FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACT: Valerie Jean-Charles covidresponse@fenton.com Progressives Mobilize to Pass Heroes Act, House COVID Relief Bill Groups Vow to Continue Fighting for Improvements and Additional Relief WASHINGTON, D.C. — Leaders of the country’s biggest progressive organizations pledged today to mobilize their millions of members to pass the HEROES Act relief package just proposed…
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Our Statement on Tara Reade’s Allegations Against Vice President Biden
Believe survivors has always meant that people who come forward with allegations of sexual violence deserve the presumption of truth, and that their allegations should be heard and respected, not ignored or dismissed. Sexual violence is an epidemic in our country. We owe survivors a process where they are treated fairly, in a trusted system….
We’re in this together
How MoveOn members came together in March in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic It’s clear that we are living in an unprecedented moment. Within all of the uncertainty, MoveOn members across the country have pulled together to stand up for one another, keep each other safe, and hold decision-makers accountable. There’s so much…
MoveOn Kicks Off $20 Million Effort to Win Progressive Governing Majority in Nov. Elections
Millions of MoveOn members will mobilize as part of group’s ‘America for All’ campaign; more than 30,000 members in battleground states are expected to volunteer in person More than 7 million ‘high-potential’ voters in key battlegrounds are group’s turnout targets Grassroots are energized to hold elected officials accountable after complicit Republican Senate falls in line…
Frequently Asked Questions: Our New Petition Platform
We are upgrading our petition system! Please take a look at the FAQs below: The new system: Will the petition site be down during the upgrade? Yes. Certain MoveOn petition pages will be down beginning Monday, December 9 while we complete the upgrade. This means you won’t be able to sign or share petitions or…
“Maybe the only thing that’s changed is the shape of propaganda, not the nature or goal”
What is propaganda? …The notion that propaganda is a technique for spreading a coherent ideology also feels a little anachronistic. Most of what we would call propaganda today, like much of the content on Fox News, is more about pushing conspiracy theories or misleading spin than anything else. The main goal is to undercut the…
Danish millionaire slams Donny Deutsch for F***ing Denmark comment discussing Medicare for All
An Iran born Danish millionaire set a willfully uninformed Donny Deutsch straight on his ignorant comment about healthcare in Denmark. The Dane also pointed out how disingenuous Deutsch was with his personal characterization. It all started last week on Real Time with Bill Maher where Donny Deutsch said the following. Another Donny Deutsch willfully ignorant…
Will Joe Manchin (D-WV) vote for Trump if Bernie is the nominee? To some loyalty goes one way.
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 general election. They always bite…
Do you Support Medicare For All?
Below you can read Sen. Elizabeth Warren Medicare For All plan: Warren will increase the 3% wealth tax on people with more than a billion dollars to 6%. Warren is proposing $20.5 trillion in new federal spending under the proposal. https://apps.npr.org/documents/document.html?id=6535845-Elizabeth-Warren-Medicare-for-All-Plan
With “Soviet-Style”, roads lead to Putin and GOP fails at messaging
GOP disinformation and gaslighting got real wacky yesterday, with Devin Nunes claiming a projection of cult of personality that sure sounds like Trumpism. WATCH: Rep. Nunes on the Democrat-led impeachment inquiry and Chairman Schiff: “These are a group of people loyally following their leader as he bounces from one outlandish conspiracy theory to another.” pic.twitter.com/KiPFVqoMtw…
Tomi Lahren does brown-face for Halloween
After mocking Kathy Griffin last year, Tomi Lahren chose to lampoon @AOC this year. Tomi Lahren dresses as Ocasio-Cortez for #Halloween https://t.co/yyMIfyHdZ3 pic.twitter.com/j2gQ5eSwX3 — The Hill (@thehill) November 1, 2019 Conservative commentator Tomi Lahren dressed as Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) for Halloween this year, referring to the freshman lawmaker as “the thing that scares me most.” “This Halloween I…
Trump Is Just so Pathetic on So Many Levels.
At a private fundraiser last night, Trump talked about meeting Steve Scalise’s wife after he was shot: she “cried her eyes out when I met her at the hospital that fateful day … I mean not many wives would react that way to tragedy, I know mine wouldn't.” pic.twitter.com/RNbBq52klv — Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) October 31,…
Economist validates Elizabeth Warren’s Medicare for All tax-question answer.
For too long the mainstream media has been given a pass for being the patsy of the plutocracy. Many times they ask loaded questions with an intent to mislead and in doing so placate their masters, the pharmaceutical industrial complex, the healthcare industrial complex, the energy industrial complex, and every other monopolistic consortium in between. It…
Top Anti-Trump communities on Facebook
Stop your search for the Top Anti-Trump Communities on Facebook. The Politicus has you covered! If we are missing one of your favorites. Please add them in the comments and we will continuously build this list based on your suggestions. FU Trump Investigation of the Trump-Russia Conspiracy in the 2016 Election THE GREAT RESISTANCE: Defeating Trump…
Top 5 Political Books Of October 2019
Here is The Politicus Top 5 Political Books of October 2019: An unprecedented behind-the-scenes portrait of the Trump presidency from the anonymous senior official whose first words of warning about the president rocked the nation’s capital. In a dramatic account of violence and espionage, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Ronan Farrow exposes serial abusers and a…
Devin Nunes Should Go To Jail
He has done it again, Trump’s bag man Devin “Sue a Fake Cow ” Nunes is at the center of the whistleblower naming being released. Is it time for him to face the music? This isn’t the first time he has broken the law. Remember this: 2 White House Officials Helped Give Nunes Intelligence Reports WASHINGTON…
Looks Like Pence Is Inching Away from Trump (Update: WaPo is on the story, too)
Political Wire has a story behind its paywall this morning: Pence Not Willing to Defend Trump on Quid Pro Quo Vice President Mike Pence appeared on Face the Nation yesterday to mostly talk about the operation targeting Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. But buried at the end of the conversation was a question about…
Beware: Attacks on Medicare for All from foes and 'friends' are well-orchestrated. They're also lies
Attacks on Medicare for All are coming from all sides. But activists and supporters must not disengage, lest they cede ground to those whose sole interest is easy profits from a patently corrupt healthcare system. Republicans taught Democrats and progressives an important lesson: Repetition and message discipline is not only important, it is also effective. Most importantly, in…
