Saturday, July 12, 2025

Tag: Democrats

Want to understand Manchin and Sinema?

If you want the whole answer, you need to look at the single biggest factor affecting almost all national politicians I’ve dealt with: Big egos.

Will Sinema and Manchin continue to have Senate power?

If the Democrats were to boot them from the party as punishment, the Republicans would hold the majority.

Sanders says democrats need ‘major course correction’ to prevent GOP takeover

Sen. Bernie Sanders said in an interview published Monday that too much of the Democratic Party has "turned its back on the...

Does stirring Biden rhetoric impede the new, improved, fascist mania—or reform...

Until Democrats wake up that their future and the country’s both depend on urgently slamming shut anti-democratic doors and empowering true majority rule, fine rhetoric falls flat.

As Harry Reid dies at 82, Democrats urged to take his...

"I am now calling on the Senate to abolish the filibuster in all its forms."

Big Business defeated as Socialist Kshama Sawant’s victory certified in Seattle

"The ruling class in the United States is afraid of these kinds of movements and so we should not be surprised by the reaction."

Does Biden’s lower approval rating mean Democrats should ‘move to the...

That “significant parts of the electorate are feeling leery of a sharp leftward push in the party.”

To help Democrats survive 2022, Biden should legalize marijuana right now

Legalizing marijuana allows President Joe Biden to address important issues without Congressional approval and could help Democrats stave off major losses in 2022.

Progressives on Virginia loss: Corporate Democrats have only themselves to blame

The finger-pointing started days before the polls opened in Virginia, a state that has trended blue in recent years and that President Joe Biden won by 10 percentage points in 2020.

Progressives say ‘it’s not too late’ to prevent Big Pharma from...

"Democrats still have a huge opportunity to deliver on a promise they have been making for decades to lower drug prices."

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Noem calls to eliminate FEMA after delaying Texas flood response by days

FEMA officials say Kristi Noem’s own approval policy caused life-threatening delays before she used them to justify dismantling the agency.

Millions of tons of invisible nanoplastics found polluting North Atlantic Ocean

New research finds an estimated 27 million tons of nanoplastics in the North Atlantic, raising concerns for marine ecosystems and human health.

Albanese sanctions: Marco Rubio now acting just like Putin, charging human rights officials

An explanation of why this verbiage is arrant nonsense.

Five facts that show the enormity of American inequality

Whatever wealth exists among America's poor should not be taken away because of some ignorant prejudice of the rich.

No ordinary solidarity—inside Chicago’s hunger strike for Gaza


For 18 days, six members of Jewish Voice for Peace-Chicago led a hunger strike that helped re-center Gaza in the public discourse and pressure elected officials.