I Knew It !!! - I Am, So Jealous !!! - Condoms, coconuts and kitsch for Kamala at quirky 'DemPalooza'

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I was at the Moscone Center during the 1984 Democratic National Convention (Mondale - Ferraro). No credentials to get in, but there was such a show going on outside, it did not matter. Swag of all manner from anybody with a soapbox and a voice.

Some of the merch was not... ahem... Party approved shall we say ?

When you can out-freak San Francisco, that is saying something.

CHICAGO — Democrats who really want to stick it to the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 can strap on one of the 5,000 free "F— Project 2025" condoms being passed out at the Democratic National Convention’s “DemPalooza” and do their thing.

For those who aren’t so hardcore — or who just want to keep politics out of their bedrooms — there are also free, sexless "F— Project 2025" stickers at the Voters of Tomorrow booth.

While politics is surely in the air at this mini indoor festival that Democratic brass is throwing for delegates, attendees here can get everything from local tofu to a $10,000 sculpture.

In many ways, DemPlooza is a mirror into contemporary Democratic Party identity politics: Everyone and, seemingly, anything is welcome, except a discernible theme.

https://www.rawstory.com/dempalooza-chicago-democratic-national-convention/