Kamala Harris 2020

Thursday Morning Open Thread: Looking Good

by Anne Laurie| August 12, 20218:16 am| 41 Comments

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Japanese couple taking a mirror selfie, 100 years ago. pic.twitter.com/ofWcCeyotZ

— Pádraig Belton (@PadraigBelton) August 9, 2021

One year ago today, I made one of the most important decisions I’ve ever made: selecting my vice president. I couldn’t have asked for a better partner and friend on this journey. Thanks @VP for all you do. pic.twitter.com/Daxy2jj1eM

— President Biden (@POTUS) August 11, 2021

Bridges, roads and broadband … high speed internet gets a slice of $1 trillion infrastructure plan. @tarbel explains how far that money will go. https://t.co/eKwYnb83sY

— AP Business News (@APBusiness) August 11, 2021

Opinion: Biden defies expectations. Again. https://t.co/R6NzNCstDu

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) August 11, 2021

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Open Thread: Kamala Harris Live in Texas (for reelz this time)

by TaMara| October 30, 20205:45 pm| 62 Comments

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And from the first event. There is one more this evening in Houston, 8:30 ET

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Happy Birthday, Kamala!

by TaMara| October 20, 202011:20 am| 69 Comments

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I am absolutely unable to get over this video of @KamalaHarris dancing in the rain in chucks. pic.twitter.com/TD38hUISN2

— Meena Harris (@meenaharris) October 19, 2020

I like leaders who are not afraid of the rain:

So later today, Lockheed-Martin here in Colorado and NASA are live streaming OSIRIS-REx scooping a sample from asteroid Bennu. I’ll try and put up a post around that time if my day doesn’t go sideways.

In other news, a new duck hut is on the way and hilarity will ensue as I try and put it together and the ducks reject it (because my ducks HATE change – I can’t even move their feeding station). There will NOT be a live stream of this event.

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Open Thread: Kamala Harris Live

by TaMara| September 28, 20202:07 pm| 120 Comments

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When young children see someone who looks like them running for office, they see themselves and what they can be, unburdened by what has been. pic.twitter.com/SSpPkkmrmq

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 28, 2020

If we want safe communities we have to invest in the health of communities, including access to health care and mental health care. pic.twitter.com/44uOtI5yLq

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 27, 2020

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Open Thread: Lead, Follow Or Get Out Of Her Way

by TaMara| September 26, 20201:39 pm| 56 Comments

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It’s in these moments that our shared humanity and belief in our own power to bring about change guides us forward. That’s what I saw on the ground in Flint, Oakland Country, and Detroit earlier this week. pic.twitter.com/mayTcWJwG4

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 26, 2020

This is a good article.

.@KamalaHarris takes us back to 1992, a time when the music was better, her cooking was worse, and a job in the White House felt all but impossible.https://t.co/2iCaRoPmD7

— Bustle (@bustle) September 25, 2020

At a young age, I was told to look after my sister Maya. I’ve carried that with me throughout my life: a strong desire to look after and protect others who need support and help. pic.twitter.com/ghr2EVnXz5

— Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) September 25, 2020

I needed some Kamala goodness today.

There are recipes tonight!

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Friday Morning Open Thread: No Sooner Than Time

by Anne Laurie| August 14, 20207:12 am| 138 Comments

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Framed Hagar the Horrible cartoon behind the laptop. https://t.co/uoSmbk3xFr pic.twitter.com/O2qHusYMIG

— Dan Zak (@MrDanZak) August 11, 2020

the story behind this is actually quite touching, but I do hope that when, god willing, biden gets elected, he puts up a big "you can't soar with the eagles when you're surrounded by turkeys" poster in the oval office

— guy caligiuri (????????????) (@mmcgrath42) August 12, 2020

Nearly nine out of 10 Democrats approve of Kamala Harris as their party’s vice presidential nominee, and she is more popular than presidential candidate Joe Biden among women, young voters and some Republicans, according to a @Reuters /Ipsos poll https://t.co/3ugos6upH9

— Reuters (@Reuters) August 13, 2020

Reporter: Do you regret all of the lying that you have done to the American people?

President Trump: What?

Reporter: Do you regret all of the lying that you have done to the American people?

*silence*

Then, President Trump doesn't answer and moves on to the next reporter.

— Yamiche Alcindor (@Yamiche) August 13, 2020

(Apparently it was HuffPost‘s S.V. Date. Wish the next reporter had followed up!)

One final thing: Stop demanding that Democrats DO SOMETHING.

There's an election in less than three months.

It's not about the Democrats doing something.

It's our turn.

We are the ones we've been waiting for.

— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) August 14, 2020

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Repub Stupidity Open Thread: Rand Paul, Objectively Pro-Lynching

by Anne Laurie| June 5, 20205:30 pm| 201 Comments

This post is in: Glibertarianism, Kamala Harris 2020, Open Threads, Proud to Be A Democrat, Racial Justice, Republican Stupidity

Oof, right in the ribs his neighbor broke. https://t.co/EsKUOHmZNe

— Mig Greengard (@chessninja) June 4, 2020

The Senate is at an impasse over a widely backed bill to designate lynching as a federal hate crime. Raw feelings were evident as Sen. Rand Paul — who is single-handedly holding up the bill — sought changes as a condition of allowing it to pass. https://t.co/ZSGBeUHkuD

— The Associated Press (@AP) June 5, 2020

Rand Paul always figures out a way to asshole his way into an insane news cycle.

— Schooley (@Rschooley) June 4, 2020

Senator Aqua Buddha's gift for seizing upon even the slightest chance at being a colossal public dick is positively otherworldly. https://t.co/RdimPAA6xS

— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) June 4, 2020

… (It’s worth noting that Aqua Buddha’s standard for what constitutes “lynching” is taken almost word-for-word from the Bush Administration’s standard for what constitutes “torture,” and we all know how well that standard worked out.)

This, of course, is precisely the right moment in time to block an anti-lynching bill, given what happened in Minneapolis and subsequent events. And, of course, the Congress has been trying and failing to get its act together on an anti-lynching bill for only over a century. How freaking hard can this be in 2020? Don’t answer that.

"Minimum government, maximum freedom! Taxation is theft! Legalize everything! Don't tread on me! Murdering black folks is whatever."

— Peter Wolf (@peterawolf) June 4, 2020

Lynching isn’t just a part of our past. Ahmaud Arbery was murdered just 3 months ago. And Senator @RandPaul is blocking our bill to make lynching a federal crime. pic.twitter.com/p5Lk8PJUph

— Kamala Harris (@SenKamalaHarris) June 5, 2020

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It’s easier to kill a dangerous animal than a man who just happens to have different thoughts/values than one’s own.

The poor and middle-class pay taxes, the rich pay accountants, the wealthy pay politicians.

We still have time to mess this up!

Republicans in disarray!

Republicans firmly believe having an abortion is a very personal, very private decision between a woman and J.D. Vance.

Someone should tell Republicans that violence is the last refuge of the incompetent, or possibly the first.

You don’t get to peddle hatred on saturday and offer condolences on sunday.

Russian mouthpiece, go fuck yourself.

This blog will pay for itself.

ha ha ha! Nice try weird people.

Battle won, war still ongoing.

Every reporter and pundit should have to declare if they ever vacationed with a billionaire.

Nancy smash is sick of your bullshit.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

Balloon Juice has never been a refuge for the linguistically delicate.

The willow is too close to the house.

“And when the Committee says to “report your income,” that could mean anything!

Maybe you would prefer that we take Joelle’s side in ALL CAPS?

Following reporting rules is only for the little people, apparently.

I was confident that someone would point it out and thought why not me.

Please don’t feed the bears.

“When somebody takes the time to draw up a playbook, they’re gonna use it.”

Everybody saw this coming.

Compromise? There is no middle ground between a firefighter and an arsonist.

Thursday Morning Open Thread: Looking Good

Open Thread: Kamala Harris Live in Texas (for reelz this time)

Happy Birthday, Kamala!

Open Thread: Kamala Harris Live

Open Thread: Lead, Follow Or Get Out Of Her Way

Friday Morning Open Thread: No Sooner Than Time

Repub Stupidity Open Thread: Rand Paul, Objectively Pro-Lynching