Tag: democracy
How this Grinch steals democracy
Right now, the GOP is trying to take power away from Democratic Governors and legislatures during December’s lame duck sessions.
A lame-duck ‘legislative coup:’ Wisconsin GOP stages last-minute power grab before...
Republican legislators worked throughout Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning to pass a sweeping package of lame-duck bills to give power to the Republican-controlled Legislature before Republican Governor Scott Walker leaves office in January.
‘Democracy dies…in the early morning light’ as Wisconsin GOP rams through...
"This is outrageous abuse of power and should be huge national scandal."
Emergency protests planned to stop Scott Walker and Wisconsin GOP’s ‘shocking...
"Warning to our friends across the country: what happens in Wisconsin doesn't stay in Wisconsin. The GOP (and Kochs) use the state as a petri dish for terrible hard-right ideas. If this works, it'll spread elsewhere."
The Koch brothers’ Freedom Partners Group spends $115.2 million in 2017
Freedom Partners, officially organized as a 501 (c)(6) trade association for the purpose of “promoting economic freedom,” funnels money from the Koch Network of billionaire donors to a growing number of political advocacy organizations controlled by Koch operatives.
Trump’s fascist efforts to demolish democracy
Driven by a hatred of “the other” and infused with narratives of decline and victimization, fascist politics trade in an incendiary rhetoric of fear, demonization and violence.
The rule of law
Breaking the rule of law doesn’t require consistency. It requires only a thirst for power at whatever cost.
#BlackFridays walkouts turn rage into action and community
This initiative, connected by the Twitter hashtag #BlackFridays, has resulted in a number of symbolic walkouts across the country led by a network of women of color.
How Tammy Baldwin, target of $14 million in outside spending, sent...
Her campaign made few stumbles, concentrated on the concerns of working families, defined the candidate and her opponent early, and spoke to voters in rural and urban Wisconsin, providing a blueprint for 2020 candidates.
Ranked-choice voting flips House seat in Maine
"A victory not just for Democratic challenger Jared Golden, but voters who demand a fair and representative process."
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Trump administration auctions off 150,000 acres of public land for fossil-fuel extraction
Despite the fact that the federal government's own report shows that oil and gas production on public land contributes significantly to U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and the Trump administration continue to push on expanding its use.
If Democrats fracture, this will be the fault line
What we do have: a clear fault line within the ranks of those who seek to shape the party’s future.
House Democrats remove controversial tax rule that progressive said would make bold policies impossible
The decision to scrap this rule is a victory for the far left of the Democratic party and for progressives.
McDonald’s announces new antibiotic use reduction policy in beef, a first-of-its-kind
"With Washington asleep at the wheel on this rising health threat, leadership in the marketplace is essential."
Biological annihilation
To mitigate the crisis, to save life itself, would require not merely the replacement of carbon-dirty fossil fuels with renewable forms of energy, but a genuine reevaluation of modern life and its institutions.
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