While the Yang Gang didn't get a crisp preview of Andrew Yang's remarks from the DNC like Obama and Clinton, the former Democrat candidate did give some insight into his remarks during an interview with Washington Post on Facebook Live.

And in his own assessment, he's going to go to a dark place painting a "picture as to just how bad it is for many of us".

"This is truly the darkest time any of us has ever seen, and you have to ask yourself, 'How are we going to get out of this mess?' And signing up for 4 more years of Trump is a completely irrational way to try and get out of this mess because people sense that he's not a leader who's going to be trying to utilize our government to solve many of the problems we see," he said.

Hillary Clinton says she doesn't want to see second loss to Trump in convention remarks that reflect on her 2016 election defeat

The previews of tonight's speeches have dropped and there are some interesting tidbits buried within, including some reflection by Clinton on her defeat to Donald Trump

"For four years, people have said to me, 'I didn't realize how dangerous he was.' 'I wish I could go back and do it over.' Or worst, 'I should have voted.' Well, this can't be another woulda coulda shoulda election," Clinton says in the remarks shared ahead of tonight's broadcast.

"If you vote by mail, request your ballot now, and send it back as soon as you can. If you vote in person, do it early. Bring a friend and wear a mask. Become a poll worker. Most of all, no matter what, vote. Vote like our lives and livelihoods are on the line, because they are."
 

Donald Trump treats presidency like a 'reality show', says Barack Obama 

Barack Obama will attempt to kick Donald Trump in the ego tonight as he lays the blame for 170,000 dead Americans at the feet of a president who treats the office like as a "reality show".

In a preview of his remarks ahead of tonight's' Democratic convention address, Obama says he hoped that Trump might feel the weight of the office and take the job seriously when they first met in the Oval Office.

"But he never did. He's shown no interest in putting in the work; no interest in finding common ground; no interest in using the awesome power of his office to help anyone but himself and his friends; no interest in treating the presidency as anything but one more reality show that he can use to get the attention he craves," Obama says.

"Donald Trump hasn't grown into the job because he can't. And the consequences of that failure are severe. 170,000 Americans dead. Millions of jobs gone. Our worst impulses unleashed, our proud reputation around the world badly diminished, and our democratic institutions threatened like never before."
 

More than $1.3 m bet on Donald Trump during Democratic National Convention

While the presidential candidates may be trading off on who is fundraising to most, Trump has gotten the edge on Biden in bets for who will win in November.

ANALYSIS: Why AOC backed Sanders, not Biden, in her DNC speech

The Independent's Griffin Connolly breaks down why Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez did not mention Joe Biden during her 90-second speech at the Democratic National Convention on Tuesday, where she backed the nomination of the second-place finisher in the presidential primaries, Bernie Sanders.

The move was not quite the snub of Mr Biden that some made it out to be, despite the insinuations of several premature, incomplete, and otherwise poorly edited tweets from prominent media outlets, including NBC News and its affiliate MSNBC.

As Ms Ocasio-Cortez later explained via Twitter, it wasn't her role to heap praise on Mr Biden: She was pegged specifically by the Democratic National Committee to second the nomination of Mr Sanders in a show of party unity and reconciliation between its competing factions.

"If you were confused, no worries!" she tweeted shortly after her speech aired.

"Convention rules require roll call & nominations for every candidate that passes the delegate threshold. I was asked to 2nd the nom for Sen. Sanders for roll call. I extend my deepest congratulations to [Mr Biden] -- let's go win in November," she wrote.

Read the full piece.
 

Reading between the lines of what they say and where they say it

Last night, former schoolteacher Jill Biden returned to her old classroom at Brandywine High School, room 232 to speak about dark, empty rooms that should be filled by young students confined to computer screens amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Tonight, Barack Obama will deliver his live address from the Museum of American Revolution in Philadelphia.

The settings are not random. Look for Obama to make the case that American democracy is at stake, and that a change in the White House for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be needed to keep it.
 

The DNC day three for cord cutters 

The first night of the Democratic convention was a bit of a flop in the ratings, down by about 27 per cent on 2016 across the six networks of Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, ABC, NBC, and CBS.

While the ratings for night two are yet to come in, they don't account for audience across streaming and social media platforms, which it would be safe to assume would have only increased in the past four years.

For all the cord cutters out there, here is how to watch day three without a cable connection of TV tuner.

ICYMI: Joe Biden officially nominated as Democratic presidential candidate as Trump accused of 'quitting' on country
 

Welcome back, or welcome to, the third day of our live blog coverage of the Democratic National Convention.

If you missed last night's proceedings, The independent's John T Bennet has an in-depth wrap of to help you catch up before today gets into full swing.

(Spoiler alert - Joe Biden was nominated to be the next president because everybody hates the current president.)