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The DNC is going so well and so wildly exceeding my expectations to the point that I am literally shocked at what I am seeing. It’s just balls to the walls, perfectly executed, and they aren’t avoiding uncomfortable shit and featured the Israeli hostages in prime time, and the whole convention has been absolutely fucking FEARLESS declaration of what we stand for and what this country really means and it’s amazing.
As I was driving to the gym this morning, I called my dad to see if he needed anything from the grocery store since I am going to the big city and there is a Kroger right by the gym. What normally is a thirty second phone call- “nope I’m good thanks for checking bye”- turned into a ten minute conversation because my dad, an 83 year old ohio farm raised before spending 60 years in west by god virginia could not and WOULD NOT shut up about how amazing the Hakeem Jeffries speech was. “It was so cool and the cadence was amazing and he was just brilliant and funny and smart I can see him as President one day.” Mind you, this is a man who was a Republican his whole life and voted that way until 2016.
Things are changing, aren’t they?
I’m gonna just shut up and let you all watch. I had a great day today, really solid workout at the gym, am feeling pretty good, and am super excited to see who the surprise guest is.
Oh yeah: this is one of the best jokes I have seen in a long, long time. Norm MacDonald and Jim Downey would love this joke because there is just no fat on it. Take away one word and it doesn’t work, and add any and it will not make it better. Just a few words and it’s a multiple layered diss with two double entendres.
Trump buried his wife at a golf course so he could keep cheating on her
— Stone Cold Jane Austen (@AbbyHiggs) August 21, 2024
Fucking brilliant.
Baud
And they re-did the whole thing in a month.
KatKapCC
It has been really fantastic. Fun, forceful, informative. Proud to be a Dem!
Leto
I still miss Norm. One of the few comedians out there that could make other comedians belly laugh.
Manyakitty
15/10 no notes
me
So Donnie’s going to have a “special guest” in Phoenix. Looks like the brain worm union is happening. https://bsky.app/profile/paleofuture.bsky.social/post/3l2dtclwgfe2h
Leto
Tristan Snell keeps saying Trump like Chump, and I can’t un-hear it.
henqiguai
C-SPAN.org if you don’t have cable – https://www.c-span.org/democratic-national-convention-2024/
SpaceUnit
I’m late to the party. What did I miss? Is Taylor really going to show?
DK
TMZ says Beyonce
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
Dems bringing guns to a knife fight
Leto
I wish this was a real clap back from Tim Walz to Ann Coulter, but alas it’s not. Still gonna laugh though.
KatKapCC
@SpaceUnit: The DJ did play one of her songs, so…could be an Easter egg, or could’ve just been for fun.
Another Scott
@SpaceUnit: Apparently TMZ is saying it’s Beyonce’.
[eta:] While we wait – Crazy Together (3:48)
Cheers,
Scott.
Manyakitty
@Leto: I shared it on fb with a note saying I didn’t fact check it and didn’t care because it’s funny either way.
SiubhanDuinne
@Baud:
That’s really amazing, isn’t it? (Cue all the conspiracy theories about how it’s all part of the Master Plan since about February 2021….)
SpaceUnit
@KatKapCC:
@Another Scott:
I’m hoping it will be Taylor AND Beyonce! That would be lit.
Baud
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch:
Scout211
Best news source EVAH!
I want to believe, I want to believe.
Leto
@SpaceUnit: Yes, Taylor is going to play tonight.
James Taylor…
Baud
@SiubhanDuinne:
hueyplong
Stone Cold Jane Austen might be the best nym ever.
Leto
@Manyakitty: haha, right on :)
KatKapCC
Deb Haaland!! I love her.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
KatKapCC
@SpaceUnit: Maybe when Pink comes out on stage, she’ll say she’s feeling lonely up there, and then the two of them will join her :D
SpaceUnit
@Leto:
I thought they bumped him for good. Okay whatever.
SiubhanDuinne
@SpaceUnit:
And Dolly!!
I mean, why the hell not? Long as we’re dreaming.
zhena gogolia
@hueyplong: That’s really good.
SpaceUnit
@KatKapCC:
That would be crazy. Got my fingers crossed.
hueyplong
The way to meet expectations is for Harris to come out to Freedom and as that happens it is revealed that the song is not a recording but is being performed live.
SpaceUnit
@SiubhanDuinne:
If Dolly showed up it would game over!
Jeffro
Fro Jr and I just got back into town, and we turned on the DNC just a bit ago.
True stories:
1) when Al Sharpton was speaking, Fro Jr goes, “who’s this guy? He’s pretty good!”
2) Jr also had not heard about the trump University case/settlement(!)…I have failed utterly as a dad
3) Neither Fro Jr nor Mrs. Fro knew that trump had actually taken out ads in the NYT trying to get the “Central Park 5” executed
am I the only one paying attention here? Sheesh
tam1MI
Yeah…. not holding my breath.
Baud
@Jeffro:
Imagine how people who are not related to you are.
Jeffro
@Baud: let’s not forget he did it while ALSO battling the greatest recession in American history!
(oh AND the greatest crime wave, too)
KatKapCC
@tam1MI: Yeah, TMZ is one of those sites where it feels like when they get something right, it’s simply a coincidence.
Starfish
Who is this man with the mullet?
The man from West Virginia has a mullet. 😂
Leto
@SpaceUnit: They probably did, I just l like the joke :P
Quinerly
This is a great video and speech by John Russell, content creator on clean energy, from West Virginia.
Danielx
Whoever it is, ketchup on walls on the menu wherever Trump is this evening.
Served
@KatKapCC: TMZ is right about these things a lot. Usually from police sources.
Eric S.
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: It’s the Chicago Way.
Leto
@Jeffro: There’s only 1 thing you can do to reclaim your honor, Jeffro-san…
Quinerly
@Starfish:
I loved his video and speech. I’m now a fan. Googling him.
Rep. Max Frost up!!!!
KatKapCC
Like that Maxwell Frost is reclaiming “Florida Man” :D
SpaceUnit
@Leto:
I’ve got nothing against JT. Don’t know if he’d bring the energy tho.
Manyakitty
@Jeffro: good heavens! Not even Mrs. Fro??
Danielx
@Leto:
We’ll miss him.
Quinerly
@KatKapCC:
Rep Frost is on fire!!!!
SpaceUnit
Maxwell Frost is a movie spy name.
I’m Frost. Maxwell Frost.
Baud
Frost is good at this speechifying thing.
twbrandt
Frost is on fire!
Jeffro
@Baud: it’s like our American super-strength and also our kryptonite: we can’t seem to learn, or remember, a damn thing
The Sharpton thing was really revealing. If you weren’t alive in the 80s and 90s, Al is a gifted tv host and a REALLY talented public speaker.
I told Jr not to mention it to my RWNJ dad, lest RWNJ dad stroke out on the spot!
Leto
@Manyakitty: Not even Mrs Fro!
Manyakitty
@Jeffro: I can’t even hear him without picturing that track suit and hairdo. 😬
HumboldtBlue
@Quinerly:
Max showed up in 2020, helluva young talent.
Jeffro
@Leto: um I think I’ll just donate an extra $50 to Harris/Walz this month, thanks! LOL
@Manyakitty: she knew about the trump U settlement, at least =)
Baud
@Leto: Haha.
KatKapCC
Steph Curry! Nice.
Princess
I’m probably the 50th person to say this but I just saw TMZ says Beyoncé is playing dnc tonight. Then again, I don’t trust tmz.
Jeffro
@Manyakitty: right??
Gen Z must be like, “oldsters are holding on to a LOT”, LOL
Quinerly
@HumboldtBlue:
Been seeing Frost quite a bit on MSNBC. He’s always great.
Manyakitty
@Leto: 🤣
Leto
@Jeffro: 😀
Tuskegee Airmen! ✊
Manyakitty
@Jeffro: lolol
@Jeffro: I guess that’s something. Take the small wins 😁
Baud
Allred!
KatKapCC
Colin Allred has some serious eyebrows.
Quinerly
I’m really loving all the speeches tonight. So much talent.
Proud to be a Democrat!!!
BR
@Quinerly:
The WV guy said what I’ve been wanting to see for a long time — a redefinition of populism.
HumboldtBlue
Taylor Swift’s plane landed in Chicago a couple of hours ago, and Beyoncé’s landed an hour ago.
Baud
@HumboldtBlue:
You lie!
twbrandt
@HumboldtBlue: which one is the decoy?
JoyceH
@Jeffro: I used to think of Al Sharpton as a disreputable rabble rouser but over the years I’ve come to the conclusion that sometimes the rabble needs to be roused.
JoyceH
@Jeffro: I used to think of Al Sharpton as a disreputable rabble rouser but over the years I’ve come to the conclusion that sometimes the rabble needs to be roused.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@HumboldtBlue: where did you see the info on Taylor?
Quinerly
@KatKapCC:
He looks like 75% of the men I see everyday now that I live in New Mexico. A guy who could be his brother loaded 20 bags of mulch for me today at Lowe’s. I just love these men out here……
Starfish
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: They saw it on TMZ.
No One of Consequence
It’s Baud, isn’t it, the special guest.
You can tell me now, that way I can save some of my evening.
-NOoC
Ken
@Baud: What if the rumors get all the Swifties expecting her tonight, and she’s not there? They could turn on the Democrats. The map would look worse than Reagan-Mondale.
tam1MI
The ordinary people testimonials are powerful.
Steve in the ATL
JGC, this profile suggests that your father has no idea what Kroger is. I assume you actually said “the Kroger’s”?
Quinerly
@BR: I want to see some more of his videos. Very impressive.
KatKapCC
@JoyceH:
Hey, that’s a good line.
Baud
@Ken:
Damn, Putin is good at this.
A Ghost to Most
When we fight, we win. No more Mr. Nice Party.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
We’re running on schedule tonight. Perhaps running a little early.
Here’s the speaking list for the 9PM Eastern/ 8 PM Central hour/ 6 PM Pacific
Followed by the 10PM Eastern/ 9 PM Central hour/ 7 PM Pacific
Quinerly
Drum line! Wow!!!!!!
HumboldtBlue
@Baud:
@twbrandt:
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch:
It’s all rumors, I can’t confirm anything, but it is exciting to think about. Beyoncé was in Detroit last night and Swift was in KC, sooooo…
raven
@HumboldtBlue: The Chiefs are playing the Bears right now.
tam1MI
Thar drum line is rocking the house!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch:
Wasn’t Elissa Slotkin supposed to speak tonight?
Baud
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
She did.
Baud
I should have learned to pay them drums.
The Audacity of Krope
I’m about 5 minutes behind. The woman with the miscarriage is making me cry.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): that was in the last hour
stacib
@hueyplong: If it’s Beyonce, I think that’s exactly how it will happen.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@raven:
That makes sense why her plane is in Chicago
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch:
Gotcha
Baud
Beyoncé!
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@Baud:
Thanks
KatKapCC
Okay, so…DJ has played Taylor and Bey now. Either hinting or massively teasing us.
PAM Dirac
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka):
Except the football game is in KC.
Nina
DJ played Taylor, Bey and Bruuce…
SatanicPanic
@KatKapCC: and possibly mellencamp?
I grew up in a small town and always thought this song is false advertising
Starfish
@Nina: He is aware of all internet rumors.
FelonyGovt
Bruce! ❤️
SatanicPanic
Stop teasing us! Who is it?
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
Oh no Born in the USA….
I like Springsteen but that’s not a patriotic song lol
Baud
DJ asked to kill time.
Maybe they were ahead of schedule.
M31
when my kids played that song I told them, 12 times he’s allowed to say “small town” then you have to turn it off
never heard much of that song, I hate it lol
SatanicPanic
@Baud: setting the up stage stuff?
FelonyGovt
Somehow I don’t think the DNC is going to get cease and desist letters on behalf of any of these artists they’re playing
The Audacity of Krope
Or a scheduled speaker was behind schedule…
narya
It is making me insane that they’re using this song. I can think of 5 better songs. Like “American Land.”
Princess
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): We used to laugh that Republicans had never actually listened to the lyrics. I guess that’s true about Democrats now too.
Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)
@PAM Dirac:
Hmm. Then I don’t know what’s going on 🙃
M31
born in the USA — you know, if fucking Reagan can play that like a patriotic song, we can take it back
Ksmiami
@narya: no sleep till Brooklyn!
Baud
@Princess:
No one does. It’s universal.
SatanicPanic
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): no one listens to the lyrics and who can blame them? They don’t match the rah rah awesome USA music. Bruce knew what he was doing
Baud
The Chicks up.
bluefoot
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Does no one listen to lyrics? :) If you’re going to play Bruce (and of course one should), there are other songs one could use…
Even so, I am enjoying this convention. I was hoping for a bigger drumline though. I have a serious weakness for full-on marching bands.
Omnes Omnibus
@Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): It’s not a feel good patriotic song, but it describes a world we are trying to recover from.
Baud
Delay may have been to coordinate with TV. Only reason to do the national anthem now.
Hoppie
@Baud: Chef’s kiss.
SatanicPanic
Damn they sing nice
chbnna
Has anyone seen this video of this woman taking down Ann Coulter? I’ve watched this too many times, hope the link works. https://www.tiktok.com/@bookersquared/video/7406055820741463327?_t=8p5vBuvDzmZ&_r=1
Leto
@Baud: I look forward to hearing them when they finally grow up.
Baud
@Leto:
The Hens
tam1MI
The Chicks singing the STAR SPANGLED BANNER and everyone singing along… lump in throat time…
KatKapCC
Beautiful anthem!
Scout211
I’m happy now. I didn’t miss THE CHICKS! Awesome.
Leto
@Omnes Omnibus: watch out Omnes, comment #127 is gonna trip you up!
raven
@Omnes Omnibus: got in a little hometown jam. . .
dmsilev
@narya: It’s a good song for filtering out bad singers.
No, that definitely does not include The Chicks.
bluefoot
The Star Spangled Banner sung well always brings tears to my eyes. Call me a cheeseball, but there it is. Years ago, I heard BoyzIIMen sing the anthem a capella, and it was amazing. I was not the only one with tears by the end.
tam1MI
Me too. I’m the big cornball who loves halftime shows and parades!
Tony Goldwyn runs out to give Kerry her cellphone! Awesome touch!
Omnes Omnibus
@raven: You might have some idea…
TheronWare
The Chicks did some sweet harmonizing.
dmsilev
Dastardly plan to crash all of social media.
Quinerly
Genius!
SiubhanDuinne
@chbnna:
Sadly, w/o an account, it does not open.
KatKapCC
@bluefoot: Boyz II Men had some of the best a cappella singing ever. Just gorgeous harmony.
Ohio Mom
Hearing the crowd yell “USA! USA!” is a definite punch myself moment. Yea for us for claiming that from the Republicans.
MagdaInBlack
@chbnna: Oh WOW! That was magnificent! Thank You !
KatKapCC
OMG these girls!!! The cutest little things.
Ken
So glad we got them in the national divorce.
Omnes Omnibus
Okay, that was cute.
SatanicPanic
This is too cute
Leto
Oh man, they’re too damn cute!
FelonyGovt
OMG these little girls are darling ❤️❤️❤️
Baud
She has her own Obama girls!
Chet Murthy
@SiubhanDuinne:I’m guessing you tried it on a phone? I tried it in Chrome on a Chromebook, and it worked fine? No Tiktok account.
MomSense
Those girls are so cute!!!
SiubhanDuinne
Loved the “comma-la” pronunciation tutorial!
KatKapCC
I love Ella Emhoff’s style.
Leto
@SiubhanDuinne: here’s a twitter link. (H/t Omnes from two threads ago)
Baud
Judging by my own family dysfunction, I should have been a Republican.
SFBayAreaGal
Loved Kerry Washington
SiubhanDuinne
@Chet Murthy:
Yes, phone. Will try on the Mac tomorrow. I’ve closed everything down for the night.
bluefoot
@KatKapCC: When I saw BoyzIIMen, there was a man in the audience with a military hat. I couldn’t read his unit or which theater on his hat (he had of course taken it off for the anthem), but he was obviously a veteran. He was openly crying.
SatanicPanic
@Ken: we’re getting all the good people
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
Ella has so much nerd charisma
zhena gogolia
Some good lines here.
Nix Besser
@Ohio Mom: Yes! Taking back the term “Freedom” is also a brilliant move. It’s about damn time.
KatKapCC
Ohhhhhhh man, DL is not pulling his punches!!
SFBayAreaGal
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: I love the nerd charm.
Leto
I’m liking these jokes :)
tam1MI
D.L. Hughley firing off the zingers!
“Donald Trump will find out in November what it’s like to be left for a younger woman!”
Leto
@SFBayAreaGal: shallow me time: I thought her hair was amazing.
Also Avalune loved her dress. That cable knit style? She dug it.
SFBayAreaGal
@KatKapCC: Yes, I love what he’s doing.
Suzanne
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch: Ella looks like a more stylish version of young Suzanne. Brown curly hair girls with glasses who study art, UNITE!
KatKapCC
Calling out the cop BS. I like it.
HumboldtBlue
Three Year Letterman hits it out of the park.
Omnes Omnibus
D.L. Hughley is doing a good job. The apology was well done.
zhena gogolia
@Omnes Omnibus: Yes.
SiubhanDuinne
@Leto:
Oh, man, whyever did I quit smoking? That was … well, I don’t like to get too graphic, but Jeez O Pete that was, how can I put this? Cleansing.
Many thanks to you and Omnes.
Manyakitty
@Princess: I think the Democrats are playing them with full knowledge of the lyrics. Can’t fix a problem without admitting it exists.
The Audacity of Krope
@HumboldtBlue: I’m not the biggest Beyonce fan, but that just isn’t fair or accurate…
Chet Murthy
@HumboldtBlue:
El Oh El. And I actually love that song!
prostratedragon
“Hold On, I’m Coming”😉
zhena gogolia
This cop is kind of scaring me, in a good way, I guess.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
He could play a cop on TV.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@Suzanne: Nerdy girls are unconventionally beautiful and magnetic
M31
https://bsky.app/profile/dly.bsky.social/post/3l2dvtwocbj2f
lolol
the snark for JD never gets old
tam1MI
The Genesee County Sheriff is little shouty, but I like his message.
HumboldtBlue
@Chet Murthy:
I’m howling
TheronWare
D.L. Hughley as guest speaker – most excellent.
Manyakitty
@M31: snort!
Scout211
@HumboldtBlue:
That’s hilarious. Tyler Swift!? 🤣
frosty
Great!
RaflW
@SpaceUnit: Dolly and Beyoncé doing a duet (like on Beyoncé’s new album, though Jolene wouldn’t be the song to pick) would be sooo huge. But much as I love Dolly, I don’t imagine she’d break her political silence. (Props to her on Covid/Vax tho).
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@Baud: Isnt he on Adam 12?
zhena gogolia
@Leto: Love it!
MomSense
@Suzanne:
And she is a knitter!!!
SpaceUnit
@RaflW:
You’re probably right, but a boy can dream.
tam1MI
This segment is hard to listen to. But it must be listened to.
sdhays
@HumboldtBlue: Hahaha!
Omnes Omnibus
Jesus. This is painful.
Scout211
They finally have tonight’s schedule up.
Gabby Giffords is next and then P!nk.
tam1MI
Painful, but necessary.
Kayla Rudbek
@MomSense:
@Leto:
and my local yarn store owner was featured in an ad at the convention: https://www.alxnow.com/2024/08/22/old-town-business-featured-at-democratic-national-convention/
If she wins then I will shop at the same yarn store as the President
KatKapCC
Crying.
Steve in the ATL
@Omnes Omnibus: @tam1MI: I have a sketchy internet connection at the moment. What’s going on?
Nix Besser
@Omnes Omnibus: Goddamnit. I’m squirming at this. It’s fucking horrible. This is a perfect counterpoint to the overall joy. We need this reminder.
dmsilev
@Omnes Omnibus: Hard but (very unfortunately) true.
Leto
@Scout211: yup, tracking with David’s posted schedule at comment #86
dmsilev
@Steve in the ATL: Relatives of victims of school shootings and other such tragedies.
Omnes Omnibus
@Steve in the ATL: Gun violence survivors.
WaterGirl
@Omnes Omnibus: I am running behind. What are you guys watching right now that you are referring to
edit: I see Steve in the WTF has already asked this question.
Suzanne
Oh fuck. Gabby.
All the tears.
Steve in the ATL
@dmsilev: oh shit. Guess I should be glad delta WiFi sucks tonight.
KatKapCC
@Scout211: It’s been up the whole time.
Oh man, now Gabby will have me crying again.
prostratedragon
The joke up top — simply magnificent!
SiubhanDuinne
Gabby and Mark!
bluefoot
@Omnes Omnibus: So much unnecessary death. I once met one of the survivors of the Oak Creek mass shooting. Just hearing the little he said about that day was harrowing.
But it’s good to drive the stakes of the election home. To have people feel the human cost of the alternative in a visceral way. Maybe it will sway some of the undecideds out there.
Leto
Luke Skywalker!
@Kayla Rudbek: Awesome! I sent that over to Avalune.
Jackie
@tam1MI: Any republicans watching are getting re-educated and reminded of what they refuse to acknowledge… J6, school shootings, and more. Maybe a few will vote for Harris.
Suzanne
I will just note that, in an alternate universe, this could have been Gabby’s convention. And I will always be heartbroken for that.
Baud
Via reddit, funny.
piratedan
@Suzanne: you know it, it’s personal here in AZ, at least for anyone who’s not totally fucking irredeemable.
frosty
@SiubhanDuinne: Yes, I went back through the links and watched it. Whew! Very, how did you say? cleansing.
She put her words together very well!
Omnes Omnibus
IBEW delegates are wearing glow in the dark shirts.
Nix Besser
And just think, Gabby Giffords is exactly the kind of person that Tubby will not want to associate with.
Leto
@Baud: that’s good
dmsilev
@Omnes Omnibus: Presumably the power wiring for that is all up to code.
piratedan
@Suzanne: at a minimum, she could have been a Senator or Governor of the state. She was thoughtful, pragmatic and wanted to solve problems. When Nancy Pelosi whipped her vote for the ACA, who knew that this would be the path/
Baud
@Omnes Omnibus:
They’re electrical workers. Pretty sure their shirts are connected to a power source.
Leto
@Omnes Omnibus: dressed for the convention, but absolutely ready for the after party
Jackie
This just posted on RawStory, too bad it’s too late to add to tonight’s convention:
Baud
I’m a little pissed we have to be this great to have a fighting chance.
Bobby Thomson
Pink sounds great but this is a questionable song choice
KatKapCC
Mark Kelly’s got some ears. But somehow they look kinda cute on him :D
Chet Murthy
@Baud: Yes, it makes one despair from time-to-time.
SFBayAreaGal
@Omnes Omnibus: I was crying.
Andrew Abshier
@KatKapCC: It’s his LBJ showing!
KatKapCC
@Andrew Abshier: Considering LBJ’s propensity for talking about his nuts, not sure I want anyone’s LBJ showing.
bluefoot
@Baud: Structural biases in our political system SUCKS. And I won’t even get into the SCOTUS and the rest of the courts. I won’t breathe easily until Inauguration Day if we win.
SatanicPanic
Mark Kelly is kinda boring
Edit- seriously who put him on schedule for tonight?
3Sice
@Baud:
The high vis safety gear has become a marker of the working class.
Omnes Omnibus
@SFBayAreaGal: I lived in Newtown when I was in middle school. My mom is a retired elementary school teacher. My niece is studying to become one. I had thoughts during all that.
Baud
@KatKapCC:
I’m glad he created that whole Deez Nuts meme.
JoyceH
Okay, if we’ve retaken the flag, Disney, beer, chanting USA and freedom dare I hope that we can reclaim the color red?
Scout211
P!nk’s daughter has an amazing voice. Almost as beautiful as her mom’s.
M31
there is nothing terrible about Kelly or Shapiro, but hearing them talk really makes me glad she picked Walz
SatanicPanic
@JoyceH: why not? We’re commies
piratedan
@SatanicPanic: we need some boring because you can’t just stay elevated for three plus hours, gotta have some transition segments. Especially after all of the performance and gun violence segments.
Baud
@M31: Yeah, I suspect it was an easy choice all along.
SFBayAreaGal
@M31: Yeah, I have to agree
KatKapCC
Bobby Thomson
“Sucking up to dictators”
I am a 13-year-old boy right now
Nix Besser
@JoyceH: I want to retake the Gadsden flag. “Don’t Tread On Me” = “Mind Your Own Goddamned Business.”
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
This is an Oscars broadcast on steroids
MagdaInBlack
@KatKapCC: OMG *snort* 😂
West of the Rockies
Kelly has a great bio, but he’s no Tim Walz.
Baud
Tonight is for all the normies.
Manyakitty
@KatKapCC: OMG this is a masterpiece 😄
Leto
@SatanicPanic: yeah, gotta admit; this is the hit the fridge and bathroom segment. Get up, stretch out some.
Ramona
@JoyceH: l dream of that, retaking the color red AND keeping blue and with the death of the current GOP go back to being the Democratic-Republican party…
bluefoot
@KatKapCC:
OMG, I love it.
KatKapCC
Mitt’s got jokes:
Princess
@bluefoot: It’s not just the structural issues. It’s that some 80 million people will look at Harris and Trump and will choose Trump. It’s sickening.
M31
there was a meme going around with a yellow flag with a silhouette of a really fat cat stepping on a snake and the legend “O LAWD HE STEPPIN”
Andrew Abshier
@Nix Besser: The Navy Jack: same message, different field:https://www.flagline.com/flags/first-navy-jack-12×18-nylon-flag
Ken
When you take in half a billion dollars in a month, you’ve got to spend it on something.
SatanicPanic
@piratedan: you can be interesting but low key.
zhena gogolia
Is this the guy with the risotto recipe?
dmsilev
@KatKapCC: Coming from the Romneytronic 3000, that’s pretty good.
Baud
That was nice.
BR
@zhena gogolia:
I don’t get what he adds to this.
Leto
@Andrew Abshier: I think you forgot your intro with that.
bluefoot
@Princess:
Yeah. Growing up as a person of color in an all white town in the Rust Belt, and acting as a professional woman in a technical field, you’d think I would not have been surprised at the amount racism, misogyny and close mindedness in so many people…but it took Trump being elected, COVID and the reaction to BLM for me to see the masks come off.
What I really don’t understand is the nihilism of the Republican/MAGA mindset and stated goals. It only leads to decline and suffering and death.
zhena gogolia
@BR: It’s for national-defense heads.
M31
gotta hit up all the normies no matter how militarized or cop-centric
Baud
@BR:
It seems like they are doing a lot tonight for the middle.
3Sice
Leon is 86.
Ohio Mom
@JoyceH: Yes, I miss wearing my red wool winter hat.
Baud
@3Sice:
Not bad looking for 86.
Mowgli
@SatanicPanic: agreed he’s not a great speaker tonight. Helps one understand one reason Walz may have been the pick.
Citizen Alan
@bluefoot: The most depressing thing about getting a law degree was becoming aware of SCOTUS history since 1967 and realizing that if every bad break that went against us had gone the other way, we would probably have a 7-2 liberal majority today.
And while not directly germane to the DNC, I would like to once again point out that Abe Fortas would have been Chief Justice instead of Burger and that fucker Rehnquist might not have even made it onto the court had the GOP not been able to demagogue Fortas into resigning over a matter of $20k in speaking fees.
cain
Ruben has very nice hair.
PAM Dirac
@zhena gogolia:
No, that was John Podesta, not Leon Panetta
narya
@zhena gogolia: no that was Podesta
mrmoshpotato
Damn. That last tweet is a giant, not tiny-handed, punch in Dump’s fat, orange, fascist face.
zhena gogolia
@PAM Dirac: Haha, I knew I was wrong.
Nix Besser
@Andrew Abshier: I like. Might have to fly that as an alternative.
Quinerly
@SatanicPanic:
I think a point was made that all folks who were being considered for VP got a speaking slot. Show of unity. Roy Cooper on the schedule tonight, along with Big Gretch. Shapiro and Pritzker spoke this week too.
Jackie
😂 TCFG is watching! He just called Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas.”
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-elizabeth-warren/
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@Jackie:
Only the best people
cain
@Jackie:
Dude is probably has a stack of ketchup bottles to throw at the wall.
SatanicPanic
@Quinerly: right, but I would have slated him for a lower profile time
Leto
@Jackie: New Xhitter account, who dis?
dmsilev
@Jackie: He’s been calling her that for years. One of the many many many reasons he’s one of the most horrible people alive.
cain
@Leto: lol
Princess
@Quinerly: And Pete. It’s a nice consolation prize for what must be a grueling process,
KatKapCC
@Jackie: Oh for G-d’s sake. When will he give that up.
Quinerly
@Jackie:
He is probably pissed at the standing ovation Warren got. It was pretty incredible. Surprised her. She teared up. Real love for her from the crowd.
Baud
Grretch!
Leto
There’s our rep, Chrissy Houlahan! Glad we have all the vets on stage. We have a lot of vets, and that needs to be seen.
SFBayAreaGal
This veteran loved seeing all the politicians that served.
mrmoshpotato
@KatKapCC: Is this person trying to make the United Center explode? The Bulls (Daaaaa Bulls!) and the Blackhawks still need somewhere to play after the DNC.
tam1MI
That’s my governor! Big Gretch! :D
SatanicPanic
@KatKapCC: it’s so lame.
3Sice
@Baud:
He was the author of legislation establishing the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.
zhena gogolia
Wow, Whitmer is gorgeous.
Quinerly
@Princess:
Thanks for reminding me about Pete. The days are running together for me.
Leto
BIG GRETCH!
Baud
@3Sice:
More than I’ve ever done.
twbrandt
My gov!
SFBayAreaGal
You go “big Gretch”
Scout211
Big Gretch is so good!
cain
Big Gretch has some epic lipstick and showing some great sass.
Baud
GILF
Nix Besser
@Leto: Me too! Where are you, generally? I’m northern Chester County.
KatKapCC
ROFL. “His first word was probably chauffeur.”
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
Gov Gretch has got it going on
ssdd
Love Whitmer’s Star Trek uniform look!
BR
Whitmer’s accent throws me off, but she’s a natural speaker otherwise.
zhena gogolia
@Baud: 😂
schrodingers_cat
Gretch is pretty! And a good speaker too.
Quinerly
@SatanicPanic:
I guess giving a lot of attention to AZ too. Swing state.
Baud
@ssdd:
Haha.
piratedan
@SatanicPanic: I think that they’re telegraphing in a Harris/Walz administration, more gun control is in the works. Why else give it a very prominent platform and it’s ludicrously popular across the land.
zhena gogolia
@BR: What accent?
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@cain:
she’s got a great sass
Leto
“Do you ever see him at a grocery store?”
”I mean it’s a banana. How much could it cost?”
twbrandt
@BR: Michigander here – she doesn’t have an accent :)
KatKapCC
Kamala needs to change her Twitter bio to “Tough, tested, and a total bad-ass.”
cain
She could have done a better finish lol
Quinerly
@BR:
It seems more nasally tonight.
dmsilev
They’re doing pretty well on schedule today. Only about five minutes slow.
SatanicPanic
Good work Big Gretch!
Omnes Omnibus
@BR: She speaks like a normal Midwesterner.
Jackie
@Quinerly: I can’t wait until Kamala’s speaking 🙄
He might give us a few more votes! Even a few MAGAts are getting tired of TCFG’s same ‘ol, same ‘ol.
BR
@twbrandt:
Hah, with Whitmer, probably more than any well-known Dem, I can’t hear the words sometimes because her accent is so strong. Big country of ours.
HumboldtBlue
Mom takes on maga in defense of Gus Walz.
chbnna
I was at DNC last night and the atmosphere was amazing. The closest I’ve felt like that was Obama’s inauguration in ‘08. Everyone was excited, happy, hopeful! I loved it! I was super excited to see my favorite couple, Sen Mark Kelly and Gabby Gifford, I love them so much! Hope the photo link works. https://photos.app.goo.gl/Y2UVPAsrD4xda8k3A
KatKapCC
@BR: Seriously? I mean, yes, she has an accent, but it’s hardly that thick.
dc
¡She se puede!
zhena gogolia
@chbnna: Cool!
Baud
@chbnna:
👍
zhena gogolia
Ooh, Adam!
Baud
We’re getting close.
BarcaChicago
I’m here at the DNC again – didn’t expect it! It’s so crowded that I’m watching from a lower level entrance with a bunch of other people. No seats – as you can imagine! A funny aside – Uma Thurman walked by. Oop – Adam Kinzinger is on!
Baud
@BarcaChicago:
Enjoy!
schrodingers_cat
@KatKapCC: Yeah I understood every word and I was not even born here.
SatanicPanic
yes!! adam speaks some truth
Baud
This is the time where I need to shut up for the greater good.
dm
@Jackie: at least the local (Massachusetts) Republicans had the wit to use “Fauxcahontas”.
WaterGirl
I’m nearly caught up. For me, Gretch is about to speak.
Quinerly
Loving Kinzinger’s speech. Hitting all the notes.
BR
@KatKapCC:
I’m just calling it like I hear it.
mrmoshpotato
@Baud:
What about putting on pants for the greater good?
mrmoshpotato
Sorry, Adam. Your party didn’t turn to shit recently.
cain
Adam is doing good!
cain
@mrmoshpotato: truth
M31
lol did they love America when Nixon prolonged the Vietnam war? hmmmm
I know it’s fiction for the Republican normies to see if we can peel off a few, but sheesh
3Sice
Well, he’s no Zell Miller.
KatKapCC
@BR: Well, no one else seems to have a problem understanding her, so…Q-tips? :D
Baud
@mrmoshpotato:
If I thought it would help Kamala win, I’d do it.
Nix Besser
@Quinerly: The last vestige of a party that no longer exists. I may disagree with his entire ideology, but I can at least honestly debate him.
Ramona
@mrmoshpotato: Yup, GOP has been rotten for a while! And hardly ever patriotic!
cain
Adam getting emotional
tam1MI
Looks like it is one hell of a party! Have fun!
Ohio Mom
@HumboldtBlue: That was excellent. Thank you for the link. She spoke for all of us moms of neurodivergents.
Thanks to this full-service blog, I knew about Gus Walz’s diagnoses ahead of seeing him on my screen. But I know there were plenty of other moms who didn’t know anything about the Walz family, saw him jumping up in excitement and cried out in recognition, “He’s one of ours!” (It’s like gaydar).
Quinerly
@3Sice:
Thanks for my laugh. I feel old. Where’s Chris Matthews?
prostratedragon
@Baud: Like me trying to figure out what the Bulls’ cheerleaders should be called. (They settled on LovaBulls.)
Ivan X
@Nix Besser: Well said. I was thinking it both must make him proud to do what’s right, and also agonized to address a whole cheering arena of Democrats. I bet he and Liz Cheney get together and get shithammered.
M31
Here’s my serious proposal: any cop that is a domestic abuser or does steroids gets either fired or put on desk duty
HumboldtBlue
Jeffro
Adam fucking Kinzinger hit it out of the fucking park, holy shit
I’m going to be sharing THAT shit every 3 days from now until the election…”THIS is WHAT it LOOKS LIKE, RWNJs!”
Lyrebird
Sometime when you’re bored I recommend finding audio recordings of JFK to listen to. :-D
Seriously, I LOVE that this convention is showcasing so many different greats from all over our country, from Leader Jeffries to Gavin Newsom, Big Gretch to Rev. Warnock…
SFBayAreaGal
@BarcaChicago: How exciting. I’m jealous.
dmsilev
@3Sice: Hah. I remember that episode. I’ll take that trade, for sure.
BR
I can’t handle the social media commentary where everyone is pissed off about the DNC today.
Baud
@BR:
Stay here.
cain
@Jeffro: that’s the future leader of the new Republican party !
JoyceH
@M31: saw something similar, yellow flag with a picture of a cat carrying a dead snake in its mouth – caption “I’ll tread wherever I want”.
M31
@BR: omg bluesky is going ballistic with the “omg cops” “omg no palestinians” “omg Republicans”
it’s for the normies, people
KatKapCC
Kamala’s sister is just as awesome as she is.
Jeffro
@cain: I’m good with that.
It would be exciting for the other party to at least make a half-hearted attempt at solving actual problems, protecting America from foreign enemies, building a better future, etc etc.
zhena gogolia
@M31: Flashback to 2016, when they were booing any conservative speakers. God grant we don’t have the same result in the election as we did that year.
twbrandt
@3Sice: actual lol
Jackie
Since we know TCFG’s hate-watching, I assume Kamala does, too. I sooo hope she looks directly into the camera and says to DonOLD “If you got sumthin to say; say it too my face!”
The audience will roar, and all of America will hear the ketchup bottles shattering against a wall!
BR
@M31:
Yeah, it’s so tiring. Everyone here has been hyping BlueSky for the last few months, so I figured this week for the first time I’d spend some time there, and it’s increasingly driving me crazy. I think I’m going to delete my account and just stick with Mastodon. Like some good jokes and stuff once in a while, but so many horseshoe lefties.
KatKapCC
@M31: Because they’re too stupid to understand how we actually win this election.
SatanicPanic
Yay!!!!
bluefoot
@M31: Exactly. This is for the potentially “gettable” votes. I don’t need to hear from these people, but if peels off some votes in swing states, then right on.
It’s politics.
ssdd
@M31: exactly.
Omnes Omnibus
@M31: It’s your feed. Mine is fine tonight. Last night, it was full of Bill Clinton hate.
KatKapCC
So…according to the schedule, Cooper is the last speaker before Harris. So is our “surprise” coming between them, or maybe after Harris? Or was it all just yanking our chain?
zhena gogolia
@Omnes Omnibus: Why are people still hating Bill Clinton?
Leto
Oh shit, Roy’s out of state! Can’t wait to see what that buffoon Lt Gov tries to pull…
dmsilev
@Jackie: He claimed this morning that he was going to live-Tweet (ok, live-“Truth”) her speech, so maybe she can get him to smash his phone along with the ketchup bottles.
Baud
@zhena gogolia:
They’re small people who live in the past.
zhena gogolia
Yet another VP candidate who isn’t as good a speaker as Walz!
Quinerly
Love hearing my old NC accent!!! Roy Cooper’s accent sounds like my daddy’s.
3Sice
Special guest…..Johnny Unbeatable!
M31
@Omnes Omnibus: I did some curating tonight, removed one or two very active posters and it really helped.
dmsilev
@KatKapCC: Guessing the surprise is next, then the traditional bio-film, and then her speech. Or maybe they ditch the soft-focus film.
Ohio Mom
@KatKapCC: Has to be after so viewers don’t turn off their TVs before Kamala talks.
Omnes Omnibus
@zhena gogolia: In my feed , it was people who thought he was a sexual predator. They got that a Blue Dog was necessary to win.
dmsilev
@3Sice: Joe Biden will swing in and declare that he’s taking the nomination back.
Omnes Omnibus
Roy did alright.
David Anderson
@M31: I’ve adapted an approach of aggressively blocking anyone who is being aggressively stupid and that has made my feed really goddamn pleasant.
dmsilev
OK, soft-focus film it is.
Princess
We, the junkies, have been tuning in every night. The normies and independents might turn it on tonight to see what this Harris woman is all about and these speakers will soothe them.
Baud
@dmsilev:
Always.
Baud
@Princess:
Yep.
SFBayAreaGal
@Leto: We had a lieutenant governor that would pull some stuff when our Governor would leave the state.
Mike Curb was the lieutenant governor and Jerry Brown was governor
M31
@zhena gogolia: rapist, Epstein, oversaw death penalty cases as gov of Arkansas, etc.
I thought the actual rape allegations were not that credible, though long-time horndog was, but I could be wrong.
it was so long ago and such a different time, people have forgotten things like even in the mid 90s the major of liberals were against gay marriage, stuff like that
Also, the dude won
Baud
@M31: the epstein thing is tenuous.
BR
@M31:
I’m sure they’re going to hate this soft focus film on Harris’s experience, because there are cops in it.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
Beyonce has been spotted backstage (photo)
KatKapCC
Aw man, I wish they hadn’t bleeped her f-bomb in that clip :D
M31
@Baud: That’s what I thought too, Epstein was extremely clever in cultivating famous people, and kept the creepy shit for his friends like Trump.
but gross
bluefoot
@David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch:
All kneel to the queen!
SFBayAreaGal
@KatKapCC: Me too
cain
@M31:
I do think it would be good to have one Palestinian there. It’s unfortunate they tried and couldn’t make it happen. After all, this whole thing is about representation and you ran the gambit of folks.
SFBayAreaGal
Who is doing the voice-over?
Baud
No Beyoncé?
KatKapCC
CRYING
dmsilev
No tan suit. Very disappointed.
M31
@David Anderson:
yeah I added a bunch over the last few days and needed to cull
zhena gogolia
No Beyonce I guess
Baud
That shot from behind is epic.
David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch
@SFBayAreaGal:
Gilbert Gottfried
cain
Woooo !! Kamala !!
Baud
I STAYED UP LATE FOR NOTHING!!!
Quinerly
@KatKapCC:
Me too.
SFBayAreaGal
How many bottles of ketchup has been thrown at the walls?
schrodingers_cat
I made a new Twitter header
When we fight we win
Eolirin
@cain: The 2016 DNC actually did a better job on that front, though this is probably a better format and way more focused than that was.
But, for instance, there was a whole section on disability representation in 2016 way in excess of what we normally see, and certainly way in excess of this year.
cain
Look at that love and tears of her family ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Princess
I like the Johnny Cash black.
dmsilev
@SFBayAreaGal: All of them.
3Sice
Whatever “it” is, she done got it!
Baud
STFU PEOPLE!!!
stacib
@zhena gogolia: My daughter texted me about a half hour ago with a tweet from the Hollywood Reporter quoting her reps that she would not be at the DNC. Too bad – heads would have exploded all over HuffPo.
SFBayAreaGal
@Baud: That was a great shot
twbrandt
Kamala Harris is the special guest
frosty
@Nix Besser:
Yes, me too. That was my favorite flag, with the rattlesnake that is only in North America. Fuckers stole it.
Don’t Tread On Me = Mind Your Own Damn Business
Citizen Dave
@SFBayAreaGal: wondered that myself. Per google, it’s actor Jeffrey Wright.
rikyrah
😢😢😢she is here.
WaterGirl
Wow, Kamala’s sister gave a GREAT speech! Did I say wow?
SFBayAreaGal
@Citizen Dave: Thank you.
bluefoot
Shoutout to the Flatlands! My old home!!
(Also the mild shade to the Hills. She’s an Oaktown girl for sure.)
JoyceH
What do you guys think of the black suit choice?
Quinerly
I really, really like this speech. Telling a story.
Very comfortable speech.
tam1MI
Kamala’s tribute to Joe Biden and the applause it engendered was so heartening and healing.
M31
@frosty: and rattlesnakes are cool — they don’t want to bite you they want you to leave them the fuck alone and they tell you they’re there
so the rattle is ‘mind your own business and there won’t be any trouble, if you know what I mean’
zhena gogolia
@JoyceH: she’s beautiful in everything
KatKapCC
Yesssss she said a dirty word!
Old School
@JoyceH: It looks dark blue to me.
KatKapCC
@JoyceH: To me, it’s reading very dark blue, not black. Look at the mic in front of her.
cain
@Quinerly: right ? Like it is a conversation.. she is introducing herself to this country .
Princess
This is such an intimate speech. I’ve never heard anything like it. We could be in her living room. It’s completely like any other candidate for president, unlike any other at this convention.
Baud
@Princess:
Introducing herself to normies.
dmsilev
@KatKapCC: Many pearls were clutched, many couches fainted upon.
Citizen Alan
@zhena gogolia:
Fixed that for you.
twbrandt
This is a really good speech. She seems very comfortable in her own skin.
HumboldtBlue
@KatKapCC:
You could tell she was building up to it. And then giggled like a 12-year-old.
tam1MI
The crowd roars when Kamala accepts the nomination! YESSSSSS!!!!
dmsilev
OK, too late now for Joe Biden to swoop in. Sorry, Joe.
zhena gogolia
@Citizen Alan: yes
KatKapCC
Oh Lord, I am sobbing.
Quinerly
@JoyceH:
It’s not my favorite of what I have seen her in. Looks blue to me. I am not fond of the jabot thingy. Flashbacks to what was kinda the uniform of us chick attorneys for court in the mid 1980’s.
Michelle’s outfit was definitely black. (Repugs’ heads have exploded over Michelle’s $3000 outfit).
Kamala looks great. Don’t get me wrong. It’s a really serious look tonight.
M31
“a precious fleeting opportunity to not fuck this up”
Baud
New thread.
Omnes Omnibus
Jesus Fucking Christ, this is good.
Citizen Dave
She’s killing it.
Princess
That moment where she looks straight at the camera and speaks directly to the voters, not just to Democrats….
Whew.
zhena gogolia
Here it comes!
bluefoot
This speech is also a great callback to Biden on the first night – putting the country first, putting the people first.
narya
Daaaaaamnnnn.
Princess
@Omnes Omnibus: she’s a genius at this.
Omnes Omnibus
chaos and calamity…
Baud
I think the jury is going to convict.
KatKapCC
She is brilliant. Just brilliant.
Quinerly
I really, really like this speech.
Hard to describe my feelings. I feel like SHE is in the room with me.
BR
I’m watching with the sound off, and you can see how comfortable she looks.
M31
hahahah Trump just tweeted “where’s Hunter”
lolol Trump’s brain is just goo
VFX Lurker
“Just imagine Donald Trump with no guardrails, and how he would abuse the Presidency of the United States.”
Well-put.
KatKapCC
@M31: He is PATHETIC.
Princess
@Quinerly: I feel the same way.
mrmoshpotato
@M31: Manbaby is having a sad! SAD!
Scout211
New thread two floors upstairs.
Ksmiami
@M31: the GOP deserves the wilderness for a decade for foisting him on us
Quinerly
@Scout211:
Can’t we get this one to over 500?
A little BJ After Dark T Bogging…..
Mike E
“Simply put, they are out of their minds.”
Thank you, good night!
Sure Lurkalot
John Lewis Voting Act! The key! Yea!
Quinerly
Is her speech better than Obama’s speeches? Talk amongst yourselves.😎😎😎
bluefoot
Jesus f*ck, she’s good at this.
Princess
@Quinerly: she’s completely different from Obama. His style derives from the Black Church, and he’s worked to make it his own. His speech the other night was fabulous. She’s a true original. As I’ve said, I’ve never heard anyone do what she’s doing here.
mrmoshpotato
They know Dump is a massively insecure manbaby LOSER!
Trivia Man
@M31: Don’t start none, won’t be none
Quinerly
@Princess:
I agree. This is a one of a kind speech. Looks like this will be another night I get 3 hrs sleep. I have been totally obsessed with the speeches this week. I’m watching hers again tonight.
MobiusKlein
She’s good
dc
This is a good time to donate any amount to the Harris campaign.
scav
ha! no doubt missed it
eta: Wrong!!
prostratedragon
@Ksmiami: More than one. They might have to split and form a Constitutional Republican party or something, because that there is an Augean stable.
Ivan X
@dc: I have mine on weekly but I hit it again tonight just because it’s tonight.
Fair Economist
@Quinerly: Both Obama and Harris gave excellent acceptance speeches. Obama sounded like a preacher.
Harris sounds like a friend.
wjca
It’s an even better time to donate to the Senate or Congress campaign of your choice. The Harris campaign is pulling in big bucks already, and that’s great. But what you can afford will have a bigger impact on the also critical legislative races.
Quinerly
@Fair Economist:
💚💛🧡💜🩵💙🤎
Msb
@chbnna: I have now. Wow.