"She was San Francisco district attorney and California attorney general, making the 'prosecutor vs. felon' narrative simply too delicious. (She was also known for vigorously prosecuting sex crimes; she will be running against an adjudicated rapist.) And Harris has been the party’s single best surrogate on the issue of abortion rights and reproductive justice, which is the Democrats’ winning issue."

~ Joan Walsh

#KamalaHarris #Trump #abortion #SexCrimes #rapist
/2

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/biden-setps-down-endorses-harris/

Joe Biden Cements His Legacy | The Nation

Abandoning his reelection run and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris took courage and vision. Other top Dems are joining.

^{The Nation}

"They’re especially afraid of Harris’ top issue, abortion rights, because it’s one of America’s top issues, too, and she’s on the same side as about two-thirds of voters. Rather than joust with Harris on the right of women to control their own bodies, the Trump campaign is focusing on another issue, declaring that Harris 'wants to get rid of plastic straws.'”

~ Mark Jacob

#KamalaHarris #Trump #abortion #women #ReproductiveRights
/3

https://www.stopthepresses.news/p/kamala-harris-is-breaking-republican

Kamala Harris is breaking Republican brains

MAGA lacks issues against her, so it brings up the silly and the slimy

^{Mark Jacob (Stop the Presses)}

"Obviously, Harris frightens Team Trump. At age 59, she will make the 78-year-old Trump look like the very senior citizen that he is. She also has a sharp mind and a prosecutor’s ability to close in for the kill.

As Harris begins her run for president, she seems to have broken Republicans’ brains but left their sexism and racism intact."

#KamalaHarris #Trump #abortion #women #ReproductiveRights #racism #sexism
/4

"Nothing triggers Donald Trump (and MAGA) more than strong Black women. Period. Black women are at the intersection of the racism and sexism that so fuels Trump and his MAGA movement. ...

Harris is the manifestation of all that scares Trump: She is a powerful, successful, smart Black woman."

~ Dean Obeidallah

#KamalaHarris #Trump #abortion #women #ReproductiveRights #racism #sexism
/5

https://deanobeidallah.substack.com/p/kamala-harris-is-trumps-worst-nightmare

Kamala Harris is Trump’s worst nightmare: She’s a strong, successful Black woman (and more!)

Time to unite and win!!

^{Dean Obeidallah (The Dean's Report by Dean Obeidallah)}

"The Trump campaign spent two years creating a political bomb concerning old age. They assumed that they could plant this bomb at the feet of Joe Biden.

Trump is now the one holding the age bomb. He is not only a full generation older than Harris—everything about him looks geriatric by comparison."

~ Jonathan V. Last

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #age
/6

https://www.thebulwark.com/p/seven-lessons-from-joe-bidens-candidacy

Seven Lessons from Joe Biden’s Candidacy

The Democratic party is healthy. The Republican party is not.

^{Jonathan V. Last (The Bulwark)}

"In the coming weeks we will find out if the people who said, 'I hate Trump, but Biden is too old' really meant it.

Will they find some new excuse for why they have to vote for Trump? Will they become unconcerned about the risks of old age and cognitive decline in a president?"

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #age
/7

"Trump’s entire political career has been built on divisiveness over race and sex, starting with the lie that Obama might have been born outside the US and gendered attacks on Hillary Clinton in 2016. As Biden, Prospero-like, drowns his book, the election of Harris, a Black woman, would provide this era’s last word in poetic justice."

~ David Smith

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #racism #sexism
/8

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/21/biden-decision-drop-analysis

Biden’s selfless decision to drop out sets stage for an entirely different election

The president will be remembered for steering the US to recovery and giving his party a chance to beat Trump again

^{David Smith (The Guardian)}

"Harris’s own qualifications pale in comparison to the case against Trump. That case is simple and easy to make. Donald Trump is a fascist. He is a felon. He will be the oldest president in American history. All the Democrats need is someone who can repeat these facts again and again. Joe Biden sadly wasn’t that person. Kamala Harris is."

~ Alex Shephard

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump #age #fascism #ConvictedFelon
/9

https://newrepublic.com/article/184082/donald-trump-weaker-kamala-harris

Donald Trump Is Now the Weaker Candidate

Beating the former president isn’t hard—if you have a nominee who can press the case against him. Joe Biden wasn’t that person. Kamala Harris is.

^{The New Republic}

"A lot of us aren’t happy with the way things played out for Joe Biden. But MAGA and the media have wasted no time. They’re already coming after Kamala with racist and sexist attacks. That's why, in this very difficult moment, we must unite.

We have to be ready to push back harder, stronger, and faster than ever. We must intensely pressure the media into covering Trump’s lunacy and lies at a constant.

If we unite, we win."

~ Scott Dworkin

#KamalaHarris #Trump
/10

https://www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/we-must-unite-to-defeat-trump

We Must Unite to Defeat Trump

Let’s do this

^{Scott Dworkin (The Dworkin Report)}

"The reality is, look at how the Democratic Party came behind Harris yesterday. I was actually stunned. I was impressed at how quickly everyone followed Joe Biden’s lead, including Adam Schiff and many others."

~ Mehdi Hassan

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Democrats
/11

https://www.democracynow.org/2024/7/22/mehdi_hasan_biden_harris_trump_2024

“Beating Donald Trump Is Vital”: Mehdi Hasan on Joe Biden Dropping Out, Kamala Harris, Gaza & More

Journalist Mehdi Hasan joins us to respond to President Joe Biden’s announcement Sunday he is ending his campaign to seek reelection just four months before Election Day.

^{Democracy Now!}

"Instead of chaos, we have seen something quite rare among Democrats: consensus and discipline. The combination of excitement, the outpouring of love for Joe Biden and acclaim for Kamala Harris, the opening of voter wallets and donor dollars, the grassroots organizing that already has sprung into place—"

~ Jay Kuo

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Democrats
/12

https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/a-whole-new-ball-game

A Whole New Ball Game

Like I said, 2024 is not nearly done with us.

^{Jay Kuo (The Status Kuo)}

"It is heady and exhilarating, a far cry from the despair, deadlock and resignation Democrats largely exhibited over the past three and a half weeks.

Democrats are looking to our future, thinking that we really could win this. As my piece on Friday after Trump’s speech underscored, Trump is very, very beatable. That was true with Biden, and it is absolutely true with Harris.

That funny feeling we all share now has a name: hope."

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Democrats
/13

"Among Gen Z voters, there is a finally a palpable excitement for a candidate who is far more relatable, hip and with it, who doesn’t carry the same political baggage around Israel and Gaza that Joe Biden does. ...

Harris is a seasoned prosecutor, and Trump is a convicted felon.

Harris is a champion of abortion rights, while Trump brags about having ended Roe v. Wade."

#KamalaHarris #Trump
/14

"Harris is a hip, younger candidate, while Trump is an aging one with clear early dementia and aphasia.

Harris has sent sexual predators to prison, and Trump is an adjudicated rapist.

Harris will appeal to the winning Obama coalition, while Trump must rely on turnout from white MAGA voters.

Harris is articulate and organized in her public speaking, while Trump rambles nonsensically and interminably.

Harris is today’s news, and Trump’s is yesterday’s."

#KamalaHarris #Trump
/15

Pamela Hilliard Owens offers readers today a useful resource: a short biography of Kamala Harris that Owens first published in March this year.

#KamalaHarris
/16

https://wearespeaking.substack.com/p/today-in-black-history-vice-president

Today In Black History: Vice President Kamala Harris (Re-post)

Kamala Harris is expected to the first Black and Asian woman to be nominated for President of the United States

^{Pamela Hilliard Owens (We Are Speaking)}

"Few politicians understand in such concrete terms how dangerous decisions of this U.S. Supreme Court have been in recent years. Harris will talk forthrightly about the end of Roe v. Wade and the need to protect abortion rights. Harris should be able to do the same in many other areas, including the dangers to democracy posed by Trump."

~ Chris Geidner

#KamalaHarris #SupremeCourt #RoevWade #abortion
/17

https://www.lawdork.com/p/it-happened-its-harris-now-lets-do

It happened. It's Harris. Now, let's do this.

Joe Biden is not running for president, Kamala Harris is, and she must defeat Donald Trump. We can talk around the drama of Sunday, but it all comes down to that.

^{Chris Geidner (Law Dork)}

"Biden’s announcement and Harris’s rapid consolidation of support and money appear to have blindsided the Trump-Vance campaign. MAGA Republicans have responded with scattershot arguments that suggest they had not thought through a scenario in which Biden would step down, an omission so astonishing it perhaps suggests they could not imagine a presumptive nominee voluntarily giving up power."

~ Heather Cox Richardson

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump
/18

https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/july-22-2024

July 22, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris has continued to rack up endorsements and delegates since President Biden’s surprise announcement yesterday that he would not accept the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination.

^{Heather Cox Richardson (Letters from an American)}

"A post on Trump’s social media feed tonight suggested that Trump recognizes that being the oldest candidate ever nominated for the presidency is a campaign issue. The post said that 'Lyin’ Kamala Harris…has absolutely terrible pole [sic] numbers against a fine and brilliant young man named DONALD J. TRUMP! Be careful what you wish for, Democrats???'”

#KamalaHarris #Trump
/19

"Suddenly Trump looks plder and more deranged.

Now the Republicans are the ones saddled with a candidate who can’t make a clear argument or finish a sentence."

~ Anne Applebaum

And, Lord knows, age matters supremely — especially to Republicans, who have spent months and months yelling about that very matter.

And to the media. We can surely count on blaring headlines now about Trump's age: am I right? New York Times?

#KamalaHarris #Trump #age
/20

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/07/trump-looks-older-and-more-deranged/679186/

Suddenly Trump Looks Older and More Deranged

^{Anne Applebaum (The Atlantic)}

"People are excited. The storylines are writing themselves: prosecutor versus convicted felon, public servant versus selfish businessman, healthy Gen Xer versus deteriorating Boomer, prime-of-life woman of color versus old white man, a women fighting for women’s rights versus a man who wants to take those rights away.

~ Greg Olear

#KamalaHarris #Trump #age
/21

https://gregolear.substack.com/p/kamalapalooza

Kamalapalooza

MVP Harris is now the presumptive Democratic nominee. LFG!

^{Greg Olear (PREVAIL by Greg Olear)}

And while the Democrats offer us Kamala, the Republicans offer us Trump selling sneakers at $300/pair, with his bloody face on them. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar comments:

"The company is owned by Trump, yet the site says 'Though it uses Trump’s name, it is ‘not political’ and does not contribute to the presidential candidate’s re-election campaign.' How disingenuous can you get? The money goes directly to Trump, which is supporting his candidacy."

#Trump #Republicans
/22

https://kareem.substack.com/p/biden-steps-aside-so-harris-can-run

Biden Steps Aside so Harris Can Run & Trump Sells Sneakers Imprinted with his Bloody Face

What I’m Discussing Today: Kareem’s Daily Quote: Alice Walker reminds people how to empower themselves. President Biden Backs Kamala Harris for President: Sometimes you have to pivot.

^{Kareem Abdul-Jabbar}

"Trump is the oldest presidential candidate in our history. That script he’s been using against Biden? It all applies to him. Unlike Biden, as a candidate, he hasn’t made important medical results like bloodwork or even his weight public. We still haven’t seen a report from a doctor with a valid medical license about his injuries during the shooting.

If Trump is elected, J.D. Vance is only a heartbeat away from the presidency."

~ Joyce Vance

#KamalaHarris #Trump
/23

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/things-that-matter-desperately

Things That Matter, Desperately

Often, we use the language of games when we describe politics: match-ups and races, finish lines, Hail Mary passes, and front runners.

^{Joyce Vance (Civil Discourse with Joyce Vance)}

"By endorsing V.P. Harris, President Biden has helped to impose order on a process that could have been chaotic. It will not be his final gift to our nation, but it is a fitting and significant one that will echo for generations. In endorsing Kamala Harris, Joe Biden has pointed the way to the future."

~ Robert B. Hubbell

#KamalaHarris #Biden #Trump
/24

https://roberthubbell.substack.com/p/a-new-beginning-and-a-great-start

A new beginning and a great start!

July 23, 2024

^{Robert B. Hubbell (Today's Edition Newsletter)}

"The stark political reality facing President Joe Biden, prompting his unprecedented decision to exit the 2024 race, might look different had he enjoyed the support of a blindly loyal, propagandistic news media."

~ Oliver Darcy

#Biden #Trump #media
/25

https://view.newsletters.cnn.com/messages/17216991515692458e0c72351/raw

While Donald Trump has relied on Fox News and an army of MAGA Media loyalists to endlessly shield him from scandal after scandal, Biden had no such defenses in his arsenal when serious questions were raised about his age and mental acuity. ...

Contrast how the news media covered Biden's woes with how the MAGA Media has treated Trump in recent years."

#Biden #Trump #media
/26

"The right can barely contain its racist, sexist contempt for Biden’s likely 2024 replacement. …

The attacks from the far right are as predictable as they are distasteful — reflecting a “based” far-right culture that sees unvarnished expressions of bigotry as a virtue. The attacks center on Harris’ race and gender…."

~ Tim Dickinson

#KamalaHarris #Trump #Republicans #racism #misogyny
/27

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/maga-republicans-racist-sexist-attacks-kamala-harris-1235065295/

MAGA Republicans Launch Racist, Sexist Attacks Against Kamala Harris

MAGA Republicans have leveled a slew of racist attacks against Kamala Harris, who is now likely to land the Democratic nomination for president.

^{Tim Dickinson (Rolling Stone)}

"The contrast between the candidates is now more stark than ever. Our candidate is on the right side of racial and LGBTQ issues, the right side of the abortion question, the right side of America’s role in international affairs, the right side of everything, when you think about it."

~ Lucian K. Truscott

#KamalaHarris #Trump
/28

https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/we-did-it

We did it!

Take a bow, Democrats. With practically every headline about the Democratic Party for the past three weeks featuring words like “disarray” and “chaos” and “turmoil,” Joe Biden’s announcement yesterday has brought the party together in an almost unima…

^{Lucian K. Truscott IV (Lucian Truscott Newsletter)}

Should be easy, shouldn't it, for New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, et al., to make the pivot now to headlines about the age of the ONE CANDIDATE who is the oldest ever nominated by a major party for the presidency. Right?

The headlines are already there, with Biden's name. Just erase Biden and insert Trump, and voilà, problem solved.

The media WILL do this now, right?, since they've talked incessantly about how age matters supremely to them and to us.

#Trump #Biden #media #age
/29

"Last week, Donald Trump used his speech at the Republican National Convention — before the largest audience television he’ll have to himself in the entire campaign — to praise Hungarian strongman Victor Orban and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, and to tout their desire for Trump to return to the White House."

~ Jamison Foser

#Trump #dictators #Orban #KimJongUn #NewYorkTimes #media
/30

https://www.findinggravity.net/p/tell-the-new-york-times-donald-trumps\

"Trump’s decision to use the most important speech of his campaign to praise Orban and Kim put into stark relief the choice facing voters this fall: Freedom, or fascism.

Or rather it should have.

Instead, it was all but ignored by the news media. The New York Times, for example still hasn’t mentioned Trump’s convention comments about Orban and Kim in a single news report, and it has drawn only brief passing mention in a single opinion column."

#Trump #Orban #KimJongUn #NewYorkTimes
/31

"While the first 48 hours of Harris’ candidacy have featured an almost cartoonish response from MAGA world, there’s a method to the madness. The effect over time is to work the refs – mainstream news outlets – and wait for them to break down and for the attacks to break through to a wider audience. One way to combat the effort is be a sophisticated news consumer who is aware of it and sees it for what it is."

~ David Kurtz

#KamalaHarris #Republicans #media
/32

https://morningmemo.talkingpointsmemo.com/p/a-readers-guide-to-magas-racist-and

A Reader’s Guide To MAGA’s Racist And Misogynistic Attacks On Kamala Harris

INSIDE: John Kerry ... Hillary Clinton ... George Lang

^{David Kurtz (Morning Memo)}

"Ms Harris would not only be the first woman of colour to win a presidential nomination. She would be a 59-year-old running against an often incoherent 78-year-old; a voice of warmth against a vindictive demagogue; a former prosecutor running against a convicted criminal."

~ The Guardian

#KamalaHarris #Trump
/33

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jul/22/the-guardian-view-on-joe-biden-quitting-the-race-a-fresh-start-for-democrats

The Guardian view on Joe Biden quitting the race: a fresh start for Democrats

Editorial: The president’s decision to abandon his bid for re-election gives his party a chance to reinvigorate the campaign and beat Donald Trump

^{Editorial (The Guardian)}