NBC can do what it likes. Millions - right or wrong - also visit Twitter, and the real explanation was clarified. So...whatever. I have HOPE for once in 3.5 long years.

1 hour ago, I Am A Swede said:

^^

Wow. Has any former president ever been so openly critical of their successor before?

I mean, he's completely and utterly correct in everything he says, but wow, he's not holding back one little bit.....

He stayed pretty quiet for a long time.  I kind of figured that Obama was fed up with the American public, which in many ways did not deserve him. I'm glad he still cares enough to bring down the hammer. He doesn't owe one damn thing to Trump who has broken every convention and norm.

3 minutes ago, Juliajms said:

He stayed pretty quiet for a long time.  I kind of figured that Obama was fed up with the American public, which in many ways did not deserve him. I'm glad he still cares enough to bring down the hammer. He doesn't owe one damn thing to Trump who has broken every convention and norm.

 

THIS!  Million times THIS!!

1 hour ago, DRW50 said:

The roll call was a beautiful moment, a wonderful use of the new convention style, and genuinely moving as we saw so many parts of our country (seeing Matthew Shepard's parents brought back so many memories for me, I was very touched). Yet that was all overshadowed, as was the plan. 

 

The sad truth is that whenever AOC gets involved with something, it turns into drama and chaos with her being painted as a victim.

Sounds like Alfre Woodard narrating the DNC tonight.

2 hours ago, marceline said:

The sad truth is that whenever AOC gets involved with something, it turns into drama and chaos with her being painted as a victim.

 

She's the Taylor Swift of modern American politics.

Oh, this Jennifer Hudson performance following Kamala is beautiful.

 

Donald is having a real one. To be clear, no prior tweets built up to these.

 

 

Edited August 20, 20205 yr by Vee

10 hours ago, Vee said:

Sounds like Alfre Woodard narrating the DNC tonight.

 

Both Alfre Woodard and Taraji P. Henson did narration. I noticed their voices right away.

 

Last night was a night of powerful speeches and testimony. I appreciate how Kamala Harris kept including Black, Latino, Asian and Indigenous communities, Indigenous tends to get left out of the discussion and sometimes Asian communities as well.

10 hours ago, Vee said:

Donald is having a real one. To be clear, no prior tweets built up to these.

 

 

 

Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Kamala Harris and Barack Obama are putting aside whatever differences they have and uniting in the name of defeating Donald Trump, and Trump. Can't. Stand. It.

 

It's both strange and beautiful to watch.

 

1 hour ago, DramatistDreamer said:

I appreciate how Kamala Harris kept including Black, Latino, Asian and Indigenous communities, Indigenous tends to get left out of the discussion and sometimes Asian communities as well.

 

I appreciate that, too.  The Democrats know that the key to winning this election is building the broadest coalition of voters possible to out-vote Trump's voting base.  So far, IMO, they're doing a good job accomplishing their goal.

 

Obama's full speech.

Edited August 20, 20205 yr by janea4old

Thanks for posting these speeches in their entirely, @janea4old.

 

Well, well, well, ahead of 'Indictment Fridays', Bannon gets taken into custody for fundraising fraud by, wait for it...U.S. Postal Service agents.

34 minutes ago, DramatistDreamer said:

Well, well, well, ahead of 'Indictment Fridays', Bannon gets taken into custody for fundraising fraud by, wait for it...U.S. Postal Service agents.

 

 

 

 

Me, at that Phillip Michael Thomas throwback:

Full story:
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/19/903710638/postmaster-general-climbs-down-but-democrats-press-for-answers-and-assurances

Edited August 20, 20205 yr by janea4old

BREAKING: A federal judge cleared the way for a New York prosecutor to get President Trump’s tax returns, rejecting an attempt by his lawyers to block a subpoena. https://t.co/Ox5gJaINPd

— The Associated Press (@AP) August 20, 2020