Mary Trump Explains Why She’s ‘Heartbroken’ By Her Uncle’s RNC Speech
Mary Trump, President Donald Trump’s niece, appeared on MSNBC after the Republican National Convention Thursday to react to her uncle’s
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Conventions
The biggest lies of the Trump Party convention are all about COVID-19
Trump’s handling of COVID-19 hasn’t been bungled or mishandled or poor. It’s been murder. It’s been deliberate. It’s been death-as-a-political-strategy. And now the Trump convention is running film clips from Thailand as part of a propaganda piece claiming it was Trump who took the virus seriously, Trump who took action, and Trump who whatever.
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Watching Biden accept his nomination at an Oklahoma drive-in
About 105 carloads of people came from all over the state and paid the $10 admission to commune with their fellow Democrats in a socially distanced setting.
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The Fox News reviews of Biden’s speech were so glowing, Junior deflated live on air
So after Biden’s speech, Ingraham invited Fail-Son #1 on the program to dissect the speech, and even Ingraham had to admit that Biden’s speech “exceeded expectations.” As she made this comment, you could see Junior deflate right there before our eyes.
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Kamala Harris Goes Beyond the White Pantsuit
Kamala Harris officially accepting her party’s nomination for vice president, followed the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and women’s right to vote (or rather, some women’s right to vote) was both fitting and significant, given that it was an evening filled with strong female voices, including former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former Representative Gabby Giffords and Senator Elizabeth Warren.
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DNC Highlights: AOC, Jill Biden, Colin Powell, Bill Clinton and More
The surreal nature of the virtual proceedings this week did not fade on the second night of the Democratic National
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Opinion | AOC’s brief, poetic moment to shine — and plant a big flag
The 30-year-old first term lawmaker learned last week that she was given only a minute to address this year’s virtual Democratic National Convention. Her response, quoting the poetry of Benjamin E. Mays, was a social media bat signal to her Yorktown, N.Y., second grade teacher, Mai Jacobs, who taught Ocasio-Cortez to memorize and recite poetry from an early age.
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DNC schedule, speakers and key themes on Tuesday
Democrats, in a moment of official business during a convention that has otherwise been more of a television show, will also hold their reimagined roll call vote on Tuesday, with party members appearing on video from each of the 57 states and territories to officially announce the delegates Biden and other Democrats received from their primary or caucus.
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Democratic National Convention 2020: Speakers, lineup, and how to watch
Rather than days of full programming, the convention will be condensed into two hours of televised speeches spread out from Monday, August 17, to Thursday, August 20. Former Vice President Joe Biden is set to accept his party’s nomination on Thursday night from his home in Delaware, rather than the original planned location of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Read moreWe Now Interrupt Your Regularly Scheduled Convention Programming
Forget the luxury-suite studios soaring above the convention stage. Or the morning-show stars flown in for an on-scene dispatch. Or the armies of television crews and correspondents trawling the arena floor for rebellious delegates.
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