Happy 10th Anniversary to Doug and Kamala! Now that he’s opened that particular door, there is a non-zero chance that voicemail gets played tonight. ;)

Speaker list:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/22/dnc-speakers-schedule-thursday/74886424007/

Vice President Kamala Harris

Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey

Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer

North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper

Former Illinois Republican U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin

California Sen. Alex Padilla v

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren v

Former Secretary of Defense & former CIA Director Leon Panetta, along with a number of veterans

Former Rep. Gabby Giffords

Georgia U.S. Rep. Lucy McBath

Tennessee State Reps. Gloria Johnson, Justin Jones and Justin Pearson, known as the “Tennessee Three”

Massachusetts U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark

Colorado U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse

Florida U.S. Rep. Maxwell Frost

Secretary Deb Haaland

Secretary Marcia L. Fudge

Michigan U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin

Texas U.S. Rep. Colin Allred

California U.S. Rep. and Democratic Caucus Vice Chair Ted Lieu

Streaming info:

https://demconvention.com/news/press-releases/how-to-watchdemocratic-national-convention-announces-streaming-partners-and-first-ever-vertical-streaming-platforms/

  • NuXCOM_90Percent@lemmy.zip
    73·
    3 months ago

    I am still not the biggest fan of Kamala (she did a lot of good work but she was still basically a cop) but she is kicking massive amounts of ass. Hitting all the high notes and making it clear she is perfectly willing to “go low”.

    It is just so fucking refreshing after decades of Democrats talking around issues and evil and… Kamala is straight up talking about how this is about basic human rights and that trump led a violent insurrection.

    [edit] And yup. there we go. Lock down that border! Still hopeful that the immigration reforms actually come through but… cops gonna cop[/edit]

    • die444die@lemmy.worldEnglish
      21·
      3 months ago

      Look, I was skeptical too, especially when she ran in 2020, but look into her actual record. Or at least watch DL Hugelys speech from last night if not. There is a lot of misinformation about what she actually has done in her career.

      Additionally, it’s important to recognize that there are people who are approaching our border seeking anmnesty because they fear for their lives and at the same time people who are trafficking our fellow humans and leaving them in trucks to die.

      The bipartisan deal was supported by everyone because there is a legitimate crisis. The crisis is not the people seeking amnesty, as Trump would have you believe, but people trying to take advantage of the fact that we are so busy screening legitimate asylum seekers that we cannot catch the bad actors.

      That’s why it’s important to have the option to close the border before our border agents are at a level that they can no longer effectively do their job because there are whole semi trucks worth of people who have died being trafficked across the border.

      Additionally, that’s is just one piece of the border bill, which also includes things like more jobs for people so that more asylum seekers can be processed, better use of technology to detect people trying to traffic others across the border at non official ports and actual things that WILL improve the situation we have unlike that stupid wall.

      This bill has the potential to save the lives of migrants. Trump killed it for political reasons.

    • TransplantedSconie@lemm.ee
      7·
      3 months ago

      If the dems run the table the fillabuster can be ended, and the Supreme Court can be expanded and fixed.

      They will do a real border bill not the draconian one.

      • Ensign_Crab@lemmy.worldEnglish
        22·
        3 months ago

        If the dems run the table the fillabuster can be ended

        It could have ended when we had a supermajority under Obama. It could have ended with a simple majority under Biden.

        It will never be ended.

  • ZK686@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    3 months ago

    If Biden is doing such a good job, and things are going good… why is Harris talking about changing everything on Day 1? I don’t get it… they’re in power now, and yet, everything is STILL Trump’s fault…

    • jordanlund@lemmy.worldOPM
      1·
      3 months ago

      There’s a bunch that still needs to be done, but can’t because the Republicans control the agenda in the House and demand a 60 vote super majority in the Senate.

      She’s probably expecting a flip in the House and removing the filibuster in the Senate.

      • return2ozma@lemmy.world
        521·
        3 months ago

        I mean, it would be on brand for the Dems. They’ve already forgiven all his war crimes and atrocious presidency.

        • modifier@lemmy.ca
          151·
          3 months ago

          Its about creating permission structures for Republicans who don’t recognize their party to defect with their vote.

          You don’t have to condone dude A to let him tell the right audience that dude B is way bad.

        • CaliforniaSober@lemmy.caEnglish
          93·
          3 months ago

          Wow fuck all those people! She hugged someone!

          They are so bad! You make such a point! She’s so shitty because of that photo! [BRANDED!]

          Dare we say “mission accomplished” despite the fact that it’s totally off and has nothing to to do with anything? How far off the point is necessary?

          How many photos do you need to keep up the appearance of being so far off?

          • return2ozma@lemmy.world
            414·
            3 months ago

            Why Do Democrats Keep Embracing George W. Bush?

            Lest we forget, Bush was an incredibly divisive president. He brought the country together for a fleeting moment after 9/11—then promptly frittered away all that goodwill by trusting his stupid gut and going his own way. He won reelection by slandering his war-hero opponent and stoking conservative fears about gay marriage. His line about being “a uniter, not a divider” was a long-standing joke. And his successor—who, for better and often for worse, seemed to genuinely believe in the ideal of national unity—rode a wave of anti-Bush fervor into the White House.

            https://newrepublic.com/article/157607/democrats-keep-embracing-george-w-bush

            • CaliforniaSober@lemmy.caEnglish
              103·
              3 months ago

              So bush is bad and you keep shitting on democrats why?

              You’re getting pitiful at this point.

              EDIT to add this is pitiful shit and you should feel pitiful.

    • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      52·
      3 months ago

      hope so; harris getting supported by all of the living former (and present) presidents over trump would be quite the feat. some people in the thread need to understand not everything is for them; it’s about appealing to moderates and potential republican voters too.

    • return2ozma@lemmy.world
      1023·
      3 months ago

      The only thing progressive about the speech was the abortion issue. She kept talking about war, the most lethal military on the planet, went right wing on the border issue, etc.

      • sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.world
        71·
        3 months ago

        Well rebel progressive scum, take comfort in the fact that she promised a “new way forward” which I assume no more of Bidens “red lines” on the war crimes we participate in that are ignored when they are crossed, and make no mistake, Henceforrth we will have “magenta lines” that we will all be very consternated at. She will have a new, stronger, grumpier way of readng Netenyahu the riot act! she might carry the pallets of bombs herself and slam them down meaningfully as they are delivered. (I mean, not too hard, we dont want the donors to notice) Watch out! Things are changing! Kamala knows us and will be the voice for *ALL Americans! Not just the donors!

        (*rules and restrictions apply. )

        /s

        Seriously though, about 60% of the US doesnt support Israels actions in this war and consider war crimes a top tier issue. the dems ignore that at their peril. Trump is not so far behind and they are rolling the dice on something that should be a slam dunk. Anyone notice Trump attacking the zionist Shapiro today? He’s trying to court the anti war voters. It wont be enough for me, but it might be the only possible vote for some people.

  • RampantParanoia2365@lemmy.world
    2·
    3 months ago

    This has been a pretty remarkable piece of marketing, and communication of Democratic ideals from a party who has seemed to struggle with that pretty much as far back as I can remember.