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The CFTC was tasked with preventing a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.
Earlier this week, the CTFC’s top enforcement office was gutted.
Yesterday, Trump appointed gambling, crypto and prediction market CEOs to a CFTC committee.
The corruption is obvious.
Earlier this week, the CTFC’s top enforcement office was gutted.
Yesterday, Trump appointed gambling, crypto and prediction market CEOs to a CFTC committee.
The corruption is obvious.
February 13, 2026 at 3:32 PM
The CFTC was tasked with preventing a repeat of the 2008 financial crisis.
Earlier this week, the CTFC’s top enforcement office was gutted.
Yesterday, Trump appointed gambling, crypto and prediction market CEOs to a CFTC committee.
The corruption is obvious.
Earlier this week, the CTFC’s top enforcement office was gutted.
Yesterday, Trump appointed gambling, crypto and prediction market CEOs to a CFTC committee.
The corruption is obvious.
Matt Yglesias on voter anger at elite corruption: “voters do not bother to inform themselves about the actual difficulties involved in assessing policy problems”
Also Matt Yglesias talking about voter anger at elite corruption: “Polymarket is sponsoring this post”
Also Matt Yglesias talking about voter anger at elite corruption: “Polymarket is sponsoring this post”
February 12, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Matt Yglesias on voter anger at elite corruption: “voters do not bother to inform themselves about the actual difficulties involved in assessing policy problems”
Also Matt Yglesias talking about voter anger at elite corruption: “Polymarket is sponsoring this post”
Also Matt Yglesias talking about voter anger at elite corruption: “Polymarket is sponsoring this post”
We’re in an era where people on the left, right and center are furious at the elites who have lied, failed, broke the law and faced no consequences.
If the Democrats want to credibly harness this energy, they need to cut ties with anyone connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
If the Democrats want to credibly harness this energy, they need to cut ties with anyone connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
February 12, 2026 at 4:57 PM
We’re in an era where people on the left, right and center are furious at the elites who have lied, failed, broke the law and faced no consequences.
If the Democrats want to credibly harness this energy, they need to cut ties with anyone connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
If the Democrats want to credibly harness this energy, they need to cut ties with anyone connected to Jeffrey Epstein.
An official federal website for new dietary guidelines prominently urges people to use Grok—the same AI chatbot that created sexualized images of minors, declared itself to be “mecha-Hitler” and is owned by one of the president’s largest patrons.
February 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
An official federal website for new dietary guidelines prominently urges people to use Grok—the same AI chatbot that created sexualized images of minors, declared itself to be “mecha-Hitler” and is owned by one of the president’s largest patrons.
Russ Vought’s CFPB is making it harder for you to lodge a complaint about errors on your credit report.
The Trump administration is protecting giant financial companies and their profits, even when they make it harder for you to buy a home or get a job.
The Trump administration is protecting giant financial companies and their profits, even when they make it harder for you to buy a home or get a job.
February 10, 2026 at 4:07 PM
Russ Vought’s CFPB is making it harder for you to lodge a complaint about errors on your credit report.
The Trump administration is protecting giant financial companies and their profits, even when they make it harder for you to buy a home or get a job.
The Trump administration is protecting giant financial companies and their profits, even when they make it harder for you to buy a home or get a job.
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Abundance has a new 501(c)(4) group to help push its deregulatory message according to reporting by Axios. "Next American Era" will be headed up by former DCCC chair and current OpenAI/Oracle lobbyist Cheri Bustos, further integrating data center construction with abundance
The AI Lobbyist Starting An Abundance Nonprofit | Revolving Door Project
Next American Era is hoping to help push abundance policies into the mainstream. It's headed by OpenAI lobbyist Cheri Bustos
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February 9, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Abundance has a new 501(c)(4) group to help push its deregulatory message according to reporting by Axios. "Next American Era" will be headed up by former DCCC chair and current OpenAI/Oracle lobbyist Cheri Bustos, further integrating data center construction with abundance
We already polled this and found that corporate-friendly messaging fixated on regulations is just not as popular as populist messaging focused on challenging corporate power.
February 9, 2026 at 3:26 PM
We already polled this and found that corporate-friendly messaging fixated on regulations is just not as popular as populist messaging focused on challenging corporate power.
CNN reported that Trump's former "weaponization" czar at the DOJ mishandled sensitive information and lied about it.
Demand Progress Education Fund just filed an ethics complaint with the DC Bar and Missouri Bar demanding an investigation.
Demand Progress Education Fund just filed an ethics complaint with the DC Bar and Missouri Bar demanding an investigation.
February 6, 2026 at 3:26 PM
CNN reported that Trump's former "weaponization" czar at the DOJ mishandled sensitive information and lied about it.
Demand Progress Education Fund just filed an ethics complaint with the DC Bar and Missouri Bar demanding an investigation.
Demand Progress Education Fund just filed an ethics complaint with the DC Bar and Missouri Bar demanding an investigation.
ICE is misusing a facial recognition app that can’t reliably verify identity and was rushed into use.
Without real privacy safeguards, tools like this can be used by the government and law enforcement to bypass our fundamental rights.
Without real privacy safeguards, tools like this can be used by the government and law enforcement to bypass our fundamental rights.
February 5, 2026 at 9:24 PM
ICE is misusing a facial recognition app that can’t reliably verify identity and was rushed into use.
Without real privacy safeguards, tools like this can be used by the government and law enforcement to bypass our fundamental rights.
Without real privacy safeguards, tools like this can be used by the government and law enforcement to bypass our fundamental rights.
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to reverse the Kennedy Center name change and save the institution from Trump’s personal vendettas.
February 4, 2026 at 3:50 PM
Senator Bernie Sanders introduced a bill to reverse the Kennedy Center name change and save the institution from Trump’s personal vendettas.
Meta gave $65 million to super-PACs working to weaken state AI safeguards after Mark Zuckerberg rejected creating parental controls for “romance AI chatbots” that minors could access.
February 3, 2026 at 2:33 PM
Meta gave $65 million to super-PACs working to weaken state AI safeguards after Mark Zuckerberg rejected creating parental controls for “romance AI chatbots” that minors could access.
The arrest of Don Lemon and the raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home are naked attempts by the Trump administration to intimidate the press and keep us all in the dark about what they’re doing.
February 2, 2026 at 2:54 PM
The arrest of Don Lemon and the raid on a Washington Post reporter’s home are naked attempts by the Trump administration to intimidate the press and keep us all in the dark about what they’re doing.
Arresting Don Lemon, at the direction of the attorney general and after a federal court rejected previous attempts to arrest him, is an outrageous attempt to scare journalists away from covering Minnesota.
January 30, 2026 at 4:22 PM
Arresting Don Lemon, at the direction of the attorney general and after a federal court rejected previous attempts to arrest him, is an outrageous attempt to scare journalists away from covering Minnesota.
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections from every angle. His plan includes one of the worst voter suppression bills in modern history: the SAVE Act.
Sign the petition: Stop the SAVE Act. Block Trump’s attempts to steal the 2026 midterms.
Sign the petition: Stop the SAVE Act. Block Trump’s attempts to steal the 2026 midterms.
Block Trump from rigging midterms — stop the SAVE Act!
Our democracy can’t withstand Trump’s coordinated assault on our elections unless our leaders stop Republicans from rigging the rules and silencing millions of voters.
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January 29, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Trump is trying to rig the midterm elections from every angle. His plan includes one of the worst voter suppression bills in modern history: the SAVE Act.
Sign the petition: Stop the SAVE Act. Block Trump’s attempts to steal the 2026 midterms.
Sign the petition: Stop the SAVE Act. Block Trump’s attempts to steal the 2026 midterms.
A vote to fund ICE is set for THIS WEEK. Senate Democrats must stop this funding and end Trump's authoritarian horrors.
Sign the petition: Block funding for ICE and Border Patrol now!
Sign the petition: Block funding for ICE and Border Patrol now!
Block funding for ICE and Border Patrol now!
Senate Democrats must stop funding for ICE and end Trump’s authoritarian horrors.
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January 28, 2026 at 3:14 PM
A vote to fund ICE is set for THIS WEEK. Senate Democrats must stop this funding and end Trump's authoritarian horrors.
Sign the petition: Block funding for ICE and Border Patrol now!
Sign the petition: Block funding for ICE and Border Patrol now!
The Trump administration needs to give us clear answers about whether they will keep using their vast spying powers on Americans.
January 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
The Trump administration needs to give us clear answers about whether they will keep using their vast spying powers on Americans.
There is a rare, bipartisan opportunity to challenge the Visa-Mastercard duopoly and make credit cards cheaper.
Read about it in this piece from Demand Progress’s @carterd.bsky.social in the @latimes.com
Read about it in this piece from Demand Progress’s @carterd.bsky.social in the @latimes.com
Contributor: The weird bipartisan alliance to cap credit card rates is onto something
Consumer credit is less expensive elsewhere in the world because of greater competition and tougher regulation.
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January 26, 2026 at 9:50 PM
There is a rare, bipartisan opportunity to challenge the Visa-Mastercard duopoly and make credit cards cheaper.
Read about it in this piece from Demand Progress’s @carterd.bsky.social in the @latimes.com
Read about it in this piece from Demand Progress’s @carterd.bsky.social in the @latimes.com
Today, Demand Progress and 16 other press freedom and civil society groups sent a letter asking Congress to investigate the FBI’s unprecedented raid of a Washington Post reporter’s home.
Targeting and threatening a reporter like this undermines the First Amendment and a free press.
Targeting and threatening a reporter like this undermines the First Amendment and a free press.
January 23, 2026 at 3:37 PM
Today, Demand Progress and 16 other press freedom and civil society groups sent a letter asking Congress to investigate the FBI’s unprecedented raid of a Washington Post reporter’s home.
Targeting and threatening a reporter like this undermines the First Amendment and a free press.
Targeting and threatening a reporter like this undermines the First Amendment and a free press.
Investigate Trump’s ICE prisons! End the deaths in ICE custody and the horrible treatment of people in immigrant detention.
Sign the petition: Hold ICE accountable and close dangerous ICE prisons NOW!
Sign the petition: Hold ICE accountable and close dangerous ICE prisons NOW!
Demand Congress investigate all ICE-related deaths now
On January 7, 2026, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents shot and killed Renee Nicole Good, 37, in Minneapolis.
The Department of Homeland Security claimed the victim was a “violent” rio...
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January 21, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Investigate Trump’s ICE prisons! End the deaths in ICE custody and the horrible treatment of people in immigrant detention.
Sign the petition: Hold ICE accountable and close dangerous ICE prisons NOW!
Sign the petition: Hold ICE accountable and close dangerous ICE prisons NOW!
Our Executive Director Sean Vitka on President Trump’s attempts to harness populist politics
January 20, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Our Executive Director Sean Vitka on President Trump’s attempts to harness populist politics
"Congress' war powers don't rest on trust. They rest on the law, and legal obligations don't disappear because of promises."
January 16, 2026 at 9:12 PM
"Congress' war powers don't rest on trust. They rest on the law, and legal obligations don't disappear because of promises."
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🔴 "Government invasion into a reporter’s home and the seizure of journalistic materials is exactly the kind of scenario our First Amendment was conceived to protect against."
Today, we joined over two dozen organizations in condemning the outrageous government invasion.
Today, we joined over two dozen organizations in condemning the outrageous government invasion.
January 15, 2026 at 8:58 PM
🔴 "Government invasion into a reporter’s home and the seizure of journalistic materials is exactly the kind of scenario our First Amendment was conceived to protect against."
Today, we joined over two dozen organizations in condemning the outrageous government invasion.
Today, we joined over two dozen organizations in condemning the outrageous government invasion.
Yesterday, Senate Republican leadership chose to hide behind a point of order to avoid a final vote on war powers. A move that only succeeded because Vice President Vance stepped in to break the tie.
January 15, 2026 at 10:27 PM
Yesterday, Senate Republican leadership chose to hide behind a point of order to avoid a final vote on war powers. A move that only succeeded because Vice President Vance stepped in to break the tie.
Tonight, JD Vance broke the tie so Senate Republicans could kill the Venezuela war powers vote.
This blocks an up-or-down final passage vote on stopping unauthorized hostilities in or against Venezuela.
This blocks an up-or-down final passage vote on stopping unauthorized hostilities in or against Venezuela.
January 15, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Tonight, JD Vance broke the tie so Senate Republicans could kill the Venezuela war powers vote.
This blocks an up-or-down final passage vote on stopping unauthorized hostilities in or against Venezuela.
This blocks an up-or-down final passage vote on stopping unauthorized hostilities in or against Venezuela.
Last week, the Senate advanced a resolution to block further US military action in Venezuela.
The fight isn’t over. Congress still needs to hear from you!
☎️ Call 1-833-STOP-WAR (1-833-786-7927), enter your zip, & tell your senators to vote YES.
📷 Visit NoWarWithVenezuela.com
The fight isn’t over. Congress still needs to hear from you!
☎️ Call 1-833-STOP-WAR (1-833-786-7927), enter your zip, & tell your senators to vote YES.
📷 Visit NoWarWithVenezuela.com
No War With Venezuela
Urge Congress to support a war powers resolution to prevent unauthorized military action against Venezuela.
NoWarWithVenezuela.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Last week, the Senate advanced a resolution to block further US military action in Venezuela.
The fight isn’t over. Congress still needs to hear from you!
☎️ Call 1-833-STOP-WAR (1-833-786-7927), enter your zip, & tell your senators to vote YES.
📷 Visit NoWarWithVenezuela.com
The fight isn’t over. Congress still needs to hear from you!
☎️ Call 1-833-STOP-WAR (1-833-786-7927), enter your zip, & tell your senators to vote YES.
📷 Visit NoWarWithVenezuela.com