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**AUGUST 20, 2024**
A Traffic Jam, With Speeches
Despite the mobility issues, the Prospect got around in Chicago.
BY HAROLD MEYERSON
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CHICAGO - Triumphing over logistical obstacles that made getting around Chicago a nightmare yesterday,
**Prospect**writers and editors reported on a host of the host city's events, with Luke Goldstein working the early shift [link removed] at the New York delegation's breakfast, Emma Janssen covering [link removed] the Gaza War protests, and David Dayen reporting [link removed] on Bernie Sanders's trenchant attack on the party's permitting mega-dollar super PACs to dominate Democratic primaries (as they're doing more these days).
I covered both the party's Labor Caucus noon meeting [link removed] and Joe Biden's midnight valedictory [link removed]. If you followed the convention proceedings, you know they ran way long last night, but you'll have to take my word for it that the party's efforts to transport delegates and media across town and into and out of the United Center were similarly vexed. One hundred years ago, it took the Democrats two weeks and 103 ballots to nominate their presidential candidate at the 1924 convention, and there were moments on Monday when I began to suspect that the lateness of all things Monday was a kind of centennial tribute to the molasses-like pace of the day's proceedings and logistics.
TODAY'S AGENDA
Today should go more swiftly, one hopes. Bernie and Barack will highlight the evening session and make clear once again that the Democrats contain multitudes, which doesn't necessarily mean they contradict themselves.
Join us LIVE from Chicago on YouTube this Friday for our Weekly Roundup! Tune in as our staff reports on what they're seeing and hearing from the convention floor.
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Biden's Farewell [link removed]
The president got a late start and a rousing send-off. BY HAROLD MEYERSON
Sanders Urges Ban on Super PACs in Democratic Primaries [link removed]
The Vermont senator says money in politics is out of control, Democratic Party should limit expenditures when choosing nominees. BY DAVID DAYEN
Chicago Protesters Explain Their Views on Voting [link removed]
A dispatch from the March on the DNC BY EMMA JANSSEN
Labor Is in the House [link removed]
What a difference a different presidential candidate makes. BY HAROLD MEYERSON
Breakfast Bites: New York Delegates Hear From Schumer, Jeffries [link removed]
This is not the week to oversleep. BY LUKE GOLDSTEIN
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