Short answer: absolutely. If you've visited the DWT ActBlue page this year, you've probably noticed that we're still raising money for Bernie-- as well as for a small handful of other non-presidential 2020 candidates. I know a lot of people in Bernie-world. When I talk with them I ask if he's running.
When I met Jeff Merkley in 2007, he was Oegon's state House speaker and a candidate for a U.S. Senate seat held by Republican Gordon Smith. He was a working class guy seeking to join a millionaires club. As minority leader of the state legislature, he directed the successful Democratic drive to win the majority and was unanimously elected speaker in 2006. He ran as an unabashed progressive from day one and Blue America endorsed him.
As over a million Americans rush to evacuate their homes just days before Hurricane Florence is expected to slam into the Carolinas, Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) released documents late Tuesday showing that the Trump administration transferred nearly $10 million away from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) just ahead of hurricane season in order to fund the White House’s cruel family separation and deportation efforts.
Closest allies, secret networks and surge pricing + this day in history w/the execution of Timothy McVeigh and our song of the day by Sex Headaches on your Morning Monarchy for June 11, 2018.
Hit-and-run down, jetset Jesus and suicide by scarf + this day in history w/Operation Opera and our song of the day by Kanye West on your Morning Monarchy for June 7, 2018.
(CD) — America’s inhumane immigration system has come under growing scrutiny in recent days after President Donald Trump introduced his new policy of separating migrant children from their families, and when a sitting U.S. senator attempted on Sunday to examine the conditions of one immigrant detention center in Texas—where “hundreds” of children are reportedly being held—facility staff refused to allow him inside […]
America’s inhumane immigration system has come under growing scrutiny in recent days after President Donald Trump introduced his new policy of separating migrant children from their families, and when a sitting U.S.
(ZHE) — During a routine Congressional hearing on Wednesday, US military leaders publicly admonished Russian President Vladimir Putin for unveiling six powerful new weapons during his annual address to lawmakers, including what’s believed to be a modified Iskander ballistic missile capable of defeating US and NATO anti-ballistic missile systems. Using Putin’s escalation as one more justification for asking that all of […]
