Trump's "constant attacks on the FBI, the free press, inspectors general, federal judges. They all have one purpose. To remove any check on his abuse of power. Put simply, he treats our country like it's his family business." pic.twitter.com/rQom4buA8a
I really like the way they’re doing the roll call this year. It’s great seeing delegates at locations that represent the respective states. 🌇🏙🌃⛪️🛣🛤🏝⛰#DemConvention#BidenHarris2020
When I think back on that solid year of tough negotiations and hideous resistance and then the final passage and what it’s meant to so many people, it feels like a miracle.
When I covered the convention in 2016, I spoke briefly to #KhizrKhan, who delivered one of the most powerful speeches that night. So powerful to hear him again.#DemConvention
— Victoria Brownworth #SaveTheUSPS (@VABVOX) August 19, 2020
Witness a REAL AMERICAN undaunted in his effort to help those you are trying to KILL. #ACA will be remembered as a GIFT TO EVERY AMERICAN from @BarackObama & @JoeBiden.
Who's on deck so far for Trump kultfest next week?
* Brock Turner, the Stanford Student Athlete Who Sexually Assaulted an Unconscious Woman. Probably to thank him and DeVos for pushing new rules that make it harder for victims to get justice and protect attackers like him.
Stacey Abrams: “In a democracy, we do not elect saviors. We cast our ballots for those who see our struggles and pledge to serve… Faced with a president of cowardice, Joe Biden is a man of proven courage. He will restore our moral compass."https://t.co/04TvRxTXme
Ms. Cozzie Watkins did not come to play with y'all! She said "I've been doing this a long time so let me just be plain- Black people, especially Black women are the backbone of this party…and if we don't show up Democrats don't get elected." <-PERIODT! #DemConvention#DNC2020pic.twitter.com/ibeDCYGuk1
Former President Bill Clinton criticizes President Trump for his handling of the pandemic response, saying: "Just one thing never changes — his determination to deny responsibility and shift the blame." #DemConventionpic.twitter.com/eGlElkYQw3
"In a time like this, the Oval Office should be a command center. Instead, it's a storm center," Former President Bill Clinton says. "It's only chaos" #DemConventionpic.twitter.com/P4xvxs4mvD
Bill Clinton: "If you want a president who defines the job as spending hours a day watching TV and zapping people on social media, he’s your man. Denying, distracting, and demeaning works great if you're trying to entertain and inflame. But in a real crisis, it collapses."
John Kerry on Trump: "When this president goes overseas, it isn't a goodwill mission, it's a blooper reel. He breaks up with our allies and writes love letters to dictators. America deserves a president who's looked up to — not laughed at." #DemConventionhttps://t.co/qQQjy5zIhI
John Kerry: "Donald Trump pretends Russia didn't attack our elections. And now, he does nothing about Russia putting a bounty on our troops. So he won't defend our country. He doesn't know how to defend our troops. The only person he's interested in defending is himself."
John Kerry: "Donald Trump inherited a growing economy and a more peaceful world and, like everything else he inherited, he bankrupted it. When this president goes overseas, it isn't a goodwill mission, it's a blooper reel."
“How do you make a broken family whole? The same way you make a nation whole. With love and understanding,” Dr. Jill Biden says in her address to the #DemConvention. https://t.co/Jzl3IRSh4v
I didn't think night 2 of #DNC2020 would live up to the hype, but: – Sally Yates brought receipts – That roll call was low-key LIT – John Kerry had me LMAO – Dr. Biden gave me the feels
One of the things I liked about the roll call last night was instead of having to listen to the delegates gushing about the splendors of their state, we were able to SEE it. Instead, the delegates spent more time talking about the issues that are key in their state and why Joe Biden is the person to address them.
The women are the stars of the #DemConvention – expect the trend to continue with Kamala Harris. Michelle Obama was stellar. Stacey Abrams is powerful. AOC spoke for the next generation. Dr. Jill Biden brought it home. Women bring the fire.
.@NicolleDWallace: The attacks next week are not going to stick to the Bidens @maddow: They will try to make it stick with Kamala in a way they know it won’t work with Biden.@JoyAnnReid: Yeah, good luck with that. The #KHive won’t let that happen
"The earlier Biden voters cast mail ballots, the less likely it is that even a deliberately messed-up postal system will fail to deliver them by the various state deadlines for counting them."@ed_kilgore gets to the heart of the problem:https://t.co/O94w9rxFoQ
[T]he Biden campaign tells me it’s planning massive expenditures in educating voters about mail balloting, with two goals: To get people to initiate the vote-by-mail process as early as possible and follow it through, and to inform people that mail balloting is secure.
“We are investing heavily in making sure voters understand what he is trying to do and are not deterred by falsehoods,” Bauer said, adding that this will include “urging voters to obtain and cast their ballots early, early, early.”
Oh, I see on Ballotpedia you're running against Kelly Loeffler, the one who did the insider trading. Best of luck to you, Reverend! https://t.co/CU9kb55xJm
— TripawdAngelMom WearYourMask Biden/Harris2020 ✍ 🆘 (@TripawdMom) August 19, 2020
Thank you @Victoria4Texas and @ColinAllredTX for your contribution to last night’s keynote, making the case for Biden and making the case for Texas. You give us hope that Texas can do big things for the country this year, in the State House, Congress, Senate and the Presidency! pic.twitter.com/OO6RS39WHg
Luckily, @JoeBiden actually is a "good guy," so there's no extra effort involved, although some of your words seem to imply there is. And @HillaryClinton is a "good woman," too. It takes RWNJs a little time to catch up, however. https://t.co/NAuy9zB17f
Per DNC aide, "anyone who has 300 delegates going into convention can put their name in for nomination." Only Joe Biden and Bernie Sanders met that threshold. This is the roll call vote, ahead of which AOC spoke for Sanders.
My ❤️ for @DrBiden is deep. Beyond #Philly, she was a #communitycollege professor when I was going to @CCPedu while working at the White House. She was the one that made me feel unashamed about continuing my education at community in my 30s. She’ll be an excellent FL.
“My American Dream? You’re looking at it. A 25-acre organic farm on a lake. A roadside farmstand. A B&B. My husband and I aren’t corporate tycoons. We just want to make an honest living and feed our community.” Rep. @CraigHickman#DemConvention#mepoliticspic.twitter.com/cdFJnFSfOO
“@JoeBiden has a plan to help more Americans, especially people of color, start their own businesses. The Great State of Maine casts 9 votes for Bernie Sanders and 22 votes for the next President of the United States, Joe Biden.” — Rep. @CraigHickman#DemConvention#mepoliticspic.twitter.com/UpY49DqJ80
LISTEN: Julián Castro tells NPR voters are looking for a candidate "who has proven experience as an effective leader" as opposed to "a president who has been chaotic, divisive and has clearly failed in the middle of this global pandemic." https://t.co/bu59QY6tJcpic.twitter.com/TDr034soKF
This is truly heartbreaking. Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura from the original Star Trek TV series) needs help, after suffering thru elder abuse at the hands of Gilbert Bell. Nichelle Nichols is a national treasure and a trailblazer. She is our elder. https://t.co/L2WM1cDKNV
Some people don’t feel the star! But it was a procedural step so that the Bbros could do the math and arrive at the conclusion that VP Joe Biden has won the nomination decisively and is on his way to become the 46th POTUS.
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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha·17m
All the confusion about Miss Congeniality’s 60 seconds was created by Miss Congeniality herself and its dishonest of you to pretend she’s just a victim.
Wakandan Brand Ambassador @Kennymack1971 · 12m
The media didn’t. Always On Camera could’ve settled this a week ago. The DNC didn’t have to do shit. Sorry but Always On Camera tried it and it backfired. You stans are just going to have to deal.
I can’t tell you how stressful it is on top of everything else to see your state on fire and get nothing from your federal government: no help, no compassion, not even an acknowledgment of the tragedy of it all. Just heaps of disrespect and sadistic cruelty.
The smell of smoke from all the NorCal fires permeates the air this morning in San Francisco. Thousands of Americans losing everything, running for their lives. These are the Americans Trump wants to hurt more because they don't feed his ego. SHAME on the @GOP.
Dr. Jill Biden has a beautiful gentle nature. Those who know her, have met her, say she is generous and so kind. Choosing to teach all those decades at a Community College says a lot about her. I think we welcome the prospect of another well-educated First Lady who loves young people, who just loves people. And loves learning.
i look forward to truth and compassionate action from the Bidens…thanks for being there Jill.
Good morning #KHive! We see you out there and you know how much you mean to us. Truly. So, let’s celebrate today, and then we have to stay focused and do everything we can to get Joe and Kamala elected. We can do this and we will do this! #TeamJoe Text JOIN to 30330
The toddler just woke up. Does anyone have a pair of little gloves for his hands? He lost his and needs them to stop playing with the phone again.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump ·19m
Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES – They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).
Dr. Dena Grayson @DrDenaGrayson · 10m 👋🏼
Hello #Ohio friends,
Trump is trying to hurt #Goodyear tires, which is headquartered in #Ohio and employs over 64,000 people worldwide, including MANY THOUSANDS of Ohioans.
We are testing more than 6 times the target identified by the @Harvard Global Health Institute to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.https://t.co/5FKKNOsJfJ
“Colin Powell was hardly the only Republican to get the spotlight during the Democratic convention,
and the effects may make a significant difference.
“”Joe Biden will be a president we will all be proud to salute,” the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a video message. “With Joe Biden in the White House, you will never doubt that he will stand with our friends and stand up to our adversaries — never the other way around.”
In another not-so-subtle shot at Donald Trump, Powell added that Biden “will trust our diplomats and our intelligence community, not the flattery of dictators and despots. He will make it his job to know when anyone dares to threaten us. He will stand up to our adversaries with strength and experience.”
Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/colin-powell-joins-gop-voices-backing-biden-dems-convention-n1237255)
Jaime Harrison of SC (running to unseat Lindsey Graham) featured a photo of Congressional Whip Jim Clyburn’s late wife, librarian, activist and philanthropist, Emily Clyburn.
Proud to represent the great state of South Carolina during the Roll Call Across America from the campus of @SCSTATE1896, the Alma Mater of @ClyburnSC06 and the late Dr. Emily England Clyburn. pic.twitter.com/ARhlOPtDoE
“Eric Holder On Senate Report On Russian Interference: ‘America Needs To Wake Up’”
“I think we need to be extremely concerned about the intelligence report from the Senate.”
God Bless Hillary Clinton! Getting emotional remembering how much this meant in 2008 and how she was robbed by a stolen election in 2016. Give Hillary her flowers…she has always been an exceedingly gracious class act. 🌺🌺 https://t.co/Rw1zyQYmM6
It’s not enough simply to stop the sabotage. The damage that is already done to our postal service must be reversed right now – with provisions for a full accounting to the American people. #DontMessWithUSPSpic.twitter.com/O8u89svTJX
With less than 80 days before the election, pay attention to how many times Donald Trump tweets about his poll numbers, rather than reported Russian bounties on our troops.
The Commander in Chief should put our servicemembers first—not himself. Day 54.
Here's my start: everyone in Trump's orbit lied to Mueller & SSCI about the campaigns involvement with Russia. People don't lie under oath & risk perjury charges unless they are hiding something. Something big. We all know what it is. And the GOP gave Trump a pass for it. https://t.co/isoSV5bIcW
ATTENTION SENIORS: If Trump is re-elected, he wants to permanently end the payroll tax, which 100% funds your Social Security and Medicare. Don't fall for the #GOPScam!pic.twitter.com/HvfQmr1nKP
“Trump Camp Cooperation With Russia Explicated In New Senate Intel Report”
“Rachel Maddow reports on some of the highlights of the fifth and final installment of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in the 2016 election that provides new insights on how the Donald Trump campaign cooperated with Russian efforts to help Trump win.”
But who can physically prevent someone in a uniform removing mail boxes? Cops?
Trump kept on separating thousands of children on the border after it was ruled that he must stop.
And he and DeJoy will probably go on removing mail boxes and machines regardless,
at night or whatever. Reported yesterday that 11 more machines were removed from Michigan.
—-And I guess their default is these cannot be restored once destroyed?
Security guard who met Biden in an elevator during the primary: "In the short time I spent with Joe Biden I could tell he really saw me, that he actually cared…Joe Biden has room in his heart for more than just himself."
This is how tonight will end at the DNC: Obama Harris (with introductions by three important women in her family) Jennifer Hudson —> pic.twitter.com/7fd24fhFZQ
OMG! Prayers for everyone in or near the California wildfires. 🙏🏾😳
California is in a state of emergency because of dozens of wildfires and extreme heat. The heatwave has caused power outages, and thousands of people have been ordered to evacuate as fires have destroyed some homes.@carterevans reports on the terrifying double threat. pic.twitter.com/ksh9v4Zzp2
We have a collective responsibility to keep ourselves and those around us safe. If we allow mass gatherings to continue, we won’t get this virus under control. https://t.co/Xc2mgY4lEJ
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) August 19, 2020
The U.S. Postal Service processes 500 million pieces of mail per day and 3 billion pieces of mail during the week before Christmas. It can handle 75 million ballots. @OversightDems need to get answers from DeJoy on Monday. Here's what they should ask him: https://t.co/dJmSkIw8aA
Obama White House.gov
The Obama Diary 
High hopes!
Watching online.
Here we gooooooo! 💃🏽
Thanks Queen Nerdy 💜
I actually like this format more than the loud rally and interruptions by commentators.
Same.
Same here!!!!
So do I!!
Good evening!
THAT looks so delicious!!
We have quality people, they have liars, thieves, criminals, ignorant fools, low-down mofos and Stepford wives.
My heart is beating fast during the Roll Call
Ha! I got left behind on the previous post!
I loved her!
Cozy was great. Loved her energy❤️
Cozzie
⚽️🤾🏾♂️ Gooooool
Me too!
This was another good night. Love Dr. Biden. She did a great job, and is so relatable!!!!
❤️
Loved the roll call! Diverse people, statements about what is needed and what we have. I like the America reflected in them.
These Americans who are alive today because of President Obama and VP Biden are breaking my heart.
When I think back on that solid year of tough negotiations and hideous resistance and then the final passage and what it’s meant to so many people, it feels like a miracle.
Goodnight TOD.
I knew this would be another great getting up day in TODville!!! Let’s do this thing!
Woooooot! Let’s Go for Joe!
Life is good, eh, cookemom?
I “likeded” that! 😀
Can you believe this s#^+? thread…
Sally Yates
Stacey Abrams
Cozzie Watkins
Bill Clinton
Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter
John Kerry
Future First Lady Jill Biden
I loved this line from her speech
One of the things I liked about the roll call last night was instead of having to listen to the delegates gushing about the splendors of their state, we were able to SEE it. Instead, the delegates spent more time talking about the issues that are key in their state and why Joe Biden is the person to address them.
I really liked this roll call format.
Hello Kamala Harris
Let ’em know Joy! 🙂
[T]he Biden campaign tells me it’s planning massive expenditures in educating voters about mail balloting, with two goals: To get people to initiate the vote-by-mail process as early as possible and follow it through, and to inform people that mail balloting is secure.
“We are investing heavily in making sure voters understand what he is trying to do and are not deterred by falsehoods,” Bauer said, adding that this will include “urging voters to obtain and cast their ballots early, early, early.”
Go Rev! 👏🏾
They were the speakers for Wyoming ❤️
https://www.who.int/dg/speeches/detail/who-director-general-s-opening-remarks-at-the-media-briefing-on-covid-19—18-august-2020
Thanks for this tweet to Phil Rucker Jacqueline!!!!
Hugs to you, COS!
Awesomeness!!! 🖖🏾🖖🏾🖖🏾
Give some love to Propane Jane.
🧐
Morning everyone
Former Obama Social Secretary, Deesha Dyer
Girl’s gotta do what a girl’s gotta do!!
One of my favorite bits.
🥺🥺🥺
Too cute! 😄
Caroline looks so much like her mother.
Some people don’t feel the star! But it was a procedural step so that the Bbros could do the math and arrive at the conclusion that VP Joe Biden has won the nomination decisively and is on his way to become the 46th POTUS.
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Ragnarok Lobster @eclecticbrotha·17m
All the confusion about Miss Congeniality’s 60 seconds was created by Miss Congeniality herself and its dishonest of you to pretend she’s just a victim.
Wakandan Brand Ambassador @Kennymack1971 · 12m
The media didn’t. Always On Camera could’ve settled this a week ago. The DNC didn’t have to do shit. Sorry but Always On Camera tried it and it backfired. You stans are just going to have to deal.
This is what I’d call working it out!!
Dr. Jill Biden will be a wonderful First Lady. This we know.
I can’t tell you how stressful it is on top of everything else to see your state on fire and get nothing from your federal government: no help, no compassion, not even an acknowledgment of the tragedy of it all. Just heaps of disrespect and sadistic cruelty.
Hang in there Meta, our CA fam. All will be good! I just have to think that way. With tons of prayers in the mix! Bless! 😇💞
Thank you and love you, Gazelle.
Dr. Jill Biden has a beautiful gentle nature. Those who know her, have met her, say she is generous and so kind. Choosing to teach all those decades at a Community College says a lot about her. I think we welcome the prospect of another well-educated First Lady who loves young people, who just loves people. And loves learning.
i look forward to truth and compassionate action from the Bidens…thanks for being there Jill.
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Love her.
Love her. Thrilled to see this.
AMERICA ENDGAME: Colbert
–though not a superhero fan imo this is a hoot!
Lovely Jean Batiste said about Michelle Obama’s speech: “She made it plain.”
“Something you’ve been waiting to hear for so long.”
(on Colbert)
The toddler just woke up. Does anyone have a pair of little gloves for his hands? He lost his and needs them to stop playing with the phone again.
Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump ·19m
Don’t buy GOODYEAR TIRES – They announced a BAN ON MAGA HATS. Get better tires for far less! (This is what the Radical Left Democrats do. Two can play the same game, and we have to start playing it now!).
Dr. Dena Grayson @DrDenaGrayson · 10m 👋🏼
Hello #Ohio friends,
Trump is trying to hurt #Goodyear tires, which is headquartered in #Ohio and employs over 64,000 people worldwide, including MANY THOUSANDS of Ohioans.
You know what to do on November 3rd.
VOTE HIM OUT.
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“Colin Powell was hardly the only Republican to get the spotlight during the Democratic convention,
and the effects may make a significant difference.
“”Joe Biden will be a president we will all be proud to salute,” the former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a video message. “With Joe Biden in the White House, you will never doubt that he will stand with our friends and stand up to our adversaries — never the other way around.”
In another not-so-subtle shot at Donald Trump, Powell added that Biden “will trust our diplomats and our intelligence community, not the flattery of dictators and despots. He will make it his job to know when anyone dares to threaten us. He will stand up to our adversaries with strength and experience.”
Benen: (https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/colin-powell-joins-gop-voices-backing-biden-dems-convention-n1237255)
Jaime Harrison of SC (running to unseat Lindsey Graham) featured a photo of Congressional Whip Jim Clyburn’s late wife, librarian, activist and philanthropist, Emily Clyburn.
“Eric Holder On Senate Report On Russian Interference: ‘America Needs To Wake Up’”
“I think we need to be extremely concerned about the intelligence report from the Senate.”
Yep
“Trump Camp Cooperation With Russia Explicated In New Senate Intel Report”
“Rachel Maddow reports on some of the highlights of the fifth and final installment of the Senate Intelligence Committee report on Russian interference in the 2016 election that provides new insights on how the Donald Trump campaign cooperated with Russian efforts to help Trump win.”
But who can physically prevent someone in a uniform removing mail boxes? Cops?
Trump kept on separating thousands of children on the border after it was ruled that he must stop.
And he and DeJoy will probably go on removing mail boxes and machines regardless,
at night or whatever. Reported yesterday that 11 more machines were removed from Michigan.
—-And I guess their default is these cannot be restored once destroyed?
New post.
https://obamadiary.wordpress.com/2020/08/19/demand-accountability-for-breonna/
AWESOME
There’s a smart one! 😍
So dum the “b” doesn’t even wanna be associated with it.
And yes, this is a violation of the Hatch Act. He don’t care about your laws
OMG! Prayers for everyone in or near the California wildfires. 🙏🏾😳
OMG! I just watched President Obama’s speech. He brought me to tears.
OMG! I just watched President Obama’s speech. He brought me to tears.