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Kamala has bent the knee.
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I'm curious to see if they'll hammer her on her prosecution record, namely the stuff Gabbard nailed her on. There's a really easy answer to that attack and I wonder if any of the Democrats are smart enough to figure it out. I have a feeling they're going to do what they always do and just ignore people pointing out and shove their heads in the sand again.
The answer in question was that she was hired to prosecute the law as it was written. She knows that it is not the place of the legal system to make laws but rather interpret them and her job specifically to prove if someone broke them. This is the job of lawmakers and as president she would make sure that those laws would never be allowed to incarcerate proud people of color ever again. Then just throw in something about how the supreme court is ruling from the bench, lead into abortion and trail off into something about coconuts (don't do this one).
There. Bitch owes me 5 million dollars.
The answer in question was that she was hired to prosecute the law as it was written. She knows that it is not the place of the legal system to make laws but rather interpret them and her job specifically to prove if someone broke them. This is the job of lawmakers and as president she would make sure that those laws would never be allowed to incarcerate proud people of color ever again. Then just throw in something about how the supreme court is ruling from the bench, lead into abortion and trail off into something about coconuts (don't do this one).
There. Bitch owes me 5 million dollars.
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Even with that argument she still fails because as Gabbard pointed out she intentionally withheld evidence that could prove the innocence of Deathrow inmates
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The Olympics are already shaping up to be a shitchow. the "anti-sex" beds have proven to not be sex proof but very uncomfortable to sleep on, and any water sports are in turd infested waters.
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Used to be if you werent religious and successfully married you had no shot at becoming el presidente. Now if you do not support irsrael 110% you have no shot lol. No surprise that Kamala fell in line.
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I think Trump is smart enough to make the jihadis see Copmala has a jewish husband, and is now sucking off Israel. It creates much more of a problem for her than it initially seems.
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Do you hear that? The sound of thousands of Free Palestine faggots, vibrating with rage. Like angry wasps.
A comment there brings up a good point. She's doing Biden's job for him.
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Category 2 chimpout incoming.
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Oh so Kamala cannot be against the Jewish people because her husband is Jewish, but Trump can be against the Jewish people even though is son-in-law is Jewish, his daughter converted, and his grandchildren are Jewish. Sure, Jan
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For anyone not aware of Emhoff, he's been paraded around "fighting antisemitism" by Biden for a while now. Here's some articles I've posted in the last year mentioning him:
Doug Emhoff Returns to Summer Camp to Amplify Fight On Antisemitism
U.S. second gentleman Emhoff meets New Zealand's Ardern to discuss online hate as World Cup begins
White House Steps Up Antisemitism Monitoring in New Strategy
Biden speaks out against 'antisemitic bile' during Jewish American Heritage Month celebration
Doug Emhoff Returns to Summer Camp to Amplify Fight On Antisemitism
U.S. second gentleman Emhoff meets New Zealand's Ardern to discuss online hate as World Cup begins
White House Steps Up Antisemitism Monitoring in New Strategy
Biden speaks out against 'antisemitic bile' during Jewish American Heritage Month celebration
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Good - no one should give a shit about the Palestinians. Let those barbarians sit in the bed they made.
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Biden looks like he's about to get an ass whooping from his mom, shorter dude is the brother who wanted to see him in trouble.
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Give me all the rainbows you can, but right now "muh Palestine" is the current thing among the vocal woke leftoids. So combine this with the fact that Copmala has a track record for incarcerating black men for drug possession -- and there's a good chance the darkie golems will refuse to vote for her outright. Again, the Free Palestine thing ain't dying down any time soon -- after all, look what happened to Bibi the other day in D.C.
Let's hope the Israel/Palestine schism truly drives a wedge between the left this election.
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They're all pozzed.
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Play this on loop to Michigan and Wisconsin's Muslim communities.
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Gotta be careful though. DEI is a trap card they may want him to play so they can accuse him of being rayciss.
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Kamala loves Jews. Pass it on.
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Groundbreaking journalism.
Kamala Harris is using Beyoncé's ‘Freedom’ as her campaign song: What to know about the anthem
Associated Press (archive.ph)
By Maria Sherman
2024-07-25T20:06:23GMT
This combination photo shows Beyonce at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles on April 1, 2024, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris speaking from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on July 22, 2024. (AP Photo)
NEW YORK (AP) — In Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyoncé's “Freedom,” a cut from her 2016 landmark album, “Lemonade.”
“We choose freedom,” Harris says in the clip, as Beyoncé's powerful chorus kicks in: “Freedom! Freedom! I can’t move / Freedom, cut me loose! Yeah.”
It’s become a campaign song for Harris. She used “Freedom” during her first official public appearance as a presidential candidate at her campaign headquarters in Delaware on Monday, and again on Tuesday at the beginning and end of her rally in Milwaukee.
As a whole body of work, “Lemonade” has been celebrated as an instant-classic, a game-changing collection of songs and visuals that function as an examination of personal plight and societal injustice, where revenge songs about infidelity sit next to displays of support for Black Lives Matter.
Omise’eke Tinsley, academic and author of “Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism,” says Beyoncé has performed “Freedom,” in particular, in ways that have made it clear it is a political song. “She performed it at Coachella; it segued into ‘Lift Every Voice,’ the Black national anthem,” she says. It was used by activists ahead of the 2016 presidential election, and “in 2020, it was taken up by activists again. In the wake of the George Floyd killing ... It’s a song of hope. It’s a song of uplift.”
How the “Freedom” campaign video came together
Beyoncé gave permission to Harris to use the song on Tuesday, a campaign official confirmed to The Associated Press who was granted anonymity to discuss private campaign operations.
The Biden-Harris creative team wrote the script for Harris’ video on Tuesday, based on her speech at campaign headquarters on Monday. Harris recorded the voiceover while on the road in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon.
What is Beyoncé's “Freedom” about?
Kinitra D. Brooks, an academic and author of “The Lemonade Reader,” says much of Beyoncé's album “focuses on the infidelity of the partner, but it’s really about her learning to love herself and coming to her own and then being able to deal with other ramifications of coming into her own.”
“‘Freedom’ is so important because it shows that freedom isn’t free. The freedom to be yourself, the political freedom... it’s the idea that you must fight for freedom, and that it is winnable,” she adds, referencing some of the lyrics in the chorus: “I break chains all by myself / Won’t let my freedom rot in hell / Hey! I’ma keep running / ’Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves.”
The musical legacy of “Freedom”
Arriving in the back-half of “Lemonade,” “Freedom” samples two John and Alan Lomax field recordings, which document Jim Crow-era folk spirituals of Southern Black churches and the work songs of Black prisoners from 1959 and 1948, respectively.
Brooks calls it a kind of “inheritance.” “It’s necessary that Beyoncé is using, you know, the cadence and the rhythm and the foundation of spirituals and things like that in a song called ‘Freedom,’” she says, because it is part of a greater tradition of Black Americans imagining new ideas and concepts around freedom.
“Freedom” also features Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar, the L.A. rapper at the top of his game having recently released the No. 1 hit song “Not Like Us” in the midst of his beef with Drake. Brooks says, “Lamar has that momentum, the momentum of winners.”
“These are winners that Kamala is evoking,” Tinsley agrees. “How does Kamala use music and prominent musical voices to inspire people to take a black woman seriously? I think Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar are both voices that make that message clear.”
“Harris is taking their energy and incorporating it into her own campaign,” Brooks adds. “Remember the population she wants: She wants young people.”
Does “Freedom” differ from other campaign songs?
Eric T. Kasper, academic and co-author of “Don’t Stop Thinking About the Music: The Politics of Songs and Musicians in Presidential Campaigns,” says there is a long history of presidential campaign songs having a title or hook about freedom or liberty: In 1800, John Adams used the song, “Adams and Liberty” and Thomas Jefferson used “The Son of Liberty.” In 1860, Abraham Lincoln used “Lincoln and Liberty.” As recent as 2012, Mitt Romney used Kid Rock’s “Born Free.”
“The use of a song with that type of title, or a hook with lyrics referring to liberty or freedom, often tries to portray the candidate as supporting voters’ personal autonomy and security from government overreach,” he says.
Is it an effective campaign song?
“Democrats across the board have been saying freedom is at stake,” says Tinsley, “And this literally makes that into a refrain. (She’s) associating her campaign with a literal call for freedom and a reminder that that’s what’s at stake.”
Kasper says there is a benefit to campaign songs where “the musical artist is popular, as the candidate may use the song to connect their campaign to a popular celebrity,” and “if the artist supports the candidate, as that can turn into a type of celebrity endorsement.”
Luminate, a data and analytics company, found that on-demand streams of “Freedom” increased 1300% in the U.S. from Sunday to Tuesday, following Harris’ use of the song at her campaign events.
What is Beyoncé's history with Democrats?
In 2013, Beyoncé sang the national anthem at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Three years later, she and her husband Jay-Z performed at a pre-election concert for Hillary Clinton in Cleveland.
“Look how far we’ve come from having no voice to being on the brink of history — again,” Beyoncé said at the time. “But we have to vote.”
“If we remember at the end of Hillary Clinton’s (campaign,) they were still trying to get certain populations out. They brought out Beyoncé at the last minute,” says Brooks. Harris differs, because she’s utilizing Beyoncé early on, appealing to “the many populations that are Beyoncé fans, who are people the Harris campaign needs: people of color, queer folks, young people, etc.”
Last year, Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff attended Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour in Maryland after being gifted tickets from Queen B herself. “Thanks for a fun date night, @Beyonce,” Harris wrote on Instagram.
How have other pop stars engaged with Harris?
Since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, quickly endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to take on Trump and encouraging his party to unite behind her, the world of pop music has similarly embraced the VP.
Support poured in from Janelle Monáe, John Legend, Katy Perry and Charli XCX, whose album “brat” inspired the Internet trend of “brat summer” and many Harris memes. (As a result, Harris’ campaign quickly set its X banner photo to the striking Shrek-green color of Charli’s “brat” album cover.) On TikTok, users have remixed Harris’ speeches into songs by Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Carly Rae Jepsen and more.
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Associated Press Writer Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.
Kamala Harris is using Beyoncé's ‘Freedom’ as her campaign song: What to know about the anthem
Associated Press (archive.ph)
By Maria Sherman
2024-07-25T20:06:23GMT
This combination photo shows Beyonce at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in Los Angeles on April 1, 2024, left, and Vice President Kamala Harris speaking from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington on July 22, 2024. (AP Photo)
NEW YORK (AP) — In Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyoncé's “Freedom,” a cut from her 2016 landmark album, “Lemonade.”
“We choose freedom,” Harris says in the clip, as Beyoncé's powerful chorus kicks in: “Freedom! Freedom! I can’t move / Freedom, cut me loose! Yeah.”
It’s become a campaign song for Harris. She used “Freedom” during her first official public appearance as a presidential candidate at her campaign headquarters in Delaware on Monday, and again on Tuesday at the beginning and end of her rally in Milwaukee.
As a whole body of work, “Lemonade” has been celebrated as an instant-classic, a game-changing collection of songs and visuals that function as an examination of personal plight and societal injustice, where revenge songs about infidelity sit next to displays of support for Black Lives Matter.
Omise’eke Tinsley, academic and author of “Beyoncé in Formation: Remixing Black Feminism,” says Beyoncé has performed “Freedom,” in particular, in ways that have made it clear it is a political song. “She performed it at Coachella; it segued into ‘Lift Every Voice,’ the Black national anthem,” she says. It was used by activists ahead of the 2016 presidential election, and “in 2020, it was taken up by activists again. In the wake of the George Floyd killing ... It’s a song of hope. It’s a song of uplift.”
How the “Freedom” campaign video came together
Beyoncé gave permission to Harris to use the song on Tuesday, a campaign official confirmed to The Associated Press who was granted anonymity to discuss private campaign operations.
The Biden-Harris creative team wrote the script for Harris’ video on Tuesday, based on her speech at campaign headquarters on Monday. Harris recorded the voiceover while on the road in Indianapolis Wednesday afternoon.
What is Beyoncé's “Freedom” about?
Kinitra D. Brooks, an academic and author of “The Lemonade Reader,” says much of Beyoncé's album “focuses on the infidelity of the partner, but it’s really about her learning to love herself and coming to her own and then being able to deal with other ramifications of coming into her own.”
“‘Freedom’ is so important because it shows that freedom isn’t free. The freedom to be yourself, the political freedom... it’s the idea that you must fight for freedom, and that it is winnable,” she adds, referencing some of the lyrics in the chorus: “I break chains all by myself / Won’t let my freedom rot in hell / Hey! I’ma keep running / ’Cause a winner don’t quit on themselves.”
The musical legacy of “Freedom”
Arriving in the back-half of “Lemonade,” “Freedom” samples two John and Alan Lomax field recordings, which document Jim Crow-era folk spirituals of Southern Black churches and the work songs of Black prisoners from 1959 and 1948, respectively.
Brooks calls it a kind of “inheritance.” “It’s necessary that Beyoncé is using, you know, the cadence and the rhythm and the foundation of spirituals and things like that in a song called ‘Freedom,’” she says, because it is part of a greater tradition of Black Americans imagining new ideas and concepts around freedom.
“Freedom” also features Pulitzer Prize winner Kendrick Lamar, the L.A. rapper at the top of his game having recently released the No. 1 hit song “Not Like Us” in the midst of his beef with Drake. Brooks says, “Lamar has that momentum, the momentum of winners.”
“These are winners that Kamala is evoking,” Tinsley agrees. “How does Kamala use music and prominent musical voices to inspire people to take a black woman seriously? I think Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar are both voices that make that message clear.”
“Harris is taking their energy and incorporating it into her own campaign,” Brooks adds. “Remember the population she wants: She wants young people.”
Does “Freedom” differ from other campaign songs?
Eric T. Kasper, academic and co-author of “Don’t Stop Thinking About the Music: The Politics of Songs and Musicians in Presidential Campaigns,” says there is a long history of presidential campaign songs having a title or hook about freedom or liberty: In 1800, John Adams used the song, “Adams and Liberty” and Thomas Jefferson used “The Son of Liberty.” In 1860, Abraham Lincoln used “Lincoln and Liberty.” As recent as 2012, Mitt Romney used Kid Rock’s “Born Free.”
“The use of a song with that type of title, or a hook with lyrics referring to liberty or freedom, often tries to portray the candidate as supporting voters’ personal autonomy and security from government overreach,” he says.
Is it an effective campaign song?
“Democrats across the board have been saying freedom is at stake,” says Tinsley, “And this literally makes that into a refrain. (She’s) associating her campaign with a literal call for freedom and a reminder that that’s what’s at stake.”
Kasper says there is a benefit to campaign songs where “the musical artist is popular, as the candidate may use the song to connect their campaign to a popular celebrity,” and “if the artist supports the candidate, as that can turn into a type of celebrity endorsement.”
Luminate, a data and analytics company, found that on-demand streams of “Freedom” increased 1300% in the U.S. from Sunday to Tuesday, following Harris’ use of the song at her campaign events.
What is Beyoncé's history with Democrats?
In 2013, Beyoncé sang the national anthem at the inauguration of President Barack Obama. Three years later, she and her husband Jay-Z performed at a pre-election concert for Hillary Clinton in Cleveland.
“Look how far we’ve come from having no voice to being on the brink of history — again,” Beyoncé said at the time. “But we have to vote.”
“If we remember at the end of Hillary Clinton’s (campaign,) they were still trying to get certain populations out. They brought out Beyoncé at the last minute,” says Brooks. Harris differs, because she’s utilizing Beyoncé early on, appealing to “the many populations that are Beyoncé fans, who are people the Harris campaign needs: people of color, queer folks, young people, etc.”
Last year, Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff attended Beyoncé's Renaissance World Tour in Maryland after being gifted tickets from Queen B herself. “Thanks for a fun date night, @Beyonce,” Harris wrote on Instagram.
How have other pop stars engaged with Harris?
Since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race for the White House on Sunday, quickly endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris to take on Trump and encouraging his party to unite behind her, the world of pop music has similarly embraced the VP.
Support poured in from Janelle Monáe, John Legend, Katy Perry and Charli XCX, whose album “brat” inspired the Internet trend of “brat summer” and many Harris memes. (As a result, Harris’ campaign quickly set its X banner photo to the striking Shrek-green color of Charli’s “brat” album cover.) On TikTok, users have remixed Harris’ speeches into songs by Taylor Swift, Chappell Roan, Carly Rae Jepsen and more.
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Associated Press Writer Seung Min Kim contributed to this report.
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It absolutely is. Trump needs to play more into her incompetence and shady history. Poking at her identity is just going to be used as a "gotcha". Trump's best chance at this point is to hammer home just how undemocratic and fucking insane this situation is, and how Kamala is basically being thrust upon her party totally unelected. How for four years the Democrats lied and said Biden was fit for office. How they're only doing this now because they've finally realized what a joke he is. And he needs to ask how anyone can expect anything more than an unelected puppet from Kamala.
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Well they did have that Hamas terrorist warning about an attack on the Paris Olympics. However native speakers said he sure sounded like he had an Israeli accent.
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