- 00:53:17 Is it the Al Franken decade yet? #DNCinPHL
- 00:53:59 Retweeted @NPRinskeep 00:53:50 Al Franken, who spent years being serious, has brought out the comedian tonight.
- 00:55:09 Retweeted @fmanjoo 00:54:33 This Franken speech has only one point: To get Trump to go off the deep end in response. 3, 2, 1…
- 01:19:49 Retweeted @KevinMKruse 01:19:41 Sarah Silverman notes that Trump lashes out like a four-year-old because he was "given money instead of human touch or coping tools."
- 01:21:27 Retweeted @hunterschwarz 01:21:16 Sarah Silverman: “To the Bernie or Bust people, you’re being ridiculous."
- 01:21:55 Good job Sarah Silverman! #DNCinPHL
- 01:22:10 Retweeted @GingerGibson 01:22:03 Sarah Silverman just said what so many Democrats wanted to say.
- 01:22:21 Retweeted @JoannaStern 01:22:13 “Thank god they can fix this in post.” @SarahKSilverman is the best.
- 01:23:27 Retweeted @ananavarro 01:23:15 This Al Franken and Sarah Silverman "stretch" is painful.
- 01:24:00 I like Paul Simon. #DNCinPHL
- 01:28:36 Retweeted @jaketapper 01:28:26 If this is unity where's Garfunkel —
- 01:29:05 Retweeted @speechboy71 01:27:12 You know there's a reason Art Garfunkel sang this song #hesagoodsinger
- 01:29:09 Retweeted @natsecHeather 01:28:48 Not anymore. Turns out smoking weed messes with your upper register. https://t.co/KJYwd2Chph
- 01:30:05 They are playing a Cuomo video from decades ago? Um… #DNCinPHL
- 01:30:17 Retweeted @terrencemcd 01:27:32 https://t.co/VhlvCoBddo
- 01:51:10 I’ve missed most of Booker’s speech. Anything good of note? #DNCinPHL
- 01:56:45 Retweeted @zachpippin 01:54:18 Wow. @CoryBooker is launching his 2024 campaign tonight. This is a speech. #DNCinPHL
- 01:56:55 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 01:56:44 This is what Obama's 04 speech would look like if it was not as good and Howard Dean holdouts were booing the whole time
- 01:57:41 Retweeted @ddale8 01:53:48 The Democratic convention crowd finishes a Maya Angelou verse with Cory Booker. That did not happen at the Republican convention
- 02:06:45 FLOTUS! #DNCinPHL
- 02:10:08 Michelle Obama is really good. She has said she has no interest in it, but she could easily run for office herself. #DNCinPHL
- 02:12:54 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 02:12:43 Melania Trump is probably admiringly watching Michelle Obama's speech while her husband paces around downstairs muttering birther ravings.
- 02:13:09 Retweeted @mitrakalita 02:12:15 This speech caps off the viral videos and car karaoke and Ellen dances. FLOTUS knows power of being seen and heard. #DemsInPhilly
- 02:13:15 Retweeted @TVietor08 02:12:09 This is the boy @FLOTUS mentioned in her speech who asked if @POTUS had hair like his. Photo on WH wall for 8 years. https://t.co/yyPdi3JAKN
- 02:14:04 Retweeted @BCAppelbaum 02:13:44 This Michelle Obama speech is really well written and really well delivered.
- 02:15:01 Retweeted @mmurraypolitics 02:11:58 FLOTUS: "When [Hillary] didn't win the nomination eight years ago, she didn't get angry or disillusioned."
- 02:15:05 Retweeted @JamilSmith 02:14:37 There were a lot of "daaaaamn" looks on the floor when @FLOTUS said that. #DemsInPhilly https://t.co/0bUbyUGaV3
- 02:15:46 Retweeted @nycjim 02:15:21 Why isn’t Michelle running? #DemsInPhilly https://t.co/iEkDxLhqWX
- 02:16:32 Retweeted @michaelhayes 02:16:25 Bill's face after FLOTUS dragged Trump https://t.co/iOsUZDYeVM
- 02:17:42 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 02:17:37 FLOTUS: "Today I wake up every morning in a house built by slaves"
- 02:18:03 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 02:17:53 Michelle Obama's speech legitimately bested Barack Obama at 2012 DNC. This is a resource D's can draw on for many conventions to come.
- 02:18:30 Retweeted @weddady 02:17:53 Mrs Obama deconstructed Trump's entire campaign without using a single pejorative word. #DemsInPhilly
- 02:18:43 Retweeted @pomeranian99 02:18:35 This is a pretty spectacular speech, which she is knocking out of the park.
- 02:20:05 .@FLOTUS has crushed this. She is so good at this. Inspiring. Positive. Encouraging. There was nothing like this at #RNCinCLE. #DNCinPHL
- 02:20:39 Retweeted @rmoraille 02:20:00 @abulsme you mean like that other flotus? in reply to abulsme
- 02:20:48 .@rmoraille Yup. in reply to rmoraille
- 02:21:17 Retweeted @TheFix 02:20:59 Going to be hard for any speech — tonight or over the next 3 nights — to top that. Or even come close.
- 02:21:43 Retweeted @Justin_Vogt 02:19:36 I hope Hillary is watching Michelle closely. This is how to give a powerful convention speech.
- 02:21:45 Retweeted @YAppelbaum 02:20:22 As a pure speech? That’s the best I’ve heard so far at either convention. Hands. Down.
- 02:22:06 I’d hate to be this guy coming after Michelle. #DNCinPHL
- 02:22:13 Retweeted @scottbix 02:19:02 "I watch my daughters, two beautiful, intelligent black young women, playing with their dog on the White House lawn."
Sure dusty in here.
- 02:22:56 Retweeted @mollyesque 02:22:46 A bunch of convention cops & security guys came into the hall to listen to Michelle's speech. They stood, riveted, at the top of the stairs.
- 02:23:01 Retweeted @scottbix 02:21:20 Michelle Obama just cast the mic through the earth's crust and into its molten core.
- 02:25:22 Retweeted @CarolLeonnig 02:25:12 Wow. @MichelleObama sounded as on fire as a young Barack Obama did at another convention.
- 02:25:58 Warren is going to pale by comparison. Presume she is going to do the Trump comparison stuff instead? #DNCinPHL
- 02:29:47 Unlike Michelle Obama, Sen Warren not keeping my attention. #DNCinPHL
- 02:41:38 Retweeted @MarkARKleiman 02:41:18 Contrast the tone of reason tonight
with the tone of hatred last week.
You can disagree without being disagreeable. https://t.co/VvvhT5XgU1 - 02:43:52 Retweeted @hominidviews 02:43:37 Missed Michelle, so Sen. Warren keeping my attn. https://t.co/BKbTVuwqvu
- 02:45:30 Ellison to intro Bernie? #DNCinPHL
- 02:47:33 Retweeted @BenjySarlin 02:47:16 "Not voting is not a protest it's a surrender" -Keith Ellison
- 02:48:51 Retweeted @adamnagourney 02:48:26 I'm guessing next 20 minutes, as Sanders speaks, are going to be the whitest-knuckle 20 minutes for Clinton camp as we see how crowd reacts
- 02:49:12 Here comes Bernie. #DNCinPHL
- 02:51:56 Retweeted @rmoraille 02:51:46 @abulsme @imbou speech of his life in reply to abulsme
- 02:52:09 Retweeted @chucktodd 02:52:04 Longest sustained applause for any speaker at either convention so far? Bernie Sanders
- 02:52:17 Retweeted @EssexKIRO7 02:51:58 Former President Bill Clinton applauds the introduction of @BernieSanders. https://t.co/acX8MVCvzA
- 02:56:04 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 02:55:59 Five minutes in, and Bernie’s still on his first paragraph
- 02:56:48 Retweeted @ChloeAngyal 02:56:42 Tells delegates "I look forward to your votes during the roll call tomorrow night." So, not pulling a Hillary in 08, then. #DemsInPhilly in reply to ChloeAngyal
- 02:57:35 Retweeted @morningmoneyben 02:57:26 Here it comes… Will Uncle Bernie talk sense to the kids?
- 02:57:40 Retweeted @BernieSanders 02:57:32 Many here are disappointed. I think it’s fair to say that no one is more disappointed than I am. But take pride in what we've accomplished.
- 02:58:51 Retweeted @KSoltisAnderson 02:58:42 Bernie is using last few mins of prime time coverage not to drive his message to the people at home but to talk about his awesome campaign.
- 02:59:38 Retweeted @ShaneGoldmacher 02:59:15 Bernie Sanders says the words "Hillary Clinton" at 10:58 pm for the first time
- 03:00:02 Retweeted @BuzzFeedNews 02:59:52 Sanders: "This election is not about, and has never been about, Hillary Clinton, or Donald Trump, or Bernie Sanders" https://t.co/91mn5xaDI0 in reply to BuzzFeedNews
- 03:00:29 Retweeted @WNYC 03:00:12 "This election is not about political gossip… must be about the needs of the American people." –@SenSanders #DemsInPhilly
- 03:02:51 I’ve never gotten Bernie’s appeal but he’s giving it a nice summary to top it off. Presume he will basically disappear after this. #DNCinPHL
- 03:03:32 Retweeted @jmartNYT 03:03:24 I guess Hillary folks did let Bernie write the speech. No firm endorsement of her in first few mins, before end of primetime.
- 03:03:37 Retweeted @gdebenedetti 03:03:15 The convention screens have been showing Bernie delegates sobbing as he speaks
- 03:03:58 Retweeted @PatrickSvitek 03:03:49 Sanders is out of prime time without any supportive mention of Clinton, I believe
- 03:04:15 Retweeted @AlGiordano 03:04:00 "This is the same speech I have heard since I was a kid." – Vermonter on my DM
- 03:04:37 Retweeted @FoxNews 03:04:28 .@SenSanders: "This election is about which candidate…has offered real solutions, not just bombast…fear-mongering…& divisiveness."
- 03:04:43 Retweeted @ananavarro 03:04:35 Please wake me up if @Bernie ever gets to the part of supporting and praising @HillaryClinton. Has he even mentioned her name, yet?
- 03:05:16 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 03:05:10 Bernie: "Hillary Clinton must become the next president of the United States.” [big cheers]
- 03:05:23 Retweeted @hunterschwarz 03:05:13 What the runners up said at their conventions:
Cruz: “vote your conscience”
Sanders: “Hillary Clinton must become the next POTUS" - 03:06:18 Applause not booing. Mostly. When Sanders says everybody must vote Clinton. #DNCinPHL
- 03:06:26 Retweeted @rmoraille 03:05:59 @abulsme doubt so in reply to abulsme
- 03:07:27 .@rmoraille I just don’t think his “revolution” will show any staying power assuming a Clinton win. #DNCinPHL. in reply to rmoraille
- 03:09:22 .@rmoraille Although I do see some scenarios where its remnants make a difference in 2020 if Trump loss, or Clinton weak. #DNCinPHL in reply to abulsme
- 03:09:32 Retweeted @rmoraille 03:08:42 @abulsme not 'revolution' but future dem leaders will look to his candidacy as their inspiration in reply to abulsme
- 03:10:19 .@rmoraille The fact that he ran will change how people approach some things 4 sure. Shows new path. But HE will disappear. :-) #RNCinCLE in reply to rmoraille
- 03:11:25 Bernie getting worked up now. #DNCinPHL
- 03:11:36 Retweeted @eilperin 03:11:26 "If you think you can sit it out, take a minute to think about the Supreme Court & the justices Donald Trump would appoint" @BernieSanders
- 03:11:48 Retweeted @PeterHamby 02:49:12 "Oh it's 11PM and prime time is almost over. I must turn off the convention and switch to my local news." – no human in 2016
- 03:12:05 Retweeted @StuPolitics 03:11:59 I'm guessing Hillary is now thinking: A little less finger waving and a little more Clinton embracing, Bernie.
- 03:12:39 .@rmoraille Oops, I meant if a Trump win of course. in reply to abulsme
- 03:14:41 He’s been going on a bit too long now. Time to wrap it up. :-) #DNCinPHL
- 03:14:56 Retweeted @amyewalter 03:14:46 Story of the night is Michelle Obama. This Bernie speech is for his supporters. M. Obama’s was for the general election
- 03:16:24 They are booing him now. Nice. #DNCinPHL
- 03:16:50 Retweeted @DavidAFrench 03:16:36 Choosing to attack Trump like he's a normal conservative with normal conservative opinions (false, by the way) will only help unite GOP.
- 03:17:02 Retweeted @JamilSmith 03:16:27 I'm trying to think of what the Sanders supporters here who are yelling over Bernie's speech think they're accomplishing. #DemsInPhilly
- 03:17:57 Retweeted @kkondik 03:17:47 Remember that the hardcore Berners have 3 days of convention shock therapy left, too. It seemed to work on some of the Rs at the RNC
- 03:18:26 Retweeted @pescami 03:17:07 In what sense is this a speech and not just a bunch of sentences that Bernie believes in? Can we get some Structure? Arc? Drama? Thesis?
- 03:19:06 Retweeted @dandrezner 03:18:56 I wonder if @realDonaldTrump will be stupid enough to tweet about Michelle Obama.
- 03:19:38 Retweeted @PaulRieckhoff 03:19:06 This speech is REALLY long. And a pretty standard stump speech for him. I think the crowd was hoping for more. Esp after Booker and FLOTUS.
- 03:19:59 Platform! Doc that means nothing! Woo! #DNCinPHL
- 03:20:44 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 03:12:20 This is crucial. Sanders is vouching for the post-primary process, saying it produced real results. And he's right.
- 03:21:43 Retweeted @davidaxelrod 03:21:37 Valiant effort by @SenSanders for @HillaryClinton, though it's beginning to feel like the Oscar speech that went on too long. #DNCinPHL
- 03:21:47 Retweeted @megynkelly 03:21:38 .@BernieSanders: “It is no secret that @HillaryClinton and I disagree on a number of issues… That’s what democracy is about.” #DemsInPhilly
- 03:22:10 Ready for this to be done now. #DNCinPHL
- 03:22:34 Retweeted @emptywheel 03:22:24 Um. Many of Bernie's supporters actually DON'T remember Hillary as FLOTUS.
- 03:22:54 The end! Yay! #DNCinPHL
- 03:23:01 Retweeted @HillaryClinton 03:22:49 "Hillary Clinton will make an outstanding president and I am proud to stand with her tonight.” —@BernieSanders #DemsInPhilly
- 03:24:56 Retweeted @ThePlumLineGS 03:24:49 So that was a real disaster, right?
(Given the discord at the outset, it could not have gone better.)
- 03:27:21 Retweeted @dandrezner 03:26:55 Think of it as a preview of how you'll be feeling in November. https://t.co/tFQ7JxhdI7
- 03:27:29 Retweeted @mmurraypolitics 03:27:17 Chris Matthews notes that the primetime speeches (FLOTUS, Warren, Sanders) were set up by Sarah Silverman's call-out of Bernie-or-Bust
- 03:27:37 Retweeted @stevenjay 03:22:18 Bernie is speaking to the arena. Michelle Obama was speaking to the country.
- 03:27:44 Retweeted @BGrueskin 03:22:52 Democrats In Array
- 03:27:57 Recess! #DNCinPHL
- 03:28:10 Retweeted @JanieVelencia 02:27:23 1st night of DNC,
Cory Booker
Michelle Obama
Joe Kennedy
Liz Warren
Bernie Sanders1st night of RNC
Duck Dynasty guy
Rick Perry
Scott Baio - 03:31:28 Retweeted @POTUS 02:25:19 Incredible speech by an incredible woman. Couldn't be more proud & our country has been blessed to have her as FLOTUS. I love you, Michelle.
- 03:31:45 [Blog Post] Electoral College: Missouri out of reach for Clinton again https://t.co/4y4cTdbkbh
- 03:47:48 Retweeted @JulieDiCaro 02:16:04 Quiet, you. The grownups are talking now. https://t.co/Czd7PvzmnS
- 04:04:01 Retweeted @joshtpm 03:50:37 A Reminder: Tonight Trump said he'd leave NATO to force EUR allies to come back to US with offer of more money https://t.co/d5JLm4fM8V
- 04:52:31 Retweeted @OwensDamien 2016-07-25 18:16:54 I hear you, Sanders supporters who plan to vote Trump. One time I asked for Coke but they only had Pepsi, so I set fire to my head.
- 05:47:03 Retweeted @markmobility 02:20:44 Jim Robinson lived in a Friendfield Plantation slave cabin. His great-great-granddaughter lives in The White House. https://t.co/6sVsDa6eRW
- 14:29:15 Retweeted @kylegriffin1 14:26:50 NBC News has learned negotiations are underway to have Bernie Sanders officially nominate Hillary Clinton at the end of tonight's roll call.
- 18:18:08 Retweeted @paulkrugman 18:17:48 Amazing how many people think "WH was built by slaves" was either over the top or just a metaphor. No, really, it was built by slaves.
- 18:33:36 Retweeted @pauloCanning 18:31:38 Andrew Sullivan's Clinton hatred is so profound he blogs DNC Day 1 without one mention of Michelle Obama https://t.co/FTjulL1RBb
- 18:34:14 .@pauloCanning @Gus_802 Not true. FB doesn’t have the full text. Liveblog here. Plenty on FLOTUS. https://t.co/l334NOZ2Uk in reply to pauloCanning
- 18:38:25 Retweeted @pauloCanning 18:38:07 @abulsme @Gus_802 Fair enough. Could bloody say so on Facebook! in reply to abulsme
- 18:41:31 .@pauloCanning @Gus_802 The FB post is just a link to NYMag art. FB pulled initial update as summary. Have to click link for full story. in reply to pauloCanning
- 18:42:44 Retweeted @pauloCanning 18:38:47 @allanbrauer @nomoremister Nothing on FB page indicates this exists https://t.co/GPkPKwRWcD in reply to allanbrauer
- 18:42:57 .@pauloCanning @allanbrauer @nomoremister Except the link to the article. :-) in reply to pauloCanning
- 18:43:41 Retweeted @pauloCanning 18:39:29 @RF_McCarthy been corrected https://t.co/GPkPKwRWcD in reply to RF_McCarthy
- 19:12:44 Retweeted @ppppolls 2016-07-25 20:10:43 What swing state should we poll this weekend to gauge the post-DNC fallout?
- 19:13:30 .@ppppolls I voted Florida. But really, Maine. Want more CD2 numbers. :-) in reply to ppppolls
- 19:37:22 Just had a bad exp w/ @BagsterBag. Charged $150 for failed pickup because my car was in driveway. I was home. No knock. No call. DO NOT USE.
- 19:39:07 .@BagsterBag Pickup was scheduled for multi-day window. Email I hadn’t seen yet narrowed it down to 12 hour window today. Not good enuf. in reply to abulsme
- 19:41:21 .@BagsterBag Phone customer support explained situation, but didn’t help. Very unsatisfactory. Will find another alternative next time. in reply to abulsme
- 19:49:04 Retweeted @Juice_Steen 2016-07-23 00:20:33 @BagsterBag <symbol>no other words, just a middle finger. You people are TERRIBLE. Google customer service…and how to be competent…<symbol> in reply to Juice_Steen
- 19:49:05 Retweeted @Juice_Steen 2016-07-23 00:26:26 @BagsterBag had to dispute the charge. Had to let a real company deal with you worthless idiots in reply to Juice_Steen
- 20:01:24 [Blog Post] Electoral College: Bump? Bump? Is there a bump yet? https://t.co/A1OcrwrinO
- 21:22:02 Notice the Dems officially put both Clinton & Sanders in nomination. The Reps only put Trump in. No Cruz, Kasich, Rubio. #DNCinPHL
- 21:23:59 Roll Call Vote! #DNCinPHL
- 21:32:54 Jerry Brown! #DNCinPHL
- 21:34:45 Not checking every state in real time, but so far no surprises. Exactly as est on https://t.co/MZrA9dFRue except most TBD supers 4 Clinton.
- 21:40:50 That thing from Larry Sanders was nice. #DNCinPHL
- 21:41:23 Democrats Abroad rounded their half votes off. Wonder if someone actually switched, or they just rounded. :-) #DNCinPHL
- 21:42:39 DC had one Sanders to Clinton flip compared to my last count. #DNCinPHL
- 22:02:13 These roll calls take a long time. #DNCinPHL
- 22:05:54 Michigan also had a Sanders -> Clinton defection since my last count. Haven’t been checking every state in real time. #DNCinPHL
- 22:16:45 Sanders lost 4 supers in New Jersey compared to my last count. Just a little leakage. #DNCinPHL
- 22:17:36 Retweeted @NoelFrame 22:17:15 Love that each state is honoring @BernieSanders as they proudly nominate @HillaryClinton. #ThisIsWhatDemocracyLooksLike #DemsInPhilly
- 22:27:29 Sanders also lost a super in Ohio. Sanders -> Clinton super delegate defection seems pretty common. (In small numbers.) #DNCinPHL
- 22:33:58 Getting close now. #DNCinPHL
- 22:36:10 Going over the top very soon… #DNCinPHL
- 22:37:58 They are going to let South Dakota put Clinton over the top? #DNCinPHL
- 22:38:50 Clinton over the top with South Dakota’s votes. #DNCinPHL
- 22:39:25 They didn’t even pause for a celebration. Waiting for the end I guess. #DNCinPHL
- 22:40:05 She could still decline the nomination! :-) #DNCinPHL
- 22:40:37 Retweeted @ZekeJMiller 20:02:14 While we will all call Clinton the official nominee tonight, technically DNC rules state nomination is only official after acceptance speech
- 22:44:00 Retweeted @HillaryClinton 22:43:47 History. https://t.co/1ayWTx8SPH
- 22:45:09 So will Vermont pass, then go at the end, and Sanders cast the last vote for Clinton? That’s how I’d do it. #DNCinPHL
- 22:45:53 Retweeted @DomenicoNPR 22:43:19 Vermont passed to vote by acclamation even though Clinton has already passed the magic number. #DemsInPhilly
- 22:46:20 Washington state! I saw most of these people at the state convention. Woo! #DNCinPHL
- 22:46:51 Retweeted @jbarro 22:46:45 Bernie Sanders is in the convention hall and has sat down with the Vermont delegation.
- 22:47:29 Retweeted @ChadPergram 22:47:18 VT will abstain on vote. Vote continues. When it comes back to VT, Sanders will
move to nominate Clinton by acclamation #DemsInPhilly - 22:48:07 Retweeted @natsecHeather 22:47:59 i called my mom. she said: "I lived so long." she reminded me of us, long ago, watching Gerry Ferraro thru a window https://t.co/mZVUcXiLsX
- 22:48:48 Retweeted @bradwrightphd 22:47:22 @natsecHeather they were talking about @HillaryClinton being 'status quo candidate' on @NPR. Sure. A woman leading free world is so typical. in reply to natsecHeather
- 22:48:51 Retweeted @natsecHeather 22:48:37 This is a status quo i plan on getting used to. https://t.co/V2SywxUeuU
- 22:50:53 And here comes Vermont again… #DNCinPHL
- 22:51:41 Will they give a count before moving for acclimation? #DNCinPHL
- 22:52:40 Bernie obviously emotional. #DNCinPHL
- 22:52:52 Vermont Count. #DNCinPHL
- 22:54:07 Bernie’s motion for Clinton. There it is. #DNCinPHL
- 22:55:53 There ya go. #DNCinPHL
- 22:55:59 Retweeted @pbump 22:55:52 Sanders is very gracious in a moment that you can tell still stung, just a bit.
- 22:56:06 Retweeted @Alyssa_Milano 22:55:54 History. Goosebumps. #DNCinPHL
- 22:56:14 Retweeted @rebagreenpapers 22:56:07 #DemConvention Chair Fudge comes to the dais– declares the 'Aye's have it and Hillary Clinton is nominated by acclamation #DemsinPhilly
- 22:56:30 Retweeted @danpfeiffer 22:56:10 If I worked on the Trump Campaign this would scare the crap out of me, but they are too clueless to understand what's coming
- 22:57:50 Secretary Clinton is accepting and giving a speech Thursday? Who would have guessed? #DNCinPHL
- 22:59:19 Retweeted @bobcesca_go 22:58:58 "Wait, Hillary isn't accepting the nomination until Thursday night? Bernie still has a chance!" –HA Goodman to his imaginary friends
- 23:14:52 Hey, @RepDelBene is talking now. She is my congress person. :-) #DNCinPHL
- 23:27:18 Jimmy Carter! #DNCinPHL
- 23:30:19 Retweeted @voxdotcom 23:25:12 LIVE: A group of Bernie supporters have staged a walk out after Hillary Clinton's official nomination at the DNC https://t.co/tY3HHH5q9m
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