Giridharadas called out MSNBC and other establishment forces for behaving “like out-of-touch aristocrats in a dying aristocracy.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) In an appearance on MSNBC Sunday morning just hours after Sen. Bernie Sanders’ decisive victory in the Nevada ...
At an MLK event in New York City, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gave another reminder of the battle waging inside of the Democratic Party to move it further left. “We don’t have a left party in the ...
“Our military is the finest military on earth, but we should stop asking our military to solve problems that cannot be solved militarily.” There were high expectations heading into the latest Democrat Presidential Debate with ...
Deval Patrick “didn’t just make a lot of money; he made a lot of money helping a Republican billionaire rip off the black middle class.” Former Bain Capital managing director and former Massachusetts governor Deval ...
“It isn’t easy to defeat a Democratic incumbent in a primary.” (By Chad Outler and Frank Bass, Maplight) Fifteen moderate House Democrats targeted for a 2020 primary by a progressive organization have at least two ...
“They’re missing the fact that we have a very thin margin of a majority that we’re operating under and apparently it doesn’t matter to Justice Democrats, they just want to get skins.” The gulf between ...
First, a little backdrop: what the heck is a motion to recommit? According to an archived page on the official House of Representatives website under the banner of the late Democratic representative Louise Slaughter: The ...
As a confessed Sanders supporter from 2016—and thus someone making no claims to objectivity—I bristle at a number of these concerns. Especially the ones about Bernie costing Hillary the election or doing major damage to ...
I ask this as one of the growing list of fans of AOC, but it’s an honest question. If she’s a flash in the pan, why bother talking about her at all? There are any ...
Note: This post was first published before any meetings between Nancy Pelosi and the Problem Solvers Caucus. The two sides have reportedly cut a deal on proposed rule changes. I’m not the biggest fan of ...
Election Fallout is a series which will look at what’s next for the Progressive wing of the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party, and Republicans following the 2018 general elections. Received so many Congratulations from so ...
(Fact Check) The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee is airing ads across the country to boost Democrats’ chances of taking control of the House. But we found several ads that ran afoul of the facts. An ...
Activists immediately denounced the measure, which “also recommits the party to an ‘all of the above’ energy stance.” (Common Dreams) Just two months after the Democratic National Committee (DNC) was celebrated by environmentalists for banning donations from ...
In an unusual move to field a Democratic candidate for California’s 48th District House election in November, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) has spent over $110,000 to support a Republican. John Gabbard, the Republican, ...
Democrats just introduced their “Better Deal for Democracy” platform, but does it resonate? (Represent.Us, by Joshua Graham Lynn) With the introduction of their new “Better Deal for Democracy” platform, the Democrats are finally spotlighting corruption, the ...
I do not follow President Donald Trump on Twitter, if for no other reason than I don’t want to be counted among his followers. Seeing as he’s President, though, and his words matter—perhaps they should ...
West Virginian state senate candidate, Lissa Lucas, was removed from a hearing on a proposed pro-oil and gas industry bill, for reading oil industry donations to state legislators. Democratic Party candidate for West Virginia’s House ...