#DNC Kamala Harris

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[pearwaldorf]

Because I needed the reminder and maybe you do too: the best way to deal with political frustration is to do something.

A real and immediate impact you can have that will directly help a Palestinian is to buy an eSIM and send it to gazaesims@gmail.com. This allows Gazans to access mobile data so they can get news out and keep in touch with their friends and family.

If you have never done this before, here is a step by step guide, complete with discount codes. It is slightly technical but still fairly easy (imo, ymmv). If you can't/don't want to buy one directly, you can donate to Crips for eSIMs and they will buy one on your behalf.

You don't have to top up the eSIMs when they get low/run out, but I find it comforting to do so. It means somebody is still alive, and that you've made a hellish experience a tiny bit less terrible.

[mysharona1987]

[mythica-ithaca]

[ghostboycharm]

here’s this thing IT DOESN’T MATTER it doesn’t MATTER if you like kamala harris. it doesn’t matter if she’s not your ideal, perfect candidate.

the other side has the support of NAZIS. of the KKK. of white supremacists and pedophiles and every type of vile evil person you can imagine. and donald trump welcomes them. he makes them feel safe.

you will be dooming your bipoc friends, your disabled friends, your lgbtq+ friends. you’ll be dooming palestinians and at-risk kids and marginalized groups of all types.

it doesn’t matter who you like. what matters is that you vote blue anyway.

[cleolinda]

So last night at the Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harris pulled off, in my opinion, the most glorious flex in all of American politics. It was petty as fuck and I am here for it:

Harris, in a Show of Force, Holds a Large Rally 80 Miles From Her Convention

Choosing Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee [the smaller venue used for the Republican National Convention] as the venue for Ms. Harris’s rally also served as an intentional rejoinder to Mr. Trump, who has fumed over the size of her crowds since she replaced Mr. Biden on the Democratic ticket. The campaign said about 15,000 people attended the rally in Milwaukee, and the 23,500-person convention hall in Chicago was packed.

Someone on Reddit then linked to the Kamala HQ video of her brief Coming To You Live From My Rival’s Venue acceptance speech for the Democratic nomination. And Redditors pointed out that you could actually see the juxtaposition, and the sold-out crowds could see each other, and it was beautiful.

Posters on r/politics constantly say to any positive discussion, “None of this matters if you don’t vote.” While this is true, the constant doomer nihilism of “None of this matters” pisses me off. I know they’re afraid people will get complacent. They’re afraid people will see, for example, pictures of these massive crowds and think, I don’t have to leave the house. I don’t have to vote. Everyone else will get this. But that’s not what I think when I see news like this. It DOES matter. I was always going to drag my carcass out to my polling station in a blood-red state, whether I have to use a cane or not, whether the Electoral College even gives a shit about my vote or not, but this is exciting. Whenever I see Kamala’s packed, enthusiastic crowds, I think, This is a movement forward and I get to be part of it. We are gonna run up the popular vote as a statement that will make bad-faith actors think twice before meddling, and we are gonna flip some battleground states. We are gonna nail down the electoral votes, and I am going to sit there and watch on TV as they certify the electors in December, and then I am going to sit there and watch them officially count it out like they did on January 6, 2021, and I am going to know that I was part of that.

It’s not about getting complacent. It’s about feeling the agency and possibility that we can actually get this done. It’s about saying, I get to do this, even if it’s just one ballot, one I Voted sticker, one day. We’re gonna get our first female, first South Asian American, and second Black president into that office. The enthusiasm is our running rebuke to that fucking guy, and we’re gonna get the numbers as even Republican politicians turn on him and support Kamala Harris. And any time someone tells you that being hopeful is getting complacent, come back and look at those crowds. Or better yet, get hyped up by Michelle Obama:

Hope is energy, not complacency. We can do this.

[thenameisgul]

[atleastimnotaweeaboo]

On tumblr and elsewhere in my internetsphere, I see a ton of people who have been very critical of Kamala, and I’m wondering, how these people are planning to vote. I’d also love to hear how the war in Gaza is or isn’t impacting your choice!

[deadpresidents]

Governor Walz being the most hyped person in Chicago (and maybe America) as Kamala Harris walked on the stage to Beyoncé & Kendrick Lamar's "Freedom" has already made the Democratic National Convention a success.

[fabiansociety]

the gap between trump's desperate, squalid coup attempt and biden's willing ceding of power is so huge

i don't want to say this moment is unprecedented, but it's certainly unprecedented in my lifetime. to step away from your reelection campaign because your party convinced you it was necessary? to cede your place to a black woman for the good of the country? to have the grace to show up at her nomination and pass the torch?

the contrast is so profound, and so profoundly moving. it's quite something

[jjmcquade-misc]

"When above the delegates on the floor and levels and levels and ring suites, with donors and corporations, that were literally looking down on the people below from above".... ...and I don't think I can support Kamala Harris for president....

VOTE TRUMP!

[ayotofu]

anyway kamala harris talking about the right of palestinians to self determination? that is a DIRECT result of pro-palestinian protests imo. that NEVER makes it into a DNC speech without a strong movement from leftists. if you want the american government to stop supplying arms to israel? to negotiate a ceasefire? vote for kamala harris and then KEEP THE PRESSURE ON

VOTE AND PROTEST. DO BOTH. if you let go of ONE of those things, it doesn't happen. trump will NEVER listen to protestors and will gleefully "finish the job" as he has already said. if people continue to be loud though, once kamala harris is in office, i do believe that we can push her to take REAL ACTION in defense of palestinians. we MUST do BOTH or we will achieve nothing for palestine

[mysharona1987]

[mythica-ithaca]

You can’t condemn gun violence while arming war criminals to use in crimes against humanity, you can’t condemn your opponent as a fascist while supporting a right-wing ethnonationalist state committing genocide, you can’t say every voice matters while silencing Palestinians.

[beauty-funny-trippy]

[relaxedstyles]

CNN did what???