My cat Bernie Sanders watching Bernie Sanders:
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Such a good kitty! Let's tear down the structures of power and have free cat food for every fuzzy kitty!
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God damn I've missed his style. Probably one of the greatest orators this country has ever had.
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Do not boo. Vote!
- Barack Obama
Trump must be watching this and shitting himself even more than he usually does. The difference between this roll call and the one at the RNC is night and day.
Hell, the sheer energy levels are different by several orders of magnitude.
Damn, I wonder who Michelle Obama is talking about riding an escalator to the top of a mountain and cheating when things don't go their way. Whoever that is sounds like a real shit heel.
So, how the hell are all these people still so energetic? They're screaming their heads off every time a speaker delivers a good line, they're dancing along to Common, they're partying hearty... and not one of them got to sleep before 2:00 AM last night.
It's inspiring, and at the same time I'm wondering if they're handing out meth party favors.
The energy in rooms like this is palpable and it's contagious.
This rollcall vote is surprisingly fun to watch, even if it's entirely ceremonial.
Is this kind of roll call ceremony at all normal, with the musical aspect? I haven't watched a lot of conventions.
New York: "Greatest state in the U.S"
Massachusetts: "The fuck yo is!"
baseball game breaks out
I can't believe I'm hearing Dropkick at the goddamn Democratic convention lol.
Good lineup of speakers, but they've got a really tough act to follow.
Biden gave a great speech, but Obama is a master orator. Something tells me he'll be alright.
Arkansas's delegate just gave a fire rhythmic delivery for roll call.
Damn is he one smooth operator lmao.
Doug gave one hell of a speech!
Obamas at the DNC Convention:
Honestly... I think I'm good on Obamas. Barack wasn't awful but he fell quite short of Biden's accomplishments including the two year super majority where the Democrats did fuck all except pass Romney's healthcare plan.
I also dislike dynasties and nepotism so I hope to fuck that Michelle never goes into politics. I'm happy to see them supporting Harris but that's all I want from them. Ditto for Clintons and Bushes and every other fucking dynasty.
Barack wasn’t awful but he fell quite short of Biden’s accomplishments including the two year super majority where the Democrats did fuck all except pass Romney’s healthcare plan.
TL;DR: The Democrats only had a supermajority in the Senate for about 60 days from the end of 2009 to the beginning of 2010.
Yeah, that's because the Dems never had a supermajority for one year, and definitely not for two.
In Jan. 2009, the Senate had 57 Dems + 2 Independents who caucused with them (Sanders and Lieberman), which as you would note is less than the 60 needed for a supermajority. However, Al Franken had (barely) won in MN- the margin of victory was just a couple of hundred votes. The GOP demanded recounts and filed court cases to stall Franken from being sworn in (fuck, that sounds real familiar, doesn't it?) and he was finally sworn in in July 2009, a full six months after the rest of Congress. That gave the Dems their supermajority, except a month later in August Ted Kennedy died.
Now the cynic in me will point out that Kennedy had a glioblastoma and it's probably likely that McConnell was involved in the fight over Franken's seat, knowing that the longer he could delay it the less time the Dems would have to pass whatever they could. And this tactic was mostly successful, since Ted more or less checked out of Congress sometime in March that year.
The governor of Massachusetts appointed a replacement for Kennedy, who was sworn into office at the end September. However, Massachusetts law meant that a special election to fill a vacancy had to be held within 5 months. It was held on January 19, 2010 and that's when Republican Scott Brown won, and the Dems lost their supermajority.
In other words, the Dems only had a supermajority from September 25th 2009 to February 4th 2010, which was about 60-ish working days for the Senate. They spent most of that time getting the PPACA passed (and fuck you forever, Lieberman) but soon after that Congress ground to a halt thanks to GOP obstructionism.
Supermajorities wouldn't be needed if Democrats weren't so devoted to the preservation of the Jim Crow Filibuster.
Just outlier DINOs.... Manchin & Sinema fucked Democrats the most on this. At least Democrats have been the only ones who attempted to stop the lazy filibuster threat.
Good riddance to Manchin and Sinema now that they're both out of the party.
Just outlier DINOs…
And always just enough of them.
Good riddance to Manchin and Sinema now that they’re both out of the party.
They will have replacements. Not necessarily from the same states, but replacements that will serve the same function in the Senate.
He's a great speaker though...
Most definitely, he's an amazing speaker!
Do not boo. Vote.
Barack Obama
18,412 capacity Fiz filled, lmao. I wonder if that includes the floor seats they have laid out?
Absolutely bananas.
Lil Jon makes a surprise appearance at the DNC for Georgia's roll call
Yeah. Okay.
Here's the full list of speakers for Day 2:
Jaime Harrison, chairman of the Democratic National Committee
Mitch Landrieu, DNC Night 2 co-chair and committee co-chair
Jason Carter, former President Jimmy Carter's grandson
Jack Schlossberg, President John F. Kennedy's grandson
Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta Kyle Sweetser, former Trump voter
Stephanie Grisham, Trump's former White House press secretary
Nabela Noor, content creator
Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan
Kenneth Stribling, retired Teamster
Ceremonial roll call, with remarks from the Minnesota and California delegations
Ana Navarro
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer
Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont
Gov. JB Pritzker of Illinois
Ken Chenault, business executive
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico
Angela Alsobrooks, Democratic Senate candidate from Maryland
John Giles, mayor of Mesa, Arizona
Sen. Tammy Duckworth of Illinois
Douglas Emhoff, second gentleman
Michelle Obama, former first lady
Barack Obama, former president
I thought Michelle's speech was by far the best of the night, followed by Doug's and then Barrack's.
The mother's response at the end...
So having watched all the speeches tonight, they were fine, but I think the speeches from yesterday surpass them in every way. More emotional, all time great speeches from everyone.
Looking forward to seeing what happens Wed/Thur. You know damn well Kamala is playing that voicemail Doug set up!
And Beyonce will perform Thursday night I bet
With special guest Taylor Swift(!) LOL.
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Live stream of the protests, police attacking protestors outside DNC https://www.youtube.com/live/8MjRfxddrKU
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Pro-Palestinian protestors clash with police outside Israeli consulate in Chicago, arrests being made
Video: https://x.com/ScooterCasterNY/status/1826057212415930820
Live on the ground hundreds of Chicago police who are in riot gear are currently clashing with Pro Palestine protesters along with other activists things are extremely tense right now https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1826057713639632984
Breaking: Pro-Palestine protestors disrupts the Axios media event.
Activists are calling for the end to genocide in Gaza and demanding an immediate arms embargo.
An additional layer of fencing has been put up near the site of yesterday’s security fence breaches outside the DNC in Chicago
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