Sunday, August 17, 2025

Tag: #bluewave

Midterm America

Welcome to the struggle for the country’s soul. We haven’t seen anything yet.

Not a blue wave, but perhaps a foreshock of the big...

We’ve got an interesting next two years ahead of us.

Record number of women win in the House

In total, 117 women were elected during the 2018 midterm elections – 96 elected to the House, 12 to the Senate and 9 as governor – shattering records and increasing the number of women in power.

Blue wave of money propels 2018 election to record-breaking $5.2 billion...

The high levels of partial disclosure suggest that dark money is not disappearing.

Will the Democrats catch a “blue wave?”

It looks like a significant Democratic victory in November – often referred to by commentators as a “blue wave” – is likely. But will they become more committed to challenging the Trump agenda?

It’s time for progressives to raise their game

The progressive populist insurgency in the Democratic Party has tasted frequent victories this primary season: for our struggle has only begun.

‘I’m bringing my bullhorn to Congress:’ Rashida Tlaib poised to become...

Tlaib is a Democratic Socialist who supports the Palestinian right of return and a one-state solution, Medicare for all, a $15 minimum wage and abolishing ICE.

Union ironworker wins democratic primary in Wisconsin to possibly replace Paul...

While democrats believe they can win Ryan's seat, Bryce will be up against Republican Bryan Steil, an attorney and business executive who was endorsed by Ryan.

Progressives win big in Wisconsin primary

So yes, the blue wave continues to rise. But more importantly, we’re taking back our state for progressive values – vote by vote, and seat by seat.

Measures of heat in Tuesday’s primaries

We are three months out. Democrats better hope the insurgency continues to build.

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Federal agents face protests after Trump orders unprecedented takeover of DC police

Residents denounce checkpoints and expanded federal presence as civil liberties advocates warn of authoritarian overreach.

Will Trump-Putin summit leave Ukraine and Europe out in the cold?

If he repeats his past performances at summits with Putin and appears to back the Russian leader over his country’s closest allies, it is likely to cause a dangerous rift in the western alliance.

America first is America alone

Power-crazed the president may be, but he fails to grasp soft power.

Pesticides cause 2024 mass die-off of Western monarch butterflies, new study finds

The study was a result of researchers discovering the mass die-off of hundreds of monarch butterflies near the Pacific Grove Monarch Sanctuary in California, where the butterflies overwinter.

Cults, cults, everywhere—raring to bash majority rule, pluralism, justice, science and rationality. Isn’t that...

Thanks to its own greed, egotism, buffoonery, incompetence, and ruthlessness, the MAGA cult is already splitting apart, squandering its overweening power.