Caletta Harris discusses her new project to house the unsheltered. Denver Riggleman said Conservative does not mean crazy or nuts. Caletta Harris is building a town for the unsheltered Politics Done Right Live weekdays @ 3:00 PM Central Video Zoom: LINK — Live Calls: (346)248-7799 ID:254 0 9091 In discussing...
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Here’s the big news today out of California: The campaign to recall Gov. Gavin Newsom has failed to gain momentum in recent months as significantly more California voters favor keeping him in office, and only anemic support has surfaced for reality TV star Caitlyn Jenner while other Republican candidates hoping...
Here’s the latest news today out of California: At a time when transgender rights have become the new culture war in American politics, Republican Olympian-turned-celebrity Caitlyn Jenner announced a historic campaign Friday to replace Gov. Gavin Newsom in the recall election. “As Californians, we face a now-or-never opportunity to fundamentally...
Mike Pence is homeless after leaving office and 'couch-surfing' with Indiana politicians, report says. Perhaps the however grateful Trump can put him up somewhere. Apparently Pence didn’t have a plan B for the November election, or maybe he’s hoping to borrow Clarence Thomas’s RV. x 📍Trump Hotel, DC – Looks like they drained the...
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi was interviewed on MSNBC. She had to firmly but graciously hit back at the host about blame in the current stimulus negotiations' failure. Nancy Pelosi hits all the right notes on stimulus negotiations x x YouTube Video Watch the full episode here. MSNBC Host Kristen...
Good: In a meeting with black Wilmington leaders Monday, Joe Biden said he will create a police oversight board in the first 100 days of his presidency. The former vice president and presumed Democratic presidential nominee met with about a dozen community leaders at Bethel AME Church in Wilmington,...
An hour outside of Daytona, Florida, a young married couple from northern California is stranded, far from home in a pandemic. Jobless, broke, and scared of the increasing dangers of the novel coronavirus, they reached out to local homeless shelters in early March, and were repeatedly given a shocking answer:...
Joel Segal was instrumental in writing H.R. 676, the original Medicare for All bill under Congressman John Conyers. It’s one of the gold standards. Joel Segal talks universal healthcare Watch the entire episode here. Joel will talk much more than Medicare for All. We discuss his impact on Obamacare, his new passions,...
Press Release: The Sanders Campaigns Changed American Politics, Establishing the Progressive Agenda for the 21st Century Contacts: Alan Minsky, PDA Executive Director alan@pdamerica.org 818-749-9497Mike Hersh, PDA Communications Director mike@pdamerica.org 301-602-9388 Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) Responds to Senator Bernie Sanders’ Announcement Suspending his Presidential Campaign. PDA Executive Director...
In the wake of the firing of Fox News business host Trish Regan, who labeled the coronavirus an “impeachment scam,” it reminds me more every day of Republican hypocrisy. From Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to House Intelligence Committee ranking member Devin Nunes, the finger-pointing and shouts of stop politicizing the COVID-19 virus...
Because parody is meta-criticism, we now have meta-disinformation from Fox News. Doubtless this is timed to respond to Yamiche Alcindor’s questioning of IMPOTUS* at his rally-pressers. x Fox News' Diamond & Silk claim the number of coronavirus deaths are increasing to make Donald Trump look bad These two can't be...
Coronavirus Realities: How Can You Stay Safe And Active? By Donna Smith, Executive Director – Progressive Democrats of America Pitch In Time and/or MoneyTo Elect Progressives Get On The Phones and/or Donate Now! Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) urges you to stay safe and healthy during the Coronavirus outbreak. Avoid...
Weekly Recap: Urge Sen. Warren To Unify Our Movement! By Donna Smith, Executive Director – Progressive Democrats of America We Are A Movement, And Our Movement Will Not QuitHelp PDA Keep Building For Shared Progressive Victories! Sign On To Our Letter Urging Elizabeth WarrenTo Endorse Bernie Sanders For President ASAP!...
TODAY 3PM ET; Noon PT: How To Win The Climate Struggle photo: Climate Activists Demand the Declaration of a Climate Emergency, (Takver • CC BY-SA 2.0) In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Deb, Janis, Kimberly, Bryan, Dr. Bill, and Donna—Your PDA National Team Join Activists On The...
Archives In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Deb, Janis, Kimberly, Bryan, Dr. Bill, Donna, and Dan—Your PDA National Team Tell Congress to Stop Trump Now, Before He Launches An Illegal, Destructive War! As we explained yesterday, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) and our partners have long opposed Neoconservatives’...
Archives photo: Yours Truly with PDA Senior Advisor, Russell Greene, at theClimate Emergency March with Greta Thunberg in Los Angeles Together, let’s change the world! Alan Minsky for Mike F., Deb, Mike H., Janis, Dan, Donna, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National Team Let’s make this the most progressivedecade...
Latest tweet from IMPOTUS: California and New York must do something about their TREMENDOUS Homeless problems. They are setting records! If their Governors can’t handle the situation, which they should be able to do very easily, they must call and “politely” ask for help. Would be so easy with competence!...
Archives In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Deb, Janis, Kimberly, Bryan, Dr. Bill, Donna, and Dan—Your PDA National Team Progressive Democrats of America Supports Convictionand Removal of Donald Trump for High Crimes in OfficeClick Here to Email Mike Fox and Demand Accountability This past week, after months...
Archives photo: PDA Executive Director Alan Minsky and Friend In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Donna, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. Tell The DNC And The News Networks:We Need Debate Questions About Poverty Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) staffers watched and...
Archives Photo: Homeless Man, photo by Enver Rahmanov • CC BY-SA 3.0 (cropped) In solidarity, Alan Minsky, Mike F., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Mike H., Donna, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. Tell The DNC And The News Networks:We Need Debate Questions About Poverty Today the Nation...
Archives photo: People walk in Skid Row after new school supplies were donated to thousands at Fred Jordan Missions, on September 28, 2019, in Los Angeles, California. (Getty Images / Mario Tama) Alan Minsky, the executive director of the Progressive Democrats of America, is also the producer of the The...
Archives In solidarity, Mike H. for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. Tell The DNC And The News Networks:We Need Debate Questions About Poverty Please sign and widely share our petition now. PDA Executive Director Alan Minsky will hand-deliver your signature to the moderators...
Received this e-mail today from Teresa Tomlinson’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: A groundbreaking Washington Post report on the War in Afghanistan details widespread political manipulation and strategic malpractice in our country’s longest war. After the report’s publication, Congress again abdicated its responsibility to provide oversight when it passed the latest defense...
Archives In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Deb, Janis, Kimberly, Bryan, Dr. Bill, Donna, and Dan—Your PDA National Team Progressive Democrats of America Supports Impeachmentand Conviction of Donald Trump for High Crimes in OfficeClick Here to Email Mike Fox and Rally for Accountability This past week, Progressive...
Archives (left: graphics freedomtoprosper.org, right: photo Enver Rahmanov • CC BY-SA 3.0) In solidarity, Mike H. for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. Tell The DNC And The News Networks:We Need Debate Questions About Poverty Don’t talk about it. Poverty. Homelessness....
Archives Alan Minsky, Executive Director, Progressive Democrats of America Contacts: Alan Minsky, PDA Executive Director, (818)-749-9497 Alan@PDAmerica.org Mike Hersh, PDA Communications Director, (301)-602-9388 Mike@PDAmerica.org Today, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) released a statement about Thursday’s UK General Election. Here are key quotes: Alan Minsky, PDA Executive Director, said, “On Thursday,...
Archives In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Deb, Janis, Kimberly, Bryan, Dr. Bill, Donna, and Dan—Your PDA National Team Click Here to Demand Student Debt Cancellation! This past week, Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) mobilized with thousands of Climate Strikers at hundreds of events nationally. Our activists are...
I attended public school growing up in Oklahoma. After I graduated from the University of Houston, a public university where tuition cost only $50 a semester, my first job was as a special education teacher at a public school in New Jersey. I later attended a public law school. I...
photo: right: Homeless Man In Boston by Enver Rahmanov • CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. We Demand Questions About Poverty And Homelessness And A Complete Debate On The Climate Emergency If...
In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., and Shayna—your PDA national team. Demand Questions About PovertyIn The DNC Presidential Debates Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) hopes you plan to watch tonight’s presidential debate. Follow us on twitter at @PDAmerica and live...
Tell Congress To Restore Net Neutrality In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA national team. Did We Forget Something? With so much happening all at once, it’s impossible to keep everything on the front burner. Impeachment. Climate Emergency. Medicare For...
photo: PDA Helped Lead Climate Emergency Lobbying On The Hill In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan—your PDA national team. The Climate Strike Is Just The BeginningTell Representatives and Senators to Act! This past week, as part of the week of...
In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Dan, Janis, Deb, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., and Shayna—your PDA national team. The Climate Strike Is Just The BeginningTell Representatives and Senators to Act! Yesterday, young people around the world went on strike to demand immediate action to address the Climate...
Donald Trump is worried about the homeless! No, really. He is! Oh, wait. NBC News: The homeless are living in “our best highways, our best streets, our best entrances to building[s],” Trump told reporters traveling aboard Air Force One with him to a string of fundraisers in California. “People in...
photo: PDA’s Capitol Hill Climate Canvassers (left House, right Senate) In solidarity, Mike Hersh for Alan, Shayna, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Dan, and Janis—your PDA national team. Democratic Debates Must Address Poverty and Climate Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is changing politics in America, and we’re...
This morning the acting U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Ken Cuccinelli announced the White House plan for further mistreatment of those most in need. Setting aside all the controversy over terms like “illegals” and “undocumented,” the fantasy of invading hordes of migrants as rapist and killers at every...
Kudos to Texan Caitlin Cruz at Splinter for calling out her U.S. Senator on this: x I genuinely appreciate this note. We need more off this: John, itâÂÂs Chris Murphy. I am so so sorry about El Paso and I am pulling for everyone (including you) right now. â Senator John Cornyn...
By Donna Smith, Executive Director – Progressive Democrats of America The Money Asks Will Stop If Enough People Sustain I know, we’re all getting overwhelmed with asks for money from different organizations and campaigns. But the fact remains that we must aggressively ask our supporters for, well, support or we...
Help PDA Elect A Progressive Majority To Congress For a true-blue progressive tsunami in 2020, Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F, Mike H, Janis, Dan, Shayna, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National Team Are You in a Red State, a Purple State, or a Blue State?Whatever State You’re in,...
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...
Big news today out of Montana: x They say it could never be done. A Liberian refugee elected to office in Montana. LetâÂÂs prove them wrong again…Join me for a special announcement on my next Monday, May 13th at 12:30 pm at Performance Square on the Walking Mall, in Helena.#mtpol...
photo: PDA National Board Chair, Conor Boylan Listens To Rep. Jim McGovern For a true-blue progressive tsunami in 2020, Debra Schrishuhn for Alan, Mike F, Mike H, Janis, Dan, Shayna, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, and Bryan—your PDA National Team Are you in a red state? A purple state? Or a blue...
photo: PDA Fundraiser in Santa Monica, CA In Solidarity, Alan Minsky for Deb, Mike F., Janis, Dan, Dr. Bill, Kimberly, Bryan, Mike H. and Shayna—your PDA National Team Help PDA Reach Our Goal ByBecoming a Monthly Sustainer Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) is an essential part of the progressive movement...