Obama Offers Up the Simple Truth About Trump
Courtesy C-Span/ZUMA For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.OK, then. Today the president of the United States called for a boycott of Goodyear tires; praised the QAnon conspiracy theory nuts; congratulated a Republican nominee for Congress who makes the QAnon folks look levelheaded; and once again lied about…
“That’s How a Democracy Withers”: Barack Obama Declares a National Emergency
Four years ago, leaning into the twilight of his presidential tenure at the Democratic National Convention, Barack Obama reminded the country that democracy does not depend on any one person. It doesn’t come from a “self-declared savior”—he meant Donald Trump—”promising that he alone can restore order.” Wednesday night found Obama in the same city, this…
Kamala Harris’ Message to the DNC: “I’m a Person, Not Just a Prosecutor”
Meet Kamala Harris, the person. That was the overriding message of Sen. Kamala Harris’ speech on Wednesday night to accept the nomination for vice president at the Democratic National Convention. It was a historic moment, and one carefully designed to unify the left around Harris’ biography—instead of focusing strictly on a resume that sowed deep…
From a Shuttered Daycare, Elizabeth Warren Makes a Passionate Case for Affordable Childcare
Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the Massachusetts Democrat who was once a favorite to win her party’s nomination, used her speech in support of Vice President Joe Biden Wednesday night to highlight a signature issue: childcare. Noting that families have taken “one gut punch after another” as a result of the pandemic, Warren spoke from the Springfield Early…
Watch Sen. Kamala Harris’ Full Acceptance Speech to the 2020 Democratic National Convention
Sen. Kamala Harris accepted her party’s nomination for vice president on Wednesday night, in a history-making address during the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention. In doing so, the 55-year-old Californian became the first Black woman, as well as the first woman of Indian descent, to appear on a major party ticket. “Right…
Watch President Barack Obama’s Full Speech to the 2020 Democratic National Convention
Former President Barack Obama headlined the third night of the 2020 Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, delivering a live address from the Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia. Obama said he had hoped that Donald Trump, upon winning the 2016 election, “might show some interest in taking the job seriously; that he might come…