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$31 billion to murder civilians on the other side of the globe, while working people at home struggle to pay bills.
Time to write your Senator and Reps and let them know you're sick of it. NO MORE WEAPONS TO ISRAEL.
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Time to write your Senator and Reps and let them know you're sick of it. NO MORE WEAPONS TO ISRAEL.
rootsaction.org/no-more-weap...
Did you know Gavin Newsom is even worse than you thought?
www.salon.com/2026/02/10/g...
Trolling Trump does not make up for his undermining of progressive priorities, like when he vowed to kill a one-time 5% tax on billionaires... Despite 86% of Democrats agreeing the wealthy should pay more.
www.salon.com/2026/02/10/g...
Trolling Trump does not make up for his undermining of progressive priorities, like when he vowed to kill a one-time 5% tax on billionaires... Despite 86% of Democrats agreeing the wealthy should pay more.
Gavin Newsom is much worse than you think
The California governor's policy priorities undermine his Trump trolling — and his progressive credentials
www.salon.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:56 PM
Did you know Gavin Newsom is even worse than you thought?
www.salon.com/2026/02/10/g...
Trolling Trump does not make up for his undermining of progressive priorities, like when he vowed to kill a one-time 5% tax on billionaires... Despite 86% of Democrats agreeing the wealthy should pay more.
www.salon.com/2026/02/10/g...
Trolling Trump does not make up for his undermining of progressive priorities, like when he vowed to kill a one-time 5% tax on billionaires... Despite 86% of Democrats agreeing the wealthy should pay more.
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In case you missed Gloria Browne-Marshall discussing A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE US with @rootsaction.org Education Fund Book Club last night you can find the video here, starting at the 5 minute mark: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLVR...
The audience was quite enthusiastic!
The audience was quite enthusiastic!
February 5, 2026 at 3:57 PM
In case you missed Gloria Browne-Marshall discussing A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE US with @rootsaction.org Education Fund Book Club last night you can find the video here, starting at the 5 minute mark: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLVR...
The audience was quite enthusiastic!
The audience was quite enthusiastic!
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If you missed Gloria J. Browne-Marshall discussing A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES as part of the @rootsaction.org Education Fund Book Club last night, you can watch the video here (starting 5 mins. in): bit.ly/3LSuh51
@davidcnswanson.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
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February 5, 2026 at 3:10 PM
If you missed Gloria J. Browne-Marshall discussing A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES as part of the @rootsaction.org Education Fund Book Club last night, you can watch the video here (starting 5 mins. in): bit.ly/3LSuh51
@davidcnswanson.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
@davidcnswanson.bsky.social @beaconpress.bsky.social
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Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
February 2, 2026 at 11:27 PM
Abolish ICE.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
There’s no reforming it.
There’s no compromise.
There’s only one way to rein in ICE’s terror campaign. Abolish it.
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📣TOMORROW!
This Black History Month, join Gloria J. Browne-Marshall in her chat about A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, hosted by @rootsaction.org, at 8PM EST. Thanks to @davidcnswanson.bsky.social for selecting her book! 🙏🏽
Sign up now for the Zoom link ➡️ buff.ly/jyDVsj7
This Black History Month, join Gloria J. Browne-Marshall in her chat about A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, hosted by @rootsaction.org, at 8PM EST. Thanks to @davidcnswanson.bsky.social for selecting her book! 🙏🏽
Sign up now for the Zoom link ➡️ buff.ly/jyDVsj7
February 3, 2026 at 7:26 PM
📣TOMORROW!
This Black History Month, join Gloria J. Browne-Marshall in her chat about A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, hosted by @rootsaction.org, at 8PM EST. Thanks to @davidcnswanson.bsky.social for selecting her book! 🙏🏽
Sign up now for the Zoom link ➡️ buff.ly/jyDVsj7
This Black History Month, join Gloria J. Browne-Marshall in her chat about A PROTEST HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, hosted by @rootsaction.org, at 8PM EST. Thanks to @davidcnswanson.bsky.social for selecting her book! 🙏🏽
Sign up now for the Zoom link ➡️ buff.ly/jyDVsj7
"The fight to defeat the fascistic GOP and the fight to overcome the power of corporate Democrats are largely the same fight."
100% agree.
100% agree.
Ending Republican Control Will Require Overcoming The Democratic Leadership
The Democratic establishment shuns the progressive populism that’s vital to effectively counter bogus right-wing populism. And so, the fight to defeat the fascistic GOP and the fight to overcome the…
progressivehub.net
January 20, 2026 at 7:55 PM
"The fight to defeat the fascistic GOP and the fight to overcome the power of corporate Democrats are largely the same fight."
100% agree.
100% agree.
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This campaign is proud to champion @rootsaction.org Foreign Policy Primer. Please visit the full document in my link listed in my bio.
January 12, 2026 at 7:32 PM
This campaign is proud to champion @rootsaction.org Foreign Policy Primer. Please visit the full document in my link listed in my bio.
"While the fallout from this particular incident is still playing out, one thing has become abundantly clear: any legitimate contender for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028 must commit to permanently dismantling Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
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All Democratic Presidential Candidates In 2028 Should Commit To Dismantling ICE
Since its inception, ICE has been designed to conflate issues of immigration with terrorist threats against the U.S.
progressivehub.net
January 10, 2026 at 2:41 AM
"While the fallout from this particular incident is still playing out, one thing has become abundantly clear: any legitimate contender for the Democratic nomination for president in 2028 must commit to permanently dismantling Immigration and Customs Enforcement."
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President Trump said you didn't need to prevent a war on Venezuela because there wouldn't be one. Now he's bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its president.
JOIN US in telling Congress to finally take a stand: rootsaction.org/take-stand-c...
JOIN US in telling Congress to finally take a stand: rootsaction.org/take-stand-c...
Tell Congress to Finally Take a Stand Against Crimes Against Venezuela
Will the U.S. government promote a free-for-all of terrorist attacks by a war machine masquerading as representative governments? Or will Congress stand up to Trump? Email your Senate and House…
rootsaction.org
January 3, 2026 at 8:12 PM
President Trump said you didn't need to prevent a war on Venezuela because there wouldn't be one. Now he's bombed Venezuela and kidnapped its president.
JOIN US in telling Congress to finally take a stand: rootsaction.org/take-stand-c...
JOIN US in telling Congress to finally take a stand: rootsaction.org/take-stand-c...
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A new report from the grassroots organization RootsAction aims to do what a promised "autopsy" from the Democratic National Committee ultimately did not: publicly reckon with the failures of the Democrats' 2024 presidential campaign.
“The Blue Road to Trump Hell”: Norm Solomon on “How Corporate Democrats Paved the Way for Autocracy”
A new report from the grassroots organization RootsAction aims to do what a promised “autopsy” from the Democratic National Committee ultimately did not: publicly reckon with the failures of the Democ...
www.democracynow.org
December 31, 2025 at 4:54 PM
A new report from the grassroots organization RootsAction aims to do what a promised "autopsy" from the Democratic National Committee ultimately did not: publicly reckon with the failures of the Democrats' 2024 presidential campaign.
Why is the Democratic party hiding its 2024 autopsy report?
“It’s about protecting people who fucked up,” a DNC member told @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:
“It’s about protecting people who fucked up,” a DNC member told @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:
Why is the Democratic party hiding its 2024 autopsy report? | Norman Soloman
If the DNC isn’t open and transparent about why they lost, then how can we be sure they will learn their lesson this time?
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Why is the Democratic party hiding its 2024 autopsy report?
“It’s about protecting people who fucked up,” a DNC member told @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:
“It’s about protecting people who fucked up,” a DNC member told @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com:
The @democrats.org choosing not to release their 2024 autopsy is a move designed to protect the failed party leadership and the corporate donors who are responsible for the embarrassing defeat.
We saw this coming. So we made our own autopsy. Read it here: democraticautopsy.org
We saw this coming. So we made our own autopsy. Read it here: democraticautopsy.org
Autopsy: How Democrats Lost the White House – A RootsAction Report on the 2024 Presidential Election
Our report’s purpose is two-fold: to illuminate why the Democrats lost and to help propel the party toward a different approach and result in the future. Without a full and honest accounting of the…
democraticautopsy.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The @democrats.org choosing not to release their 2024 autopsy is a move designed to protect the failed party leadership and the corporate donors who are responsible for the embarrassing defeat.
We saw this coming. So we made our own autopsy. Read it here: democraticautopsy.org
We saw this coming. So we made our own autopsy. Read it here: democraticautopsy.org
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It's a good thing a group like @rootsaction.org exists to fill in the gaps. Do they really think that hiding the report is positive?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Democrats won’t release 2024 election loss ‘autopsy’, DNC chair says
Report on Kamala Harris’s loss to Trump would be a ‘distraction’ as party is ‘putting our learnings into motion’
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
It's a good thing a group like @rootsaction.org exists to fill in the gaps. Do they really think that hiding the report is positive?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Talking with David Swanson on Talk World Radio about key points addressed in "The Blue Road to Trump Hell" - @rootsaction.org @pdamerica.bsky.social @democrats
Talk World Radio: Norman Solomon on the Blue Road to Trump Hell
YouTube video by David Swanson
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December 19, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Talking with David Swanson on Talk World Radio about key points addressed in "The Blue Road to Trump Hell" - @rootsaction.org @pdamerica.bsky.social @democrats
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@kenmartin.bsky.social Hope you will read our major new @rootsaction.org Autopsy report on How the Democrats Lost the White House--https://democraticautopsy.org/how-democrats-lost-the-white-house/#a-path-forward
@thedemcoalition.bsky.social @democrats.org
@thedemcoalition.bsky.social @democrats.org
December 19, 2025 at 9:13 PM
@kenmartin.bsky.social Hope you will read our major new @rootsaction.org Autopsy report on How the Democrats Lost the White House--https://democraticautopsy.org/how-democrats-lost-the-white-house/#a-path-forward
@thedemcoalition.bsky.social @democrats.org
@thedemcoalition.bsky.social @democrats.org
The U.S. public is tired of war, disgusted by the genocide, and sick of continued military adventurism. We've been flooding Congressional offices with emails. Now, we're circling the White House and Congress with mobile billboards.
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The U.S. public is tired of war, disgusted by the genocide, and sick of continued military adventurism. We've been flooding Congressional offices with emails. Now, we're circling the White House and Congress with mobile billboards.
Labeling people terrorists so our military can murder them is quintessentially American.
NSPM-7 is designed to stifle free speech and arrest (or murder, apparently) anyone who disagrees with the U.S.'s disastrous foreign policy.
NSPM-7 must be stopped.
NSPM-7 is designed to stifle free speech and arrest (or murder, apparently) anyone who disagrees with the U.S.'s disastrous foreign policy.
NSPM-7 must be stopped.
NEW: U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
theintercept.com/2025/12/16/t...
U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
theintercept.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Labeling people terrorists so our military can murder them is quintessentially American.
NSPM-7 is designed to stifle free speech and arrest (or murder, apparently) anyone who disagrees with the U.S.'s disastrous foreign policy.
NSPM-7 must be stopped.
NSPM-7 is designed to stifle free speech and arrest (or murder, apparently) anyone who disagrees with the U.S.'s disastrous foreign policy.
NSPM-7 must be stopped.
NEW article in @theguardian.com re: RootsActions' report entitled 'Autopsy: How Democrats Lost the White House'
"RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats, & Gaza stance did not help"
More to come! @rokhanna.bsky.social @ninaturner.bsky.social
Read here:
"RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats, & Gaza stance did not help"
More to come! @rokhanna.bsky.social @ninaturner.bsky.social
Read here:
Wrong voters, wrong message: progressives’ autopsy lays bare Kamala Harris failures
RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats – and Gaza stance did not help
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 10:45 PM
NEW article in @theguardian.com re: RootsActions' report entitled 'Autopsy: How Democrats Lost the White House'
"RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats, & Gaza stance did not help"
More to come! @rokhanna.bsky.social @ninaturner.bsky.social
Read here:
"RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats, & Gaza stance did not help"
More to come! @rokhanna.bsky.social @ninaturner.bsky.social
Read here:
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"Her campaign made a critical strategic error by prioritising an appeal to moderate, suburban Republicans over mobilising its core working-class and progressive base, leading to significant erosion of support among these vital constituencies" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Wrong voters, wrong message: progressives’ autopsy lays bare Kamala Harris failures
RootsAction report finds Harris courted moderates instead of working-class Democrats – and Gaza stance did not help
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 5:24 PM
"Her campaign made a critical strategic error by prioritising an appeal to moderate, suburban Republicans over mobilising its core working-class and progressive base, leading to significant erosion of support among these vital constituencies" www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
"Saving the country from autocracy requires recognizing and overcoming the chokehold that Democratic leaders have on the party."
progressivehub.net/we-need-to-k...
Here’s actual history that corporate Democrats pretend didn’t happen.
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Here’s actual history that corporate Democrats pretend didn’t happen.
We Need To Know How Corporate Democrats Made President Trump Possible
Ten years after Donald Trump first ran for president, he stands at the helm of Titanic America. How did this happen?
progressivehub.net
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Saving the country from autocracy requires recognizing and overcoming the chokehold that Democratic leaders have on the party."
progressivehub.net/we-need-to-k...
Here’s actual history that corporate Democrats pretend didn’t happen.
progressivehub.net/we-need-to-k...
Here’s actual history that corporate Democrats pretend didn’t happen.
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Here's a new podcast featuring India Walton, who provides key insights about realities of the Democratic Party and what activists can do to transform U.S. politics. @pdamerica.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @ninaturner.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @ourrev.bsky.social
Listen to "The Blue Road to Trump Hell" Podcast
Listen to the "Blue Road to Trump Hell" Podcast on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Amazon music, via RSS feed, or embedded below.
blueroad.info
December 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Here's a new podcast featuring India Walton, who provides key insights about realities of the Democratic Party and what activists can do to transform U.S. politics. @pdamerica.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @ninaturner.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @ourrev.bsky.social
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An article on @commondreams.org today by the always-insightful Donna Smith, who has long been a terrific voice for peace and social justice -- with consistent clear advocacy of Medicare for All. @pdamerica.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @rokhanna.bsky.social
Let's Get Real: US Healthcare Is an Industry, Not a System | Common Dreams
Insurance and hospital corporations embrace higher profits over patient safety.
www.commondreams.org
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
An article on @commondreams.org today by the always-insightful Donna Smith, who has long been a terrific voice for peace and social justice -- with consistent clear advocacy of Medicare for All. @pdamerica.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @rokhanna.bsky.social
Check out this FREE new book that lays out how corporate Democrats paved the way for Trump’s autocracy. Download “The Blue Road to Trump Hell” without charge here: blueroad.info
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Check out this FREE new book that lays out how corporate Democrats paved the way for Trump’s autocracy. Download “The Blue Road to Trump Hell” without charge here: blueroad.info
"It’s all well and good to laud Mamdani’s extraordinary political talents and inspiring leadership for social justice. At the same time, we should recognize that he has entered into an embrace with a viperous president." -- @normansolomon.bsky.social
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The Trump-Mamdani Show Was Amazing. But Downsides For Progressives Could Turn Out To Be Steep
It’s all well and good to laud Mamdani’s extraordinary political talents and inspiring leadership for social justice. At the same time, we should recognize that he has entered into an embrace with a…
progressivehub.net
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"It’s all well and good to laud Mamdani’s extraordinary political talents and inspiring leadership for social justice. At the same time, we should recognize that he has entered into an embrace with a viperous president." -- @normansolomon.bsky.social
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RootsAction's Emma Claire Foley responds to an article in the establishment security journal Foreign Affairs, which calls for nuclear proliferation among U.S. allies. Its arguments are unsound and understate the willingness of the U.S.’s rivals to respond in kind. ☢️
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The Return of Nuclear Proliferation
A recent article in the establishment security journal Foreign Affairs makes the case for nuclear proliferation among America’s allies. Not only are its arguments unsound, but they also understate…
jacobin.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RootsAction's Emma Claire Foley responds to an article in the establishment security journal Foreign Affairs, which calls for nuclear proliferation among U.S. allies. Its arguments are unsound and understate the willingness of the U.S.’s rivals to respond in kind. ☢️
jacobin.com/2025/11/nucl...
jacobin.com/2025/11/nucl...