Tuesday Open Thread

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1. Monday night's speeches had a whole series of "you should see this" moments. 

   I'd recommend Hillary Clinton's speech, especially the concluding paragraphs.

   • full video:  (ABC VIDEO) FULL SPEECH: Hillary Clinton gets standing ovation as she fires up DNC crowd I especially liked the conclusion, linking generations of women working to break the glass ceiling and the vision of what lies beyond.
   • text:  transcript was prepared and provided to TIME by Rev, using AI-powered software, and it was reviewed and edited for accuracy by TIME staff.

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   1. AOC knocked it out of the park.

      So did Rep Jamine Crockett. Where the heck is the Democratic Party finding all these wicked-smart, young women. I can ride off into the sunset, knowing the country is in good hands.

      AOC at about 2hr 23min in this video: 

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k9X7NyeehGA

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      1. AOC and Andy Beshear were the only speakers at DNC Day 1 who kept to their allotted time. The others were often a 2x their time.

         Kate Riga at TPM:

         After marinating in it overnight, I think AOC had the best speech of day one (which makes it even funnier that she was one of very few to keep to the time constraints — let that be a lesson, longwinded pols). Democrats so often fall victim to laundry-listing their speeches, making each a mini-State of the Union. Hers was more singularly focused on the theme that this ticket is better for working people, and included vibrant anecdotes from her prior life (only six years ago!) when she was one of them. She worked with the crowd, rather than letting it disrupt her flow.

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   2. Warnock was impressive. Great command of the language. Simple and heartfelt message. No wonder he got elected in Georgia.

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2. The GOP is plotting chaos, but it sounds like the Harris campaign is ready for them: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2024/08/rachel-maddow-lays-out-how-the-gop-will-try-to-steal-the-election-for-donald-trump/

    

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3. Too long. Too boring.

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   1. I can't help you if you have the attention span of a cat, Dave. 

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4. Not fact-checked by me, but I've seen some posts saying RFKjr's running mate Nicole Shanahan is talking about the RFK campaign dropping out of the race to avoid hurting FDFQ???

   “There’s two options that we're looking at and one is staying in, forming that new party, but we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Waltz presidency because we draw more votes from Trump. Or we walk away right now and join forces with with Donald Trump and explain to our base why we're making this decision.”

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5. Loving Michelle Obama’s speech tonight:

   "Who's gonna tell [Trump] that the job he's seeking might just be one of those black jobs?"

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6. Sorry, Joe, but sometimes the best decision is to give up on something or someone.  Tilting at windmills is nothing to be proud of

    

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