nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnddaehgu3wwp6kyqpq5dj80xmt699v9cvhtp9ssrndvduk4e90xhqvqlu0ay3kljvmx4mq03uuvu (nprofile…uuvu) "When I volunteered to work at the Democratic National Convention this year, I was hoping to feel inspired again. Instead, when I got there, I encountered the same social snobbery as always, with consultants and higher-ups looking down on volunteers. Donor suites and corporate media suites intermingled in the same area, and extremely rich people mindlessly chanted “joy” and “respect.” Harris had no policies or programs on her website, and yet, an arena of tens of thousands seemed deliriously high, spellbound by her identity as a woman of color running for president. Her political emptiness allowed them to project their own hopes and desires onto her.
The final straw was Oprah Winfrey’s tone-deaf speech. A larger than life Hollywood billionaire so far removed from the experience of average Americans—indeed, from her own experience growing up poor in rural Mississippi—her presence was dumbfounding to me. She said nothing that spoke to the Americans who had once constituted the Democratic base. People like my mom and grandmother, who now must live together because the rents are too high, who live solely on their Social Security checks, who can eat only one meal a day for most weeks because they literally can’t afford to buy as many groceries as they used to. I had seen enough. I was done."
https://www.thefp.com/p/democrat-fundraiser-evan-barker-i-voted-trump
"Later that night, there’s a party called “Hotties for Harris” with 200 content creators and influencers. And there’s a real fear about what the year 2025 might look like if it falls into the wrong hands.
“F*ck Project 2025,” read the condoms being handed out at the Hotties party — a reference to a plan, written by allies of former president Donald Trump, for how to gut the government should Republicans take control of Washington in November."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/power/2024/08/22/chicago-dnc-vibes-convention-democratic-beyonce-chicks-anthem/
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2024-11-17 13:40:03
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