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    The Democrats gather in Chicago for their national convention this week.



    The above is a live link. The convention is set to begin at 5:15 PM this evening.

    Here are some highlights:

    The 2024 Democratic National Convention begins Monday in Chicago with President Joe Biden speaking during the opening night of the convention.

    The convention's first night will pay tribute to the 81-year-old Democratic president, who last month ended his reelection campaign and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee. Other Democratic heavyweights, such as Barack Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton, are also expected to speak at the convention.

    Obama is expected to speak Tuesday night while former President Bill Clinton is scheduled to speak Wednesday night before vice presidential nominee Tim Walz, the governor of Minnesota, gives his address.

    NBC News reported that President Jimmy Carter's grandson Jason Carter will speak on behalf of his grandfather. The DNC speaker schedule is subject to change and a full list of speakers will be released at a later time.
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    Default Re: 2024 Democratic National Convention

    (copying here - thanks Marianne for thread creation)

    Quote Posted by mountain_jim (here)
    If someone thinks a separate thread for the Democrat convention is warranted, we can move/copy these posts there.

    https://x.com/TonySeruga/status/1825400473446473822



    TRUE. Department of Defense is Preparing for a Possible Bio-Chemical Attack at the DNC, Funded De-Contamination Rooms at Local Hospitals https://t.co/itksD7Lxab

    — Tony Seruga (@TonySeruga) August 19, 2024


    https://x.com/TonySeruga/status/1825397941517099281



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    “DNC Go Home! Or We’re Gonna Bring the War Home!” – Pro-Hamas Protestors Flood Downtown Chicago Ahead of DNC Convention (VIDEO)

    https://thegatewaypundit.com/2024/08...ring-war-home/


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    and this one

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    ZH coverage

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/...n-shutdown-dnc

    "Make It Great Like '68": Chicago Businesses Board Up As Protesters Threaten To Shut Down DNC

    by Tyler Durden
    Sunday, Aug 18, 2024 - 12:15 PM
    Tens of thousands of protesters are expected to descend near the Democratic National Convention in downtown Chicago in the coming days. Local media reports that shops have already boarded up doors and windows with plywood ahead of what could be a chaotic week.

    Crews with Chicago Board Up Services told WGN-TV that at least a dozen shops around the West Loop, downtown, and Daley Plaza have been completely boarded up. They expect additional businesses to do the same.

    https://x.com/K1erry/status/1824573064207532171




    Scott Schapiro, the owner of Syd Jerome, a menswear shop at 20 N. Clark St., told NBC Chicago that he is no stranger to smash-and-grab and looting in the metro area and decided to take extra precautions, such as boarding up doors and windows ahead of the convention - where thousands of protesters are expected.

    ...



    "You get that phone call in the middle of the night and your heart jumps out of your chest," Schapiro told the local media outlet.

    He continued, "We want to sleep a little more soundly at night, and this gives us a little security, and we hope that there isn't any incident obviously, but in the event there is, we want to have maximum protection."

    Protest organizers told NBC News that 20,000 demonstrators from several states will take over downtown streets in an approved protest area near the Democratic National Convention.

    "The 264 protest groups that have said they will participate are primarily focused on Palestinian rights, ending the war in Gaza and reducing US aid to Israel," NBC said, adding, "Others represent a patchwork of left-leaning causes: climate activists, socialists, anti-racist organizations, queer and trans rights groups."

    Mayor Brandon Johnson informed business owners and residents last week that the metro area is well prepared for social unrest. He reiterated that Chicago's police force has worked with the Secret Service and other law enforcement agencies.

    Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker brushed off fears that next week's Democratic National Convention could erupt into the same kind of violence experienced during the 1968 convention.

    Other local media outlets predict a much larger crowd size, upwards of 100,000 pro-Palestinian protesters.

    One protest organization, Behind Enemy Lines, has called for "Make it Great like '68," referring to the riots at the 1968 Democratic Convention.



    "We're not calling for violence or planning on anything illegal, but we think that there's ways for people to protest that do go beyond business as usual," the group spokesperson said, who asked not to be named and quoted by WBEZ Chicago.

    The media outlet explained, "Behind Enemy Lines has opened a temporary office on Chicago's Northwest Side, decorated with posters bearing slogans such as "Stop Killer Kamala" and "Fight Back for Gaza!""

    Any outbreak of civil disobedience could ignite a wave of bad press for VP Harris and the Democrats.

    VP Harris is already coming off a week of terrible headlines after debuting her first economic policies, including communist-style price controls.

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    and this one

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    https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/1825193498556969194



    BREAKING.🚨

    Michelle Obama will address the Democratic National Convention in
    Chicago on Tuesday.

    The former First Lady is one of the most popular Democratic figures. Howver, she has repeatedly dismissed suggestions that she would run for president.

    Kamala Harris will not be the official presidential nominee until the delegates vote at the DNC.

    While Harris’ polling initially surged, her campaign is stalling in part due to the rollout of economic peoposals, which garnered blistering criticism at legacy media outlets like CNN and the Washington Post.

    There have been many political observers, as well as elected officials like Senator Ted Cruz, who believe that Michelle Obama could be the ‘surprise’ pick at the DNC.

    The Democratic National Convention is sure to be one of the most highly watched political events in modern history.
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    Default Re: 2024 Democratic National Convention

    copying Bill's reminder post here

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    Just a bookmark.

    Remember this, posted on The Remote Viewing Data Dump thread back in early June:

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    by Brandon Straka

    On May 26, 2018, Brandon Straka shared a video about why he was walking away from the Democrat Party. That video went viral and launched the #WalkAway Campaign, a movement that led to hundreds of thousands of people sharing their own stories and videos of walking away from liberalism and the political left.

    Now, 6 years later, Brandon follows up his original video with the first ever "sequel" to it. In this new video, Brandon states in rapid fire succession all that the left has done to erode and destroy our culture, our country, our values, and our freedom.

    From the left's war on reality, to their presumed ownership of minorities, to bringing authoritarianism to America, to weaponizing our justice system... this video speaks to all of it and then some.


    TRANSCRIPT

    Once upon a time, I was a Liberal. But you already know that. Six years ago, I proclaimed that I was no longer a Liberal, and told all the reasons why.

    But I had no idea how much worse things were about to get. The left is no longer simply intolerant, inflexible, illogical, un-American, and misinformed. In the last six years, they have devolved into malicious, corrupt, perverse, sadistic, ruthless, oppressive, and borderline-authoritarian behavior and rhetoric.

    Liberalism has been devoured by Leftism. And Leftism is just hatred and destruction, marketed as "Virtue". For years now, we have watched as the Left has embarked on an intentional and methodical endeavor to radically upend American Life.

    They pushed for every policy objective that would increase crime and disunity, while destroying our economic system, our justice and morality, our right to defend our border, and our right to defend ourselves. Today, the ultimate goal of the Democrats is more power, more control.

    In an effort to destabilize and divide our society, the Left has waged a war on reality, chipping away at our common perception of what is true and what is false.

    They'll accuse you of doing everything that they do, and being everything that they are. They'll say that "You're in cult", while they bow down, in unison and worship their false idols. They'll say that "You're violent", while they burn America to the ground.

    That "You're lawless", while they de-fund the police and release dangerous Repeat Offenders into society. They'll say that you're the "Nazi", while they lead anti-Semitic tirades from coast-to-coast. That you're the "Fascist", while they weaponize the Federal Government against their political opponents.

    That you are "un-American", while they burn our flag, kneel for our anthem, and rip our Constitution to shreds.

    They've created a blatantly-hypocritical and overtly dishonest moral structure, feigning outrage over the "sins" of their opponents, while flagrantly ignoring, excusing, and enabling the hateful and dangerous behaviors of their own side.

    They'll criminalize your right to defend yourself, while making martyrs out of attackers.

    They'll provide sanctuary for illegal migrants, but surveil American Citizens they fear are "too patriotic".

    And in the left's abusive, false reality, you are the "Dangerous Threat to Democracy", as they employ every trick and scheme to remove their political opponents off the ballot.

    You are a "Racist" – and if you don't acknowledge your racism and inherent bigotry, that's proof that what they say about you is true.

    In the Left's reality, there's no such thing as gender – yet gender identity is the most important thing in the world.

    "This is the most secure election in history".

    "This is a woman".

    And this is a "Mostly peaceful protest" but this is an "Insurrection".

    To capitalize on the Left's deceitful, False Reality, the Democrats have ushered-in a whole new era of racism, sexism, and discrimination, deceptively presenting these new ideas as "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion".

    The party that dishonestly takes credit for the advancement of Civil Rights now openly advocates for prejudice, segregation, and denial of opportunities, based on skin color and gender, making skill, merit, and safety secondary; prioritizing diversity quotas over capability.

    And the Democrats have a powerful ally in their war on reality: the Mainstream Media. An institution that could once be trusted to hold power accountable, the media is now overwhelmingly Leftist and overwhelmingly pro-government, running nonstop interference to protect the Establishment.

    That's why so many people believe every lie, every hoax, every false narrative, every piece of fiction the Establishment-supporting media creates and echoes, because the Left knows if they repeat a lie often enough, it becomes the truth.

    The Democrats have decided they have full ownership over Minorities in this country, telling them they are the victims of a culture of "Systemic Oppression".

    If you are Black, Brown, LGBT, an immigrant, or a woman, the Democrats and the media are exploiting you, creating story after story and hoax after hoax, to make you think that the other side of the aisle hates you; that you have no hope, no future, and no safety – unless they are in power.

    They lie about hate crimes and skew data to make you think that bigotry against you is on the rise. They want you to believe that your rights are in danger and that every problem in your life is caused by somebody else.

    They'll tell you they're the only people who care about you in your Freedom of Choice and opportunity.

    And then, in the ultimate act of gaslighting, they'll punish any of you who exercise your free will to leave them. They'll call you a "Self-loathing traitor" and tell you "You hate yourself", if you don't stand in solidarity with their illogical causes and beliefs.

    They'll ostracize you from your community, cyberbully you and try to make it impossible for you to exist. This is your punishment for being a minority and daring to disobey them by thinking for yourself.

    It's critical to Democrats that minorities remain forever segregated and afraid. Their goal is to make sure that you never know intellectual and spiritual freedom. Divided, they stand.

    Remember, these are the same people who brought authoritarianism to America, under the guise of "Protecting people from a 'pandemic'". They led the charge to lock you in, mask you and destroy your business – just because they could.

    They exploited a virus to manipulate an election. They arrested citizens for daring to open their stores and go to work. They jailed people for going to church.

    They turned a drug-addicted career criminal into a civil rights hero and gave him a funeral fit for a king, while our grandparents were forced to die alone.

    They mandated you take an experimental vaccine, they knew was not proven safe nor effective and suddenly, when a pandemic gave them the opportunity, the party that once championed Free Speech and expression became the Party of Censorship and Suppression.

    They ban and restrict any speech or opinion that challenges the Establishment narrative. They'll label anybody who questions them as "Spreaders of disinformation", to discredit them. They even created a Governance Board to track and punish thought criminals.

    Comply or be canceled. There's no line the Democrats won't cross, anymore in their craven quest for power. If they can't earn it, they'll steal it. If they can't steal it, they'll break it. If they can't break it, they'll silence it. And if they can't silence it, they'll make it disappear.

    This isn't a political party. It's a crime syndicate, and nobody holds them accountable.

    The Democrats have created a two-tier system of justice, weaponizing three-letter agencies against their political opponents, spying on them, raiding them, jailing them, and putting them on lists, while they live without any fear of consequences for their own corrupt behavior.

    If they want you out of the way, they'll search high and low to find a crime to accuse you of. And if they can't find one, they'll make one up. They'll force you to confess to things you didn't do, because they have the power to do it.

    They'll destroy your name and reputation with the help of their media, who report anything the government tells them to. They'll un-person you by banning you from banks, payment platforms, email services, social media, and air travel. Just like Communists do.

    They'll try to destroy every aspect of your life, based on the lies they created, then celebrate the devastation they've caused. I should know. They did it to me.

    They'll convince your friends and family it's their "Patriotic duty" to turn you into the FBI, to have you investigated and punished. They'll label you a "Domestic terrorist", to dehumanize you, so that no one objects when they imprison you, bankrupt you, and bury you.

    They'll come after everyone around you, one-by-one and nobody will stop them, because everyone's too afraid.

    And then it's your turn. And there's no one left to speak for you.

    So stand up, tell every truth, blow every whistle, sound every alarm, never shut up, never back down.

    Speak out now, while you still can. This is our last chance to save America, because once your freedom is gone, it's gone.

    And you'll never get it back. Once upon a time, I was a Liberal. But Liberalism is destroying us.

    So I will stand and fight for my values of Unity, Equal Opportunity, Personal Empowerment, Compassion, Freedom and Love. So, I continue to #WalkAway. And I encourage all of you to do the same.

    Join us. Unite. Share your stories. Walk Away.

    www.WalkAwayCampaign.com

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    Default Re: 2024 Democratic National Convention

    https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1825550778184143333



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    Today is the first day of the Democrat National Convention in Chicago.

    There will be a slate of speakers all week. Here are the speakers announced thus far.

    Monday: Joe Biden, Dr. Jill Biden, Hillary Clinton, Chicago’s Mayor Brandon Johnson.

    Tuesday: Barack Hussein Obama, Michelle Obama, Doug Emhoff (Kamala Harris’s husband), and Democrat Illinois Gov. Pritzker.

    Wednesday: @GovTimWalz, Bill Clinton, Nancy Pelosi.

    Thursday: Kamala Harris will give her nomination acceptance speech.

    Notice @TheDemocrats put Biden on the first night as opposed to the last night.

    They don’t even want anyone to focus on him. They scheduled the President of the United States on the first night which historically has the lowest viewership.
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    Copied and pasted from Forbidden News/

    by Brandon Straka

    On May 26, 2018, Brandon Straka shared a video about why he was walking away from the Democrat Party. That video went viral and launched the #WalkAway Campaign, a movement that led to hundreds of thousands of people sharing their own stories and videos of walking away from liberalism and the political left.

    Now, 6 years later, Brandon follows up his original video with the first ever "sequel" to it. In this new video, Brandon states in rapid fire succession all that the left has done to erode and destroy our culture, our country, our values, and our freedom.

    From the left's war on reality, to their presumed ownership of minorities, to bringing authoritarianism to America, to weaponizing our justice system... this video speaks to all of it and then some.
    Here's the video, and a powerful piece it is.

    6 Years Later: Why I Still #WalkAway From the Democrat Party
    9 mins
    "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."
    ~ Jimi Hendrix

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    Default Re: 2024 Democratic National Convention

    https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1825651688570802501



    Pro HAMAS rioters just broke down the fence at the security perimeter at the DNC.

    You love to see it.

    — Laura Loomer (@LauraLoomer) August 19, 2024


    https://x.com/TonySeruga/status/1825653405303582996




    We have identified and are tracking 5 attorneys connected with National Lawyers Guild, who use lawfare against cities and police departments. NLG “legal observers” are part of the mob to record police for multimillion dollar lawsuits.
    Tony Seruga
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    https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1825649272353915293

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    Default Re: 2024 Democratic National Convention

    copying here

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    https://x.com/TuckerCarlson/status/1825670108313719066



    Happy DNC week. Vince Coglianese previews the grotesqueries.
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    Default Re: 2024 Democratic National Convention

    https://x.com/WarClandestine/status/1825750405797613892




    Clandestine
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    Biden repeated debunked hoax after debunked hoax:

    -very fine people
    -suckers and losers
    -bloodbath
    -project 2025

    Joe’s speech, and the convention as a whole, was nothing but shameless lie after shameless lie.

    All they have is gaslighting and hateful anti-Trump rhetoric.



    https://x.com/WarClandestine/status/1825705942412898348




    Clandestine
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    Kamala comes out cackles for a moment, waves at the crowd, and thanks Joe Biden for begrudgingly accepting his forced resignation.

    She sticks to a short teleprompter speech, and gets out quickly.

    This is what a coup looks like.


    https://x.com/ClownWorld_/status/1825854559706821118

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    Default Re: 2024 Democratic National Convention

    https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/1825903169563394451



    The Democratic Party's livestream for opening night ran about 19K all night.

    The only YouTube livestream with over 500K views appears to be Kamala Harris' channel.

    For comparison, the @ElonMusk Spaces with @RealDonaldTrump has 275 MILLION views on @X alone.

    — Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) August 20, 2024


    https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/1825896105487355923




    Kyle Becker
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    Serious question: What did the DNC say last night of intelligence and substance?

    Name a big policy idea the Democratic Party has presented so far that would actually fix anything.

    Kyle Becker
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    Americans need more abortions? That about it?




    https://x.com/kylenabecker/status/1825897569311924639



    Kyle Becker
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    The Democrats pretend:

    Crime is not a problem. Inflation is not a problem. Energy prices are not a problem. Massive debt is not a problem. Border crisis is not a problem. Foreign war meddling is not a problem. China is not a problem.


    I'm not talking lip service. I mean actual solutions to serious problems. They don't care about fixing anything.

    You've got to conclude the destruction they are doing to the country is intentional.
    Sorry, when you think something is a problem, you actually try to fix it.


    https://x.com/catturd2/status/1825852035482186037

    ;


    https://x.com/WallStreetSilv/status/1825906887478390834





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    Default Re: 2024 Democratic National Convention

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/...s-and-speakers

    Chicago DNC Event Features Bizarre List Of Guests And Speakers

    by Tyler Durden
    Tuesday, Aug 20, 2024 - 01:45 PM
    It might sound trite these days to suggest that the political left has become an ideological cult, but when a group like this becomes increasingly more bizarre in their behavior with each passing month it's hard to ignore the greater implications. As the Democrats try to make a clean getaway from Joe Biden's disastrous presidency they have adopted an odd marketing strategy that one can only describe as "tortured optimism."

    It's a painfully forced theater of "joy" designed to appeal to the TikTok generation.

    Seeing Kamala Harris and Tim Walz dance around on stage and almost cannibalize each other with fake enthusiasm is uncomfortable enough. Then add a glaze of Orwellian gaslighting, communistic economic policies and the promotion of trans child grooming and most people would feel as if they were dropped into the middle of a horror movie. For progressives, though, this is a normal Tuesday.

    Perhaps the best way to make people who don't closely follow politics understand how bizarre the DNC in Chicago has been is to showcase some of their guests and invitational speakers. Take, for example, TikTok "influencer" Jeffrey Marsh, a man pretending to be a woman with a habit of engaging with minors, asking them to entertain private discussions with him on Patreon and convincing them to break contact with their parents.

    https://x.com/THATJennCheng/status/1760138285689831455



    Yes, this man has been invited to the Democratic Convention. And how about this hilarious case of gaslighting from Michigan State Senator Mallory McMorrow, who continually flicks her tongue like a snake.

    https://x.com/VigilantFox/status/1825753328715694510



    Hopefully most people can see the irony here; Biden and Harris have been weaponizing alphabet agencies against their political opponents since their first days in office. What Dems are really afraid of is that conservatives will one day be in a position to return the favor. And if anyone has forgotten the numerous trespasses of progressive leaders over the past four years, here's another guest to remind you - New Zealand pandemic totalitarian Jacinda Ardern who is in Chicago this week for the convention:

    https://x.com/Resist_05/status/1699603906974941230



    hink it can't get any worse? Oh, it can get worse. How about this bewildering speech from Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota Peggy Flanagan, who boasts about her membership in a "wolf clan."

    https://x.com/theblaze/status/1825679097890017664



    For a party running on the narrative that their opposition is "weird", they sure do present quite the circus freak show. Outside the convention there has been even more weirdness, with leftist protesters hijacking yet another cause from another group (Gaza) and trying to exploit it as their own. It's hard to say how Kamala plans to appease them but the Biden Administration threw their full weight behind woke activism and now they are stuck with these people.

    And, finishing out the DNC's image for 2024, Planned Parenthood has offered free abortions and vasectomies outside the venue from a mobile health clinic. It's hard to get any more grotesque than that.

    The Chicago event might, unfortunately, be just the beginning of Kamala Harris' cabinet of curiosities. Since she cannot debate on practical policies (because she has none other than the 'no tax on tips' policy that she stole from Donald Trump), she will only be able to run her campaign on ideology and distraction. The introduction of social media influencers appears to be a part of the agenda to puff-up Harris' visibility without actually appealing to people who vote.

    Case in point - Rumors have been swirling that the Harris Campaign has been paying influencers upwards of $20,000 to attend the convention along with comped flights and hotel rooms should they report on the event on their channels. An influencer named "Zop" appears to confirm this outside the DNC as he mentions other social media celebrities he knows are there to get paid.

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    We are all being fleeced. Big news there, right? Not.

    The “free stuff” they are giving out like candy is not free. We, the people pay for it. In more ways than one.

    The criminals literally pick our pockets to enrich themselves in ways hard to imagine and, to boot, use our money (more accurately the peoples’ “credit” as measured by the extent to which we can be monetized) to give “free stuff” to people the criminals have brainwashed into doing their bidding. These free stuff zombies carrying out their own destruction; having been convinced to do so by manipulation of their fears and their self-centered sense of need fulfillment.

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    https://x.com/lsferguson/status/1826093934277226597



    Seeing the Obamas tonight remind me that every vile thing that has happened since 2009 started with a fake birth certificate from Hawaii

    — Steve Ferguson (@lsferguson) August 21, 2024


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    Pay attention: this is how you get people who can’t think to mindlessly clap for wide open borders and paying their taxes to support the permanent resettlement in the United States of 15 million more illegal immigrants during the next 4 year Democratic presidential administration.

    All the apparatus for flying the illegals all over the country and resettling them and supporting them with federal programs is already in place and humming along nicely.

    They’re not to going to stop bringing in millions of illegals every year and supporting them on your dime. You know that, don’t you?

    They have to BE stopped.

    By losing power.

    By losing elections.

    Starting with this next one.

    They’re scared because they’ve been outplayed into putting Kamala out there as their new fake Figurehead Presidential candidate, an incredibly weak position to be in, and they can SEE Trump coming to stop them and shut it all down and send them back.

    This is not another 4 year election.
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    Just take a moment to reflect on how preposterous this statement is. She's saying that Americans aren't allowed their own self-identity to exclude other identities, that they aren't able to determine who is and isn't American. Americans, to her, are the nowhere people.



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    https://x.com/WarClandestine/status/1826119985585889717



    Thus far, the DNC has been nothing but an anti-Trump cult rally.

    It reminds me very much of Oceania’s “Two Minutes of Hate”, from Orwell’s 1984. It’s a ritual, designed to amplify and weaponize the emotions of the brainwashed sheep.

    They don’t have policy. Only hatred.


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    ZH coverage of day 2 here

    https://www.zerohedge.com/political/...tage-dnc-day-2

    "The Torch Has Been Passed" - Protests Escalate As Obamas & RINOs Take The Stage On DNC Day 2


    by Tyler Durden
    Wednesday, Aug 21, 2024 - 08:25 AM
    Democrats saw continued momentum during day two of their convention in Chicago on Aug. 20, as delegates from across the country officially coronated Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s presidential nominee.

    The packed crowd in the United Center heard from former President Barack Obama, former First Lady Michelle Obama, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff, and two notable Republicans who crossed party lines to endorse Harris this year.

    Amid the euphoria sweeping across the arena, protesters continued to clash with police, resulting in multiple arrests as a frantic atmosphere brewed throughout the streets.

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    Undercover at the DNC convention for two days. They had no idea. Full video drops tomorrow. Stay tuned. #DNCExposed



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    Bill Clinton, a serial sexual predator and the man who raped me in 1978, will be the guest speaker at the DNC tonight.

    The DNC has no shame.
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    DNC speakers tonight for night 3 of the DNC Convention.

    Programming begins at 6:30 pm EST

    -Sen. Cory Booker
    -Sen. Chris Murphy
    -Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto
    -Sen. Amy Klobuchar
    -Rep. Hakeem Jeffries
    -Speaker Nancy Pelosi
    -Gov. Wes Moore
    -Gov. Josh Shapiro
    -Secretary Pete Buttigieg
    - Bill Clinton

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    Tim Walz is expected to speak at 11 pm EST tonight to accept the VP nomination.
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    https://x.com/thevivafrei/status/1826971812565053661



    The gaslighting is truly astonishing.

    Kamala Harris and the Democrats rely on the incorrigible ignorance of their supporters.

    I can’t stress it enough: if you vote for this, you are an idiot.

    — Viva Frei (@thevivafrei) August 23, 2024



    https://x.com/LauraLoomer/status/1826960845584105851




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    The Democrats and Kamala Harris’s campaign were so desperate to get people to watch Kamala Harris, they deliberately planted a fake story telling people
    @Beyonce would be performing at the DNC.

    Kamala’s own campaign did this because of how low the ratings at the DNC have been this week.

    Kamala Harris is a deceptive person and a liar.
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    Matt Walsh dons his man-bun and heads on over to the DNC to...have a look around. Fun and games ensue --


    "I attended the Democrat convention in Chicago this week. I was shocked to discover that I was not welcomed there. But I still had a very enlightening and productive time. I'll tell you all about it and show you the footage today on the show."

    Here’s What Happened When I Tried to Spread the Truth at the DNC


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