One of the problems encountered by Christian nationalist pseudo-historians like David Barton is how to address the issue of slavery. After all, the core of Barton’s message is that the Founders of this nation were good Christian men who intended to create a good Christian country but this narrative conflicts with the simple fact that […]
Posts Tagged ‘progressives’
As RFK Jr. shifts his 2024 strategy, he’s bad news for progressives
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. offers progressives a mishmash of appealing statements, “free market” corporatism and assorted political toxins. Source Views: 0
Layoffs at Justice Democrats shake progressives
Large-scale layoffs at a top left-wing organization are underscoring progressives’ challenges in the Biden era, with major figures becoming despondent about what the future of their movement could look like. Justice Democrats, the upstart-turned-powerhouse group that helped insurgents win seats in Congress, recently made significant operational changes and cuts to its workforce, prompting a debate […]
NYC progressives fear ‘total failure to coalesce’ around mayoral primary challenge
NEW YORK — Mayor Eric Adams has said there’s a “coordinated effort” to keep him from a second term. He’s entirely right. About two dozen progressive organizers, political consultants and nonprofit leaders — united by their desire to defeat the moderate Democratic mayor in 2025 — joined a secretive meeting at a home on Staten […]
Cornel West bid prompts worries from progressives: ‘I just wish he wasn’t doing it’
Progressive lawmakers are voicing concerns over Cornel West’s third-party bid, worried that a figure they respect could cripple President Biden’s prospects in 2024. West launched a Green Party campaign earlier this year to inject more leftism into the election cycle. He’s challenging both the Democratic and Republican establishments, raging against them in equal measure, and […]
Progressives Go Apocalyptic in Transgender Debate
Missouri’s progressives are using apocalyptic claims to denounce the new state regulations that protect children from transgender treatments. Source Views: 0
‘Fascism, full stop’: Progressives in Congress condemn expulsion of Tennessee Democrats
“Republicans may think they won today in Tennessee, but their fascism is only further radicalizing and awakening an earthquake of young people.” Source Views: 0
Disagreement Among Progressives Over Whether The Vax Is The Literal Body Of Fauci Or Just Symbolic
U.S. — A dispute regarding the nature of vaccination has arisen among faithful followers of The Science, and of Fauci its prophet. According to sources, some progressives say that the sacrament of vaccination is the literal body of Fauci, while others believe it is only symbolic. Source Views: 0
Treading water, Biden needs what energizes progressives: vision
Rethugs corrupt politics as war,/ Sucker punching with doom, gloom and gore. Source Views: 0
Katie Halper loses job at ‘The Hill’ after calling on progressives to dismantle Israeli apartheid
Fired by The Hill TV for a commentary supporting Rashida Tlaib on the apartheid accusation against Israel and calling for Americans to dismantle apartheid, independent journalist Katie Halper has now published that commentary. Halper’s monologue is racking up views (20,000 so far today) and hundreds of supportive comments. The case reflects growing support for Palestinian […]
Progressives Demand Two Migrants for Every U.S. Baby
The U.S. government must end the “venomous nativism” of ordinary patriotic Americans by flooding it with tens of millions of immigrants, according to two immigrants, Indian-born Deepak Bhargava and South Korean-born Rich Stolz. Americans’ “politics of fear and racism” must be drowned by even more poor immigrants, say the two Democratic-aligned progressive activist-authors: Under our […]
An anti-Semitism expert says that progressives ‘have the right to exclude Zionists’
A leading expert on anti-Semitism has said that university campus groups “have the right to exclude Zionists.” Writing in the Times of Israel, Kenneth Stern argued that, although it may be “hurtful” and counterproductive, the right of progressive groups to exclude advocates of the occupation state must be respected. Stern is the US attorney who […]
Steps left for electing Progressives and defeating Republicans in the midterms
Stopping unhinged Republicans will require that often-deplorable Democrats defeat them. Views: 0
‘You will see the wrath’ — Progressives warn Biden against cutting down agenda
The situation has alarmed liberal advocates and unnerved Democrats who believe winning the support of parents is key to keeping control of power in Washington. Caregivers already exhausted by the pandemic now face rising prices due to historic inflation, with no relief in sight. Republicans, sensing an opening, are attempting to make fresh inroads on […]
Progressives Must Demand Peace in Ukraine
Is a Russian invasion of Ukraine imminent? At the heart of this avoidable catastrophe is Moscow’s concern over the ever-increasing U.S. military threat on its doorstep. Since the Soviet Union fell, the United States, through its NATO allies, has pushed troops and arms closer to Russia, despite the “not one inch eastward” promise made by U.S. Secretary of […]
House progressives, climate coalition demand end to ‘fossil fuel handouts’
Progressives in the U.S. House of Representatives and a coalition of 140 advocacy groups this week ramped up pressure on Senate Democrats to serve people and the planet, not polluters, with the climate provisions of the Build Back Better Act. The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) statement and coalition’s letter came amid reports that Senate Democrats may delay a vote on […]
Progressives sweep 2021’s municipal elections across Georgia
Georgia’s 2021 municipal runoff elections saw dozens of progressives elected as new mayors, city council members and local officials in a wave that challenges the political narrative that only centrists can win in Southern battleground states, according to several organizers of voter outreach efforts. “Last night proves two things,” said Ray McClendon, the Atlanta NAACP’s […]
Progressives to Biden: If you want to be popular, take on corporate greed
Image Credit: EPA-EFE/DNCC Following Terry McAuliffe’s Tuesday night loss in Virginia’s gubernatorial election and amid the White House’s ongoing failure to enact redistributive legislation due to obstruction from Republicans and right-wing Democrats in Congress, progressives are urging President Joe Biden to fully embrace and use his executive authority to challenge corporate power, which they say […]