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'No More Excuses,' Thunders Bernie Sanders. 'Democrats Must Deliver' commondreams.org/news/democr…
Despite Midterm Win, Are Democrats About to Help GOP Pass 'Massive Giveaway' to Big Oil and Big Tech? | "Handing Stephen Miller a loaded howitzer is not something any senator should even contemplate. Period." commondreams.org/news/democr…
This was a decisive rejection of Trumpism—and it happened on a significantly tilted playing field, writes @peter_certo. commondreams.org/opinion/dem…
There's a lesson here for every party, every campaign, and every pundit: Young people aren't apathetic. We're exhausted by politicians who ignore us until they need us and never seem to deliver once they win, writes @rafaeldjaime of @uaw_4811. commondreams.org/opinion/cal…
For marine conservation groups there will be new opportunities starting now to work with both Congress and with newly elected state officials. commondreams.org/opinion/blu…
Without definitive progress at COP31, climate pledges, and indeed the COP conferences themselves, risk collapsing into broken promises and losing public trust, writes Rachael Mellor of @BetterWorldInfo. commondreams.org/opinion/wil…
How Corporate Media Downplays Scale of Trump Corruption commondreams.org/opinion/tru…
Bernie Sanders: Increasing Social Security Payments by $2400 Next Year a Top Priority | "How? By scrapping the cap and demanding that the wealthy pay their fair share of taxes." commondreams.org/news/increa…
'Enough. Have Mercy on Us!' Suffering in Gaza Escalates as 70,000 Tents Destroyed by Floods | “We are poor people in Gaza. We want to live. We do not want to die from the bombing or the cold." commondreams.org/news/floods…
Petition Calling for House Speaker Other Than Hakeem Jeffries Hits 1 Million Signatures
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Petition Calling for House Speaker Other Than Hakeem Jeffries About to Hit 1 Million Signatures commondreams.org/news/petiti…
Ask yourself what Russia and China will think if the US and Israel use a nuclear weapon in Iran. Will they think that they are next? ask Peter Kuznick and @IvanaNHughes. commondreams.org/opinion/sav…
'If He Wants to Pass Trumpcare-for-All, I'm OK With It,' Says El-Sayed | "@realDonaldtrump, if you're watching, we'll put your name on it. You get to be the American president who finally guaranteed health care for every single American." commondreams.org/news/trumpc…
Vance’s X-essay is thus not a departure from the political project that brought Trump to power, but a swift, billionaire-backed exercise in working out how to repackage its promises and mobilize them again. commondreams.org/opinion/bew…
The choice now is not between purity and betrayal, but between paralysis, allowing Netanyahu's wars to continue unchecked, and strategic disruption, writes @RamzyBaroud. commondreams.org/opinion/ara…
Unless Democratic Leaders Buck Their Corporate Masters, Nothing Will Fundamentally Change | So long as lawmakers remain more loyal to their Wall Street donors than to working-class, don't expect even this Blue Tsunami to alter their political leanings ver commondreams.org/opinion/dem…
In this moment of burgeoning economic populism, shorter workweeks could be a policy that helps politicians deliver real widespread change that is also immensely popular. commondreams.org/opinion/lul…
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Democrats didn’t start talking about billionaires and corporate power on its own.
A decade of progressive organizing put class consciousness at the center of the debate.
Trump is reportedly considering an executive order to label nonprofits supporting his political opponents as "terrorist" organizations to strip them of their tax-exempt status. commondreams.org/news/trump-…
"He's the vice president of the United States of America. He is not just some commentator online. And there has to be a reckoning." commondreams.org/news/jd-van…
