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Streaming the DNC

Viewers can watch the event both on television and through streaming platforms from home.

Network and cable channels including ABC, CBS, CNN, C-SPAN, Fox, NBC, MSNBC, PBS, Spectrum News and more will all broadcast coverage of the events. The conventions run all day, but TV coverage mainly highlights the primetime speeches and earlier events, with commentary from anchors and analysts in between.

In addition to TV streamers like Hulu Live TV and YouTube TV, streaming platforms such as Paramount Plus, Peacock, and Max, as well as news channels and publication websites, will broadcast the events.

Additionally, several live streams are available on YouTube and X, including those from official DNC channels.

Obama Sees DNC Speech as More Important Than 2004 Address: Report

Former President Barack Obama is said to view Tuesday’s keynote at the Democratic National Convention as more important than the appearance 20 years ago that rocketed him to national attention and, eventually, the White House.

An unnamed confidante of Obama’s spoke to CNN, explaining that the former president had told advisers that Tuesday’s speech was far more important to the country than his 2004 address.

“Of course, he still believes Donald Trump could win,” the source told CNN. “But he believes Kamala Harris can win.”

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Barack Obama Teaches Democrats How to Go on Offense Against Donald Trump

Former President Barack Obama taught his fellow Democrats a new way to go on the offensive against former President Donald Trump in a powerful speech on the second night of his party’s convention.

In remarks that served as a throwback to Obama’s famous oratory skills that was also threaded with humor and specific jabs at Trump — framing him less as a democracy-threatening bogeyman and more as a whiney narcissist — the former president held the rapt attention of the crowd at Chicago’s United Center while also reminding the country why he was the last two-term president.

After asking who will fight for Americans’ future, Obama declared with a smirk: “One thing is for certain. Donald Trump is not losing sleep over that question.”

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TikTok Takeover: The Social Media Influencers Speaking at 2024 DNC

As political campaigns increasingly turn to social media to engage younger voters, the 2024 Democratic National Convention is embracing the trend by featuring a lineup of prominent social media influencers.

While politicians and celebrities have long been familiar faces at the convention, this marks the first time the DNC will feature influencers and content creators as credentialed attendees and speakers. These creators will share the same stage where President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris spoke on Monday.

The lineup includes Deja Foxx, Nabela Noor, Carlos Eduardo Espina, Olivia Julianna and John Russell, who collectively boast over 24 million social media followers. In addition to delivering speeches, each influencer has been granted unprecedented access at the DNC to create content and engage directly with their followers.

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Night 2 DNC Crowd Highlights

Barack Obama’s Joke About Trump’s ‘Crowd Sizes’ Takes Internet by Storm

Former President Barack Obama’s hand gesture as he spoke about Donald Trump’s “obsession with crowd sizes” has sparked a large reaction from Democrats online.

During his speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Obama took aim at the Republican presidential nominee.

“[Trump] has not stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago. It has been a constant stream of gripes and grievances,” Obama said.

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Doug Emhoff Shares Relatable Story of Life, Love with VP Kamala Harris

Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff spoke at the DNC, praising his “blended family,” especially his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris.

“I love you so much,” Emhoff said. “I’m so proud of how you’ve stepped up for us. But that’s who she is. Wherever she’s needed, however she’s needed, Kamala rises to the occasion.”

Emhoff met his now-wife through a client at the time, Chrisette Hudlin.

“In 2013, I walked into a contentious client meeting,” Emhoff said. “We worked through the issue and by the end of the meeting, the now happy client offered to set me up on a blind date.”

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Doug Emhoff Video With Daughter Sparks Conservative Backlash

A clip of second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and his daughter attending night one of the Democratic National Convention has circulated online, with conservatives describing Emhoff’s actions as “weird.”

The moment in question shows Emhoff with his arm around his 25-year-old daughter Ella—a model, fashion designer, and stepdaughter of Vice President Kamala Harris—who is seen hugging Emhoff with her arm around his shoulders.

Supporters of former President Donald Trump shared videos of the moment on X, formerly known as Twitter, such as conservative commentator Benny Johnson, who described the moment as “creepy.”

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What Does David Axelrod Know That the Rest of the Democrats Don’t?

Over the last month, the Democrats have gone from anger, to resignation, to a sudden burst of exuberance over their chances in November.

Except one.

David Axelrod, former President Barack Obama’s chief strategist who remains among the most plugged-in tacticians in the party, has been far more circumspect about Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2024 odds than many of his colleagues. It’s raising questions about what Axelrod is seeing in internal polls that other politicos and pollsters are not.

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DNC 2024: Who Is Angela Alsobrooks? Maryland’s Possible First Black Senator

Angela Alsobrooks, a Prince George’s County Executive, is looking to make history in November by becoming Maryland’s first Black senator.

Alsobrooks will speak at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday night about her 14-year friendship with Vice President Kamala Harris. Alsobrooks is in a tough race against former Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, and her speech comes as several democrats in tight election races opted not to attend the DNC.

Alsobrooks is expected to speak leading into prime-time coverage around the same time former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke on Monday night. The time slot Alsobrooks was given speaks to the importance DNC organizers give her remarks and the parallels between the historic nature of her race and Harris’.

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