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- Harris and Walz are a pair of formidable, dynamic speakers, a rather unusual coupling in modern political times. Typically, one is personable and comfortable, the other is traditionally political and stodgy. These two will drive crowds and maintain energy.
- Republicans are celebrating a science denier with a worm-eaten brain endorsing a rapist. How far they have fallen. (You just know Trump mocks RFK voice affect to his staff.)
- A reminder that about a year ago, the conservatives who challenge the manliness of Tim Walz were promoting men pointing their naked anuses to the sun in a bogus effort to increase their testosterone, a testicle tanning program pushed by Tucker Carlson, who was a featured speaker at the RNC.
- I applauded Adam Kinzinger’s “They’re patriots, too” line, but alas, the people who need to hear it the most won’t. It’ll never appear on conservative media. The Bubble is strong.
- Once again, Republicans vow to expel all undocumented migrants in the US but overlook the Slovenian who married a US businessman while she was here on a fraudulently obtained “Einstein visa.” As they boast about separating families in the US, should Republicans lead by example and dismantle the anchor baby Trump’s family to show they’re willing to sacrifice for the purity of the nation like they want everyone else to do?
- A different reminder: Mike Lindell, the stuffed foam magnet and Trump advisor who lost a political argument to a 12-year-old YouTube content creator, was once in the running to chair the RNC. And they’ve gone down from there.
- As the markets climb to record highs, interest rates drop and economists slide away from recession fears, Trump’s message that the US economy is horrible will be countered by daily reports of growth. His hyperbole about “Comrade Harris” and her communist agenda will only get more ridiculous.
- Okay, enough text messages, Democrats. You need to start an option where donors give $100 to a general fund and never bother them for the election cycle.
- Let’s not forget that the Trump administration had such a competent staff in the White House, it once submitted a budget with a $2 trillion math error. When called out on it, they said math was wrong and their budget was right.
- JD Vance interacting in the wild with Americans is a combination of awkward and weird. It was awkweird.
- P!nk’s duet with her daughter was phenomenal, as were The Chicks, Stevie Wonder, John Legend and the high school band–none of the entertainment at the DNC failed–but the live performance that sums up the convention was Lil Jon during the roll call. (And keep the deejay.)
- In honor of Kamala Harris being the first former McDonald’s employee to be nominated for President, the fast food chain should sponsor national voter registration drives. Start with their eligible employees. And if McDonald’s doesn’t, the local Democratic office should set up shop there.
- I could’ve had a great career in politics if it wasn’t for this damn globophobia.
- The dog had dental surgery this morning so he wasn’t allowed to have anything to eat after 8 pm last night, which meant none of his normal bedtime treats. I was going to fast with him—y’know, in solidarity—but I got weak and broke down and ate a banana before bed last night and I think he heard me and now I feel like a horrible puppy father.
- The Grate God must receive its sacrificial spear when grilling asparagus.
- There are many good political comic strips that aren’t Doonesbury. Even that temptress Blondie has some subversive themes at times. But I never understand the humor of the conservative strip Prickly City; it always seems less smart than it thought it is, like someone who thinks their Trump University degree means something.
- This is the start of the final sprint for the future of the nation. We cannot let up. We must run through the tape.
