Kamala Harris

 

Over 75,000 Americans turned out for Kamala Harris at the Ellipse in Washington DC.

As Kamala Harris made her closing argument at the Ellipse in Washington DC

A beautiful photo from the ellipse was posted. The sky was so beautiful 

Here are some highlights from her speech at the Ellipse

Vice President Harris: When I am president we will quickly remove those who arrive here unlawfully, prosecute the cartels, and give border patrol the support they need. And I will work with Congress to pass immigration reform, including an earned path to citizenship for hardworking immigrants like farmworkers and Dreamers

Vice President Harris: I will fight to restore what Donald Trump took away from the women of America. Trump would ban abortion nationwide, restrict access to birth control, and put IVF at risk

Vice President Harris: Trump wants to impose a 20% national sales tax on everything you buy that is imported. It would cost the average family nearly $4,000 a year. I will enact the first-ever federal ban on price gouging on groceries

Vice President Harris: In less than 90 days, either Donald Trump or I will be in the Oval Office. I won’t walk into that office with an enemies list. I’ll bring a to-do list of priorities to get done for the American people

Vice President Harris: There's something about people being treated unfairly just gets to me. I don't like it. If you give me the chance to fight on your behalf, there is nothing in the world that will stand in my way

Vice President Harris: Those who disagree with us are not ‘the enemy within,’ as Trump says. They are our fellow Americans. It is time to stop pointing fingers and start locking arms. It is time for a new generation of leadership

Vice President Harris: Donald Trump is an unstable 78-year-old man who is obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance, and out for unchecked power. I am here tonight to say that’s not who we are

Kamala Harris: It will probably be the most important vote you ever cast. This election is more than just a choice between two parties and two different candidates. It is a choice about whether we have a country rooted in freedom for every American, or ruled by chaos and division

Her whole speech can be viewed here

Here are Kamala’s policies

Everyone please make a plan to vote here. Vote early, vote by mail, vote in person but please vote. Like Kamala says voting is the right that unlocks all the other rights.

Simone Biles

The amazing Simone Biles leads the 2024 U.S. women's gymnastics team to Olympic gold. She now has the most Olympic medals ever by a U.S. gymnast.

Biles won her tenth Olympic medal with gold in vault today

President Biden: With fear for our democracy, I dissent

 

After his highly criticized debate in Atlanta President Biden flew to North Carolina for a campaign rally there where he said this:

I know I'm not a young man. I don't walk as easily as I used to. I don't talk as smoothly as I used to. I don't debate as well as I used to. But I know what I do know. I know how to tell the truth. I know right from wrong. I know how to do this job. I know how to get things done. I know like millions of Americans know. When you get knocked down, you get back up. I give you my word as a Biden, I would not be running again if I didn't believe, with all my heart and soul that I can do this job

The entire campaign rally can be viewed here 

Here are Trump’s lies during the debate debunked with charts

Later President Biden addressed the U.S. Supreme Court decision that Donald Trump was immune from prosecution for official acts he took during his presidency.

“For all practical purposes, today’s decision almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what the president can do,” Biden said, adding that he pledges “to respect the limits of the presidential powers.”

“Donald Trump sent a violent mob to stop the peaceful transfer of power. We watched it happen, the attack on police, the ransacking of the Capitol, a violent mob hunting down the House Speaker, the gallows erected to hang Mike Pence. It was one of the darkest days in the history of America. Now the man who sent that mob is facing potential criminal conviction. The American people deserve an answer about what happened on January 6 before they’re asked to vote again this year.”

“It will now depend on the character of the men and women who hold the presidency to define the limits of its power. I will respect the limits as I have for three and a half years. But any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law. I concur with Justice Sotomayor’s dissent. She said ‘In every use of official power, the President is now a king above the law. With fear for our democracy, I dissent.’ So should the American people dissent. I dissent.”

Watch the full speech here or here

Full transcript here 

Meanwhile, the leader of Trump’s terrifyingly fascist Project2025 plan just said this: "We are in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be”

Kamala Harris

I love our Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris recently appeared in an interview on Morning Joe where she discussed how abortion bans are creating a healthcare crisis across the country. 

Later Harris appeared on Rachel Maddow to discuss the stakes of this year’s presidential election

At a speaking event Harris said of the President: “Joe Biden made clear this election is a contrast between someone who lies and someone who leads.”

When Love Breaks Down

When I was a teenager in high school art class we had to do a painting assignment that was two colors. I used this image from the back cover of the single When Love Breaks Down by Prefab Sprout. I thought I was so artsy. The painting is long since gone. I have no idea where it is now. Maybe it’s in an attic somewhere. Or maybe it’s landfill. The whole thing feels so juvenile now. But I wanted to re-create it because I remember it being such a pivotal part of my life where I became more serious about being an artist. I remember I added the hearts and some guy in the class asked me “why did you put the hearts?” as if that was the worst thing you could put with a male image. God forbid anything be even remotely gay. I said “because it’s called ‘When Love Breaks Down.’” And he goes “oh.” 

Ethan Slater

 My new man crush Ethan Slater star of the Broadway musical SpongeBob SquarePants. Slater will star in the upcoming Wicked movie based on the musical. 

All of Us Strangers

I watched the movie All of Us Strangers recently and it really stayed with me. It was a sort of a gay ghost story. I’d never seen a movie like it. It was about a man whose parents died when he was a kid. He ends up going back to his childhood home, and there he sees his parents as they were when they died. Now, they were the same age as him. Then woven into that story was a love story. The man meets another man living in his apartment building, and he has a beautiful, romantic affair with him. The parents tell him at the end that he should be with this man before they leave. It’s definitely one of the most moving and haunting movies that I’ve seen in a long time.