September 20, 2018

Image Attribution: Friends of the Earth By  Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Deb, Dan, Donna, Janis, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—Your PDA National Team Sign the petition: Demand Congress hold Secretary Zinke accountable for destroying our public lands and waters Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is working with a...

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  • September 20, 2018

Oh, hell no. From The Washington Post: In his opening statements at an election debate Thursday, a South Carolina congressman kicked things off with a joke. “Did y’all hear this latest late-breaking news on the Kavanaugh hearings?” Rep. Ralph Norman (R) asked the audience at a Kiwanis club in his district. “Ruth Bader Ginsburg...

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  • September 20, 2018

Some encouraging news today out of Texas: x TX USSEN (VoxPopuli): Ted Cruz (R) 46%, Beto O'Rourke (D) 46% — Politics1.com (@Politics1com) September 20, 2018   A new Vox Populi poll in Texas finds Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) in a dead heat with challenger Beto O’Rourke (D) in the U.S. Senate race,...

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  • September 20, 2018

Lines you never hear in movies; “Do what you want to the girl, just leave ME alone!”    George Carlin If the content of the allegation were not so serious, and the personal suffering involved so emotionally wrenching, there would be an almost Three Stooges aspect to what we're witnessing...

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  • September 20, 2018

Well, this is gonna leave a mark. x NEW AD: It's up to the Senate to allow for an independent investigation into the alleged sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh. Will Republicans listen to Christine Blasey Ford? pic.twitter.com/YMtvPSV6zr — Brian Fallon (@brianefallon) September 20, 2018 Good.  I’m glad someone is doing...

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  • September 20, 2018

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I. VT) in support of his colleagues, U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D. WI) & Tina Smith’s (D. MN) re-election campaigns: Sen. Tina Smith (D. MN)   Kevin Cramer, the Republican candidate in a top-tier U.S. Senate race had a pretty dire...

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  • September 20, 2018

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) in support of Tony Evers’  (D. WI) gubernatorial campaign: I’m writing to you today to let you know that I am all in! I’m proud to support Tony Evers’ campaign to defeat Scott Walker and get Wisconsin back on...

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  • September 20, 2018

Some good news today out of Pennsylvania courtesy of Rasmussen Reports’ newest poll: Democratic incumbent Tom Wolf is sitting comfortably in his bid for reelection in Pennsylvania’s gubernatorial race. The first Rasmussen Reports telephone and online survey of the race finds Wolf with the support of 52% of Likely Pennsylvania...

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  • September 20, 2018

It’s a little like Jeffrey Dahmer giving your new restaurant a five-star Yelp review, but still. At least Kavanaugh is rounding up supporters. From The Washington Post: Moore first came to the nominee’s defense Monday — a day after a California professor told The Washington Post that Kavanaugh had tried to rape...

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  • September 20, 2018

photo: Standing water in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria by VOA • Public domain by Dan O’Neal and Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F., Donna, Mike H., Janis, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Judy, Shayna, and Bryan—your PDA National Team Find A 1 Year After Maria Action The Trump Administration has consistently...

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  • September 20, 2018

This story originally appeared on Up North Progressive. Livingston Developmental Academy Co-Founder Chuck Stockwell is considered an institution in the Michigan for-profit charter school industry. Who knew a loving parent relying on vision therapy to cure his daughter of an inoperable brain tumor would over two decades later be the...

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  • September 20, 2018

The Phoenix New Times rips Jeff Flake a new one for his weak response to a stupidly offensive Donald Trump Jr. post on Instagram… “Arizona Senator Jeff Flake, the anthropomorphized loaf of stale bread resigning after this term, made clear his disgust over an Instagram post from Donald Trump Jr. mocking Christine...

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  • September 20, 2018

Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of her colleague, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson’s (D. FL) re-election campaign: Sen. Bill Nelson (D. FL)   Senator Bill Nelson is in trouble. Take a look: SurveyUSA | Florida Senate  Rick Scott – 46%  Bill Nelson – 44% In case you don’t...

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  • September 20, 2018

The New York Times has a piece out that’s worth a read about how U.S. Senator Dean Heller’s (R. NV) sick evolution from a “Never Trump” Republican to bearhugging him to help save his re-election bid. The piece details how pathetic Heller has been sucking up to Trump: The New...

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  • September 20, 2018

Franklin Graham began by first saying that Kavanaugh’s attempted rape was “not relevant”: It's just a shame that a person like Judge Kavanaugh who has a stellar record–that somebody can bring something up that he did as a teenager close to 40 years ago. That's not relevant. Why he chose...

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  • September 20, 2018

By  Mike Fox for Dr. Bill, Alan, Deb, Mike H., Janis, Kimberly, Bryan, Dan, Donna, and Shayna—Your PDA National Team Let’s Keep Dr. Bill On The Road Making House Calls Lots Of Hours And Lots Of Miles For Medicare For All There’s a good chance you have met or been on...

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  • September 20, 2018

What is the purpose of Dr. Ford giving testimony before the Senate Judiciary committee?  Basically to get her story out to the American public.  She is not going to change one vote on the committee. Jeff Flake has already been exposed as a charlatan whose main function in the Republican...

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  • September 20, 2018