Corporatists

CPAC showed that the GQP will go all Weekend at Bernies with Trump’s carcass. Some of us don’t care and hope he’ll be alive enough to get prosecuted. But Trump’s CFO, Allen Weisselberg needs to stay away from windows, negronis, and Fifth Avenue. “Weisselberg was given (limited) immunity for his testimony...

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  • March 2, 2021

Don’t care as long as we win. Prefer Harris, Warren, and Duckworth to stay in the Senate. Rice would make a better “heartbeat away” than Demings or any of the others. Democrats can’t keep defaulting to “party elders” or the corporatists. x NEW: Joe Biden’s VP candidates ranked by pick likelihood 1-...

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  • July 28, 2020

Help Us Flip The Senate With Great Progressive Candidates! Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Deb, Janis, Kimberly, Bryan, Dr. Bill, and Donna—Your PDA National Team Help Re-Elect Senator Ed Markey   Help Elect Progressive Betsy Sweet   Help Elect Progressive Andrew Romanoff   Click Here to Join the...

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  • April 2, 2020

For you baseball fans out there, the managerial strategy is, get ‘em on, get ‘em over, and get ‘em home.  Last evening, despite a billionaire throwing spitballs, Joe Biden hit a triple. With a short supply of money, zero campaigning in Minnesota and counted out in California and Texas, Joe...

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  • March 4, 2020

Help Us Flip The Senate With Andrew Romanoff! Donate to Help PDA Elect Andrew RomanoffHe Is The Progressive Champion We Need Bringing the party back to it’s progressive roots!  Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Donna, Dr. Bill, Kim, Janis, Deb, Dan, and Bryan—Your Progressive Democrats of America National Team...

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  • February 18, 2020

Pitch In Time and / or $ to Help Elect The Next AOC! Donate to Help PDA Elect Alex MorseThe Progressive Champion We Need Bringing the party back to its progressive roots!  Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Donna, Dr. Bill, Kim, Janis, Deb, Dan, and Bryan—Your Progressive Democrats of...

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  • February 13, 2020

Watching The Debate Tonight? photo: Homeless Man, photo by Enver Rahmanov • CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped) In solidarity for victory! Alan Minsky for Mike F., Donna, Deb, Dr. Bill, Dan, Janis, Bryan, Kimberly, and Mike H.—your PDA National Staff Tonight, Bernie Will Stand at Center Stage at theFinal Debate Before...

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  • February 7, 2020

It is mathematically impossible for private insurance to be less expensive than single-payer Medicare for All. Insurance must pay hundreds of overpaid executives, duplicative services like advertising, rent, computer & database services, and more. They must pay shareholder dividends who are profiting off of your illness and potential bankruptcy. The evidence...

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  • January 17, 2020

Senator Joe Manchin appeared on Fox News and said that if Bernie Sanders is the nominee of the Democratic Party, Manchin, a West Virginia Democrat, will not vote for him. Centrist Democrats are always expressing concerns about whether Progressives would show up for their less than progressive candidates in the...

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  • November 1, 2019

photo: (right: Homeless Man In Boston Enver Rahmanov • CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped) In solidarity, Alan Minsky for Mike F., Mike H., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. Tell The DNC And The News Networks:We Need Debates About The Real World!Questions About Poverty And HomelessnessA Complete Debate...

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  • October 17, 2019

In solidarity,  Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. Reject Trump By Supporting PDA   Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) demands that Congress hold Trump accountable. We believe that the Constitution includes impeachment powers exactly for situations like this: a...

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  • July 27, 2019

photo: PDA Leadership Conference in New Mexico In Solidarity,  Alan Minsky for Deb, Mike F., Janis, Dan, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike H. and Shayna—your PDA National Team PDA is on a Mission to Bring Progressive Change to America According to opinion polls, the progressive agenda is supported by the...

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  • May 27, 2019

Yours for democracy,  Mike Hersh for Kimberly, Deb, Janis, Shayna, Alan, Mike F, Dan, Dr. Bill, and Bryan—your PDA National Team Please Pitch In Now ToHelp Elect Progressives Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is both troubled and also galvanized by recent events. We will always stand up for those oppressed...

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  • May 18, 2019

In solidarity,  Mike Fox for Alan, Mike H., Janis, Dan, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Dr. Bill, and Shayna—your PDA National Team Stop Stephen Moore You’ve seen Stephen Moore making a fool of himself on the talk shows.  Now here’s your chance to prevent him from joining the Fed. From the coalition...

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  • April 24, 2019

By Mike Hersh for Dr. Bill, Donna, Alan, Mike F., Janis, Deb, Dan, Kim, Bryan, and Shayna—your PDA National Medicare for All Team Don’t Let Corporatists Fool Congress With Imitations Tell Your Rep to Cosponsor the Medicare For All Act! Today is April Fool’s Day, but Progressive Democrats of America...

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  • April 2, 2019

Let me get all my caveats out of the way as I hastily don my flak jacket. I like Bernie Sanders. After seriously considering Hillary Clinton, I voted for Sanders in the 2016 Oregon primary. When Hillary won the nomination, I enthusiastically backed her, and was just a bit peeved...

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  • February 19, 2019

“This package [of legislation] is a handout to criminals.” – Rep. Adam Zemke Originally posted at Eclectablog.com​. Gary Naeyaert is a “member of Team Jesus” and the Executive Director of the Great Lakes Education Project (GLEP). GLEP is Betsy DeVos's project to destroy public schools in Michigan to make way...

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  • June 6, 2016

Originally posted at Eclectablog. Over the past several years, I have written about how corporate front groups, largely funded by corporatists like the Koch brothers and their network of fake grassroots (“astroturf”) groups, manipulate the media to serve their corporate bottom lines. They use this network to amplify their corporate...

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  • June 5, 2015