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New Report from Corporate Democrats Falsely Claims Medicare for All Is “Unpopular”
The report declares that Medicare for All is in the category of “unpopular economic policies.” The claim is false.
progressivehub.net
Corporate Democrats and their pricy consultants want you to believe that Medicare For All is an unpopular plan that the Democratic Party should abandon.
But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy.
progressivehub.net/new-report-f...
But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy.
progressivehub.net/new-report-f...
Starbucks workers are planning to strike, beginning tomorrow, at locations that are unionized. They need our support to gain a fair contract & a living wage.
DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE
If you go to non-unionized locations, give your name, to be shouted when your order is ready, as "Unionize Now"
DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE
If you go to non-unionized locations, give your name, to be shouted when your order is ready, as "Unionize Now"
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Starbucks workers are planning to strike, beginning tomorrow, at locations that are unionized. They need our support to gain a fair contract & a living wage.
DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE
If you go to non-unionized locations, give your name, to be shouted when your order is ready, as "Unionize Now"
DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE
If you go to non-unionized locations, give your name, to be shouted when your order is ready, as "Unionize Now"
We agree!
Sign the petition now urging ineffective @schumer.senate.gov to resign as minority leader in the senate!
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Sign the petition now urging ineffective @schumer.senate.gov to resign as minority leader in the senate!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We agree!
Sign the petition now urging ineffective @schumer.senate.gov to resign as minority leader in the senate!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
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Sign the petition now urging ineffective @schumer.senate.gov to resign as minority leader in the senate!
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In the end, Deciding to Win reads less like analysis and more like self-justification for a faction of donors and consultants eager to blame the left for their own failures, says Sam Rosenthal of @rootsaction.org.
The Democratic Party Needs a Soul, Not a Focus Group
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, but that it doesn’t seem to know what it stands for.
www.commondreams.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In the end, Deciding to Win reads less like analysis and more like self-justification for a faction of donors and consultants eager to blame the left for their own failures, says Sam Rosenthal of @rootsaction.org.
Zohran Mamdani’s victory belongs to everyone working for human rights and social justice. Despite the efforts by billionaires and supporters of Israel’s genocidal policies, this grassroots campaign has won. (1/2)
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Zohran Mamdani’s victory belongs to everyone working for human rights and social justice. Despite the efforts by billionaires and supporters of Israel’s genocidal policies, this grassroots campaign has won. (1/2)
@indiab.bsky.social from Buffalo is in NYC reminding voters that the polls are open until 9:00pm! Ignore what the polling says, just get out and vote!
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
@indiab.bsky.social from Buffalo is in NYC reminding voters that the polls are open until 9:00pm! Ignore what the polling says, just get out and vote!
It's great to see Pelosi stepping down (maybe) but it unfortunately looks like the Democratic Party's plan is to hand off the seat to local liberal & ardent zionist Scott Weiner. Voters be damned. 👎
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
It's great to see Pelosi stepping down (maybe) but it unfortunately looks like the Democratic Party's plan is to hand off the seat to local liberal & ardent zionist Scott Weiner. Voters be damned. 👎
A year after Trump won, why won’t the @democrats.org change their playbook ❓
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The party leadership’s devotion to economic elites continues to evade scrutiny. Read the latest from @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The party leadership’s devotion to economic elites continues to evade scrutiny. Read the latest from @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
A year after Trump won, why won’t Democrats change their playbook? | Norman Solomon
The corporate-friendly party refuses to learn the lessons of the past decade. When will it implement a truly humane agenda?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A year after Trump won, why won’t the @democrats.org change their playbook ❓
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The party leadership’s devotion to economic elites continues to evade scrutiny. Read the latest from @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The party leadership’s devotion to economic elites continues to evade scrutiny. Read the latest from @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
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An optimistic read of the news that Trump wants to restart nuclear testing is that he's responding to Russia's Burevestnik test and isn't clear on the difference between a nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered missile, which is understandable and fine if you're not the president of the United States
October 30, 2025 at 4:54 AM
An optimistic read of the news that Trump wants to restart nuclear testing is that he's responding to Russia's Burevestnik test and isn't clear on the difference between a nuclear-armed and nuclear-powered missile, which is understandable and fine if you're not the president of the United States
Corporate Democrats and their pricy consultants want you to believe that Medicare For All is an unpopular plan that the Democratic Party should abandon.
But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy.
progressivehub.net/new-report-f...
But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy.
progressivehub.net/new-report-f...
New Report from Corporate Democrats Falsely Claims Medicare for All Is “Unpopular”
The report declares that Medicare for All is in the category of “unpopular economic policies.” The claim is false.
progressivehub.net
October 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Corporate Democrats and their pricy consultants want you to believe that Medicare For All is an unpopular plan that the Democratic Party should abandon.
But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy.
progressivehub.net/new-report-f...
But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy.
progressivehub.net/new-report-f...
❓"How many are inspired by @schumer.senate.gov or @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? The question answers itself"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- @normansolomon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- @normansolomon.bsky.social
Can Democrats harness the energy of the No Kings protests to fight Trump?
Millions took to US streets to oppose authoritarianism as Democrats acknowledge ‘People want to see us fighting’
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
❓"How many are inspired by @schumer.senate.gov or @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? The question answers itself"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- @normansolomon.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- @normansolomon.bsky.social
DID YOU KNOW? The failed economic policies of corporate-aligned Democrats like Bill Clinton pushed working class voters to abandon the Democratic Party and fueled Trump’s faux “populism”.
www.salon.com/2025/10/23/h...
www.salon.com/2025/10/23/h...
How corporate Democrats led to the Trump era
Bill Clinton and his party embraced the market — and a system of cruel inequality that nurtured MAGA populism
www.salon.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
DID YOU KNOW? The failed economic policies of corporate-aligned Democrats like Bill Clinton pushed working class voters to abandon the Democratic Party and fueled Trump’s faux “populism”.
www.salon.com/2025/10/23/h...
www.salon.com/2025/10/23/h...
The party remains in a debilitating rut, refusing to truly challenge the runaway power of corporate capitalism that has caused ever-widening income inequality.
👉 progressivehub.net/victims-with...
👉 progressivehub.net/victims-with...
Victims Without Victimizers
How Corporate Democrats Led to the Trump Era. Democratic leaders have seemed remarkably uninterested in breaking away from the policy approaches that ended up losing their party the allegiance of so…
progressivehub.net
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The party remains in a debilitating rut, refusing to truly challenge the runaway power of corporate capitalism that has caused ever-widening income inequality.
👉 progressivehub.net/victims-with...
👉 progressivehub.net/victims-with...
"The massive disconnect between the Democratic Party’s leadership and its base is sure to have ramifications far beyond last year’s election.
...it may risk ceding this policy terrain to the Republican Party well into the future."
progressivehub.net/democrats-ha...
...it may risk ceding this policy terrain to the Republican Party well into the future."
progressivehub.net/democrats-ha...
Democrats Have Let Republicans Become the “Peace” Party
The massive disconnect between the Democratic Party’s leadership and its base is sure to have ramifications far beyond last year’s election.
progressivehub.net
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"The massive disconnect between the Democratic Party’s leadership and its base is sure to have ramifications far beyond last year’s election.
...it may risk ceding this policy terrain to the Republican Party well into the future."
progressivehub.net/democrats-ha...
...it may risk ceding this policy terrain to the Republican Party well into the future."
progressivehub.net/democrats-ha...
📆 Teach-In Alert!
RSVP to the Teach-In Network's upcoming teach-ins now, including Q&A with experts.
Oct 16: Strategies for Nuclear Disarmament bit.ly/48VCa2v
Oct 30: Opposing War with Iran bit.ly/46ROsYx
Nov 13: The United States’ Accountability for Palestine bit.ly/3IOpK1S
RSVP to the Teach-In Network's upcoming teach-ins now, including Q&A with experts.
Oct 16: Strategies for Nuclear Disarmament bit.ly/48VCa2v
Oct 30: Opposing War with Iran bit.ly/46ROsYx
Nov 13: The United States’ Accountability for Palestine bit.ly/3IOpK1S
October 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
📆 Teach-In Alert!
RSVP to the Teach-In Network's upcoming teach-ins now, including Q&A with experts.
Oct 16: Strategies for Nuclear Disarmament bit.ly/48VCa2v
Oct 30: Opposing War with Iran bit.ly/46ROsYx
Nov 13: The United States’ Accountability for Palestine bit.ly/3IOpK1S
RSVP to the Teach-In Network's upcoming teach-ins now, including Q&A with experts.
Oct 16: Strategies for Nuclear Disarmament bit.ly/48VCa2v
Oct 30: Opposing War with Iran bit.ly/46ROsYx
Nov 13: The United States’ Accountability for Palestine bit.ly/3IOpK1S
NSPM-7 targets individuals and orgs that disagree with Trump, regardless of whether they've violated any laws. This incredible assault on the First Amendment is extremely dangerous.
Click to urge your members of Congress to immediately undo the memorandum with actual legislation: bit.ly/undonspm7
Click to urge your members of Congress to immediately undo the memorandum with actual legislation: bit.ly/undonspm7
October 13, 2025 at 7:58 PM
NSPM-7 targets individuals and orgs that disagree with Trump, regardless of whether they've violated any laws. This incredible assault on the First Amendment is extremely dangerous.
Click to urge your members of Congress to immediately undo the memorandum with actual legislation: bit.ly/undonspm7
Click to urge your members of Congress to immediately undo the memorandum with actual legislation: bit.ly/undonspm7
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Law enforcement needs to rein in ICE's anti-press abuses and investigate ICE attacks on independent journalists in Chicagoland.
A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.
A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.
Independent journalists must be protected from ICE attacks
Letter calls on local authorities to investigate all attacks on journalists
freedom.press
October 8, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Law enforcement needs to rein in ICE's anti-press abuses and investigate ICE attacks on independent journalists in Chicagoland.
A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.
A coalition of Chicago and national press freedom orgs explained why in a letter to the Broadview Police Department and Illinois State Police today.
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A major immigration raid in Chicago last week led to dozens of arrests, including of green card holders and U.S. citizens. While the Trump administration has released a highly produced video of the raid, it still has not answered basic questions about the operation.
October 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A major immigration raid in Chicago last week led to dozens of arrests, including of green card holders and U.S. citizens. While the Trump administration has released a highly produced video of the raid, it still has not answered basic questions about the operation.
For years, local governments & police departments have cooperated with federal agencies through the Joint Terrorism Task Forces. Now, through Trump's new NPSM-7 directive, these task forces will focus on “leftist” groups.
History shows us what happens when our movements are targeted by the feds.
History shows us what happens when our movements are targeted by the feds.
October 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
For years, local governments & police departments have cooperated with federal agencies through the Joint Terrorism Task Forces. Now, through Trump's new NPSM-7 directive, these task forces will focus on “leftist” groups.
History shows us what happens when our movements are targeted by the feds.
History shows us what happens when our movements are targeted by the feds.
We agree with @rokhanna.bsky.social
"It’s time for us to stop supplying Israel with weapons used to kill civilians and recognize a Palestinian state."
Sign if you agree: The United States must recognize Palestinian statehood. bit.ly/PalState
"It’s time for us to stop supplying Israel with weapons used to kill civilians and recognize a Palestinian state."
Sign if you agree: The United States must recognize Palestinian statehood. bit.ly/PalState
ADD YOUR NAME: The United States must recognize a Palestinian state.
This is the moment for the United States to act, to work with the international community to bring an end to the ongoing tragedy in Gaza and pursue a just and lasting resolution to the decades-long…
bit.ly
October 7, 2025 at 4:59 PM
We agree with @rokhanna.bsky.social
"It’s time for us to stop supplying Israel with weapons used to kill civilians and recognize a Palestinian state."
Sign if you agree: The United States must recognize Palestinian statehood. bit.ly/PalState
"It’s time for us to stop supplying Israel with weapons used to kill civilians and recognize a Palestinian state."
Sign if you agree: The United States must recognize Palestinian statehood. bit.ly/PalState
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Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
October 6, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Greta Thunberg: "I could talk for a very, very long time about our mistreatment and abuses in our imprisonment. Trust me. But that is not the story. What happened here was Israel… continuing to worsen and escalate their genocide and mass destruction with genocidal intent, attempting to erase an...
Watch coverage of the petition to remove the UC president on
KTVU
"I was honestly pretty shocked. I feel like Berkeley's whole thing is that they protect free speech and individuality," said Charlie Wood, a Cal student.
Sign the petition now: bit.ly/FireUCPresid...
KTVU
"I was honestly pretty shocked. I feel like Berkeley's whole thing is that they protect free speech and individuality," said Charlie Wood, a Cal student.
Sign the petition now: bit.ly/FireUCPresid...
October 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Watch coverage of the petition to remove the UC president on
KTVU
"I was honestly pretty shocked. I feel like Berkeley's whole thing is that they protect free speech and individuality," said Charlie Wood, a Cal student.
Sign the petition now: bit.ly/FireUCPresid...
KTVU
"I was honestly pretty shocked. I feel like Berkeley's whole thing is that they protect free speech and individuality," said Charlie Wood, a Cal student.
Sign the petition now: bit.ly/FireUCPresid...
Let's go! Excited to see this progressive champion running for her seat again!
St. Louis deserves a leader who is built different. That’s why I’m running to represent Missouri’s 1st District in Congress.
We need a fighter who will lower costs, protect our communities, and make life fairer. I’ll be that fighter.
Join us: coribush.org
We need a fighter who will lower costs, protect our communities, and make life fairer. I’ll be that fighter.
Join us: coribush.org
October 3, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Let's go! Excited to see this progressive champion running for her seat again!
Whatever Google may have meant by its slogan "Don't be evil," let's make it clear: genocide counts as evil.
Demand Big Tech, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, cancel all contracts with Israel’s government now.
Take Action! bit.ly/4ojI5TJ
Demand Big Tech, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, cancel all contracts with Israel’s government now.
Take Action! bit.ly/4ojI5TJ
October 1, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Whatever Google may have meant by its slogan "Don't be evil," let's make it clear: genocide counts as evil.
Demand Big Tech, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, cancel all contracts with Israel’s government now.
Take Action! bit.ly/4ojI5TJ
Demand Big Tech, including Google, Microsoft, and Amazon, cancel all contracts with Israel’s government now.
Take Action! bit.ly/4ojI5TJ
🆘 The University of California turned over the names of 160 students, faculty members and staff to the Trump administration, chilling free speech...
Instead of standing up for the First Amendment, the University of California has disgracefully undermined it. Take action today.
bit.ly/4gJ5xae
Instead of standing up for the First Amendment, the University of California has disgracefully undermined it. Take action today.
bit.ly/4gJ5xae
College Democrats Of America And Other Groups Call For Firing UC President Over “Betrayal” Of Academic Freedom
Charging that the University of California has “disgracefully undermined” the First Amendment, a coalition of national organizations Tuesday called for the firing of the university’s president.
bit.ly
September 24, 2025 at 5:45 PM
🆘 The University of California turned over the names of 160 students, faculty members and staff to the Trump administration, chilling free speech...
Instead of standing up for the First Amendment, the University of California has disgracefully undermined it. Take action today.
bit.ly/4gJ5xae
Instead of standing up for the First Amendment, the University of California has disgracefully undermined it. Take action today.
bit.ly/4gJ5xae
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Read CDA’s statement on yesterday’s tragedy at Abundant Life Christian School. The time for action is now.
December 17, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Read CDA’s statement on yesterday’s tragedy at Abundant Life Christian School. The time for action is now.