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Some people should not be in politics. I’m not talking just about perennial losers like Dick Morris or Doug Schoen. I’m talking about people who promote losing strategies, and double-down when … Read More
Not content to settle for one mass killing by a psycho stirred up by his imaginary invasion of the border by exhausted, hungry immigrants, Generalissimo Doofus Dumbass is activating up … Read More
I’m not Jewish, so I’m not plugged into Jewish culture. I’m just a boring, older white guy from the South. But I couldn’t help but think of the anti-semitism of … Read More
Medicare For All Briefing On Capitol Hill By Mike Hersh for Alan, Mike F., Dr. Bill, Janis, Dan, Deb, Kimberly, Bryan, and Shayna—Your PDA National Team Hitting The Streets, The Suites, … Read More
Most candidates construct a basic platform to run on, or some type of vision for their state. Not Ron DeSantis. He’s based his entire campaign on riding Trump’s coattails. After … Read More
With U.S. Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) giving a speech wholeheartedly supporting Brett Kavanaugh’s confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court, it is expected that Kavanaugh will become an Associate Justice of … Read More
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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 … Read More
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 … Read More
Do sad and desperate: Tofu or not tofu? That is the question U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz has raised in his latest bid to create a cultural wedge issue between himself … Read More
There’s been chatter in Florida about how the nominees for each party’s Governor might have impacts on their party’s U.S. Senate candidates and other down-ballot races. For example, U.S. Senator … Read More
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of Stacey Abrams’ (D. GA) gubernatorial campaign: This is a game-changer. A brand new poll shows DFA-endorsed democrat Stacey Abrams … Read More
By Debra Schrishuhn for Mike F., Donna, Mike H., Janis, Dan, Kimberly, Bryan, Judy, Dr. Bill, and Shayna—your PDA National Team Tell Congress To Protect Immigrant Families Progressive Democrats of … Read More
Sometimes, even the best meaning economists completely muddle the picture. Everything seems so, well, complicated. Well . . . when I was in college in 1988 (!) a friend offered … Read More
I realize that, at this rate, the Venn diagram for Republicans/Neo-Nazis will be a perfect geometric circle by 2020, so apologies in advance for the (inevitable) triteness of the headline. … Read More
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (D. CA) in support of Andrew Gillum’s (D. FL) gubernatorial campaign: Team — I am writing you this afternoon to tell … Read More
Received this e-mail today from Democracy for America in support of Andrew Gillum’s (D. FL) gubernatorial campaign: WOW. What an INCREDIBLE night! Andrew Gillum — who DFA enthusiastically endorsed early … Read More
Rob Tibbetts seems determined not to let Republicans sully the memory of his beautiful, caring daughter daughter with their vile and cravenly political attacks on the Hispanic community in the … Read More
Every time I think Trump’s GOP couldn’t possibly sink into depravity any further, I get another reminder of just how far they’ve fallen. An Arizona TV reporter shared a social media post … Read More
MoveOn takes our role in elections and responsibility to members and the progressive movement seriously. Last week MoveOn wrongly endorsed Mary Glassman in the CT-05 primary, and we take responsibility … Read More
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
During the 2016 presidential campaign, candidate Donald Trump gave full-throated support for resurrecting the Bush administration’s regime of torture for terror detainees. But Trump’s brand of state-sanctioned sadism promised to … Read More
Actor, author, social commentator and comedian D.L. Hughley was on CNN with Chris Cuomo yesterday discussing the “Unite the Right” rally in D.C. this week-end and racism in drumpf’s America … Read More
You have to read this entire joint report by the Kansas City Star and ProPublica to fully understand the story. I will attempt to summarize the report in less than … Read More
Because Rick Scott is that freaking awful: Gov. Rick Scott’s new U.S. Senate campaign report shows generous support from a Florida-based company with a controversial track record, the Boca-Raton based … Read More
What, oh what is a fledgling dictator to do when the masses won't just blindly obey what he orders?!? The Trump administration is caught between a rock and a hard … Read More
Contra Costa County, across the Bay and northeast from San Francisco, will not longer be keeping ICE detainees in its jail facilities. In particular, the West County jail, in Richmond, CA … Read More
With Abortion Rights, LGBTQ Equality, Health Care and More at Stake, MoveOn Members Will Mobilize en Masse Statement of Anna Galland, executive director of MoveOn Civic Action, on the nomination … Read More
It was a tough week for supporters of Donald Trump’s draconian policy of separating the families of undocumented immigrants at the border. (Those supporters are overwhelmingly Republican: a Quinnipiac University … Read More
My recent twitter-sparring with a “pro-lifer” jolted me back to my early school years. I must have been about 9 years old when I first learned about WWII. I vaguely … Read More
ICE was created from the ill-conceived “Patriot Act” in 2003. In the wake of rampant Islamophobia, immigration changed overnight from being an economic/labor issue to a national security issue. The … Read More
If you live in Florida, you know Publix. It’s a large, regional grocery chain with the overwhelming majority of its stores located here in the Sunshine State. It’s typically more … Read More
Now that President Trump is pulling the U.S. out of the Iran nuclear deal that is designed to prevent Iran from threatening the United States with a nuclear weapon, it … Read More
Hundreds of thousands of Puerto Ricans have flooded Florida out of desperation in the wake of the Trump administration’s shameful response. Trump, who doesn’t even know where Puerto Rico is, … Read More
x The moment Ricardo Mercado of Oakland sees his daughters, who had no idea he had been released on $5,000 bond from ICE custody after 9 months. He is still … Read More
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
On the day Homeland Security announced planning for a major immigration raid in the Bay Area in response to sanctuary city laws… U.S. immigration officials have begun preparing for a … Read More
x BREAKING: #DACA recipients can start applying for renewals. Follow @NILC_org for guidance soon! #ProtectDreamers https://t.co/eRiDWsF1tw — Marielena Hincapié (@MarielenaNILC) January 14, 2018 Jan. 13, 2018, Update: Due to a … Read More
Okay, let’s tweak the Franken story a bit, turn it around so say Tweeden was a accusing a staunch Republican with no history of sexual misconduct like Jeff Flake. Let’s … Read More
Lucy Siale, a 16 year old Bay Area resident, called for, organized and MC'ed Oakland's 1000+ strong DACA rally yesterday, Saturday, Sept 9th at Oscar Grant Plaza. x Lucy Siale, … Read More
Democratic leaders have proposed limiting the debt ceiling increase to three months, countering the Republicans’ proposal to increase it for eighteen months. In a surprise move, Trump sided with the … Read More
Cross posted from Eclectablog.com. At the Michigan Nurses Association conference taking place in Lansing this week, residents of Flint got up to talk about the ongoing catastrophe happening in their city … Read More
Some claim immigrants, whether legal or not, are taking away Americans jobs and this causes resentment amongst poor white working class. I would say the real resentment is not for … Read More
Ethnic Cleansing The mass expulsion or killing of members of one ethnic or religious group in an area by those of another. This is a phrase that is not often … Read More
No sporting event is worth 1 death let alone over 4000 to date Qatar has the highest ratio of migrant workers to domestic population in the world: more than 90% … Read More
I am tired of this, you have a stage, you have air time, you have a certain air of respectability, then all you do with that is preach hate supported … Read More
From last Wednesday: Contrary to corporate MSM: Israel's Kulanu “All Of Us” Party will decide the election Little did I know on Wednesday how close that title fit to post-election … Read More
Start a discussion about 20th century industry in America and images of factories humming with production probably fill your head. It's nice that romantic image fills your head because the … Read More
