MY, WHAT A DIFFERENT KIND OF WEEK THAT WAS!

Welcome to Kamala Country, y'all

Jul 27, 2024

What a difference a couple of days and $200 million make, huh?

After the collective population began to absorb the reality of President Joe Biden selflessly choosing the country over himself, they also got energized like Obama 2008 energy on steroids.

For the first time in I can’t remember, Donald Trump didn’t dominate the news cycle.

Kamala Harris did. And it lifted the entire country’s mood.

Vice President Harris also broke Zoom several times this week, along with breaking fundraising records.

By now, you probably have heard how Black women organized a Zoom call within hours of President Biden’s bombshell announcement. Black women have been ready for this moment forever, so it was no surprise to see that level of mobilization leading to the more than 44,000 attendees crashing Zoom. And over $1.2 million was raised for Vice President Kamala Harris on that call alone.

And then, something even more incredible happened. Donations and endorsements began pouring in. As of today, Democrats have raised $200 million for the new Kamala For President campaign.

WOKE MATH IN FULL EFFECT.

Almost immediately, every community that felt the FOMO from the We Win With Black Women call got themselves mobilized. Name a community, they have their own Zoom calls to raise money for our next President.

I was on the record-breaking White Women “Answer the Call” Zoom last night, and it was so celebrity-packed that I still have no idea how many famous white women were on that call.

Over 160,000 women were on that call, and the total raised was over $8.5 million. White women guilt paid off bigly!

But seriously, the speakers all made a point to acknowledge the privilege white women enjoy and how it was time to use that privilege in the right way. The line of the night for me came from Connie Britton, who said, “We have a fuckin job to do!”

Glennon Doyle also nailed the point that a lot of white women (not me) are worried about what people will think if they raise their voices to be heard, or try to talk about things that are hard to talk about.

I’m here for all the tough conversations, Glennon!

It turns out, my mom was also on that call. When I found that out via text this morning, I got a little verklempt. My mom had told me on the phone Monday how relieved she was that President Biden had stepped aside. She said she didn’t realize how worried she was until his announcement. She’s so excited to vote for Kamala.

And so is my 25-year-old son, Jack, who made his first-ever political donation to VP Harris, which of course made me very proud. He told me at his girlfriend’s birthday dinner on Monday that GenZ is VERY excited to vote for Kamala.

WHITE MEN ARE ORGANIZING for Kamala Harris. MAGA is done, they just don’t know it yet. It brings me so much joy.

My job writing at HillReporter.com also got infinitely easier this week as well. As much as I love Joe Biden, I realized I was also living with a knot in my stomach thanks to that push to push him out of office. But also, he and Jill deserve to enjoy the time they have together to enjoy his now-solidified legacy. I’m so happy we still get to have him for six more months, even if we don’t deserve him.

So I spent this week writing all of these great stories about Kamala Harris igniting crowds in Indianapolis and Houston.

I wrote about that badass new campaign ad that brings all the feels.

I learned what “kamala IS brat” and “brat” and “#bratsummer” all mean, and had so much fun writing about it.

I’ve also listened to the “brat” album about 50 times, because it’s only 40 minutes long. These kids today and their short attention spans. It’s So Julia. No cap!

Best of all, mocking Donald Trump and his MAGA Maxi Pad was eclipsed by learning that JD “Hillbilly Effigy” Vance fucked a couch. There’s a big effort to tell people that he didn’t fuck a couch. But even my mom knows he fucked a couch.

I’m enjoying all of the nicknames people have come up with for the least popular VP pick EVER. I like “Shillbilly,” which pairs nicely with “Hillbilly Effigy,” which I will keep trying to make stick to him.

I’ve also come up with:

J DIVANce
Chesterfield the Molesterfield
Barfy Couch
No Glove No Love
Pushin Cushion
Ottoman Vampire
Settee Vedder
Slip-It-In Cover
Sectional 8
Sofaking Weak
Living Room Loser

I’m also enjoying watching Trump being dragged for not wanting to debate Kamala Harris. I’ve always known women would end Trump, but especially Black women.

Tish James, Fani Willis, Judge Tanya Chutkan, and now, Kamala Harris.

You can feel the tide turning, can’t you? I hope you can throw a few shekels towards the Kamala Harris for President campaign, because I want to be able to call her husband, Doug Emhoff, our “First GentleMensch.”

I already call him Dougie Fresh, so the campaign should also hire me to tweet for them.

More proof that I do writing in the good ways ( 😏), look what happened today!

That’s right, The Sound of Settling hit 40K pages read just on Amazon Kindle! I’ve also now sold 731 copies and I’m hoping to hit 1000 by September. The raves keep coming in, and I want you all to be able to read the follow-up, Heavy Meddling, but I’m holding out for the proper publishing deal. A thousand books is a number that might impress agents already.

Also you haven’t gotten a copy of my rock and roll love story yet, now would be a super great time to do so. Next month marks the 23rd anniversary (!!!) of the Dave Grohl meet-cool that inspired my ultimate meta-fanfic.

@taradublinrocks I’m essentially 100% positive that I’m the one who inspired #DaveGrohl to write #TimesLikeThese in 2002 & it would be really great if you would all share this story & maybe he’ll actually see it 🖤 #foofighters @Foo Fighters @Josh Freese @Queens of the Stone Age

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