Moving forward - nomination & delegates

[cuadrado]

Jul 22, 2024 22:01:22 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I like the enthusiasm, but she's still polling behind Trump as of earlier today.

www.axios.com/2024/07/22/trump-harris-polls-2024-election

On CNN last night, they said it may take up to 2 weeks to get more accurate polling numbers. Fingers crossed! 

[bsp36]

Jul 23, 2024 9:28:06 GMT -5 @villainv said:

Raygun already has Kamala merch!!

I love Raygun, so happy a storefront in my city.

[ellipses84]

I was opposed to Biden dropping out and don’t love how it was handled in the media or so back-stabbing publicly by the party the past few weeks. Now that it’s happened, I’ve come to the realization it was due to fear and anxiety that D’s would fumble the opportunity. Either they would spend more weeks fighting about candidates or this would be an inter-party coup by rich old white men of the party to get both Biden and Harris out. We’ve all known or been that woman who was logically next in line for a promotion and got screwed out of it by men. I also don’t think anyone else could win this late in the election cycle if all that happened. With so much immediate voter and donor support of Harris, they won’t have the chance.

We’ve voted for a black president in high numbers before and the majority of Americans voted for a woman but she didn’t win the electoral college. That was 8 years ago and millions of boomers have passed away since then and millions more Genz are of voting age now. GenZ is statistically voting Dem and way more liberal than Boomers. There’s going to be so much racism and misogyny by the media and the opposition, that will be repeated by voters, but we are not the party of racism and misogyny, Rs are.

If you need hope, search the Divine 9 and Kamala on social media. They were a voting force for her in 2020 and she was the keynote speaker at the AKA conference in Dallas a few days ago. We can thank them for mobilizing immediately and the Sunday zoom call that originally had a limit of 1000 people. They got the CEO of Zoom to increase it so 40,000 black women could join for hours to strategize and donate for VP Harris, which created a wave of momentum.

[ellipses84]

Jul 23, 2024 8:40:19 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Jul 23, 2024 8:21:04 GMT -5 TR said:

I ordered a Madam President baseball hat. I’m so excited lol

I posted on ML that I bought a Keep Kamala and Carry On shirt and a Make America Laugh Again baseball cap (get it?) (Ka) MALA.

Love this! I need to dig out my 2020 Kamala Christmas sweatshirt, but it’s like 90 degrees this week. It says Deck the Halls with Smart, Strong Women, Kama-La-La-La-La-La-La-La 🎶

[Vespasia]

Jul 23, 2024 10:47:52 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

Now that it’s happened, I’ve come to the realization it was due to fear and anxiety that D’s would fumble the opportunity. Either they would spend more weeks fighting about candidates or this would be an inter-party coup by rich old white men of the party to get both Biden and Harris out. We’ve all known or been that woman who was logically next in line for a promotion and got screwed out of it by men. I also don’t think anyone else could win this late in the election cycle if all that happened. With so much immediate voter and donor support of Harris, they won’t have the chance.

This is exactly where I am at as well. The fact that we appear to have avoided eating our own is a pleasant but rather big surprise. 

I'm still just cautiously optimistic rather than confident but only because people suck and not for any concerns about Harris herself. 

[pixy0stix]

Oh look, Clooney endorses Harris - www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/politics/george-clooney-kamala-harris-2024/index.html

[kellady]

Jul 23, 2024 11:21:37 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Oh look, Clooney endorses Harris - www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/politics/george-clooney-kamala-harris-2024/index.html

I was wondering when we’d hear from him.

[cville]

Jul 23, 2024 11:21:37 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Oh look, Clooney endorses Harris - www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/politics/george-clooney-kamala-harris-2024/index.html

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 10 OF THE OCEANS ELEVEN?!?!?! I want to know what they think too!!! I simply CANNOT head to the polls without this crucial information.

[sent]

Jul 23, 2024 10:47:52 GMT -5 ellipses84 said:

If you need hope, search the Divine 9 and Kamala on social media. They were a voting force for her in 2020 and she was the keynote speaker at the AKA conference in Dallas a few days ago. We can thank them for mobilizing immediately and the Sunday zoom call that originally had a limit of 1000 people. They got the CEO of Zoom to increase it so 40,000 black women could join for hours to strategize and donate for VP Harris, which created a wave of momentum.

This just gave me chills. Wow!

[glw]

Jul 23, 2024 11:35:16 GMT -5 cville said:

Jul 23, 2024 11:21:37 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Oh look, Clooney endorses Harris - www.cnn.com/2024/07/23/politics/george-clooney-kamala-harris-2024/index.html

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER 10 OF THE OCEANS ELEVEN?!?!?! I want to know what they think too!!! I simply CANNOT head to the polls without this crucial information.

I would actually like to hear from Elliott Gould (about anything, always).

[Pom]

Schumer & Jeffries officially endorse VP Harris.

[pixy0stix]

Jul 23, 2024 12:30:22 GMT -5 Pom said:

Schumer & Jeffries officially endorse VP Harris.

Took them long enough

[Pom]

Divine 9

www.theroot.com/kamala-harris-would-be-the-first-divine-nine-u-s-presi-1851601384

I love Elie Mystal and was watching the news about this call too:

www.becauseofthemwecan.com/blogs/news/50k-black-men-raised-over-1-3m-for-vp-kamala-harris-on-roland-martins-black-star-network

[TR]

Jul 23, 2024 9:04:59 GMT -5 Michelle said:

Jul 22, 2024 22:01:22 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

I like the enthusiasm, but she's still polling behind Trump as of earlier today.

www.axios.com/2024/07/22/trump-harris-polls-2024-election

  that said, I wore my AKA colors yesterday as a subtle nod to KH. My AKA colleagues noticed, and there were little smirks.

Is it normal for non-sorority members to wear sorority colors like that? I wasn’t in one, but I didn’t think that was a thing. Are we gonna have a bunch of white women parading around in pink and green now?

[glw]

Oh man, now I really wish I was going to Boulé this year!
www.21alivenews.com/2024/07/22/kamala-harris-visit-indianapolis-wednesday-zeta-phi-beta-sorority-inc-grand-boul/

[fernweh]

Because there was some concerns about polling (don’t remember if it was this thread or the other one), Reuters is now showing Harris polling ahead of Trump.

www.reuters.com/world/us/harris-closes-nomination-with-delegates-secured-campaign-wisconsin-2024-07-23/

[audette]

Jul 22, 2024 19:21:22 GMT -5 stuffandthings said:

Jul 22, 2024 19:12:35 GMT -5 JayTea said:

It’s kind of illegal for foreigners to donate to federal candidates.

It’s fine if she’s a permanent resident (aka has a green card: www.fec.gov/updates/foreign-nationals/#:~:text=Individuals%3A%20The%20%22green%20card%22,are%20not%20considered%20foreign%20nationals.

Holy crap!!! Thank you for this. I assumed I couldn't donate.

[underwaterrhymes]

LOL. Not that this is a ringing endorsement, but Andrew Yang has endorsed Harris.

[pixy0stix]

Jul 23, 2024 14:30:46 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

LOL. Not that this is a ringing endorsement, but Andrew Yang has endorsed Harris.

He's been trying to garner attention for himself since his blip of notoriety in 2020. He endorsed Dean Phillips in January - www.cnn.com/2024/01/18/politics/andrew-yang-endorses-dean-phillips-president/index.html

At one point he said he quit the Ds and was going independent, too.

[underwaterrhymes]

Jul 23, 2024 14:36:40 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Jul 23, 2024 14:30:46 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

LOL. Not that this is a ringing endorsement, but Andrew Yang has endorsed Harris.

He's been trying to garner attention for himself since his blip of notoriety in 2020. He endorsed Dean Phillips in January - www.cnn.com/2024/01/18/politics/andrew-yang-endorses-dean-phillips-president/index.html

At one point he said he quit the Ds and was going independent, too.

He’s a joke and a scam artist.

[sillygoosegirl]

I've been worried about Harris's polling, but there was a segment on NPR last night (Today, Explained) with a strategist talking about another case where the VP came into the race late (Hubert Humphrey) starting 20 point behind and closing the gap to 1 point by election day. That made me feel really good about Harris's current polling numbers. Good today isn't election day, but unlike Biden, she's actually been running for president now for what? 2 days? Surely her polling will improve once she's actually had some time to campaign.

[pixy0stix]

Musk is an asshole part #7035 - X is blocking people from following Harris' campaign account - thehill.com/homenews/house/4788620-nadler-investigate-x-harris-censorship/

[abs]

Jul 23, 2024 14:55:32 GMT -5 pixy0stix said:

Musk is an asshole part #7035 - X is blocking people from following Harris' campaign account - thehill.com/homenews/house/4788620-nadler-investigate-x-harris-censorship/

I have kept X thus far because there are some fantastic weather accounts there that give quick and accurate up to date info during our numerous weather catastrophes. However it is a freaking cesspool right now. Like really really bad. Really great that an asshole billionaire has complete control over a popular app and can control all info seen.

[mrsukyankee]

abs, I got rid of it a week ago and I can imagine how awful it is. I just have no desire to check it out even with some of the good people I follow.

[underwaterrhymes]

Jul 21, 2024 18:45:34 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Nikki Haley’s Voter PAC endorsed Harris.

www.newsweek.com/nikki-haley-voters-pac-announces-support-kamala-harris-1928198

LOL.

Nikki Haley has asked them to cease and desist.

www.yahoo.com/news/nikki-haley-tells-super-pac-210138237.html

[underwaterrhymes]

I have a very carefully curated Twitter account that somehow enables me to only see posts that uplift me.

This one popped up and I laughed for almost five minutes straight. This is a poster who maybe only had 50 likes tops in the past but they went viral.





Their description now includes the phrase “severely indebted to the Kamala Harris presidential campaign.” 🤣🤣🤣

[picksthemusic]

If you're not on Threads yet, I'd highly recommend moving over there. It's basically how Twitter used to be IMO. I also use Spoutible, which was created by Christopher Bouzy and it's great as well. It's different and kind of hard to get used to, but it's got great information and good people on there.

[underwaterrhymes]

Jul 23, 2024 18:30:58 GMT -5 picksthemusic said:

If you're not on Threads yet, I'd highly recommend moving over there. It's basically how Twitter used to be IMO. I also use Spoutible, which was created by Christopher Bouzy and it's great as well. It's different and kind of hard to get used to, but it's got great information and good people on there.

Love both of these too.

[sequins]

Musk is rescinding his 45 million offer. LOL.

[basilosaurus]

Jul 23, 2024 17:58:36 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Jul 21, 2024 18:45:34 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

Nikki Haley’s Voter PAC endorsed Harris.

www.newsweek.com/nikki-haley-voters-pac-announces-support-kamala-harris-1928198

LOL.

Nikki Haley has asked them to cease and desist.

www.yahoo.com/news/nikki-haley-tells-super-pac-210138237.html

Lol. The PAC's argument is a solid one. "We voted for Haley b/c we didn't want trump. Now we'll vote for Harris." (paraphrased) How is this any different than the never trumpers?