Pramila Jayapal has been a fierce ally to our movement—leading the fight for Medicare for All, workers’ rights, immigrant justice, abortion rights, and an economy that puts people before profits. Congratulations!
Bruce Little
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Founder of Grandparents for Our Revolution. Interests include progressive politics, political satire, the Streamline Moderne Era, vintage California citrus crate labels, & local history.
It’s official: Progressive Abdul El-Sayed wins the Democratic Primary for Senate! The People Prevail Over Corporate Profits Once Again!
Congratulations to Rep. Rashida Tlaib for securing the Democratic nomination in #MI12! Standing against genocide is good policy and good politics!
Sunrise Movement co-founder Wm Lawrence will win the Democratic primary in Michigan’s 7th CD in another victory for the party’s rising progressive wing. Lawrence focused his platform on issues including making housing more affordable, Medicare for All and protecting Social Security.
Progressive activist wins Democratic primary in one of the country’s biggest House races
Sunrise Movement co-founder William Lawrence is the Democratic nominee in Michigan’s 7th District, NBC News projects, a key battleground in the fight for the House majority.
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308 members of the extended Al-Hassayna family, also known as the Abu Sharia, were killed on November 22, 2023 when Israeli airstrikes brought down a cluster of apartment buildings as residents slept in Sabra, one of the old neighborhoods of Gaza City.
Gazans bury nearly a whole clan found in rubble in mass funeral for 112
The decomposed remains of 112 bodies lay on stretchers shrouded in flags in the sun's heat: all that could be found of the Al-Hassaynas of Sabra, a Palestinian clan of proud Bedouin stock all but wipe...
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🚨BREAKING: Missouri voters have rejected a ballot measure to limit their own ability to pass amendments to the state constitution — a proposal that fueled extraordinarily high voter turnout in Tuesday’s election. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Missouri voters reject ballot measure limiting their power to amend state constitution
Notably, the proposed amendment would not have affected constitutional amendments that the legislature put on the ballot. State lawmakers only wanted to make it harder to pass a voter-led measure, not...
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8 of the biggest oil companies amassed profits of more than $90B in just 3 mos. as the Iran conflict sent energy prices soaring. The windfall war profits have reignited calls for oil & gas supermajors to pay for the environmental damage & fund a rapid transition to renewable energy.
Revealed: major oil firms make $93bn profits amid war and climate crisis
Iran conflict windfall over three months reignites calls for companies ‘cashing in on human misery’ to pay for environmental damage
theguardian.com
The last thing we need in Trump’s regime is another anti-abortion extremist trying to control your body and decisions. Tell your senators today: VOTE NO on Todd Blanche’s nomination for Attorney General!
Blanche pledges to make Dobbs decision ‘permanent’ in every state
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche told faith leaders he is planning to roll back abortion access even in states that have laws protecting it. On a private call last week hosted by the Whit…
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The Trump regime is preparing a major rollback of federal requirements for Head Start. The proposed changes would remove most of Head Start’s requirements for math & literacy curriculums, class sizes, medical screenings, home visits & even a requirement that children brush their teeth after meals.
Trump Administration Plans to Upend Head Start by Deregulating It (Gift Article)
The White House tried but failed to block funding for preschool for poor children. Instead, it will seek to strip away standards on health, literacy — and brushing teeth.
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🚨BREAKING: A federal judge Monday blocked the Trump administration’s ban on nonpartisan groups helping newly naturalized U.S. citizens register to vote — finding the ban was likely driven by intentional discrimination against new citizens www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...
Court blocks Trump ban on voter registration help for new citizens, finding likely intentional discrimination
Senior Trump administration officials have repeatedly portrayed immigrants' political participation as an electoral threat.
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Tomorrow is Election Day in Michigan. If you haven't voted yet, make sure you vote on Tuesday. Find your polling place at abdulforsenate.com/vote. Text your family and friends!
🚨NEW: Todd Blanche’s new order rescinds the May 18 Anti-Weaponization Fund—but quietly leaves the May 19 IRS immunity settlement intact. Instead of rescinding it, the accompanying memo reaffirms DOJ’s interpretation, arguing the immunity applies only retroactively & only to the parties involved.
'Loopholes': Deal over Trump's 'payout fund' triggers NEW OUTRAGE amid AG Blanche confirmation fight
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Michigan will provide another crucial test of whether progressives can not only keep up their winning streak in safe-blue seats but also break through in battlegrounds crucial for control of Congress. The stakes for the Democratic Party are huge.
We’re about to find out how powerful progressives really are
A strong performance across the Senate race and two House primaries would bolster the left’s argument that its message has potency in a key battleground.
politico.com
James Talarico on Texas officially banning THC: “Texans aren’t going to stop smoking weed and eating edibles because politicians in Austin say so. We are now telling full-grown adults how to live their lives. This is the nanny state at its worst; this is big government at its worst."
NEW: Two government watchdog groups have demanded an investigation into whether FCC officials violated ethics requirements by accepting luxury gala tickets from Paramount as it sought federal approval for its $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros.
FCC Commissioners Face Ethics Complaints for Taking Luxury Gifts From Paramount
Citing a ProPublica report on Paramount providing luxury Kennedy Center gala tickets to FCC officials, the complaints note that commissioners accepted the gifts while the FCC was reviewing or about to...
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate: 1950: 50% 1990: 25% 2020: 13% Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate. That is how we will pay for it.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating King Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" to compensate his political allies.
Todd Blanche rescinds Trump's 'anti-weaponization fund' ahead of nomination hearing
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued a formal order late Sunday terminating President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization fund" to compensate his political allies.
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Super Pacs that suck . . . Aipac is 100% in lockstep with the Netanyahu government. For years it has been enforcing a very specific & narrow definition of what it means to be pro-Israel . . . It has done a lot of work to make itself toxic to Democrats.”
‘Voters have had it’: influence of pro-Israel lobby group sparks backlash in the US
Aipac’s links to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu provoke controversy in midterm election campaigns
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King Trump’s war & his tariffs are pushing up prices for a vast range of goods & services. The result is a massive redistribution of income & wealth from American consumers to big American corporations. This is the story of the Amer. political economy under Trump that’s rarely if ever told . . .
Trump’s Huge Hidden Upward Redistribution
Trump’s war and his tariffs are allowing U.S. producers to raise their prices and shaft the rest of us.
truthdig.com
On Thursday, the resolution opposing any future pardon of Maxwell was ushered in by both Republicans and Democrats, drawing yet another symbolic divide between King Trump, his party and the president's own Epstein ties.
With a unanimous Maxwell vote, the US Senate issues a warning to Trump
The bipartisan vote is non-binding, but it reveals the sentiment surrounding Jeffrey Epstein within Donald Trump's own party. Here's how.
abc.net.au
The inclusion of the US on the ITUC’s watchlist is based on a pattern of backsliding of fundamental rights over the past year and serves as a troubling indicator of the country’s current state of affairs. Actions by the Trump regime are intended to undermine workers’ rights.
Report: Labor Violations Skyrocket Under Trump
An international coalition of unions just placed the United States on a "watchlist" for actions hostile to labor.
truthdig.com
