Links to the Must-Watch DNC Night 1 Speeches, Ad-Free

If you need me today, I'll just be sitting here rewatching and eating Doritos.

Am I jealous that I am not among the many credentialed content creators at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago right now? A billion percent. Is that up there in the top ten geekiest things I’ve ever said in my life? Also a billion percent.

(Do I misuse percentages because I lean heavily on hyperbole? Maybe like 90%.)

I’m reminding myself that watching the DNC from home, I don’t have to wear Spanx, I’m not overpaying for wine, and there are only 4 people max ahead of me in line for the bathroom at any given time. Plus, I get to yell OH MY GOD YOU HAVE TO SEE THIS multiple times an hour to whoever might be within earshot, and that’s always fun for me.

For those of you watching from home too, allow me to direct you to the full videos of speeches you may have missed, or that you may want to see again.

Screengrab from my friend and VA Delegate Sandy Marks

The full speeches truly are better than watching highlights or reading the transcripts, which can’t possibly convey the perfect deliveries, the gestures and smiles that ad meaning, the standing ovations and extended “hold for applause.”

My mind keeps replaying the humor of Jasmine Crockett, the moral clarity of James Clyburn, the righteous indignation of Jamie Raskin and Raphael Warnock, the painful personal stories of loss of reproductive freedom, the enduring fire of Hillary Clinton (and egoless celebration of fellow glass-ceiling-shatterers), the surprise Harris appearance that brought the house down, Joe Biden showing us what real love of country looks like, the infectious excitement of the crowd for what can be.

And what will be — if we work to make it so.

Free and without commercial interruption thanks to PBS Newshour:

Watch Steve Kerr here

Watch Lauren Underwood here

Watch Mallory McMorrow here

Watch Shawn Fein here

Watch James Clyburn here

Watch Jasmine Crocket here

Watch Jamie Raskin here

Watch Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez here

Watch Raphael Warnock here

Watch Hillary Rodham Clinton here

Watch Kamala Harris here

Watch Jill Biden here

Watch Ashley Biden here

Watch Joe Biden here

I love the job. But I love my country more.
- President Joe Biden, who means it. Literally. He’s not joking folks. It’s true.

Related: This week, a reader on Instagram asked me what exactly I like about Kamala Harris and her policies. I took the question in good faith and answered in good faith. You can find the full Thread here or read it as an Instagram Highlight here. It seems to have helped a lot of people, and maybe it will help you too.

1/10 starts here

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So what were your favorite moments? What are you looking forward to the rest of the week? Will you sob like I will on Thursday night as she accepts the nomination in a sea of Suffrage-inspired white? Anyone else suddenly craving nacho cheese Doritos?

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