On the fallout from Isaac Herzog's visit to Washington and the pathetic display of apartheid apologetics borne of a single congresswoman's bravery to dare call Israel what it is: a racist state.
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Do you remember the promises made by the Democratic Party’s presidential and Congressional candidates on universal health insurance? You can forget their pledges and somber convictions now that your votes put the Democrats in charge of the House and the Senate. The Democrats’ leaders are abandoning their promises and retreating into a cowardly corporatist future. […]
Starting To Lose My Temper by Nancy Ohanian Mark Pocan (D-WI), largely responsible for accelerating the growth in the Congressional Progressive Caucus, announc3d a couple of weeks ago that he's retiring as co-chair when his term is up at the end of the year. He didn't announce, at least not publicly, that he's trying to find support for a run for the U.S.
I dissent by Nancy OhanianDan Balz wrote scorching column for the Washington Post yesterday even before Trump announced Amy Coney Barrett, Facing possible defeat, Trump threatens the integrity of the election.
Republicans aren't competitive in Washington's 10th district-- basically most of Thurston County (Olympia) and part of Pierce County (Tacoma area). With incumbent Denny Heck retiring, the jungle primary attracted 19 candidates, including 8 Democrats and 8 Republicans. The PVI is D+5 but the three top vote-getters in the high turnout election were all Democrats.
Tuesday evening Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), co-chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus was one of 43 Democrats with the guts to vote against the bloated $740 billion National Defense Authorization Act.
Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) stood up for ordinary working families, most of Congress didn'tTalking to me about the impending vote on the bailout Thursday, a former Member of Congress noted that "This is one of those rare occasions when I would say that any progressive in a safe district-- and there are plenty of them-- should have no trouble voting against this bill. It’s just doesn’t do enough, period. A proper bill would:
-by Brad Johnson@ClimateBradA thought in response to David Dayen's response to a Pramila Jayapal interview, in which Rep.
I have every intention of writing in Bernie's name in November. Why? He's the best man to be president. I don't vote against people; I vote for people. Bernie and his platform were right for 2016 and he and his platform are right for 2020. Watch the video above and maybe you will decide to write him in too.Last week, HarrisX did a Medicare-for-All poll for The Hill. They found that 69% of registered voters support Medicare-for-All.
