Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

You are so fucked. Still, I wish you the best of luck.

Insiders who complain to politico: please report to the white house office of shut the fuck up.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

A democracy can’t function when people can’t distinguish facts from lies.

The arc of history bends toward the same old fuckery.

After dobbs, women are no longer free.

Let the trolls come, and then ignore them. that’s the worst thing you can do to a troll.

When I was faster i was always behind.

If rights aren’t universal, they are privilege, not rights.

“I was told there would be no fact checking.”

We will not go quietly into the night; we will not vanish without a fight.

The rest of the comments were smacking Boebert like she was a piñata.

The press swings at every pitch, we don’t have to.

I see no possible difficulties whatsoever with this fool-proof plan.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

“Jesus paying for the sins of everyone is an insult to those who paid for their own sins.”

I am pretty sure these ‘journalists’ were not always such a bootlicking sycophants.

If you don’t believe freedom is for everybody, then the thing you love isn’t freedom, it is privilege.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

The republican speaker is a slippery little devil.

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

The willow is too close to the house.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

This country desperately needs a functioning fourth estate.

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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.

Fucking brilliant.

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  3. 3.

    Leto

    I still miss Norm. One of the few comedians out there that could make other comedians belly laugh.

  14. 14.

    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.

  15. 15.

    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….)

  24. 24.

    David 🐝KHive🐝 Koch

    Beyoncé Performing at DNC’s Final Night!!!

    Beyoncé is in Chicago, and getting ready to pop out for Kamala Harris on the final night of the Democratic National Convention … TMZ has learned.

    Multiple sources in the know tell us Queen Bey will be the big surprise performer as VP Harris officially accepts the Democratic party’s nomination to run for president.

    As you’d expect, Beyoncé’s appearance is a huge deal, not only for Harris and the Party but in Chicago as well. We’re told Chicago PD is on high alert as it’s involved in security for Beyoncé at the United Center arena.

  30. 30.

    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.

  32. 32.

    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

  35. 35.

    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)

  39. 39.

    Quinerly

    This is a great video and speech by John Russell, content creator on clean energy, from West Virginia.

  53. 53.

    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!

  60. 60.

    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.

  70. 70.

    HumboldtBlue

    Taylor Swift’s plane landed in Chicago a couple of hours ago, and Beyoncé’s landed an hour ago.

  73. 73.

    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.

  74. 74.

    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.

  76. 76.

    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……

  78. 78.

    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

  79. 79.

    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.

  81. 81.

    Steve in the ATL

    my dad, an 83 year old ohio farm raised before spending 60 years in west by god virginia

    JGC, this profile suggests that your father has no idea what Kroger is. I assume you actually said “the Kroger’s”?

  86. 86.

    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

    National Anthem: The Chicks
    Host Introduction: Kerry Washington
    Joint Remarks: Meena Harris, Ella Emhoff, Helena Hudlin
    Remarks: D.L. Hughley
    Remarks: Genesee County, Mich. Sheriff Chris Swanson
    A Conversation on Gun Violence: Georgia Rep. Lucy McBath, joined by Abbey Clements of Newton, Connecticut, Kim Rubio of Uvalde, Texas, Melody McFadden of Charleston, South Carolina, and Edgar Vilchez of Chicago, Illinois
    Remarks: Former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords
    Performance: P!NK
    Remarks: Arizona Senator Mark Kelly
    Remarks: Former Secretary of Defense Leon E. Panetta
    Remarks: Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego
    Remarks: Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer

    Followed by the 10PM Eastern/ 9 PM Central hour/ 7 PM Pacific

    Remarks: Eva Longoria, American actress and film producer
    Remarks: Former Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger
    Remarks: Maya Harris
    Remarks: North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper
    Remarks: Vice President Kamala Harris

  94. 94.

    The Audacity of Krope

    I’m about 5 minutes behind. The woman with the miscarriage is making me cry.

  108. 108.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    Oh no Born in the USA….

    I like Springsteen but that’s not a patriotic song lol

  110. 110.

    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

  112. 112.

    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

  113. 113.

    The Audacity of Krope

    @Baud: DJ asked to kill time.

    Maybe they were ahead of schedule.

    Or a scheduled speaker was behind schedule…

  114. 114.

    narya

    It is making me insane that they’re using this song. I can think of 5 better songs. Like “American Land.”

  117. 117.

    M31

    born in the USA — you know, if fucking Reagan can play that like a patriotic song, we can take it back

  122. 122.

    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.

  130. 130.

    tam1MI

    The Chicks singing the STAR SPANGLED BANNER and everyone singing along… lump in throat time…

  136. 136.

    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.

  137. 137.

    tam1MI

    @bluefoot: I have a serious weakness for full-on marching bands.

    Me too.  I’m the big cornball who loves halftime shows and parades!

    Tony Goldwyn runs out to give Kerry her cellphone!  Awesome touch!

  144. 144.

    Ohio Mom

    Hearing the crowd yell “USA! USA!” is a definite punch myself moment. Yea for us for claiming that from the Republicans.

  161. 161.

    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.

  169. 169.

    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!”

  174. 174.

    HumboldtBlue

    Three Year Letterman hits it out of the park.

    My inside sources at the DMV have confirmed that BEYONCÉ will be performing tonight before Kamala Harvest’s acceptance speech

    Here’s why I object to that:

    1. Beyoncé has not had a hit song in over a decade since Call Me, Maybe

    2. No one knew who she was until she married Master P

    3. She will never be as good of a musician as Kris Kross or Ashlee Simpson

    4. She will never be as good of a role model as Demi Lovato

    5. Her followers are almost as unhinged as Tyler Swift’s

    Very, very sad choice

  177. 177.

    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.

  178. 178.

    Manyakitty

    @Princess: I think the Democrats are playing them with full knowledge of the lyrics. Can’t fix a problem without admitting it exists.

  192. 192.

    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).

  216. 216.

    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.

  218. 218.

    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.

  219. 219.

    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.

  224. 224.

    Nix Besser

    And just think, Gabby Giffords is exactly the kind of person that Tubby will not want to associate with.

  227. 227.

    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/

  230. 230.

    Jackie

    This just posted on RawStory, too bad it’s too late to add to tonight’s convention:

    A drug dealer commuted by former President Donald Trump has been arrested again — this time on suspicion of domestic violence.

    According to the Associated Press, Jonathan Braun, who was released by Trump after having served just 2.5 years of a 10-year prison sentence for smuggling and selling $1.72 billion in cannabis between 2007 and 2010, was arrested on Tuesday “on allegations he attacked his wife and her 75-year-old father.”

    Way more at the link: https://www.rawstory.com/jonathan-braun/

  238. 238.

    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.

  241. 241.

    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.

  243. 243.

    JoyceH

    Okay, if we’ve retaken the flag, Disney, beer, chanting USA and freedom dare I hope that we can reclaim the color red?

  245. 245.

    M31

    there is nothing terrible about Kelly or Shapiro, but hearing them talk really makes me glad she picked Walz

  247. 247.

    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.

  250. 250.

    KatKapCC

    Beyonce walks in, a capella. Taylor Swift brings in harmony. After a verse, a quiet guitar joins in and Dolly Parton arrives. As the live band brings it to a peak, Simone Biles flips across the stage. A lone eagle soars across the audience, screeching.
    — Fayelle Ewuakye🍁❄️🍂🎉⭐️ (@FayelleEwuakye) August 22, 2024

    The eagle places a crown on Kamala’s head. Screeches, lands on her shoulder.

    Game over. No need for an election.
    — Fayelle Ewuakye🍁❄️🍂🎉⭐️ (@FayelleEwuakye) August 23, 2024

  259. 259.

    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…

  261. 261.

    KatKapCC

    Mitt’s got jokes:

    Contrary to fake news posts, I am not the surprise guest at the DNC tonight. My guess is that it will be Beyoncé or Taylor Swift. So disappointing, I know!
    — Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) August 22, 2024

  262. 262.

    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.

  263. 263.

    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”

  272. 272.

    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.

  280. 280.

    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.

  284. 284.

    mrmoshpotato

    Damn.  That last tweet is a giant, not tiny-handed, punch in Dump’s fat, orange, fascist face.

  287. 287.

    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.

  288. 288.

    Jackie

    😂 TCFG is watching! He just called Elizabeth Warren “Pocahontas.”

    Trump lashed out in an angry Truth Social post Thursday as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) addressed a DNC arena packed with thousands of Vice President Kamala Harris’ supporters.

    “Pocahontas is now speaking at the DNC,” Trump wrote. “She used her fake Indian heritage to scam the system….It worked until she got caught. 10024th Indian, remember?”

    https://www.rawstory.com/trump-elizabeth-warren/

  293. 293.

    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.

  297. 297.

    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.

  299. 299.

    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.

  301. 301.

    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.

  323. 323.

    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.

  334. 334.

    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.

  335. 335.

    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.

  337. 337.

    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

  344. 344.

    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!

  357. 357.

    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

  361. 361.

    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.

  364. 364.

    tam1MI

    @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.

    Looks like it is one hell of a party!  Have fun!

  365. 365.

    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).

  367. 367.

    prostratedragon

    @Baud:  Like me trying to figure out what the Bulls’ cheerleaders should be called. (They settled on LovaBulls.)

  368. 368.

    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.

  369. 369.

    M31

    Here’s my serious proposal:  any cop that is a domestic abuser or does steroids gets either fired or put on desk duty

  371. 371.

    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!”

  372. 372.

    Lyrebird

    @BR: 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.

    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…

  378. 378.

    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”.

  379. 379.

    M31

    @BR: omg bluesky is going ballistic with the “omg cops” “omg no palestinians” “omg Republicans”

    it’s for the normies, people

  381. 381.

    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.

  382. 382.

    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.

  384. 384.

    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!

  385. 385.

    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.

  388. 388.

    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.

  391. 391.

    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?

  394. 394.

    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.

  407. 407.

    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.

  410. 410.

    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

  411. 411.

    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

  413. 413.

    BR

    @M31:

    I’m sure they’re going to hate this soft focus film on Harris’s experience, because there are cops in it.

  416. 416.

    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

  419. 419.

    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.

  433. 433.

    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.

  439. 439.

    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.

  442. 442.

    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

  447. 447.

    bluefoot

    Shoutout to the Flatlands! My old home!!​
     

    (Also the mild shade to the Hills. She’s an Oaktown girl for sure.)

  450. 450.

    tam1MI

    Kamala’s tribute to Joe Biden and the applause it engendered was so heartening and healing.

  451. 451.

    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’

  457. 457.

    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.

  460. 460.

    Citizen Alan

    @zhena gogolia:

     Flashback to 2016, when they were booing any conservative speakers who said something nice about Hillary Clinton, up to and including John Lewis and the BLM Mothers.

    Fixed that for you.

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    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.

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    Princess

    That moment where she looks straight at the camera and speaks directly to the voters, not just to Democrats….
    Whew.

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    bluefoot

    This speech is also a great callback to Biden on the first night – putting the country first, putting the people first.

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    Quinerly

    I really, really like this speech.

    Hard to describe my feelings. I feel like SHE is in the room with me.

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    VFX Lurker

    “Just imagine Donald Trump with no guardrails, and how he would abuse the Presidency of the United States.”

    Well-put.

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    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.

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    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.

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    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.

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    wjca

    @dc: This is a good time to donate any amount to the Harris campaign.

    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.

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