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The Democratic National Convention wrapped up in Chicago on Thursday with Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepting the presidential nomination, capping a week of political showmanship and celebration for many party members. "One of the things that struck me most was the level of choreographed mass spectacle of this convention that would be really worthy of Leni Riefenstahl," says Democracy Now! co-host Juan González. He says Democrats and Republicans presented "the two faces of American capitalism" at their respective conventions this summer, with the GOP home to "white supremacist capitalism" while Democrats promote a "multiracial neoliberal capitalism." He adds that despite the constant chants of "U.S.A." throughout the week, "the reality is that the United States has never been lower in its prestige and never more discredited around the world than it is today."
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 Michael Tran/FilmMagic via GettyConservative political commentator Ann Coulter was hit by a blizzard of criticism for her tweet describing Tim Walz's son as "weird," with clips of an old roast resurfacing and going viral in the wake of her comment.
Gus Walz, 17, went viral himself Wednesday night for his heartwarming reaction to his father's speech at the Democratic National Convention. The teenage son of Kamala Harris' running mate stood and applauded with tears in his eyes, proudly telling other attendees: "That's my dad!"
"Talk about weird," Coulter wrote in response to the heartwarming moment, turning Tim Walz's favorite term to attack Donald Trump and JD Vance to insult the Minnesota governor's own son.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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Vice President Kamala Harris accepted the Democratic nomination Thursday after a four-day convention in Chicago where her campaign refused to allow a Palestinian American to take the stage to address Israel's war on Gaza. We hear Georgia state Representative Ruwa Romman, who was among the list of speakers offered by the Uncommitted National Movement that the Harris campaign rejected, reading the speech she would have given on the convention floor had the DNC and the Harris campaign allowed her onstage.
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Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, making history as the first Black woman and first person of South Asian descent to be nominated for president by a major party. Her ascent to the top of the Democratic Party comes just over a month after President Biden dropped out of the race. We play excerpts from her speech and speak with historian Barbara Ransby, who says that while the nomination "breaks a barrier," it's important to note the "contradictions," as well. ??"Yes, it breaks barriers. Yes, it is a historic moment in a certain sense. But we have to also talk about the gravity of this moment and the politics that Kamala Harris brings with her," says Ransby, who criticizes Harris for her pro-Israel policy and for refusing to let Palestinian Americans address the convention. "I was glad to hear her mention the suffering of the Palestinian people, but, of course, it didn't ring true. It rang a little bit hollow, because the Biden administration could stop much of that suffering by not sending 2,000-pound bombs and $3 billion a year to the Israeli government."
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As "uncommitted" delegates continue their sit-in just outside the Democratic National Convention in protest of the party's refusal to meet demands to platform a Palestinian American speaker on the main stage, we hear from two uncommitted delegates who have made a concerted effort to bring Israel's war on Gaza to the forefront and to push the Harris campaign on its policy in the Middle East. Asma Mohammed, a campaign manager for Vote Uncommitted Minnesota and a delegate from Minnesota, says there is widespread disappointment and betrayal among delegates who feel their voices in support of Palestinian rights are being ignored. "This level of silencing, this level of exclusion [does] not belong in our Democratic Party," adds Abbas Alawieh, a co-founder of the Uncommitted National Movement and an uncommitted delegate from Michigan.
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