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As the 2024 Democratic National Convention kicked off Monday in Chicago, thousands of protestors took to the city’s streets to demand an end to Democratic politicians’ support for Israel’s war in Gaza, where the death toll reached 40,000 late last week, and where United Nations experts have announced widespread starvation.

A name that looms large in Chicago this week belongs to a woman who died 19 years ago. Shirley Chisholm, the first Black person to run for a major party’s presidential nomination and the first woman to run as a Democrat, is on the lips of delegates and speakers gathered at the Democratic National Convention.

During the Democratic National Convention, the Uncommitted movement’s 30 delegates—chosen by voters frustrated by the United States policies toward Israel as it wages war in Gaza—are trying to speak with as many of Vice President Kamala Harris’ approximately 4,000 pledged delegates as possible and make a pitch: Help us add an arms embargo to the Harris campaign platform to bring about a ceasefire. On Monday, delegates at the DNC formally approved the party’s policy platform for 2024.

It is refreshing to have a candidate who brings joy, love for this country, and enthusiasm to the voters. Kamala Harris's running mate, Gov. Tim Walz, adds energy to the ticket. But sad Newsmax hosts Mercedes Schlapp and Greg Kelly watched the Democratic National Convention and concluded that Harris smiles too much. Specifically, Schlapp bizarrely took issue with Harris's "love of country," Media Matters reports. "Do you think, Mercedes, she realizes -- man, she acts like she just won a billion dollars," Kelly said.

A blistering ad during last night's Democratic National Convention laid waste to the lie that Republicans are the party of Law & Order. They are not. They shield lawbreakers, men who sexually assaulted women, business cheats, and politicians who would overturn free and fair elections. NARRATOR: In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by two separate yet equally important groups, the police who investigate crime and the district attorneys who prosecute the offenders.

The Democratic National Convention kicked off in Chicago on Monday with the Illinois delegation breakfast, which featured a surprise speaker: Gwen Walz, the wife of Minnesota governor and vice presidential candidate Tim Walz. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Speaking to the delegates, lawmakers, and journalists in the room, Gwen Walz shared that she and her husband met while teaching at the same school—and that she and her family love to visit Chicago for their New Year’s Eve celebrations, according to POLITICO.