More from The 2024 election
The president gave the closing speech for night one of the Democratic National Convention, touting climate advancements and the construction of new semiconductor manufacturing fabs among his achievements. When the crowd chanted “Thank you, Joe,” he responded, “Thank you, Kamala, too.” Later, he joked, “like many of our best presidents, she was also vice president.”
Author and journalist Malcolm Harris found a bag filled with Project 2025 merch and documents on the street this week — apparently nothing top secret, but interesting nonetheless.
The Washington Post reports that the Heritage Foundation, the right wing think tank spearheading Project 2025, filed a police report for “theft.” Then the cops showed up.
[The Washington Post]
Wired has a cool interactive piece highlighting some of the content creators on the right and left who drive political discourse and change. The size of the bubbles corresponds to the number of followers the individual has on their social media platform of choice. Check out the full story for details on each person.
The Democratic National Convention will stream from Chicago next week on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, Axios reported. That’s in addition to Twitch, Amazon Prime Video, X, and on streaming operating platforms like Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon’s Fire TV. So if you’re hoping to avoid political content next week, good luck.
The incredibly online Harris-Walz campaign cited Dril’s “im not mad. please dont that I got mad” tweet (which is somehow not among the dozens of their posts saved in our preservation effort) in a campaign press release sent to reporters.
That definitely says... something about this year’s presidential election, as does Dril’s immediate response.
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign page quickly shared a video of her newly-selected running mate Tim Walz on TikTok, showcasing his ability to produce viral soundbites. The Harris campaign’s use of TikTok underscores why it’s so hard for politicians to quit, even as both parties overwhelmingly passed a bill that could end up banning it.
The great conundrum of campaigning on TikTok
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign announced its running mate pick Tim Walz mostly in a typical press flurry — except on TikTok, where the Kamala HQ account shared a purposely glitchy montage of Walz’s public appearances. It’s another example of the Harris campaign very deliberately tapping into trends, memes, and formats on the platform.
Masters last ran (and lost) against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for his senate seat; this cycle he was angling for a House seat in Arizona.
The other notable Peter-Thiel-protege-turned-politician is, of course, JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president.
[The New York Times]
You can watch all 34 minutes of the interview here.
As the fervor among Democrats surrounding her still-new presidential campaign continues, Vice President Kamala Harris has now joined TikTok.
“I’ve heard that recently I’ve been on the For You page, so I thought I would get on here myself,” she says in the clip.
Harris has previously expressed national security concerns about TikTok parent company ByteDance, but also said the Biden administration has “no intention to ban TikTok.”
