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Meanwhile the last moneybeg.....Hey it's really me Mark Hamill!

Harris-Walz campaign wants to be smart about celebrity involvement, and is working hard to avoid the Chicago-based DNC being painted as a "Hollywood liberal elite" event.

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the campaign feels Hillary Clinton gave celebrities too big a platform back in 2016 and it backfired on her ... and they don't want to overdo the Hollywood aspect to the point where it turns off everyday folks.

Ohhhh I was there it was sooooo condensending. First they played Bridge Over Troubled Waters (cause ya know how much they knew WE knew they fucked Bernie over) then they sent out Sarah Silverman who got booed and she chastised the Bernie wing. "TO THE BERNIE OR BUST PEOPLE YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS".

Could you imagine Mark Hamill getting booed on stage? God I love how made a permanent trama burn in the DNC. If anything It was worth that.

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Sarah Silverman who got booed and she chastised the Bernie wing. "TO THE BERNIE OR BUST PEOPLE YOU'RE BEING RIDICULOUS".

Silverman in lecture mode is pretty much what I assume the leader of a HOA sounds like lecturing a homeowner who isn't "proudly" flying the American flag.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Install a massive Native American/Communist flag and assert dominance.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Is there any law in the US that the US flag must fly above other flags?

Because that would be awesome.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Giant 100 foot flagpole with a Soviet flag the size of a house, topped with one of those teeny tiny little American flags on toothpicks that weirdoes get for fourth of July parties. "I am following the law to the letter, any further attempt on your part to get me to modify my flagpole and what I'm flying on it is a violation of both the first amendment and the US flag code. Enjoy!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Is Violating the Flag Code Illegal?

No. While the U.S. Flag Code is a federal law, guidelines are only stated within the voluntary and non-binding language such as, "should" and "custom," meaning there is no penalty for violating any of its provisions. This is because of the Supreme Court's act in declaring the law unconstitutional in United States v. Eichman.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Ah man, it's cute how they think people are still Bernie or bust and haven't moved on to being radicalized by genocide and the wanton violence of riot cops. It's like Bernie or bust was our last known position on their political radar, and they have very little inkling that we have fully left the radius of their comprehension.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

They think we are still tantruming as party to their bullshit rather than having largely chosen Bust and moved on to effective action lol

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 month ago (2 children)

they're going for less of a "Hollywood" vibe and pursuing more of a "Chicago Black Site" vibe.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 month ago

You can take the cop off the beat but you can't take 'the need to disappear innocent civilians to a black site for endless beatings' out of the cop.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Replay of 1968 incoming?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Surprising they are learning

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Maybe next they'll limit reporting of multi million dollar fundraisers

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Instead of celebrities they are going to have border agents that look like thumbs, make testimonials like "Kamala has allowed me to do my job in securing the border" and then journalist report on the agent's multiple criminal investigations.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago

On one hand, celebrity endorsements don’t move votes so that’s smart.

On the other hand, they don’t dissuade votes either. It’s not like there’s voters out there going “Well I really like the Dem’s policies on the economy but they got George Clooney up there looking too smarmy so imma vote Trump.” They’re still misunderstanding political branding if they’re thinking that way.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I think she should give Mr. Beast Blinken’s job

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

SEO Genocide denialism and apologetics mr-beast

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

good move to be honest

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I found YouTube links in your post. Here are links to the same videos on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I wish they were stupid enough to seek out every Hollywood endorsement they could get.

Too bad.