘#Narcissistic, #Megalomaniac #Sociopath’ Like Her ‘#Veep’ #Character
That ‘Might Be Another (is the other) Candidate’
#Editorial: #Democrats have the #narrative. But look at what #Republicans have #ceded.
Watching the DNC, our minds turned Monday to what we saw, or rather what we did not see, at the #RepublicanNationalConvention in #Milwaukee last month.
No #former #president. No former #vicepresidents. Very few #party #grandees of any kind, whether #governors or former top #Republican #officials. No sense of #tradition.
#New #presidential #polls #affirm: #NorthCarolina isn’t really a #RedState
Just in time for the #DemocraticNationalConvention in #Chicago, the latest #NewYorkTimes/#SienaCollege #poll showed what seemed #implausible just weeks ago: the #Democratic #nominee has a real #chance at #winning #NorthCarolina.
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/article291191335.html
Suddenly, #Trump’s Biggest #FarRight #Allies Admit He Could #Lose—#Badly.
As some of the most #extreme #MAGA #influencers start #turning #aggressively on #Trump, an #expert who closely tracks the #farright explains the deeper source of their #panic.
https://newrepublic.com/article/185028/suddenly-trumps-biggest-far-right-allies-admit-losebadly
#Trump #Fuming Because #VicePresident #KamalaHarris ‘Will NOT Do’ #FoxNews #Debate:
#NoThanks
He says she’s #informed him it’s #nothappening—so #Trump announced another #event instead.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-fuming-because-kamala-harris-will-not-do-fox-news-debate
#RachelMaddow lays out how the #GOP will try to #steal the #election for #DonaldTrump.
Even if #VicePresident #KamalaHarris #wins the #electoral #vote in #November, #Republicans could use this #strategy to try and get #Trump back in the #WhiteHouse.
The #Con at the #Core of the #RepublicanParty.
The #conservativemovement’s total #abandonment of even the #appearance of #principles has been decades in the making.
Pick your #metaphor for the last eight years of #American #politics. #Sewer or #garbagetruck? Practically every day a helpless #nation watches a new scrap of #official #grift, #crime, #abuse of #publictrust revealed and tossed into the churning #dumpsterfire of #history.
https://newrepublic.com/article/184442/con-core-republican-party-trump-conason-book-review
#Montco #GOP #official says he was ‘#swatted' after #endorsing #VicePresident #KamalaHarris
#MatthewMcCaffery says someone falsely #reported to #law enforcement that a #hostage #situation was taking place at his #home.
#Student #Dem Who Went #Viral at #Harris #CampaignRally #Confronts #Farright #Extremist #CharlieKirk at #DNC
“You’re an anti-#patriotic, anti-#constitutional #person #crashing our #party because you tried to #obstruct #democracy” Kirk turned to #transphobia for his #lame #excuse for a #rebuttal.
The #Autocratic #Allure
Why the #FarRight #Embraces #Foreign #Tyrants
— Because it is a #fascist #movement. A #rightwing #autocratic #dictator is the future they want for #America.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/autocratic-allure-beverly-gage
#Trump to #campaign in #Michigan #town with #historic #links to #WhiteSuprmacy
A #Trump #campaign #spokesperson #rejected #criticism of the #site of the #event, promising #Trump would speak against “#hate of any form.”
— Tell that to the “very fine people on both sides” while raising your #aryanfist for the #cameras. Tell that to the innocent trans people you attack non-stop.
Former President Donald Trump will visit a Michigan town on Tuesday one month after white supremacists rallied there, sparking renewed criticism from Democrats who accuse his campaign of stirring up racial tensions for political gain. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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