Tag: Democrats
2017 Elections mark the dawn of change
Tuesday’s wins point a path towards even greater gains in midterm elections next year, which can deal a death blow to Trump’s heartless agenda.
GOP, Democrats spin tax plan
Leaders in both parties make false and misleading claims about the GOP’s $1.5 trillion tax cut plan.
Dems want to ditch leaders and move left; they’re right
On the left, at least, the voters are once again way ahead of the politicians.
Leading Democrats are way behind the public on health care
60 percent of Americans support single payer health care. So why is the party leadership dragging its feet?
America now has 6 political parties
Whoever can put together elements of a governing coalition among these six parties will win future elections.
Do Democrats really need Wall Street?
A former Democratic operative writes in The New York Times that the party needs to drop FDR's progressive coalition and strengthen ties to Wall Street. He's dead wrong.
How to rebuild progressive politics in rural America
Progressives and Democrats aren’t giving nearly the amount of attention they should to rural America if they hope to truly impact the elections.
As Sanders prepared Medicare bill, health care lobbyists bankrolled Senate...
Since 2010, Democratic senators who have refused to sponsor the bill have raised twice as much insurance industry cash as those who support the legislation.
Democratic senators join up to embrace single-payer by co-sponsoring Sanders’ “Medicare...
This new surge of Democratic support for single-payer health care may just be the beginning.
What matters is what happens next, not ‘what happened’
“Don’t stop thinking about tomorrow.”
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10 Reasons Hakeem Jeffries Should Not Be the Next Speaker of the House
“Here are ten reasons why Jeffries should not be Speaker.”
The real Dem bombshell – the new coalition’s breakthrough fusion of agendas and values
“The times, they are a-changin’ and progressive Dems, new and old, lead the redemption of America.”
Blue Tsunami, Meet the Senate Filibuster
Democrats will hold at least 54 Senate seats when the new Congress convenes on Jan. 3, 2027, but ending debate on a bill still takes 60 votes.
Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...
Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
House moves to vote on impeaching Hegseth over Iran war, boat strikes
Rep. Thomas Massie's eight articles allege at least 243 deaths in strikes on suspected drug boats, and impeachment would need three Republican votes.