Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Reality always lies in wait for … Democrats.

I’d try pessimism, but it probably wouldn’t work.

We’ve had enough carrots to last a lifetime. break out the sticks.

They traffic in fear. it is their only currency. if we are fearful, they are winning.

Is it irresponsible to speculate? It is irresponsible not to.

Bark louder, little dog.

Speaking of republicans, is there a way for a political party to declare intellectual bankruptcy?

Anyone who bans teaching American history has no right to shape America’s future.

Not all heroes wear capes.

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

It’s the corruption, stupid.

Technically true, but collectively nonsense

It’s always darkest before the other shoe drops.

Yeah, with this crowd one never knows.

Sitting here in limbo waiting for the dice to roll

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

Thanks to your bullshit, we are now under siege.

I wonder if trump will be tried as an adult.

Republicans don’t want a speaker to lead them; they want a hostage.

I know this must be bad for Joe Biden, I just don’t know how.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

They’re not red states to be hated; they are voter suppression states to be fixed.

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One of the compensations of the Covid Time is that some things become available to us that otherwise would have been impossible to get to. I’m participating in a seminar at the other end of the country and a happy hour with interesting people from all over, for example.

And this week, the Democratic Convention.

Yes, some of it would be carried on television, but you’ll be able to dip in any time you want. Here’s the schedule. I’ve bolded people that Juicers will particularly want to hear from and my faves. All times in EDT.

The events will stream online at the DNC’s website, and on social media sites such as YouTube and Facebook. You can also tune on the major broadcast networks, ABC, CBS and NBC,  which plan to carry an hour of the convention live each night, from 10 to 11 p.m. on the East Coast.

Monday, August 17 – “We the People”

  • Daytime Events: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM

  • Pre-Show: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

  • Convention Program: 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

    • Speakers: Sen. Amy Klobuchar, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Rep. Jim Clyburn, Convention Chairman Bennie Thompson, Rep. Gwen Moore, Sen. Doug Jones

    • Keynote Speakers: Sen. Bernie Sanders, Former First Lady Michelle Obama

Tuesday, August 18 – “Leadership Matters”

  • Daytime Events: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM

  • Pre-Show: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

  • Convention Program: 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

    • Special Events: Keynote Address, Roll Call Across America

    • Speakers: Former Acting U.S. AG Sally Yates, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, Former Secretary of State John Kerry, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rep. Lisa Blunt Rochester, Former President Bill Clinton

    • Keynote Speaker: Dr. Jill Biden

Wednesday, August 19 – “A More Perfect Union”

  • Daytime Events: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM

  • Pre-Show: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

  • Convention Program: 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

    • Speakers: Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Gov. Tony Evers, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Former Congresswoman Gabrielle Gifford

    • Keynote Speakers: Sen. Kamala Harris, Former President Barack Obama

 

Thursday, August 20 – “America’s Promise”

  • Daytime Events: 9:00 AM – 7:00 PM

  • Pre-Show: 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

  • Convention Program: 9:00 PM – 11:00 PM

    • Speakers: Sen. Cory Booker, Pete Buttigieg, Gov. Gavin Newsom, Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, Sen. Tammy Duckworth, Sen. Chris Coons, Andrew Yang

    • Keynote Speaker: Vice President Joe Biden

 

In addition to the fabulous speakers, performances by John Legend, Billie Eilish, Billy Porter, Jennifer Hudson, Leon Bridges, Maggie Rogers, and Common are expected on all four nights.

Open thread!

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  4. 4.

    O. Felix Culpa

    I’m a delegate – woot! First time. We’ve already cast our votes for the nominee and platform. A few Bernie supporters are voting no on the platform because it doesn’t include the magic words “Medicare for All,” but I think they’re pissing in the wind.

    I am pleasantly surprised about how buoyed I feel about the Biden/Harris ticket. I like our chances, despite Republican chicanery. They’ve overplayed their hand. People don’t like having their voting rights suppressed and I think we’ll see massive turnout as a result. Oh, and we’re working our asses off to make sure that happens.

  5. 5.

    Ken

    Quite a contrast from this leaked Republican Convention schedule:

    Monday – “The Greatest President Ever” – introduction, Jared Kushner; speaker, President Donald Trump (6:00 PM – 9:30 PM)

    Tuesday – “The Sexiest President Ever” – introduction, Ivanka Trump; speaker, President Donald Trump (6:00 PM – 9:30 PM)

    Wednesday – “The Impressivest President Ever” – introduction, Donald Trump Junior; speaker, President Donald Trump (6:00 PM – 9:30 PM)

    Thursday – “The First Anointed President Ever” – introduction, Mike Pence; officiant, Jerry Falwell Jr.; speaker, God-King Donald Trump (6:00 PM – 9:30 PM)

  6. 6.

    germy

    @Ken: 
    First Lady Melania Trump and several of Trump’s adult children will speak on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Other speakers during the convention will include Republican Sens. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Joni Ernst of Iowa, former Trump ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy of California.

    Trump will be the central focus of the convention on each of the four days, organizers said, a plan that breaks with the long-standing tradition of waiting until the last day of the convention to showcase the presidential nominee.

    https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/14/republican-national-convention-primetime-trump-and-federal-properties.html

  7. 7.

    Ken

    @germy: Yeah, I’d seen that report and was riffing on it.  I was also allowing for a few more prominent Republicans to remember that they had to wash their hair that week – I expect Joni Ernst is weighing whether appearing with Trump will be a net gain or loss.

  9. 9.

    Another Scott

    https://thehill.com/homenews/house/512200-pelosi-weighing-bringing-house-back-from-august-recess-early-over-usps-issues

    Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) and House Democratic leadership are considering returning from August recess as early as next week to consider legislation addressing issues at the U.S. Postal Service (USPS), Democratic aides confirmed to CNN and Politico.

    The chamber is currently in recess, with no votes scheduled until the week of Sept. 14, though they could reportedly return to vote within the next two weeks.

    “Yes there are discussions to bring the House back to address the Postal Service crisis, timing not clear yet. Next week and week after (are) being discussed,” one aide told CNN after a Saturday call with party leadership.

    […]

    Democrats are reportedly discussing legislation that would build upon a bill introduced by House Oversight Chair Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.) earlier this week. The legislation would forbid the Postal Service from making changes that Democrats and critics say would hinder mail-in voting.

    Democrats are also considering including language in the bill that requires all ballot deliveries to have first class status.

    Postmaster General Louis Dejoy, a GOP donor and Trump appointee, recently made sweeping policy changes such as adjusting delivery policies and reassigning or displacing over 20 agency officials including two top officials in charge of day-to-day operations.

    A USPS watchdog on Friday announced that Dejoy’s policies were undergoing review after Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) requested an inquiry into the changes.

    House action could include prohibiting the Post Office from changing mail sorting devices, preventing the closure of postal facilities, stopping efforts to prohibit overtime pay and ensuring expedient mail delivery, according to the source familiar with the matter, CNN reported.

    […]

    Good, good.

    I mean it’s ridiculous that administrators have to be told – in no uncertain terms – that wrecking their agency and destroying its purpose is not why they’re there, but it’s good that they’re putting a bill together and are going to vote on it.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  10. 10.

    Ohio Mom

    I thought my former governor John Kasich was scheduled to speak? I’d like to be sure to miss him.

  12. 12.

    NotMax

    Looked throughout the DNC site and still have no idea when the actual delegate voting will take place.

    BTW, the schedule given up top can also be watched online via C-SPAN here as well as on their broadcast channel.

  20. 20.

    Omnes Omnibus

    Why are some of the names in bold?

    ETA: It’s been answered and I didn’t read carefully enough.

  22. 22.

    Ken

    @O. Felix Culpa: You mean we’re going to miss that great tradition where the state delegations announce their votes, and Alabama launches into what is obviously going to be a thirty-minute speech, and everyone else boos? Then we repeat that 50+ more times?

    Hallelujah!

  29. 29.

    Immanentize

    I read that AOC only has one minute?  That can’t be correct unless she is only maybe introducing Clinton?  I want to hear many minutes from her.

  30. 30.

    Ken

    BTW I had a moment of sheer horror while skimming the list, and reading “Dr. Jill Biden” as “Dr. Jill Stein.”

  32. 32.

    NotMax

    Hoping whatever servers the DNC is using for this have about 300 extra firewalls installed to quash outside interference.

  36. 36.

    Geeno

    Because the Democrats planned on a virtual convention, the convention has great speakers, great entertainment, and will undoubtedly come off with minimal glitches. Because the Republicans couldn’t part with the whole live convention thing, they’re throwing theirs together at the last minute, and it will show.

    And there they are – one right after the other for contrast.

  37. 37.

    lowtechcyclist

    @Another Scott:

    https://thehill.com/homenews/house/512200-pelosi-weighing-bringing-house-back-from-august-recess-early-over-usps-issues

    Do it, Nancy! This shouldn’t be a tough call.

    I can’t describe how pissed off I was on Friday to find out that the House Dems had swung into action and scheduled a hearing on USPS – to take place on September 17, over a month away.

    I don’t want to be pissed at my own party. So please, Nancy, bring everyone back.  This week, if possible. Next week, if not. Hearings as soon as the House Oversight Committee can get a quorum.  In prime time, as David Plouffe recommends.

    Make sure everyone knows which party’s trying to save the Postal Service, and which party’s working hard to kill it.

  39. 39.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @geg6:

    I thought I’d read she was introducing Wilmer.

    Introducing him as a candidate for the nomination, some kind of parliamentary (or whatever) formality

    I’m of two minds of on AOC being given more time, on the one hand, she’s obviously a gifted and dynamic speaker, on the other, she’s as likely as not to go off message and send the press into a Dems in disarray frenz

    ETA: @Another Scott: I’d like to see a poll of Dem Senate candidates in purple states on whether or not they want her to speak

  40. 40.

    TS (the original)

    @Betty Cracker:

    He’s listed  in “featuring” for Monday – but is the only one not then appearing in the detailed list.

    Featuring: Former First Lady Michelle Obama, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Rep. Jim Clyburn, Convention Chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson, Rep. Gwen Moore, Former Gov. John Kasich, Sen. Doug Jones, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar.

  42. 42.

    lowtechcyclist

    @JPL:

    So after trump dissed blacks in suburbs, [Sen. Tim Scott] feels it’s still okay to support him. He obviously lost his soul.

    Are there still any Republicans who haven’t?

  44. 44.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @lowtechcyclist:

    I can’t describe how pissed off I was on Friday to find out that the House Dems had swung into action and scheduled a hearing on USPS – to take place on September 17, over a month away.

    Really?  Those hearings can’t accomplish much, and what can be done in terms of publicizing, taking to court, and state level action, is all being done.

  45. 45.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Amir Khalid: Donald must always be in the spotlight, at all times, and no one else can share it.

    On the Dem convention: will Fleetwood Mac be doing the balloon drop like they did in ’92?

  47. 47.

    Kay

    @Another Scott:

    Oh, I’m glad. Trump handed them an absolute political gift. The postal service is popular. Tens of millions of people rely on it, but they also LIKE it.
    While it’s important to process and to Democrats that Trump screwed up the mail to attempt to cling to power, the only thing that needs to get thru to the public is “Trump screwed up the mail”.
    He handed this to us. Accept the gift! :)

  48. 48.

    sdhays

    @germy: No Lindsey? All that time shoved up Dump’s butt and no love in the middle of the closest general election he has probably had since…ever?

  49. 49.

    geg6

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    I don’t know that she’d go off the rails, actually.  She has seemed quite the team player to me.  She’s not my cup of tea politically, but she hasn’t said or done anything horribly divisive or bad mouthed anyone in the leadership that I’m aware of.  Yeah, she loves Wilmer, but she’s there, she’s backing Biden/Harris by participating in the event and she has forged a relationship with Pelosi.  She’s not stupid and doesn’t seem willing to throw that away for throwing verbal Molotov cocktails.

  50. 50.

    Kay

    Also, just to put the bow on the package, Louis DeJoy is Devos-level horrible and corrupt. I mean seriously, I don’t know what more they need. This is an in-kind contribution the Democratic Party. They may have to list it on campaign finance forms.

  51. 51.

    Doug R

    Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has been a star for sure.

    BUT: She won a district that is solidly Democratic and she parachuted into Kansas to back a Bernie bro running against Sharice Davids. Fortunately Sharice beat AOC’s candidate and BEAT the Republican in the general, flipping the vote by about 17 points.

    HOWEVER: AOC has been good about backing Pelosi in her plays and she passive/aggressively complained about her minute, quoting a poem about it. So a minute for a first term Congressperson? Sounds about right.

  52. 52.

    gkoutnik

    When I was a delegate to the DNC in 2012, on the night of the vote (half-hour speeches by each state) we got to the arena and there were “Reserved” signs on most of the seats we’d been sitting in all week.  While the one-night political luminaries from our state hogged the good seats, near the podium, most of us ordinary delegates – whose votes the luminaries would report and speechify about – had to sit two states away.

    As I remember, our state’s report was given by the Speaker of the Assembly, who was later indicted for corruption and, I think, is currently in jail.

  53. 53.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @germy: I followed some twitter links to a reporter for the Cedar Rapids Gazette.

    Lyz Lenz @lyzl 11h
    This is cedar rapids, Iowa. Where we have gone FIVE FULL DAYS without a coordinated local, state or federal response to this disaster. On Monday, our governor says she’ll submit a federal proclamation. ONE FULL WEEK of people living as refugees.

    It might not be good politics for Joni Ernst to be giving a speech that, I’m sure, is vetted to make sure nothing distracts from puffing up the Presidential ego, like talking about what bad shape much of Iowa is in. Judging from my own politics-dominated media bubble– MSNBC, NPR, twitter– this story isn’t getting enough attention.

  56. 56.

    Kay

    @gkoutnik:

    That’s interesting. I wonder if it’s up to the state party. I was there in ’08 and that didn’t happen. I didn’t stay in my seat that much though. Just as an aside the Louisiana delegation was complete chaos but also the happiest people in the room, by far. I had delegation envy.

  57. 57.

    Doug R

    @NotMax:

     

    Hoping whatever servers the DNC is using for this have about 300 extra firewalls installed to quash outside interference.

    Non-GMO gluten-free risotto recipes are lined up ready to jump in.

  58. 58.

    SiubhanDuinne

    This is nothing but class:

    Mr. President, Jill and I are sad to learn of your younger brother Robert’s passing. I know the tremendous pain of losing a loved one — and I know how important family is in moments like these. I hope you know that our prayers are with you all. — Joe Biden

    He’s by far a better person than I’ll ever be.

  59. 59.

    gwangung

    @Doug R:

    BUT: She won a district that is solidly Democratic and she parachuted into Kansas to back a Bernie bro running against Sharice Davids.

    I wish people would give this up.

    This was a primary, WITHOUT an incumbent. Ergo, it’s a free for all and it should be fair game to support who you want, with no penalty for doing so. It’s precisely the situation where she endorse without doing any damage.

  62. 62.

    Kay

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I’m glad though. I would be horrified if the future president behaved any differently. I know Trump or the low quality hires would never reciprocate, but it doesn’t matter. I want him to behave decently.

    For all the bullshit you hear about his “gaffes (!)” Biden understands the ceremonial role of President very well.

  63. 63.

    geg6

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    For real.  My reaction on the news was that the fat ass White House squatter was probably scheming all week to get his brother’s portion of the Trump inheritance.  That would be totally in character for him.

  64. 64.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: The vermin of the Village will go off into a “Dems in disarray” rant anyways.  It’s part of the permanent narrative that they will never deviate from.

    Wipe them out.   All of them.

    On edit: OzarkHillbilly already made the point.

  68. 68.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @gwangung: I agree with you, but then I think I have less of a problem with AOC than a number of people here do.  I think she can be a star in the party.  That being said, she is now a freshman from a blue district in a blue state.  She’s getting a short but high profile speaking slot, and that seems just right to me.

  69. 69.

    Groucho48

    Looks like the Yang Gang’s whinging about his being disrespected and given no slot at the convention worked.

  71. 71.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Kay:

    I’m glad though. I would be horrified if the future president behaved any differently.

    It’s one of the things I like most about him — his fundamental decency.

  73. 73.

    Kay

    50 to 41%, which is essentially unchanged. Good. I think violence and looting around demonstrations is bad, politically, so I was afraid Trump could capitalize on that, to some extent. I think the violence and looting is driven by malicious actors too (of various kinds) and not driven by BLM, so it would be a shame if it got traction.

  74. 74.

    NotMax

    @geg6

    (shoves blank sheet of paper and a Sharpie into brother’s hand) “Just sign here. I know you’re not up to it so I’ll fill in the details later.”

    //

  76. 76.

    gwangung

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    I quite like her, as well. And I agree, for a freshman Rep, a one minute gig at the convention is appropriate.

    At the next convention, with two more terms under her belt, she can expect more.

    @Groucho48:

    From a representation standpoint, and from a policy standpoint, Yang has a good argument to be given a speaking spot.

  77. 77.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Doug R:

    and she passive/aggressively complained about her minute, quoting a poem about it.

    I’m ambivalent about her, but I didn’t that as passive-aggressive. It was a nod to Elijah Cummings, who read that poem on the House floor in his first remarks as a member. I saw it as saying she would try to do what she could with the time she had, then and in the larger sense. When she’s good, she’s very good.

  78. 78.

    Kay

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    He is decent that’s true but I would like to go back to a time where it was the norm for the President to say something normal in response to an event. I’m not asking for a high standard. This is the ordinary standard anyone would use in public. Trump and the Trump Administration are way below that and I feel like it’s important to remember that, or the standard itself is gone. They have to be a one time (downward) departure from what is the norm.

  79. 79.

    Doug R

    @gwangung:

     

    This was a primary, WITHOUT an incumbent. Ergo, it’s a free for all and it should be fair game to support who you want, with no penalty for doing so. It’s precisely the situation where she endorse without doing any damage.

    Sharice Davids is Ho Chunk nation, a lawyer a MMA fighter and LBGTA+.
    Backing the white dude who parachuted in and “struggled” to vote for Hillary was not a good look.

  80. 80.

    SiubhanDuinne

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Contrast if you will with Donald’s own statement, which, as usual, reeks of insincerity.

    Recall the oft-reported story (most recently in Mary Trump’s book, but I had read variants of it for years) that at his own father’s funeral, Donald made his eulogy all about himself, stressing that Fred Trump was so proud and supportive of his, Donald’s, great success. If he speaks at Robert’s funeral, I expect we will hear nothing less.

  82. 82.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @gwangung: A lot of people have a good argument for being given a speaking speaking slot and in a live convention would have been given one.

  83. 83.

    Hungry Joe

    @Ken: “Mr. Chairman! Mr. Chairman! The great state of Alabama — the heart of Dixie, pride of the South, home of the Crimson Tide — casts its votes unanimously for the next President of the United States, GOVERNOR GEORGE CORLEY WALLACE

  85. 85.

    Ken

    @Omnes Omnibus: I wonder how many of these speeches will be live?  I can see good arguments for pre-recording the speeches, including the ability to upload them to a server as a backup in case of networking problems.

    The downside would be pearl-clutching and couch-fainting by select members of the media.

  87. 87.

    Ladyraxterinok

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    My son and my ex live in central IA. Son’s neighborhood was one of worst hit in town. They were without power fron Monday until sometime yesterday.

    University starts Monday. Not sure what’s online and what’s in class

    He seems to be able to work from home

    IA and OK are in contest to see which GOP governor, legislature can do worse job during virus!!

  89. 89.

    Mr. Kite

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I’m of two minds of on AOC being given more time, on the one hand, she’s obviously a gifted and dynamic speaker, on the other, she’s as likely as not to go off message and send the press into a Dems in disarray frenz

    Come on. You really think there is 50/50 chance of AOC “to go off message” in a speech TO THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

    You hold her in astonishingly low regard despite calling her “gifted”. You think she doesn’t know this could be her Obama at the DNC moment? You think she’s a child?

    Seriously, this is vile accusation. Or just unthinking stupid. I can’t tell anymore.

  91. 91.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    Seriously, this is vile accusation. Or just unthinking stupid. I can’t tell anymore.

    I honestly can’t tell if this is sincere incoherence, or a parody of the kind of cult-y histrionics “AOC” inspires among the emo left and Rose Twitter, but that cult following, even though it’s not her fault, is one of the reasons I’m so ambivalent about her.

  93. 93.

    Groucho48

    @gwangung: 

    I’m indifferent as to whether he gets a slot. But, saying a guy who got, what, 2% of the vote and no delegates and who has never been very active in Dem politics was snubbed by not being given a prime time speaking slot is a reach.

  94. 94.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Groucho48: Andrew Yang is like reality TV, or Will Ferrell movies, something with a popularity I will never understand. Isn’t he a glibertarian tech bro with one hobby-horse that appeals to the aforementioned emo left?

  95. 95.

    Emma from FL

    Am I the only one in the political universe that doesn’t give a good goddamn about AOC? She’s made some bad moves, she’s made excellent ones. She will either grow her political influence or she won’t. She wants to throw a fit, let her. She’ll be toast and that’s that. I think she’s smart enough to know that third parties are not the way to real political power and that’s what she would end up with. So let her have her minute and see what she makes of it.

    And guys? the MSM will always be ready to skewer democrats. No missteps required, so can we just stop worrying?

  96. 96.

    CaseyL

    I’m not usually a big fan of conventions, usually just watch the formal nominating night. But this year is different, so I may watch a lot more of it.

  97. 97.

    satby

    @Doug R: Sharice Davids is Ho Chunk nation, a lawyer a MMA fighter and LBGTA+.
    Backing the white dude who parachuted in and “struggled” to vote for Hillary was not a good look.

    It was a completely shitty look for a self identified progressive, but completely consistent with Bernie’s white guys first approach. It appears AOC has wised up a little since.

  99. 99.

    Kay

    @Ladyraxterinok:

    I’m glad you asked because I have a theory!

    It’s the guy on the postal governing board who is out of Kentucky. He’s McConnell’s guy. But DeJoy will do fine as a stand in for whoever is running this.

  101. 101.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Alison Rose: Never mind the fact that she’s way more successful politically (and probably every other way) than that douchebag ever was.

    Nader was a significant player in the ’60 and ’70s.  I would say that in his prime he had a lot more influence than AOC has had so far in career.  None of this denies that by 2000 he was a has-been trading on on his reputation.

  102. 102.

    satby

    @Kay: DeJoy’s entire career (since 1983) has been in logistics, so he doesn’t need McConnell’s stooge to know how to break things. He’s got the specialized knowledge to do an excellent job of hollowing out the USPS.

  104. 104.

    moonbat

    If Biden crushes DT on Election Day at least partially on the strength of the Obamas’ advocacy I want Barack to send a very nice card to DT with a very presidential inscription that boils down to: “Tell Cersei it was me.”

  107. 107.

    Ruckus

    @Alison Rose: 
    Pretty sure that rethuglicans are not capable of embarrassment. It’s a rethuglican party rule that one can’t be embarrassed by anything political and be a member, no matter how crass, asinine, harmful to the out groups – or just harmful, insane or racist it is, stated or especially voted upon by the owners.

  108. 108.

    Ruckus

    @JPL:

    Difficult to lose something one never had in the first place. And having a soul is also prohibited by rethuglican rules, makes accepting those things I listed above go down a bit easier.

  109. 109.

    NotMax

    Addendum to the list.

    Stacey Abrams and 16 other rising stars of the Democratic Party will deliver a joint keynote address during Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention programming, a slot typically reserved for just one speaker.
    [snip]
    Several of the speakers are some of former Vice President Joe Biden’s early primary supporters, including Pennsylvania State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, South Carolina State Sen. Marlon Kimpson, and Nevada State Sen. Yvanna Cancela.
    Reps. Colin Allred of Texas and Conor Lamb of Pennsylvania, who both stumped for Biden in Iowa ahead of the state’s caucuses, are also slated to speak. Source

  110. 110.

    NotMax

    FYI (NYT link).

    The Trump campaign is launching an aggressive four-day digital advertising campaign that will take over some of the internet’s most conspicuous real estate during the three marquee days of the Democratic National Convention, which most viewers will watch online.

    Adhering to the president’s penchant for focusing attention on himself during major Democratic events, the Trump campaign will be taking over the banner of YouTube for 96 hours starting on Tuesday, the second day of the convention, an expensive and far-reaching digital gambit.

    The campaign will also blanket the home pages of The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post and FoxNews.com with Trump campaign ads. Even non-D.N.C. programming will be inundated with Trump ads, as the campaign has bought premium, or “unskippable,” ads on sites like Hulu.

    The campaign amounts to “high-seven figures,” a significant sum to spend online in such a short period of time, and could top $10 million based on the engagement metrics of some ads (a few digital ads are sometimes charged extra based on engagement). The takeover of the YouTube banner and the news sites’ home pages are national buys, while the spending for Hulu and others will be in swing states. Source

  111. 111.

    Ruckus

    @geg6:

    I think that AOC is more than smart enough to see that being a lone anything in congress gets one nowhere. It’s supposed to be a deliberative body that works by consensus, not tin pot dictator rule. And she is far more than smart enough to know that. So many BS supporters seem to think it works by shouting the loudest, but it really doesn’t.

  115. 115.

    Yutsano

    @NotMax: So…they’re going to try to persuade the people who are watching the Democratic convention to install ad blockers? I understand they might be aiming for the undecideds watching but a blanket buy like that is unsubtle at best. But again these have been shown in the past to not be smart people so…sure.

  118. 118.

    Spanky

    Just a reminder about newcomers speaking at the convention from 2004, via Peggy Noonan (11/4 article following the election):

    The Democrats have lost their leader in the Senate, Tom Daschle. I do not know what the Democratic Party spent, in toto, on the 2004 election, but what they seem to have gotten for it is Barack Obama. Let us savor.

  120. 120.

    Ruckus

    Folks, the democratic party accepts opinions from all directions and as a political party rejects those that are outside of it’s agreed upon goals. It isn’t perfect, it is after all made up of humans with differing view points. But it works because it accepts those differing views, unlike the opposition, which falls into line behind a totally moronic, racist, self-indulgent asshole, who couldn’t imagine his way out of a paper bag, let alone find an actual way out.

  121. 121.

    Betty Cracker

    @NotMax:

    The campaign amounts to “high-seven figures,” a significant sum to spend online in such a short period of time, and could top $10 million based on the engagement metrics of some ads (a few digital ads are sometimes charged extra based on engagement).

    Good argument to click and cost the Trump campaign some coin.

  124. 124.

    J R in WV

    @Betty Cracker:

    “Good argument to click and cost the Trump Campaign some coin…”

    Some things are past the pale, Betty. I just can’t do that for you. Sorry.

  125. 125.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    @Betty Cracker: I’m not a huge you tube watcher, but in the last couple months trump is far and away the most common ad I see, which is odd cause I’m often looking up Sarah Cooper or that JD Cauvin (?) guy

  126. 126.

    Emma from FL

    Having found out that there is no way to contact an actual Youtube customer service, I found there’s a Firefox add-on for blocking youtube ads. Is it worth it?

  127. 127.

    thruppence

    I’ve ordered my Biden/Harris swag online. We’ll see how long it takes to get it through the Trump-throttled USPS.

  128. 128.

    Anya

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: I don’t see her going off script. She’s smart enough to not gift Trump anything they can use to undermine the nation’s only hope of saving the country from the ongoing destruction at the hands of the ignorant psychopath and his allies.

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    Omnes Omnibus

    @J R in WV: The people speaking are people the Biden campaign believes it needs to let speak either because of who they are, what they have done, or what they might do in the future.  Are you a better arbiter of those things than they are?

  131. 131.

    Baud

    Hillary will be all class in her speech but I’ll pretend it’s her anger translator talking.

  133. 133.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    do those lists reflect the actual schedule ? Kind of surprised Harris isn’t closing out her night

  135. 135.

    PJ

    @Groucho48: This schedule is erasure of Tom Steyer!  What does is say about the “big tent” of the Democratic Party when they ignore Steyermaniacs!

  137. 137.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @NotMax: The Trumpublican Convention will climax by dropping 99,000 Griftballoons, each with a commemorative 1-ruble note inside featuring Mango Mussolini’s mugly ug. (Total cost <$2,000 – these are cheap barstids.)

  141. 141.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @Ken: If one should occur to me in the course of this thread, it most certainly will. At which time you will be cordially invited to whine your no-taste-in-humor arse off about it.

    And if not, not. :^p

  143. 143.

    WaterGirl

    @SiubhanDuinne: As if Trump has feelings like a normal person.

    I commend Joe for writing that, but I’ll bet Trump’s first, second, third, fourth and fifth thoughts were about how his brother’s death was going to affect Donald J. Trump.

  144. 144.

    WaterGirl

    @Yutsano:

    So…they’re going to try to persuade the people who are watching the Democratic convention to install ad blockers?

    And to make sure that people watch the convention somewhere other than on YouTube. Don’t open the Washington Post, don’t watch Hulu, etc.

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