Heather Cox Richardson puts her finger on a major theme running through commentary on the DNC this morning:
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“Here is how we do it. Strategize on Sunday, meet the moment on Monday, take it to ‘em on Tuesday, work it out on Wednesday, thank the Lord on Thursday, fight the power on Friday, set it off on Saturday, get a few hours of sleep, wake up the next day and do it all over again until joy, joy, joy comes in the morning."
~ Hakeem Jeffries, quoted by Emine Yücel, Kate Riga and Nicole Lafond
#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
/5Walz Shows His Real Guy Roots As He Skewers Republicans’ Definition Of Freedom
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was given a euphoric reception as he walked out on stage as the headliner on the third night of the Democratic National Convention…
TPM – Talking Points Memo (talkingpointsmemo.com)
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"My overarching impression of the third night of the convention is that the future of the Democratic Party was on display, and it was beautiful sight! ...
Kamala Harris and Tim Walz are speaking directly to the American people at a pivot point in American history. The press may not like that fact, but there is nothing they can do to stop it."
#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy #media
/6~ Robert B. Hubbell
Today's Edition Newsletter | Robert B. Hubbell | Substack
A reflection on today's news through the lens of hope. Click to read Today's Edition Newsletter, by Robert B. Hubbell, a Substack publication.
(roberthubbell.substack.com)
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"Well, I’ll take this over that Hulk Hogan freakshow.
Democrats have gathered in Chicago this week, a joyful, exuberant bear hug embrace of American political identity, patriotism, and above all, optimism. It has been a stark contrast with the American Carnage-style anger simmering at the Republican National Convention."
~ Brian Klaas
#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy
/7Kamala Harris and Democrats in Array
Over two pivotal weeks, Harris completely reset the presidential race. The DNC has now been masterful. What lessons can we learn from the trailblazing, joyful candidate who didn't win any primaries?
(www.forkingpaths.co)
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"THE BEST ARGUMENTS made for Kamala Harris’s election at the Democratic convention so far have come from the two biggest speakers who’ve never held political office. ...
Both did something that the first night’s speakers failed to truly accomplish: they painted a human portrait of Harris for an electorate still learning about her, then laid out the game plan for the sprint ahead."
~ Sam Stein
#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy #MichelleObama #DougEmhoff
/8Dem Convention Night Two: The Non-Pros Steal the Show
Michelle Obama and Doug Emhoff introduce Kamala Harris to the country.
(www.thebulwark.com)
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"Black women know more than anyone what it’s like to be dehumanized and reduced to parts of our whole. We have long been seen as mammies, mules, aesthetics, tokens, and superheroes, oftentimes simultaneously. If we are not in service to someone or something, our value is debated, our competence challenged."
~ Anna Gifty Opaku-Agyeman
#DNC #KamalaHarris #TimWalz #future #hope #joy #MichelleObama
/9Michelle Obama's Speech Was a Reclamation and Proclamation of Black Womanhood
In her DNC speech Michelle Obama reminded America that Black womanhood matters.
TIME (time.com)
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"What’s more, the obstacles faced by Black women daily are embedded into the structures and systems that line the pockets of the powerful. Despite our struggles being woven into the lives of everyone else, despite fighting for democracy time and time again, we are continually left behind.
Perhaps the Black woman who understands this most is Michelle Obama, a Black girl from the South Side of Chicago whose ordinary life led to extraordinary circumstances."
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"For years, Republicans lived in public terror that Michelle Obama would run for president. They used her name as a talisman to quell the jelly in their bellies, and then as the wick on the gaslight they used to gin up the rubes. Tuesday night’s speech showed definitively that the GOP was lowballing the risk of her getting involved in politics at this level. They don’t have anyone in her weight class, & now everybody knows it.
~ Charles Pierce
#DNC #MichelleObama
/11Republicans Don’t Have Anyone Who Even Approaches Barack and Michelle Obama’s Weight Class
When they go low, we go for the jugular.
Esquire (www.esquire.com)
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'It’s Tim Walz night!
And Mayor Pete might!
And Bill Clinton night no exclamation point."
~ Evan Hurst
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"In every way, she’s his antithesis. She was a prosecutor; he’s a convicted felon also indicted for seeking to overturn the results of the 2020 election. She’s kept her ideals; he’s kept his cynicism. She wants an inclusive America; he wants an exclusive one. She uses the power of joy and hope in politics; he uses the power of fear and revenge."
~ Robert Reich
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"The only way to beat him is by playing an entirely different game — a game that draws on qualities that are the opposite of his, that appeals to those aspects of the American character diametrically opposed to his."
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Joyce Vance features voices of two Republicans who spoke yesterday at the DNC about why they will not vote for Trump: Olivia Troye, former Homeland Security and Counterterrorism advisor to v-pPence, said,
"Four years ago, I resigned from the Trump administration. As a Republican who dreamed of working in the White House, it was a hard decision."
#DNC #KamalaHarris #Trump #Republicans
/15Dump Trump
On a night at the Democratic National Convention headlined by former President Bill Clinton and current vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, news broke that Robert F.
(joycevance.substack.com)
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"But as an American, it was the right one. I saw how Donald Trump undermined our intelligence community, military leaders, and, ultimately, our democratic process. Now, he's doing it again, lying and laying the groundwork to undermine this election."
And former Lieut-Gov of Georgia, Geoff Duncan:
"If Republicans are being intellectually honest with ourselves, our party is not civil or conservative. It's chaotic and crazy. And the only thing left to do is dump Trump."
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“'This is just the way I am. I hate my opponent. I hate my opponents,' Trump told a confidant who advised the former president to consider backing away from calling the vice president 'stupid' or 'dumb' at their high-profile standoff in a few weeks, which he has done repeatedly.Trump explained to the confidant that he’s treating Harris the same way he did Joe Biden and Hillary Clinton."
~ Marc A. Caputo
#DNC #KamalaHarris #Trump
/17Donald Trump: ‘I Hate My Opponent’
He’s ready to go personal in next month’s debate against Harris. Advisers are urging restraint.
(www.thebulwark.com)
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“'Hillary, Joe, Kamala. It doesn’t matter. I just hate them.'
To another adviser, Trump was blunt about taking on Harris: 'I’m going to be mean.'”
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@wdlindsy It's just an endless dumpster-fire with him:
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"Our campaigns are dominating the trends on social media, garnering billions of impressions over the last two weeks. We are also pressing forward with our rapid response coverage to get ahead of the mainstream media’s pro-Trump agenda."
~ Scott Dworkin
#DNC #KamalaHarris #Trump #media
/19Tim Walz Rocks Dem Convention With Powerful Acceptance Speech
This is how it's done
(www.dworkinsubstack.com)
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@JustRosy Yes, he can get over his lizard-brain fixations to save his soul, can he? Just trapped forever in those cycles of resentment and rage.
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"Today we were able to get CNN to change a bogus headline in only 24 minutes, and tonight we trended #AmericaNeedsWalz to fight back against the media’s constant attacks on Tim Walz, already garnering over 100 million impressions."