Kansas Crimson

Back2Lawrence wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 1:45 pm

DeletedUser wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 1:10 pm This is not how it is supposed to work. We are supposed to get a choice.

Like I said, she's got my vote. I'm happy it's her and not Biden. But, this was not ideal.

It breeds cunts.

"Donald Trump wants to take this country backward," Harris said. "He and his extreme Project 2025 agenda will weaken the middle class. Like, we know we've got to take this seriously — and can you believe they put that thing in writing?

Read it. It's 900 pages. But here's the thing, when you read it you will see Donald Trump intends to cut Social Security and Medicare. He intends to give tax breaks to billionaires and big corporations and make working families foot the bill. They intend to end the Affordable Care Act and take us back then to a time when insurance companies had the power to deny people with preexisting conditions."

The crowd at Kamala Harris’ first campaign rally in Milwaulkee chanted “we’re not going back!” as the vice-president lambasted Donald Trump’s agenda.

“America has tried these failed economic polices before,” Ms Harris said. “And we are not going back.”

She reiterated, “we are not going back,” to cheers from the crowd, who repeated the chant.

"Harris is ready, willing and able to lead us into the future," Jeffries said. "I am proud to strongly endorse Kamala Harris to be the 47th president of the United States of America."

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:51 pm

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:21 pm I hope Harris chooses Ben Shapiro for her VP. He spearheaded an investigation of sexual abuse in the PA Catholic Church so he earns two thumbs up from me for that.

https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking- ... -dioceses/

He is a very popular governor in a swing state and has done an excellent job in his time there so far from reports I have read.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opi ... rcna163093

TRUST me! You don't hope she chooses BEN Shapiro.

Vice President Kamala Harris made a big entrance during her first official visit to her campaign headquarters on Monday evening, walking out to Beyoncé’s song “Freedom.”

A source close to Harris told CNN that her team got approval from Beyoncé’s representatives to use the song throughout her presidential campaign.

Beyoncé, who is known for maintaining strict clearance guidelines around her music, gave quick approval to Harris’ campaign when they sought permission to use “Freedom” on Monday — just hours before she walked out to the song, the source added.

Overlander wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 5:35 pm No way Donny makes it to the weekend without saying something horrendous about her.

And his base will high five and pop beers.

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:51 pm

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:21 pm I hope Harris chooses Ben Shapiro for her VP. He spearheaded an investigation of sexual abuse in the PA Catholic Church so he earns two thumbs up from me for that.

https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking- ... -dioceses/

He is a very popular governor in a swing state and has done an excellent job in his time there so far from reports I have read.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opi ... rcna163093

TRUST me! You don't hope she chooses BEN Shapiro.

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 10:24 pm

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:51 pm

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:21 pm I hope Harris chooses Ben Shapiro for her VP. He spearheaded an investigation of sexual abuse in the PA Catholic Church so he earns two thumbs up from me for that.

https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking- ... -dioceses/

He is a very popular governor in a swing state and has done an excellent job in his time there so far from reports I have read.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opi ... rcna163093

TRUST me! You don't hope she chooses BEN Shapiro.

I assume you have a very specific reason for saying that. Care to share?

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 10:24 pm

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:51 pm

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:21 pm I hope Harris chooses Ben Shapiro for her VP. He spearheaded an investigation of sexual abuse in the PA Catholic Church so he earns two thumbs up from me for that.

https://www.attorneygeneral.gov/taking- ... -dioceses/

He is a very popular governor in a swing state and has done an excellent job in his time there so far from reports I have read.

https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opi ... rcna163093

TRUST me! You don't hope she chooses BEN Shapiro.

I assume you have a very specific reason for saying that. Care to share?

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 5:07 am

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 10:24 pm

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 4:51 pm


TRUST me! You don't hope she chooses BEN Shapiro.

I assume you have a very specific reason for saying that. Care to share?

TDub beat me to it.
I'm confident you meant JOSH and not BEN Shapiro. The links you provided being a solid indicator of that.
The sad thing is more people probably know (or at least have heard of) who BEN Shapiro is.

twocoach wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:36 am

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 5:07 am

twocoach wrote: ↑Tue Jul 23, 2024 10:24 pm

I assume you have a very specific reason for saying that. Care to share?

TDub beat me to it.
I'm confident you meant JOSH and not BEN Shapiro. The links you provided being a solid indicator of that.
The sad thing is more people probably know (or at least have heard of) who BEN Shapiro is.

Yeah, wrong first name. Names and I aren't always great together.

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 10:34 am

twocoach wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 8:36 am

RainbowsandUnicorns wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 5:07 am

TDub beat me to it.
I'm confident you meant JOSH and not BEN Shapiro. The links you provided being a solid indicator of that.
The sad thing is more people probably know (or at least have heard of) who BEN Shapiro is.

Yeah, wrong first name. Names and I aren't always great together.

It's funny to me because I once referred to Ben Shapiro as Ben Carson.
Ben Shapiro and Josh Shapiro are probably polar opposites on many/most things but my guess is you are far from the only one who has mixed up their names.

pplause thundered down the massive convention hall as Vice President Kamala Harris walked to the microphone in Indianapolis on Wednesday. When Harris had agreed to speak to the national conference for Zeta Phi Beta sorority, she didn’t know it would be days after she became the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president. For the 6,000 Black sorority sisters in the room, the thrill of greeting one of their own at this historic moment was palpable.

“We love you!” said someone in the audience. “And I love you back!” said Harris, who had been a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha when she studied at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Both Zeta Phi Beta and Alpha Kappa Alpha are part of the influential historically Black Divine Nine sororities and fraternities

The women in the room came from across generations and across the country. Many of them had marched for voting rights, economic justice and to end racial segregation in the early 1960s and had worked on national campaigns to improve women’s health care. Many in the room, Harris said, had helped elect Joe Biden president and her vice president. And Harris called on them to help get out the vote in their communities in November.

“Now is the moment our nation needs your leadership once again,” Harris said. “We face a choice between two different visions. One focused on the future, the other focused on the past. With your support, I am fighting for our nation’s future.”

Harris said she is pushing for affordable health care for everyone, which is why the Biden administration capped insulin for seniors at $35 a month. She said she believes in building an economy for working people, which is why she and Biden forgave student loan debt for more than 5 million Americans. Loud cheers went up again in the room. “If you or anyone you know benefited from that, please testify!” Harris said. Several people stood and waved.

“We are witnessing a full-on assault on hard won freedoms,” she said. She described measures making it harder to vote and states passing abortion restrictions.

“When I am President of the United States,” she started, the words sending 6,000 people to their feet in deafening applause, “and when Congress passes a law” to restore nationwide access to abortion, she said she would sign it. The loud clapping kept going.

“We are not playing around!” Harris continued. “We know when we mobilize, mountains move. When we mobilize, nations change. When we mobilize, we make history.”

Before Harris came on stage, Betty Loveless Whittle from Greenville, Ala., said she hopes Harris will “work hard to mend us, pull us together, and do what’s right for everyone.” It was the first time Whittle, 73, had attended her sorority’s national convention. Whittle was one of the founding members of the local chapter of her sorority in 1973, and she said that she never thought she would be in the same room as the Vice President. She said she could feel the significance of the moment. “In my fondest dreams, I never thought that would happen,” Whittle said.

japhy wrote: ↑Wed Jul 24, 2024 4:46 pm There's that "F" word again....

pplause thundered down the massive convention hall as Vice President Kamala Harris walked to the microphone in Indianapolis on Wednesday. When Harris had agreed to speak to the national conference for Zeta Phi Beta sorority, she didn’t know it would be days after she became the Democratic Party’s presumptive nominee for president. For the 6,000 Black sorority sisters in the room, the thrill of greeting one of their own at this historic moment was palpable.

“We love you!” said someone in the audience. “And I love you back!” said Harris, who had been a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha when she studied at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Both Zeta Phi Beta and Alpha Kappa Alpha are part of the influential historically Black Divine Nine sororities and fraternities

The women in the room came from across generations and across the country. Many of them had marched for voting rights, economic justice and to end racial segregation in the early 1960s and had worked on national campaigns to improve women’s health care. Many in the room, Harris said, had helped elect Joe Biden president and her vice president. And Harris called on them to help get out the vote in their communities in November.

“Now is the moment our nation needs your leadership once again,” Harris said. “We face a choice between two different visions. One focused on the future, the other focused on the past. With your support, I am fighting for our nation’s future.”

Harris said she is pushing for affordable health care for everyone, which is why the Biden administration capped insulin for seniors at $35 a month. She said she believes in building an economy for working people, which is why she and Biden forgave student loan debt for more than 5 million Americans. Loud cheers went up again in the room. “If you or anyone you know benefited from that, please testify!” Harris said. Several people stood and waved.

“We are witnessing a full-on assault on hard won freedoms,” she said. She described measures making it harder to vote and states passing abortion restrictions.

“When I am President of the United States,” she started, the words sending 6,000 people to their feet in deafening applause, “and when Congress passes a law” to restore nationwide access to abortion, she said she would sign it. The loud clapping kept going.

“We are not playing around!” Harris continued. “We know when we mobilize, mountains move. When we mobilize, nations change. When we mobilize, we make history.”

Before Harris came on stage, Betty Loveless Whittle from Greenville, Ala., said she hopes Harris will “work hard to mend us, pull us together, and do what’s right for everyone.” It was the first time Whittle, 73, had attended her sorority’s national convention. Whittle was one of the founding members of the local chapter of her sorority in 1973, and she said that she never thought she would be in the same room as the Vice President. She said she could feel the significance of the moment. “In my fondest dreams, I never thought that would happen,” Whittle said.

trumpty dumpty is an old whiney misogynist....NOT FAIR ! ! !

Kamala knows his type.

It was August of 2023 when a basketball star and a possible future president of the United States had a moment that was heartfelt and also a possible indication of what's to come.

The Las Vegas Aces were at the White House celebrating their championship win with President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. Harris came to the podium to speak but before beginning, she turned to forward A'ja Wilson and said: "My soror."

Wilson and Harris are members of the historic Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., a Black service organization and sorority founded at Howard University in 1908.

After Harris spoke to Wilson, it was Wilson who responded with "Skee Wee," which can mean many things but it's mostly a form of acknowledgement, care and love.

"I couldn't help it," Harris said, referring to greeting her fellow soror.

That moment wouldn't be the last time the two would closely communicate.

In February, they filmed an Instagram video discussing the importance of the upcoming presidential election with Harris telling Wilson that democracy was at stake. The Instagram caption from Wilson read: "Creating change is a team effort! Make sure you’re registered to vote and this November, let your voice be heard."

Whether you agree with their politics is irrelevant. The point is there's already connective tissue between political activism in the WNBA and the greatest social justice issues of our time. If you don't think that will continue now, at one of the most important moments in American history, you don't know the history of the WNBA.

It's not exactly known how many WNBA players support Harris and it's important to note that Black voters aren't a monolith. But if the majority-Black league follows the general pattern of Black women voters, Harris could have a potent force fighting for her. An NBC News exit poll showed that 90% of Black women voted for Biden in 2020.

Harris isn't a stranger around the WNBA. She was there when Brittney Griner played in her first WNBA game after being released by Russia. In April, Harris name-checked the WNBA when talking about equal pay for women.

"Women should be paid their fair share. Whether they’re a scientist, construction worker, or WNBA All-Star," Harris wrote on social media. "President Biden and I are committed to closing the gender wage gap and creating an economy where every American can thrive."

All of this means the league could be a huge mobilizing force for Harris not just with women but young people in general.

It’s unlikely the WNBA sticks to sports. It’s unlikely they shut up and dribble. It is likely some players put their energy behind Harris because righteous activism is in the WNBA’s genome. These are players, and this is a league, that believe in Democracy and civil rights. How do I know this? They've fought for these things many times before. Perhaps more than any league in the history of American sports.

Years before Colin Kaepernick would take a knee to protest police brutality, the WNBA was in that space. In 2016, they were among the first to wear "Black Lives Matter" shirts before games. WNBA players were fixtures at various protests. In 2020, the league dedicated its season to honoring Breonna Taylor, who was killed in a botched police raid.

“We have always been at the forefront of initiatives with strong support of #BlackLivesMatter, #SayHerName, the LGBTQ+ community, gun control, voting rights, #MeToo, mental health and the list goes on,” said WNBPA President Nneka Ogwumike in 2020. “This is not only necessary from a humanitarian perspective, but it may be one of the biggest opportunities that this league has and will ever have.”

In 2021, the Atlanta Dream and Phoenix Mercury helped introduce the nation to Sen. Raphael Warnock. Players wore shirts in pre-game with the words “VOTE WARNOCK. What the Dream would go on to do in supporting Warnock is one of the great political chef’s kisses of athlete activism.

Dream players disliked the person who co-owned the team, Kelly Loeffler, because she was MAGA. And insulting. And other things. So the players backed Warnock. The result was nothing short of stunning.

Warnock won his runoff election against Loeffler, becoming Georgia’s first Black senator. His win, along with Jon Ossoff’s, flipped Georgia blue. It's true, as Time.com noted then, that other factors helped Warnock win. Yet an expert in political science and quantitative methods at Yale concluded that the WNBA helped raise awareness to those unfamiliar with Warnock.

Guard Tiffany Hayes, who played for the Dream then and who's now with the Aces, said at the time: “We were definitely the loudest voice. We were the sternest voice. And we backed what we said. I don’t see any other hand that was bigger.”

The story of Warnock has become almost a sort of lore and retelling it is important because of the moment we’re in now.

Because if the Dream, and by extension many in the WNBA, fought to elect the first Black senator from Georgia, what do you think some WNBA players will do to help elect the first Black woman president?

Wilson and Harris might respond: "Skee Wee."