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On today's special episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and guests examine the speeches of President Obama and Joe Biden at the the third night of the DNC. Obama quoted from the American Exceptionalism language of Ronald Reagan. Borrowing heavily from the rhetoric of the Bush-era neocons Joe Biden stated that the "21st century will be the American century." The crowd chanted "USA, USA" as Biden gave a pumped up "don't mess with America" speech. A retired Admiral condemned Saddam Hussein, Kim Jong un and Vladimir Putin as a group.

Becker is joined from Los Angeles by Danielle Norwood of WORD (Women Organized to Resist and Defend), by Kevin Aiken, Secretary of the California Peace & Freedom Party, and Loud & Clear producer Walter Smolarek who is in Philadelphia covering protests by the Bernie Sanders supporters. They also discuss the next steps for millions of Bernie Sanders supporters who are seeking an independent, progressive alternative to the Democratic Party.