"Tonight, on the 104th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, delegates are gathered in Chicago, Illinois, for the Democratic National Convention, where they will celebrate Harris’s nomination for the presidency.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Richard W. Woodley NO THREADS 🇨🇦🌹🚴♂️📷 🗺️ on last edited by
@the5thColumnist I rather suspect that magic of any sort is beyond his pay grade.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Sensible Crone for Harris on last edited by
@susiemagoo I'm glad you liked it. I found his comments on his own immigrant ancestors who fled to America to save their lives during the Holocaust very moving.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to SufferForMe 🆘 on last edited by
@sufferforme Yes, I agree.
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Tarnportreplied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
@wdlindsy @AubreyDeLosDestinos I took it to mean this is Tramp's election to lose. And so far he's doing a great job of it.
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Tarnport on last edited by
@Tarnport @AubreyDeLosDestinos Thank you for explaining. I apologize for not having understood your point, Aubrey. It's a good one, and I agree.
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Steven Reisner thinks Kamala Harris is offering Americans psychological relief, because:
"The race is no longer between two flawed father figures. It is now a contest between an impulsive and aggressive father archetype and a very different archetype: the strong, no-nonsense, but compassionate working mother figure."
#KamalaHarris #Trump #hope #joy #future
/18Why Kamala Harris Is Succeeding as a Presidential Candidate in a Way Hillary Clinton Never Could
She’s a refreshing alternative to the two men who were performing very sad archetypes.
Slate Magazine (slate.com)
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"The Democratic Party has assembled a multi-race and multi-faith movement that represents Americans who have been often marginalized, unseen and unheard. It seems to be embracing progressive politics they have historically shied away from for fear of alienating swing state voters and centrists. There is palpable excitement, energy, and joy that has replaced the doom and gloom of the past 10 years."
~ Wajahat Ali
#KamalaHarris #Biden #Democrats #hope #joy #Gaza
/19How Can Democrats Take Advantage of This Historical Moment?
During this week's Democratic National Convention, Professor Eddie Glaude talks about Biden's legacy, the hope for Harris, Gaza, & how Dems can finally implement a progressive policy for the majority.
(thelefthook.substack.com)
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"But there is also the spectre of the ongoing Gaza war that has claimed over 40,000 lives, and the threat of Donald Trump and MAGA who are committed to right-wing authoritarian rule.
The work is not accomplished."
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"I just don't think when you're analyzing a Presidency or a person, you sequester what's happened in Gaza. I mean, if you're a liberal-minded person, you believe that genocide is just about the worst thing that a country can do, and it's just about the worst thing that your country can do if your country is arming a genocide.
And it's really not that controversial anymore that this qualifies as a genocide."
~ Peter Beinart
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"The one large blot on Biden’s record is Benjamin Netanyahu. Biden should have been tougher on him — refusing to provide him offensive weapons unless Netanyahu stopped his massacre in Gaza. Yes, I know: Hamas began the bloodbath. But that is no excuse for Netanyahu’s disproportionate response, which has made Israel a pariah and endangered its future. Nor an excuse for our complicity."
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"Throughout her career, Hillary Clinton’s relationship with Black America has been characterized by both advocacy and contention. She has made significant contributions to policies benefiting African Americans but has also faced valid criticisms and challenges."
~Pameila Hilliard Owens
#KamalaHarris #HillaryClinton #Black
/23Today In Black History: Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
How she has interacted with the Black community for decades.
(wearespeaking.substack.com)
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"When she speaks tonight at the DNC, Secretary Clinton is expected to acknowledge the past but look forward to the future, which is the basis for Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign. ...
Secretary Clinton's mixed but significant history with Black America means she can help Vice President Harris navigate this critical demographic more effectively. She can address past controversies head-on while highlighting Harris's commitment to racial justice."
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@wdlindsy spoken like a person who has never had to consider, abandoning their only democratic government ally in the Middle East. For what? To support and comfort a people who chose Hamas as their representative government? Now the Palestininian Protestors are seeking to get Trump elected. Do they not know who is gong to be the target of Trump's mass deportation? Netanyahu is a war criminal, but should we have allowed Iran to bomb Israel instead of intercepting them?
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William Lindsey :toad:replied to Breathe on last edited by
@Breathe You're saying those words to Peter Beinart, right?
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@wdlindsy
I think this situation is trickier than this. I totally wish we could have cut off support of Netanyahu's vicious war. But there's so much more to it than meets the eye. And Biden is NOT the one to blame! But apparently Netanyahu is saying he is open to discussing a cease fire. I wonder if Harris is making him nervous. -
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@lolonurse I understand that there are very different perspectives on what's a complex situation. Once the term "genocide" is introduced and, as Peter Beinart says, is widely agreed to be appropriate, I think we move to a whole new moral level in the discussion, however. I value Beinart's commentary, since it's so morally grounded and compelling, and informed by his own strong Jewish faith, all of which could yield a very different assessment of what Israel is doing.
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M.S. Bellows, Jr.replied to William Lindsey :toad: on last edited by
@wdlindsy @lolonurse Also, I see very few people acknowledging that events in Gaza could lead to region-wide conflict, especially if it ran becomes more aggressive. The goal is to help the people in Gaza without creating an opening for Iran and its ally, Russia, to expand their influence in a way that drags multiple countries into war and possibly could lead to Israeli use of a nuke. That requires sending messages (through words and actions) that the US condemns what Israel is doing but still has Israel's back in a larger sense.
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@msbellows @lolonurse I'd say that many people both in the US and outside it increasingly think that in having Israel's back, the US is really contributing to a situation that can radically destabilize the Middle East, particularly as long as Netanyahu remains in power. For many of us, what we appear to be doing is feeding a monster.
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@wdlindsy
My sense/understanding about this whole horror story has been an evolution for me. I have friends & relatives in Israel, so whenever there's a "thing", I get scared. Also, I have family I never got to meet, because they were murdered by Hitler, so the word genocide is pretty real to me, being a first-generation German Jew.
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@wdlindsy @lolonurse I don't disagree! Biden's legacy will be marred by two incredibly influential failures, in which he was blinded by his belief that he was in the right and so failed to heed contrary views: Anita Hill and Gaza.
What I am saying that it's also unreasonable to ask that he (or Harris) *publicly* be seen as withdrawing substantial military support from Israel, because so much of diplomacy is conducted via unspoken signaling: it's normal in diplomacy to read small actions and statements as having larger meanings, and so large actions (like withdrawing military aid from an ally surrounded by neighbors that hate it) could be misinterpreted as meaning, "they're no longer in our favor, and we won't defend them if you attack them." (Iran's invasion of Kuwait was the result of exactly such a misconstrued interpretation.)
Harris almost certainly will apply substantial private pressure on Israel, take public steps to alleviate the human suffering, and continue Biden's pursuit of a 2-state solution – but she also will still pay lip service to remaining Israel's ally and defending its so-called democracy, not out of actual allegiance to Israel or disregard for Palestinians but from awareness of regional politics. And some folks who don't understand the bigger picture will scream that she's still supporting racism and genocide.