The American Dream Embodied: Kevin de Leon
By Mike Fox and Alan Minsky for Mike H., Shayna, Janis, Deb, Kim, Bryan, Dan, Donna, and Dr. Bill — your PDA national team. Dream Big With Kevin de Leon For … Read More
Category: HealthCare
The American Dream Embodied: Kevin de Leone
By Mike Fox and Alan Minsky for Mike H., Shayna, Janis, Deb, Kim, Bryan, Dan, Donna, and Dr. Bill — your PDA national team. Dream Big With Kevin de Leone For … Read More
AZ-Sen: Sen. Cory Booker (D. NJ) Helps Kyrsten Sinema (D) Flip This Seat From Red To Blue
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D. NJ) in support of Rep. Kyrsten Sinema’s (D. AZ) U.S. Senate campaign: Kyrsten Sinema (D. AZ) I’ve said it … Read More
Medicare For All Outreach
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 … Read More
Progressive Democrats of America and Our Revolution Announce Strategic Partnership
By Mike Hersh for Progressive Democrats of America The two organizations most responsible for building on the Bernie Sanders-inspired political revolution announce plans to work together on Medicare for All … Read More
TX-Sen: BREAKING!!! Reuters/Ipsos Poll Has Beto O'Rourke (D) LEADING Desperate Ted (R) 47-45!!!
Some very encouraging news today out of Texas courtesy of Reuters/Ispos latest poll: Among the bright spots for Democrats: U.S. Representative Beto O’Rourke of Texas had a 2-percentage-point lead over Cruz … Read More
GA-Gov: Jimmy Carter Hits The Campaign Trail For Stacey Abrams (D)
Always glad to see him active: Stacey Abrams had one consistent message when she joined former President Jimmy Carter on Tuesday outside a rural health center in his hometown of … Read More
GA-06, OH-02, CA-48, IL-06 & CA-49: Elizabeth Warren (D. MA) Helps These Democrats Win The House
Received quite a few e-mails from U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D. MA). The first one is in support of Lucy McBath’s (D. GA-06) campaign: Lucy McBath (D. GA-06) After … Read More
TX-Sen: Beto O'Rourke (D) On Botham Jean's Slaying, “That is not justice. That is not us.”
Yes: x “This hasn’t happened before. I showed up and I hadn’t done something like it before.†pic.twitter.com/DVfbxfTK0y — Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) September 15, 2018 Senate hopeful Beto O'Rourke … Read More
53 Years of Medicare and MFA
Photo: The Launch Of The Medicare For All Caucus By Dr. Bill Honigman for Mike F., Mike H., Shayna, Donna, Judy, Deb, Dan, Bryan, Kim, and Janis—Your Progressive Democrats of America … Read More
FL-Sen: Cory Booker (D. NJ) Helps Bill Nelson (D) Get Ready To Defeat Trump & Rick Scott (R)
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D. NJ) in support of U.S. Senator Bill Nelson’s (D. FL) re-election campaign: Sen. Bill Nelson (D. FL) I'm writing … Read More
TX-Sen: NYT, “Top Trump Adviser Says Ted Cruz (R) Could Lose Texas Senate Race”
A must read from the New York Times: President Trump’s budget chief, Mick Mulvaney, expressed confidence to Republican donors on Saturday that the party would overcome a Democratic “movement of … Read More
The Week In Review + March For Climate Today!
By Mike Fox for Mike H., Donna, Dr. Bill, Janis, Dan, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—Your PDA National Team Hitting The Streets, The Suites, The Phones, And The Internet. Let’s Make Some … Read More
TX-Sen: DFA Goes All In To Help Beto O'Rourke (D) Defeat Desperate Ted Cruz (R)
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: This is ridiculous. U.S. Senator Ted Cruz — the guy who once … Read More
Get Active!
photo: Throwback: PDA on Capitol Hill—Support Our Organizing By Mike Hersh for Mike F., Donna, Judy, Dr. Bill, Janis, Dan, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—Your PDA National Team Tell Your Senators … Read More
ID-Gov: Boise Mayor Dave Bieter (D) Endorses Paulette Jordan (D) For Governor
Received this e-mail today from Paulette Jordan’s (D. ID) gubernatorial campaign: Paulette Jordan (D. ID) This campaign has always been about you. As I travel the state and talk … Read More
Why Donald Trump needs to increase immigration
Over the past couple of weeks, the Trump administration and its allies have been engaging in a lot of wishful thinking. Fresh off the strong second quarter economic growth number … Read More
My elected official just asked what possible benefit do Muslims give society
One thing about having Netroots Nation in New Orleans: I was reminded how friendly, tolerant, and open people can be. Now I’m back home, and have to deal with a$$hats … Read More
TX, WI & OH-Sen: Kamala Harris (D. CA) & MoveOn.org Team Up To Help Democrats Win The Senate
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) on behalf of MoveOn.org in support of Rep. Beto O’Rourke’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign and U.S. Senators Tammy … Read More
The Koch brothers vs Donald Trump. Vs the GOP?
Please Dios, let this be the start of something big. Fresh off of another political version of a bachelor party in Florida last night, His Lowness is obviously full of … Read More
The media is finally catching on. Can we please call it what it IS now?
Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, that took long enough! Since the days immediately following the election of the Clown Prince of Darkness, there have been suggestions and reports of possible questionable, … Read More
What Is It About Buenos Aires and Republicans? Ag. Sec. Perdue Gives American Farmers Bad News.
Josh Marshall at TPM flagged this Reuters article of U.S. Agricultural Secretary Sonny Perdue telling American farmers, “Yeah, you’re screwed by Trump tariffs.” Perdue said in an interview on the … Read More
Example “A” for Why Democratic Voters and the Resistance Should IGNORE Cries of “SOCIALISM!”
You know the Resistance and progressives are making political headway when conservatives and their allies start to scream “SOCIALISM!” It’s the 2nd best bogeyman for the GOP to use agasint … Read More
DCCC Decides to Help Liz Watson Flip IN-9th to Blue.
From the Louisville Courier-Journal: The DCCC, which pushes to get Democrats elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, added Watson to their “Red to Blue” program, which sends support to … Read More
Kentucky Republican Governor Bevin's Attacks on Medicaid Part II.
Now kids who are on Medicaid in KY are being turned away from dentists’ offices because of Bevin’s decision to eliminate vision and dental coverage for Medicaid recipients. The state's … Read More
Republican Governor Matt Bevin of KY Continues WAR on Healthcare.
Governor Matt Bevin of KY just announced that he will ELIMINATE vision and dental care coverage for 460,000 Medicaid recipients. Gov. Matt Bevin's administration announced it is cutting Medicaid dental … Read More
The budget reform America needs most? Government rate-setting for health care
In the spring of 2016, then-candidate Donald Trump promised Americans he would eliminate the entire $19 trillion national debt of the United States “say over a period of eight years.” … Read More
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's “I Can't Do It Alone” Victory Speech
x The only thing more uplifting than @Ocasio2018's victory was her victory speech pic.twitter.com/47Qd2pKi3N— NowThis (@nowthisnews) June 28, 2018 “The message we sent tonight is that it’s not okay to … Read More
Suggestion to Redstate Democratic Senators on the SCOTUS.
If Redstate Democrats want cover for maybe — they are all quiet for now — not voting for Trump’s evenutal judicial nominee to the SCOTUS, I think they could argue that a … Read More
We've already had a President issue pardons in a possible effort to avoid his own criminal exposure
As press and cable media scramble to cover President Trump’s antics surrounding presidential pardons — including the possibility that he could use the pardon to interfere with the Special Counsel’s investigation of … Read More
MoveOn Members Endorse 13 Diverse, New Progressive Leaders in First Wave of Endorsements to Take Back the House
Members praised the endorsed candidates for vowing to protect healthcare and create economic opportunity WASHINGTON, DC — Today, MoveOn Political Action is announcing the first wave of federal endorsements made … Read More
Michael Ian Black Nails It With Press Treatment of Melania. (Day 24 Missing and Counting)
It's been nearly a month since Melania Trump made her last public appearance. She hasn’t been seen or heard from since. She didn’t appear at any Memorial Day ceremony, which … Read More
Trump's America Summed Up In One VERY F***ED Up, Tragic Story
I can’t think of a way to sum up everything wrong with our country right now than this one story. Cynthia Tisdale’s husband lost the healthcare lottery: he was diagnosed … Read More
MoveOn Members in IL-14 Endorse Lauren Underwood for Congress
ILLINOIS — MoveOn Political Action members in Illinois’ 14th congressional district have voted overwhelmingly to endorse Lauren Underwood for Congress, with 98% of votes cast in favor of backing Underwood. … Read More
Why the Democrats Are Poised to Win BIG in Tennessee This Year
Democrats are kicking royal a$$ in Tennessee. The Senate race isn’t even close right now: Former Tennessee Gov. Phil Bredesen (D) now has a 10-point lead over Rep. Marsha Blackburn. … Read More
Alice Rivlin's defense of “centrists” is a case study of myopia and denialism.
I bear no particular grudge against Alice M. Rivlin. She appears to have led a fine life of public service, and, as discussed below, considers herself a “moderate Democrat.” She … Read More
There’s no mystery to achieving transparent pricing and lower costs for U.S. health care
Health industry stocks plunged on Tuesday with word that corporate powerhouses Amazon, J.P. Morgan, and Berkshire Hathaway were partnering to create a new, nonprofit company to “focus on technological solutions … Read More
The real State of our Union is in peril
This morning, the morning after President Donald John Trump gave the constitutionally-mandated State of the Union address, not since the Civil War has the state of our Union been in … Read More
'Equal sovereignty' of the states in the age of Trump
Less than a week into the new year, the Trump administration kicked off 2018 with one of the most cynical and craven acts of political favoritism in recent American history. … Read More
The difference between 2018 and the 2010 midterms? The truth
As 2017 winds to a close, press, pundits and politicians alike are saying 2018 could be the year of the “blue wave.” Led by a historically unpopular first-year president and … Read More
Sanders Wins The Debate: Open, Middle and Close.
Game. x .@SenSanders opening statement #HealthCareDebate #MedicareForAll pic.twitter.com/XQjPDnVqC7— People For Bernie (@People4Bernie) September 26, 2017 “Every major health organization in this country… thinks that their proposal is a disaster.” Set. x … Read More
Don't forget to ask: Where will Congress get its health insurance if Graham-Cassidy bill is passed?
While there is still time, I hope an enterprising reporter (or, God forbid, a Democratic leader) will ask Republicans where Congress will get its health insurance if Graham-Cassidy passes, and … Read More
Blue state politicians have to stop being schlemiels
Okay, the story. A man goes into a restaurant and orders soup. The waiter brings it over but trips over something and spills it on the man. The man jumps … Read More
State block grants: The GOP’s worst health care idea of them all
Even as the U.S. Census reported that the percentage of Americans lacking health insurance dropped to a new record low of 8.8 percent, the past week was nevertheless a big … Read More
Ask your Senator if Trumpcara™ is right for you
Are you ashamed to be seen with your healthcare bill? Do you fear facing your own constituents? Are you plagued by feelings of dread and mild nausea at the thought of disappointing … Read More
Republicans betray their gray-haired base with Trumpcare
Ever since Donald Trump’s shocking victory on Election Day, press, pundits, and pollsters have engaged in a furious debate about which voters propelled him to the White House. Was Trump’s … Read More
In praise of Donald Trump
From the moment Donald Trump won his surprising victory on Election Day, a new cottage industry sprung up to offer sympathetic profiles of the supposedly long-overlooked and long-suffering voters who … Read More
So Fed Up Of The Bullsh1t
Some say why are the campaigns/debates not talking about climate change? I reply looking at the bullshit going around here and elsewhere that climate change is of little or no … Read More
Clinton Backs Down From Health Care Fight For Second Time in Her Career
For the second time in her career, Hillary Clinton has signaled retreat on her signature issue, health care. During the Democratic debate, Clinton said she wouldn’t fight for the type of … Read More
Clinton's Lie Shows She's Afraid of Losing Her Strongest Supporters
Why would Hillary Clinton risk lying when lack of honesty and conviction is her biggest perceived weakness among voters? Looking at who she’s lying to answers the question. Hillary Clinton … Read More
