#Catholics at the #DNC: You won't go to hell for #voting #Democratic
Dean, who has been #endorsed by #PlannedParenthood for her #support of #legal #abortion, said she remembers feeling "#disrespected for who I was, what my #faith believes and what I stood for."
https://www.ncronline.org/news/catholics-dnc-you-wont-go-hell-voting-democratic
My #Black #Jewish 7-year-old #loves #KamalaHarris — and I love her #interfaith, #blendedfamily
For #Black #Jewish #families like mine, the #prospect of a #HarrisEmhoff #WhiteHouse couldn’t be more #thrilling
https://forward.com/opinion/646860/kamala-harris-doug-emhoff-black-jewish-family/
How #Democrats Are Staving Off #TheBigLie 2.0.
The last four years have shown “an increase in #risk” for #election #disinformation—but also a “#strengthening of #safeguards” against it.
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/08/how-democrats-are-staving-off-the-big-lie-2-0/
[Video] Former #VicePresident #MikePence #aide says #Trump is 'laying the #groundwork to #undermine this #election'.
#OliviaTroye, who served as an aide to Vice President Mike Pence, recalled #resigning from the #Trump #administration in her #remarks at the #DNC. She #warned that Trump is laying the groundwork to undermine the 2024 election.
#MichelleObama: Yes, We Have #AffirmativeAction for the #Wealthy
There are #unearned #advantages available only to the #few—but #Republicans won’t talk about that.
— Protecting it is the very basis of their existence. It is called #WhiteSupremacy
No, #former #FirstLady #MichelleObama Isn't #Trans — But Here's Why Her #Critics Repeat the #FalseClaim.
#Socialmedia posts from #Conservatives calling the former first lady "Big Mike" circulated after her #speech at the 2024 #DemocraticNationalConvention.
https://www.snopes.com/news/2024/08/22/michelle-obama-not-trans/
#PeteButtigieg Calls Out #ShadyVance (#JDVance) at the #DNC—One #Veteran to Another. Shots were fired
The #Ohio #senator and #Republican #VP #Nominee previously claimed that the “#childless #left” have “no #physical #commitment to the #future of this #country”
#Buttigieg #rebuked Vance’s #controversial #comments about #childless #Americans by invoking his #wartime #deployment to #Afghanistan—something he called “pretty damn #physical.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/pete-buttigieg-calls-out-jd-vance-at-the-dncone-veteran-to-another
#PeteButtigieg Invokes His #MilitaryService to #Roast #ShadyVance (#JDVance): ‘Our #Commitment to the #Future of this #Country was Pretty Damn #Physical’ | Video
The #SecretaryofTransportation delivers a #rousing #speech at the 2024 #DemocraticNationalConvention
[Video] #PeteButtigieg says #GOP’s #approach to #LGBTQ #rights “not the #path to #political #success” some of them “seem to think it is.”
https://therecount.com/watch/amp/buttigieg-says-gops-approach-to/2645895965
WATCH: #VicePresident #KamalaHarris is the right person to #lead #America to a ‘#joyous #future,’ #Out #Colorado #Gov. #JaredPolis says
Polis also said he was thrilled by Harris’ decision to choose #Minnesota Gov. #TimWalz as her running mate.
#Oprah Absolutely #Wrecks #ShadyVance (#JDVance) in #DNC #Speech.
She #mocked Vance’s #comment about “#childlesscatladies” on stage.
https://newrepublic.com/post/185145/oprah-jd-vance-dnc-cat-ladies
[Video] #OprahWinfrey alludes to #ShadyVance's (#JDVance) #childlesscatladies' #jibe
Winfrey spoke about #racism, #sexism, and #incomeinequality as she addressed the #DemocraticNationalConvention in #Chicago..
She pointed out that when a #house was on #fire, #Americans did not ask about #people's "#race or #religion", but did their best to #save them, even if they were "#ChildlessCatLadies".
[Video] #OprahWinfrey on why she took the stage at the #DNC to #endorse #VicePresident #KamalaHarris.
Speaking with "CBS Mornings," Oprah Winfrey shares why she felt compelled to step into the #political #spotlight and endorse Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention.
[Video] #Watch: #Poet #AmandaGorman #Recites ‘#ThisSacredScene’ at 2024 #DemocraticNationalConvention.
Poet and #activist Amanda Gorman spoke at the #DNC in #Chicago on Wednesday, a night focused on #fighting “for our #freedoms,” from #democracy to #reproductiverights and more.
I #Salute #KenanThompson for #Talking About the #ComstockAct at the #DNC.
The #comedian called out a specific #horrible #policy from #Project2025, which, if #implemented by a #GOP #president, could lead to #abortion being #banned #nationwide.
https://www.jezebel.com/i-salute-kenan-thompson-for-talking-about-the-comstock-act-at-the-dnc
#VicePresident #KamalaHarris made me feel #seen when no one else #looked.
Harris was one of a small group of people in the #political #world who continued to call me when I #droppedout of the #publiceye
#DNC #attendees discuss top #speakers and #pressing #issues: 'It's #electrifying'
The #economy, #protections for #IndigenousPeople and #LGBTQ+ #rights are among #top #issues.
The major #political #transformation flying under the radar at the #DNC
The third night of the DNC confirmed just how #dramatically the party has #swung to the right on #immigration.
#Migrant #hardships don’t seem to be much of a concern this year
https://www.vox.com/2024-elections/368138/dnc-immigration-border-security-latino-voters
I #Predicted #Chaos for the #Democrats. I Was Gloriously #Wrong.
The Democrats’ long #history of #infighting led me to believe that #President #JoeBiden shouldn’t #dropout of the #race. Instead, the #party is #united like it hasn’t been for ages.
https://newrepublic.com/article/185050/democratic-convention-predicted-chaos-gloriously-wrong
The #Democrats Are #Destroying the #Republicans at Their Own #Game.
The #GOP has long claimed the concept of #Patriotism and #freedom. But #VicePresident #KamalaHarris and #Coach #TimWalz just ripped that football out of their hands.
https://newrepublic.com/article/185152/democrats-destroying-republicans-freedom-game
What a #Harris #election #victory could mean for #Europe and the #transAtlantic #relationship
The #EU should work in tandem with the #US to protect #supplychains from #economic #weaponization and #focus on #pooling more #capital and #research at home to bring about breakthroughs in areas such as #AI or #greenenergy.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/22/us-election-what-a-kamala-harris-victory-could-mean-for-europe.html
#Capitalism Is #Killing Us, But You Won't Hear a #Whisper of It at the #Democratic #Convention
Out of some sort of atavistic hope, I watched the #DemocraticParty #convention searching for some glimmer of rational #wisdom. How stupid of me! I ought to know by now that the #soul of #democracy is made out of marshmallow fluff.
https://www.commondreams.org/opinion/capitalism-democratic-convention
#ChuckTodd: The next #primary is already brewing.
Analysis: Events on the sidelines of the #Democratic #convention offered a glimpse of what the #event might have looked like had #Biden retained his hold on his #party.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/chuck-todd-primary-already-brewing-rcna167681
#Rising #Democrats angle for 2028 and beyond in #Chicago
#Upandcoming #Dems are working the #convention — and #ballrooms all over #Chicago.
https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/22/rising-democrats-2028-dnc-00175749
This starts the Rightwing side of the feed.
#Trump's #cultofpersonality #threatens to #hasten the #demise of the #GOP.
#Establishment #Republicans' #DNC #epiphany may have come too late.
Today’s #RepublicanParty and the “#conservative” #movement belong to #DonaldTrump. They are an extension of his #mind, #character, #emotions, #personality, #desires, and #impulses. This means that Trump’s #characterfailings, apparent #emotional and #psychological #unwellness and #challenged #intellect are theirs as well.
https://www.salon.com/2024/08/22/of-personality-threatens-to-hasten-the-demise-of-the/
#DonaldTrump: ‘I #Hate My #Opponent’.
He’s ready to go #personal in next month’s #debate against #VicePresident #KamalaHarris. #Advisers are urging #restraint.
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/donald-trump-i-hate-my-opponent-harris-debate-prep
#DonaldTrump, back at an #outdoor #rally, returns to familiar #habits.
After two days of #policy-focused #addresses with modest crowds, former #President #DonaldTrump returned to form Wednesday with an outdoor #speech in #NorthCarolina, where he insisted that he would not give up #personalattacks on #VicePresident #KamalaHarris and continued to sow #doubts about the #integrity of the #election in November.
Hear what’s #irritating #Trump after watching the #DNC
#CNN's #KaitlanCollins reports 2024 #Republican #presidentialnominee #DonaldTrump and his #campaign are irritated by the #references to "#Project2025" during the #DemocraticNationalConvention in #Chicago.
https://www.cnn.com/2024/08/22/politics/video/trump-dnc-project-2025-irritated-collins-digvid
#Newsmax #host claims #polls showing #VicePresident #KamalaHarris in the #lead are “almost like #election #meddling”
#RobSchmitt: “I think that when you put a poll out there that makes it look like Kamala is doing #well, it creates the #idea in a lot of people's minds that aren't intelligent enough to think for themselves”
#Trump’s Latest #Abortion #Comments #Expose the #Bind He’s In
Trump has spent the #election season giving muddy #answers in the hope of keeping #antiabortion #voters #close without #alienating everyone else.
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/08/project-2025-comstock-act-trump-abortion-ban.html
The #Republican #attack on #Minnesota #Governor #TimWalz over #TiananmenSquare is almost #unbelievable.
#RonJohnson accidentally demonstrates why Walz would be #wellsuited for the #vicepresidency.
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/tim-walz-china-trip-tiananmen-ron-johnson-rcna167552
#Extremist #Hatemonger #MarjorieTaylorGreene accused a #DNC #speaker of “#pedophilia.” It didn’t go well for her.
Numerous #commenters pointed out her #hypocrisy and her #love of #sexuallyexplicitmaterial.
#Fake #celebrity #endorsements become latest #weapon in #Disinformation and #Propaganda #wars, sowing #confusion ahead of 2024 #election.
#TaylorSwift didn’t #endorse former President Donald #Trump last weekend. #RyanReynolds wasn’t #photographed wearing a pro-#KamalaHarris #shirt. And the #CommunistPartyUSA never backed #President #JoeBiden’s now-#defunct #campaign.
@Susan_Larson_TN@mastodon.online#Trump Goes Off The Rails In #Midnight #Attack On 'Highly Overrated #Jewish #Governor'
The former president slammed #Pennsylvania's #JoshShapiro, who spoke at the #DemocraticNationalConvention.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-josh-shapiro-attack_n_66c6c18fe4b0f1ca4693cf4e
'A #felonious #thug': #Georgia #Republican #GeoffDuncan calls #RepublicanParty a #cult in 2024 #DNC #speech
Former #Georgia #LtGovernor Geoff Duncan was the latest in a string of #Republicans who #rebuked their #party's #nominee at the 2024 #DNC.
#WATCH: #HulkHogan's #Comments About #VicePresident #KamalaHarris are Both #Violent and #Racist.
The controversial #wrestlingfigure was seen on #video #joking about #bodyslamming #Presidential #candidate #KamalaHarris.
https://www.theroot.com/watch-hulk-hogans-comments-about-kamala-harris-are-bot-1851627745
