William Lindsey :toad:
"Tonight, on the 104th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, delegates are gathered in Chicago, Illinois, for the Democratic National Convention, where they will celebrate Harris’s nomination for the presidency.
It’s been a long time coming."
~ Heather Cox Richardson
William Lindsey :toad:
"As author Patrick S. Tomlinson observed, Walz represents what shouldn’t be an extraordinary notion: that you can be a nice guy, supportive of women, embracing of gay people, and still be all the coded masculine ideals of soldier, football coach, hunter and father that the MAGA right believed it had a lock on. Plus, you can be all those things without ever asking weird questions about menstrual cycles, chromosomes and genitalia."
~ Jay Kuo
#TimWalz
/16
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/why-gov-tim-walz-drives-them-crazy
William Lindsey :toad:
"[Harris and Walz have] taken the themes that have animated the rearguard anti-Trump resistance and refracted them through a hopeful, forward-charging, and joyous lens.
Think back on the past month:"
~ Brian Beutler
#KamalaHarris #TimWalz #joy #future #hope
/14
https://www.offmessage.net/p/the-gop-plan-to-invert-january-6
William Lindsey :toad:
"the Tim Walz-led alienizing of the MAGA movement; Kamala Harris’s mantra 'we’re not going back;' her stump speech emphasizing freedom and the future; all the videos of her dancing; the broad left’s embrace of the coconut (earnestly or ironically) as a symbol of resistance. Compare it to, for instance, the seminal appeal of the 'No' campaign that drove the dictator Augusto Pinochet from power almost 30 years ago."
William Lindsey :toad:
"And no, universal health care is NOT communism."
~ Anne Applebaum as quoted by Greg Dworkin
#KamalaHarris #media
/13
William Lindsey :toad:
In this podcast, Janell Ross "delves into which of Harris’s life experiences have helped formed her outlook, from being bussed to a predominantly white school, to the influence of her mother. And she looks at what her past can help us glean about her future and her approach to leadership."
#KamalaHarris #joy #future #hope
/12
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2024/aug/19/the-making-of-kamala-harris-podcast
William Lindsey :toad:
"This is going to be historic!"
~ Mary L. Trump
William Lindsey :toad:
"The combination of an opponent who’s making Trump’s weirdness a focus of her campaign and the fact that Trump’s mental degeneration is happening in public and on camera has created a new situation he seems unable to cope with. ...
Suddenly, during the summer of 2024, Donald Trump standing in front of a random display of food and performing his act is no longer exciting and fun; instead, it’s just plain weird."
~ David Lurie
#KamalaHarris #Trump
/11
https://www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-bedminster-folgers-coffee-news-conference
William Lindsey :toad:
"I resolve to not allow the media’s desire to deflate Democratic enthusiasm to interfere with my enjoyment and appreciation of a historic moment."
~ Robert B. Hubbell
#KamalaHarris #Biden #joy #future #hope #media
/9
https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/harris-and-walz-shift-the-vibe
William Lindsey :toad:
Judd Legum asks how, then the Republicans including Trump have taken action against price-gouging, Washington Post has arrived at the same position as the hard-right press when Kamala Harris proposes controls to stop price-gouging: namely, that Trump is a Communist.
Clearly, corporate media are looking for ways to attack her on behalf of their corporate lords and masters.
William Lindsey :toad:
"Think about the courage it must have taken her mother to come to America at just 19, the sacrifices she must have made to create a life for herself and eventually for her daughters. If we did not welcome people who want to improve their lives, as well as contribute to our country and culture, we wouldn’t be just worse off—America wouldn’t be America."
~ Steven Beschloss
#KamalaHarris #immigrants #hope #future
/8
https://www.americaamerica.news/p/kamala-harris-an-immigrant-daughter
William Lindsey :toad:
Politics is not sports; wins and losses impact all of our lives. But when politics are covered like sports, we think like passive observers – as fans, when in reality we are all owners."
~ Michael Podhorzer
#KamalaHarris #Biden #joy #democracy #future
/6
https://www.weekendreading.net/p/beware-of-mad-poll-disease-in-good
William Lindsey :toad:
"One more thing needs to be said in praise of Joe Biden. He did something Donald Trump could never do: He put his country over ego, ambition, and pride. He bowed out with grace and dignity. He gave us Kamala Harris."
~ Robert Reich
William Lindsey :toad:
"For the first time in nearly a decade, politics is not all about Trump. This is to the credit of Harris, Walz, and their campaign. The race is now about the future, and about hope and joy, as opposed to the fear that dominated politics since Trump arrived on the scene."
~ Dan Pfeiffer
#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #joy #democracy #future
/5
https://www.messageboxnews.com/p/why-the-dem-convention-wont-be-all
William Lindsey :toad:
"The champions of democracy are not the people who cling to power in its name, but those who put that greater consultation, that larger discussion, that continuing project, above themselves.
The president has set an example. The president did exactly the thing that he needed to do. That is an example we can follow.
Joe Biden has given us a benediction. The rest is up to us."
~ Timothy Snyder
William Lindsey :toad:
"Some political conventions stand out in history. This one, 2024, where a Black woman will be nominated by a major party as its candidate to be the president of the United States for the first time in our history is certain to be one of them."
~ Joyce Vance
#KamalaHarris #women #Black
/2
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahead-conventions-past
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