The DNC Protests You Should Know About
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🗓️ 19 August 2024
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
The Democratic National Convention kicks off today in Chicago. While Vice President Kamala Harris is riding a lot of positive momentum into the DNC ahead of her prime-time speech Thursday, there are several protests planned to coincide with the convention, especially over the war in Gaza. It has a lot of people very nervous because of the parallels to the infamous 1968 Chicago DNC when tens of thousands of protestors and police violently clashed in the city’s downtown. Shawn Allee, a longtime Chicago reporter on the ground for Crooked this week, talks about some of the major protest groups planning to demonstrate at the convention.
And in headlines: Vice President Harris laid out her economic agenda during a speech in North Carolina, OpenAI said it deactivated a group of ChatGPT accounts linked to an Iranian disinformation campaign, and the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration from enforcing new Title IX protections for LGBTQ students.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Monday, August 19th. |
| 0:03.2 | I'm Trayvon Anderson. |
| 0:04.5 | And I'm Josie Duffy Rice, and this is what a day |
| 0:07.4 | where we are wondering where we can get the rose-colored glasses |
| 0:11.3 | that former President Donald Trump is wearing these days. |
| 0:13.6 | Yes, he says that he looks way better than Vice President Kamala Harris. |
| 0:18.3 | Wow! |
| 0:19.3 | Wow! |
| 0:20.3 | To be Donald Trump and say, I'm a better looking person than Kamla. |
| 0:24.0 | What is it and how do I get some? |
| 0:26.2 | My lord, my lord, my lord. |
| 0:31.2 | On today's show, the Supreme Court temporarily blocks the Biden administration's new Title IX rule protecting trans rights. |
| 0:38.0 | Plus, Vice President Kamala Harris has a slight lead over former President Donald Trump in the polls. |
| 0:44.7 | But first, the Democratic National Convention kicks off today in Chicago. |
| 0:48.9 | We also now know the themes in the prime time speakers for the four-day event. |
| 0:53.0 | Today, President Biden is set to give the Prime Time address |
| 0:55.8 | to ceremonially pass the torch to Vice President |
| 0:58.4 | Kamala Harris. |
| 0:59.6 | Later in the week, we're also expecting speeches |
| 1:01.6 | from former Presidents and first ladies |
| 1:03.0 | Barack and Michelle Obama and Bill and Hillary Clinton and vice presidential |
| 1:07.4 | nominee Tim Walsh before Harris closes out the convention with her prime time |
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