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Happy Peace, Love, & Justice Day!
December 25, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Happy Peace, Love, & Justice Day!
A close look at everything wrong with Citizens United and money in politics.
How billionaires stole America's elections
YouTube video by Johnny Harris
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November 29, 2025 at 12:57 AM
A close look at everything wrong with Citizens United and money in politics.
Earlier this year James Carville predicted we could flip 40 seats in the mid-terms. After this week's flying Victories, we should be more ambitious than that. With enough energy, we can double that figure. Do you know what 80 additional House seats would mean?
A Veto-proof majority. #flip80
A Veto-proof majority. #flip80
James Carville makes midterms prediction after Trump bill passes
The longtime Democratic strategist predicted Republicans could lose 40 seats in the midterms.
www.newsweek.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Earlier this year James Carville predicted we could flip 40 seats in the mid-terms. After this week's flying Victories, we should be more ambitious than that. With enough energy, we can double that figure. Do you know what 80 additional House seats would mean?
A Veto-proof majority. #flip80
A Veto-proof majority. #flip80
A collaboration between, the departments of Agriculture, Labor, Interior, and War, the CCC invested in our people and our environment. In this period of public downsizing, remember this recipe for revitalization. Remind folks that we need more investment in our public workforce, not less.
What a Modern Civilian Conservation Corps Could Do for Bikes | PeopleForBikes
In March 1933, only three weeks into his first term, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt proposed a bill to Congress to create the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Congress funded the CCC in April, ...
www.peopleforbikes.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
A collaboration between, the departments of Agriculture, Labor, Interior, and War, the CCC invested in our people and our environment. In this period of public downsizing, remember this recipe for revitalization. Remind folks that we need more investment in our public workforce, not less.
A good read about the assault on the public sector that is and has been happening for decades:
The Privatization of Everything | The New Press
A sweeping exposé of the ways in which private interests strip public goods of their power and diminish democracy, the hardcover edition of The Privatization of Everything elicited a wide spectrum of ...
thenewpress.com
March 13, 2025 at 11:45 AM
A good read about the assault on the public sector that is and has been happening for decades:
A response to believe in:
Sen. Sanders Responds to Trump's Congressional Address
YouTube video by Senator Bernie Sanders
www.youtube.com
March 6, 2025 at 4:04 PM
A response to believe in:
This monologue makes a fantastic elevator pitch for a progressive platform.
Jon Stewart Reworks Trump & Elon’s Sweeping DOGE Budget Cuts | The Daily Show
YouTube video by The Daily Show
www.youtube.com
February 25, 2025 at 4:16 PM
This monologue makes a fantastic elevator pitch for a progressive platform.
Prescient
Beware, fellow plutocrats, the pitchforks are coming | Nick Hanauer
YouTube video by TED
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December 18, 2024 at 1:50 PM
Prescient
Migrating geese are adept at finding their original roost. Your returns are not.
You’re Getting Screwed By Free Returns (W/ @Danny-Gonzalez) | Climate Town
YouTube video by Climate Town
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December 11, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Migrating geese are adept at finding their original roost. Your returns are not.
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Trump is planning to add another billionaire to his admin, offering private equity exec Stephen Feinberg the job of deputy defense secretary.
His firm has investments in defense companies with huge Pentagon contracts.
If this isn't a conflict of interest, I don't know what is.
His firm has investments in defense companies with huge Pentagon contracts.
If this isn't a conflict of interest, I don't know what is.
Trump offers Pentagon’s No. 2 job to billionaire Stephen Feinberg
The search for a capable deputy defense secretary has taken on heightened significance as lawmakers scrutinize Pete Hegseth, Trump’s choice to lead the agency.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 8, 2024 at 4:11 PM
Trump is planning to add another billionaire to his admin, offering private equity exec Stephen Feinberg the job of deputy defense secretary.
His firm has investments in defense companies with huge Pentagon contracts.
If this isn't a conflict of interest, I don't know what is.
His firm has investments in defense companies with huge Pentagon contracts.
If this isn't a conflict of interest, I don't know what is.
Reposted by Swol Goose
ICYMI: Top stories of the week ⬇️
✅ Two pieces that highlight why businesses need regulatory stability to innovate
✅ Application deadlines for our Roosevelt Network Fellowships & the upcoming Winter Policy Expo
More in this week's #RooseveltRundown: rooseveltinstitute.org/roosevelt-ru...
✅ Two pieces that highlight why businesses need regulatory stability to innovate
✅ Application deadlines for our Roosevelt Network Fellowships & the upcoming Winter Policy Expo
More in this week's #RooseveltRundown: rooseveltinstitute.org/roosevelt-ru...
What Antitrust Could Look Like Post–Lina Khan - Roosevelt Institute
Roosevelt Rundown: "Innovation Demands Regulatory Stability, Not Chaos," What We’re Talking About, What We’re Reading
rooseveltinstitute.org
December 6, 2024 at 9:47 PM
ICYMI: Top stories of the week ⬇️
✅ Two pieces that highlight why businesses need regulatory stability to innovate
✅ Application deadlines for our Roosevelt Network Fellowships & the upcoming Winter Policy Expo
More in this week's #RooseveltRundown: rooseveltinstitute.org/roosevelt-ru...
✅ Two pieces that highlight why businesses need regulatory stability to innovate
✅ Application deadlines for our Roosevelt Network Fellowships & the upcoming Winter Policy Expo
More in this week's #RooseveltRundown: rooseveltinstitute.org/roosevelt-ru...
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December 5, 2024 at 1:15 PM
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