Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Narcissists are always shocked to discover other people have agency.

This isn’t Democrats spending madly. This is government catching up.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Never entrust democracy to any process that requires republicans to act in good faith.

I’m more christian than these people and i’m an atheist.

Whatever happens next week, the fight doesn’t end.

If you can’t control your emotions, someone else will.

Human rights are not a matter of opinion!

Lick the third rail, it tastes like chocolate!

The real work of an opposition party is to hold the people in power accountable.

Republicans seem to think life begins at the candlelight dinner the night before.

It is possible to do the right thing without the promise of a cookie.

People are weird.

Rupert, come get your orange boy, you petrified old dinosaur turd.

Beware of advice from anyone for whom Democrats are “they” and not “we.”

Oh FFS you might as well trust a 6-year-old with a flamethrower.

Let me file that under fuck it.

Roe is not about choice. It is about freedom.

Every decision we make has lots of baggage with it, known or unknown.

Petty moves from a petty man.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

… pundit janitors mopping up after the gop

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

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Kamala Harris: White Women Answering the Call – Opportunity Tonight at 8:30 Eastern!

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Sent to me by AM in NC :

My text group of politically engaged women friends just forwarded this around to our group for us to sign up tonight.  Thought I’d send it to you to pass on to the jackaltariat.  I think Shannon Watts (behind Moms Demand) is one of the organizers.

Who wants to join the call, and who wants to attend and write up a guest post about it?

Also, who thinks that a White Men: Answer the call is next?

Open thread.

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  2. 2.

    Lobo

    One short note:  How many white allies, i.e.,  public officials have been calling out the DEI attacks on V.P. Harris for what they are.   Please post.  It seems to be rather silent in that space.

  4. 4.

    Villago Delenda Est

    I’ve already answered the call to the tune of $5 a week from now until November.

  5. 5.

    Percysowner

     

    I’m torn on showing up. I don’t usually do any kind of web meetings so I would normally bow out. OTOH, I want to show support for Harris. I’ll keep it in mind and at least throw some money in.

  9. 9.

    KatKapCC

    Signed up and sent it around to a few friends and family! Hoping there will be strong attendance.

  10. 10.

    BR

    I hope someone organizes a Veterans for Harris call. And they should invite John Cole.

  11. 11.

    topclimber

    @Lobo: If Kamala is a DEI hire, let’s get some more!

    DEI is not a term Republicans get to trash.

    Diversity: News flash, it’s where the world is heading.

    Equity: Yeah, minorities wouldn’t need affirmative action if the US paid back all their stolen labor, freedom, economic and residential freedom ET Fukin Cetera for the past 400 year.

    Inclusion: Because when your world is burning up you need everyone on board you can get to fix it.

    You don’t have to be far along the woke spectrum to get that.

  13. 13.

    AM in NC

    Thank you for posting this, and I would volunteer to write up the Zoom but I have a class tonight, so I’m going to be one of the people looking to read a write-up after the fact!

  14. 14.

    SuzieC

    Couldn’t sign up because webinar has reached maximum capacity, so that’s good!

  15. 15.

    KatKapCC

    @topclimber: I’d like to see reporters ask them: “So are you saying these are BAD things? You’re against equity and think certain people should be treated as lesser-than? You don’t like inclusion and think certain groups should be excluded and that should be legal? What is it about diversity that makes you so uncomfortable?”

    Make them say it explicitly. I know they’ll still weasel out of it, but put ’em on the spot.

  17. 17.

    Martin

    Environmental groups ‘ecstatic’ over Kamala Harris’ candidacy and California climate record

    Vice President Kamala Harris’ emergence as the leading Democratic presidential contender has garnered a renewed sense of optimism among environmentalists who say she offers a strong track record of climate and clean energy policies and would continue to advance that work in the White House.

    “I’m ecstatic — I couldn’t be more thrilled,” Leah Stokes, an associate professor of climate and energy policy at the University of California, Santa Barbara, said this week.

  18. 18.

    Trollhattan

    Christ on a cracker, huge wildfire is burning an area north of Paradise, CA that managed not to be burned to a cinder during the fatal Camp Fire.

    A Northern California blaze exploded Thursday to more than 45,000 acres — the largest wildfire in California this year — spanning two counties, as residents were ordered to evacuate areas north of Chico.

    Firefighters have contained just 3% of a 45,550-acre blaze dubbed the Park Fire burning across Butte and Tehama counties after sparks ignited Wednesday in the open spaces of Upper Bidwell Park on the outskirts of Chico. More than 216 personnel are battling the flames that consumed structures as Incident Management Team 3 was tasked to take over command later this morning.

    The Butte County Sheriff’s Office ordered the evacuation of areas around Musty Buck Ridge as wind spurred flames toward Cohasset, a community of 900 residents. Winds billowed up to 20 mph, with gusts reaching 23 mph, in Upper Bidwell Park about 8 p.m. Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service. Firefighters and residents acted quickly to dodge the flames as the fire made Cohasset Road impassable.

    Authorities led a group of 20 vehicles uphill toward Campbellville to safety. Another 80 vehicles were guided by trucks on small logging roads in Sierra Pacific Industries forest lands, according to radio dispatches reviewed Wednesday night by The Sacramento Bee. Cameras operated by PG&E in the AlertCalifornia wildfire surveillance network showed flames devouring a communications tower along Richardson Springs Road as flames raced through river canyons and over ridges. The transmission cut out a few moments later.

    sacbee.com/news/california/fires/article290417459.html#storylink=cpy

  19. 19.

    BR

    @Martin: ​
    I hope they turn this sort of thing into communication with Gen Z. Someone needs to bridge that communications divide, because Biden was getting zero credit for climate policy among young voters despite real accomplishments.

  20. 20.

    TBone

    Worth a repost.  Our founding principles (ideals) and even the Statue of Liberty are DEI.

    The New Colossus
    Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame,
    With conquering limbs astride from land to land;
    Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand
    A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame
    Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name
    Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand
    Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command
    The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame.
    “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
    With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
    Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
    I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

  21. 21.

    lamh47

    @rikyrah: Girl…same

    What I hope is that they also have Black women as consultants for the call and have Black women speakers on the call as well when they discuss strategy and what not.

    Particularly if they are going to talk about coordinating with the Divine 9 and folks within what looks like a multicultural coalition for Harris/???White guy (we all know it will be)

  22. 22.

    Ceci n est pas mon nym

    @SuzieC: Was on a call last night, in the hour before Biden’s speech, with an organization called Force Multiplier. They had to ask Zoom to up their limit because they hit their previous limit (which I think was 1000)..

  23. 23.

    VFX Lurker

    I signed up last night. It required entering my contact information. If they ask me to volunteer, I will request one of the introvert jobs (ex: data entry).

    Looking forwards to learning what I can.

  24. 24.

    rikyrah

    Derek Thompson (@DKThomp) posted at 10:39 AM on Wed, Jul 24, 2024:
    Democrats won’t stake the election on this message, but it’s true:

    Supply-side disruptions made inflation almost as int’l as the pandemic. But while it’s hard to say any western country “won” COVID, the US clearly “won” the recovery, and the incumbent deserves credit for that.
    (x.com/DKThomp/status/1816136084297773155?s=03)

  25. 25.

    Baud

    @lamh47:

    Hey you. If I knew Kamala would have brought you back, I would have supported Biden stepping down from the start.

    I’m away right now but will be back full time next week.

  28. 28.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Trollhattan: ​
     We’re not doing much better here up north in Oregon, though most of the action is east of the Cascades. Still, threatening smoke seen to the east in Tracktown over the last few days.

  32. 32.

    RedDirtGirl

    I would join, but my bedtime is 9pm. I’m not that old, but you wouldn’t know it from my lifestyle!

  33. 33.

    mali muso

    I’ll do my best to summarize – depending on how long it runs, I may also have to head to bed. :)

  35. 35.

    Geminid

    @TBone: How about this repost, from Ulysses Grant:

       There are but two parties now: traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked among the latter and, I trust, the stronger party.

    This is from a letter Grant wrote to his father after the surrender of Fort Sumter.

  37. 37.

    VFX Lurker

    @WaterGirl: Any volunteers for someone attending the call to write something up for us about the call?

    If I don’t get sidetracked (it’s 5:30pm Pacific Time), and if I can write something that others may find useful, I will email it to you.

    Looking forwards to the summaries from others upthread.

  43. 43.

    lamh47

    @Baud: Hello, hello!

    As ya’ll may recall, Kamala has always been my gurl, and I love Joe Biden.  Was damn sure prepared to vote for him again.  Will never NOT be pissed off about how this all went down, but ultimately I have to believe Joe Biden at his word that this was ultimately HIS decision.

    And I appreciate Joe on purpose or not (I’d like to believe he was purposeful) endorsing Kamala instantly to get this ball rolling.

    Like I said, Kamala has alway been my girl.  My vote for Joe Biden in 2020 was going to happen whomever he chose, his choice of Kamala also ensure not only my vote, but me actually willing to volunteer for that campaign and help GOTV in my own small way.

    The fact that I get to keep doing what I’ve always wanted, getting Kamala Harris in the oval office, is bittersweet, but I’m ready to fight.

    So yeah…I’m back :-)

  44. 44.

    Gemina13

    I’ve already signed up.

    And fuck yes, there should be a “White Men Answer The Call” set up– you guys vote too, don’t you?

  47. 47.

    Jude

    I got in! Couldn’t this morning. Yay! I sent the invite via email to every left leaning woman in my contact list. It’s super cool to know Juicers will be there too with me.

  48. 48.

    MomSense

    I signed up for the call and will join with my mom.  She is the best phonebanker I’ve ever had.  Extreme extrovert. We had to order some merch too.  She’s fired up!

  50. 50.

    Trollhattan

    @Martin: Oh shit, it’s way, way worse than one could imagine. Plus the fire has doubled in size since this a.m.

    A man has been arrested by Cal Fire arson personnel suspected of sparking the Park Fire, California’s largest wildfire of the year, authorities announced Thursday. In a media release, Mike Ramsey, the county’s district attorney, said a 42-year-old Chico man was seen Wednesday just before 3 p.m. pushing a car that was on fire into a ditch near Alligator Hole in Upper Bidwell Park.

    The car reportedly rolled approximately 60 feet down an embankment, where it “burned completely” and spread into the 45,000-acre Park Fire. The office said the man was then seen leaving the area by blending in with others nearby who were fleeing the blaze.

    …

    A woman named Elizabeth Fox uploaded a video to TikTok on Wednesday saying she saw the man “blow up his car and then put it in neutral and roll it down the hill, and take off like nothing happened.” In the video, Fox said she took a photo of the man leaving the scene and gave a statement to investigators.

    sacbee.com/news/local/crime/article290426029.html#storylink=cpy

    For the uninitiated, “Chico Man” is a close analog to Florida Man ’round these parts.

  51. 51.

    Trivia Man

    @topclimber: Re: equity. Red lining mortgages was openly  and explicitly practiced until about 1980. It is still very much practiced now but they have to use a fig leaf at the very least.

    My suggestion for evening it up – property tax exemption for affected neighborhoods. That would escalate prices in that neighborhood and encourage upgrades on the houses with neglected maintenance. But only taken by owner occupied primary residence people. Raise the rates in other neighborhoods to counter the shortfall.

  52. 52.

    gvg

    I thought I already saw a white man’s call link?

    Shame its full. I presume they will have to do multiple because it’s amazing they can pack as many on the zoom calls as they do, but a national campaign is going to need more.

    Times keep changing.

  56. 56.

    SiubhanDuinne

    Well — I’ve been trying for three solid days and I can’t register. Don’t know what’s going on. I’d really like to sit in on the call this evening, but their system just won’t accept my registration. So I hope some BJ-er who participates can share notes with us later.

  60. 60.

    Erin in Flagstaff

    I signed up this morning. My sister, aunt, and cousin are also attending (there are some smart women in my family)!

  61. 61.

    Greebe

    Regarding the “white women 2024” zoom call, my daughter tells me there are 100k on the call and it’s bumped to YouTube.

    Search on the quoted phrase above and it should come up. Seems very good so far.

    Some real emotion and fierceness on display.

    They’ve raised over $1m just now. And Pink just came on.

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