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LA Progressive is a daily digital news and opinion magazine that is dedicated to providing a platform for progressive thought. Published by Dick & Sharon.

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More than 50 years ago, Martin Luther King Jr. said, "This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.” 
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Are We Progressives Still Relevant?

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Today's number one Progressive priority should be what it ought to have been for decades, ridding ourselves of the corporate Wall Street grip on this country.  Richard Cohen:
November 10, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Why Does U.S. Deport Asylum Seekers to Southern Mexico Without Their Phones?

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Trump administration’s deportation flights to the southern border towns of Tapachula. Kate Morrissey #asylumseekers #deportation
November 10, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The MBDA: Founded by Nixon, Hollowed by Trump

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The MBDA remains the only federal agency devoted to expanding opportunity for entrepreneurs. Its dismantling is a moral failure and an economic crisis. @DedrickM Eric Morrissette
November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Fix What You Broke: How Corporate Power and Climate Change Set California on Fire

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When a private utility’s negligence meets a warming planet, disaster isn’t an accident. @SharonKyle00 @eatonfire
November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
There Is No Safe Place to Hide

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Rawand is living in the midst of all this misery, and it doesn’t sound like anything resembling peace has returned to Gaza. @WDEhrhart  #gaza
November 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Trump and Hitler's Big Lie

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Even if Trump keeps cratering in the polls, it seems a safe bet that the president will continue to lie bigly. Berry Craig:  #hitler #trump
November 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Eugene V. Debs: Perseverance in the Face of Power

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hen Mamdani quoted Debs this week, he was not reaching backward. He was reminding us that democratic courage has ancestors. Cynthia McDermott: W
November 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Any Fool Can Destroy Trees

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The owl was doomed as soon as entrepreneurs looked at the forest and saw money standing in groves of massive trees. Chuck Yates https://f.mtr.cool/gyqbaqatsf
November 10, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Does Zohran's Win Prove Hope Is Power?

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Perhaps the most important takeaway from Mr. Mamdani’s campaign is this: Hope grounded in possibility is the fuel for democracy.
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November 9, 2025 at 11:12 PM
You Better Keep Dancing

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Alas, since the organ grinder is dead, sorry to say, you can’t bribe him or threaten him or make him the ambassador to Tahiti. So... Dan Embree #epstein #trump
November 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When Peace Prizes Enable Wars

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The path toward sustainable peace cannot be found in nostalgic yearning for a mythical past when democracy functioned seamlessly. @NadiaBAhmad #peace
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Earth's Greatest Enemy Gives Us No Choice

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Aaron Kirschbaum and Danaka Katovich: Earth's Greatest Enemy is a documentary about the climate crisis and imperialism.
November 9, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The Democratic Party Needs a Soul, Not a Focus Group

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What Deciding to Win and similar analyses miss is that the Democratic Party’s core challenge isn’t that it has moved too far left. Sam Rosenthal #democrats
November 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Is There Such a Thing as a Far-Right Anti-Zionist?

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To be anti-Zionist in any meaningful sense is to oppose the idea that Jews require an ethnostate. Elijah Kahlenberg #zionism
November 9, 2025 at 12:53 AM
VA Bleeding Doctors and Nurses Despite Vows to Protect Veteran Health Care

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Impact of understaffing, facility closures and waiting times has been “dire” under Trump’s second term, medical workers say. Marcus Barum #veterans
November 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Trump’s Second Term Is Dismantling the Constitution: From the East Wing to the Bill of Rights

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Donald Trump’s demolition of the White House’s East Wing is more than symbolic . @BlumsLaw #trump
November 8, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Two Tragedies of U.S. History That Trump Wants Downplayed

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Trump fails to understand the main purpose of history. It is not praising “remarkable achievements” . It is truth-seeking. Walter Moss #slavery
November 8, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Growing Older in Trump's World

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People of all ages feel the heavy hand of the Trump administration in their lives, but the elderly, the sick, and the poor feel it the most, especially those living on fixed incomes.  @bevgo7
November 8, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Election 2025: Excellent Day for Democrats

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The wind is at Democrats’ back through the 2028 election. We should not be surprised to see the Trump regime try to stack the decks  John Peeler
November 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
AB 715 Illegally Muzzles Students and Teachers on Palestine

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AB 715 empowers anyone to anonymously file a complaint claiming that classroom content are critical of Israel and thus antisemitic. @marjoriecohn #palestine
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Just Like White House, Trump's Gutting Affordable Housing, Too

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Trump’s proposed housing policies would put hundreds of thousands of Americans out on the streets.
November 8, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Was Socialism Tuesday's Big Winner?

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Buckle up your seatbelts, America, socialism is making a comeback and is aiming to be in the driver’s seat. Ed Rampell:
November 7, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Could Filibuster’s Demise Save Democracy?

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Thom Hartmann: Let debate rage for days, then vote, as the founders intended; end the antique veto and force both parties to own their visions before the people…
November 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
My Mama's Wisdoms

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I’ve learned from her that love is a verb. Love means that any problem that someone carries is all of ours to solve. @DocMellyMel #WISDOM
November 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Congress Could Get Millions Off SNAP by Raising Minimum Wage, But It Hasn’t — for 16 Years

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One in eight people rely on federal food aid that has become a pawn in the government shutdown.
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM