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Rough $’s of what TRUMPS first ICE deported MOM may have cost American Taxpayers – If we spend the $750,000+- on deporting one person – isn’t that the stupidest way to spend our precious tax $$$$$?

The Progressive Wing Posted on February 13, 2017 by CA DemocratFebruary 13, 2017

We need someone in the White House with some $ sense – this plan of TRUMPS makes no sense  – http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/02/10/216-billion-internal-dhs-report-shows-border-wall-cost-roughly-double-what-trump http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/02/13/daywithoutlatinos-rapid-response-teams-deportation-resistance-builds   http://www.commondreams.org/further/2017/02/09/trumps-first-deported-bad-hombre-working-tax-paying-mom-two-american-teenagers

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Posted in Activism | Tagged Donald Trump, ICE, ICE-Deportataions

1-26-2017 note from Jill Stein with PA, WI, MI Recount updates

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 26, 2017 by CA DemocratJanuary 26, 2017

1-26-2017 note from Jill Stein with PA, WI, MI Recount updates: When we decided to initiate a recount, together with over 10,000 volunteers and 161,000 donors, we knew it wouldn’t be easy.But we had little idea how hard the political establishment would fight against transparent, accountable elections. In Michigan, Trump’s GOP cronies stopped the recount despite – or maybe because of – revelations about major problems with the vote count, particularly in under-resourced black and brown communities. In Wisconsin, although the law was on our side, many low-income communities of color most vulnerable to tampering never got the hand recount … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Michigan, Pennsylvania, recount2016, Wisconsin

Justice Democrats Have Huge Success in first 48 hours, over 50K people have signed up at JusticeDemocrats.com, nearly $200K was donated and 950 candidates were nominated (by themselves or others) to run for office.

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 26, 2017 by CA DemocratJanuary 27, 2017

Some Background in case not everyone knows what they are doing so far: Some background and info on Justice Democrats, their successes so far, 16 min YouTube Video by Kyle Kulinski (in the Young Turks media group? Note: Kyle has 457,346 subscribers • and 282,266,020 YouTube views )   https://www.youtube.com/user/TheYoungTurks From WAPO “The aim in 2018 is to put a significant number of Justice Democrats in the Congress. The aim for 2020 is to more significantly take over the Democratic Party,” Uygur said. “If they’re going to continue to be corporate Democrats, that’s doomed for failure for the rest of time.” Justice Democrats cohered after the 2016 election, when Uygur began talking to … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged JusticeDemocrats

ACA Repeal – Biggest Single Loss of Jobs Program of ALL TIME – 2.5M+ jobs – State By State Analysis – links and reports – Good decent paying Healthcare and more jobs lost by state with recent repeal of ACA by GOP and TRUMP. Some of these details may have been not reported in detail by the MSM (main stream media)

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 23, 2017 by CA DemocratJanuary 23, 2017

Good decent paying Healthcare and more jobs lost by state with recent repeal of ACA by GOP and TRUMP.  Some of these details may have been not reported in detail by the MSM (main stream media): California Jobs Lost Some Notes from the Reports at: The Economic and Employment Consequences of Repealing Federal Health Reform: A 50 State Analysis Source:George Washington University analyses The Impact of Health Reform Repeal on Employment   1 R. Bade and B. Everett, “GOP May Delay Obamacare Replacement for Years,” Politico, Dec. 1, 2016. 2 L. J. Blumberg M. Buettgens, and J. Holahan, Implications of … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, Issues | Tagged Healthcare

Major Updates Sat 1-21-2017 5 PM CA Time: 10.9M+ views on Facebook at Midnight after being up 14.5 hours !!!!!!!! Sanders 40 sec video on Friday’s inauguration. 175,000+ Facebook shares. 14,000+ comments. Sanders Video goes viral.

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 21, 2017 by CA DemocratJanuary 21, 2017

Major Updates Sat 1-21-2017 5 PM CA Time Check to see latest numbers and the 40 sec video on Facebook ! See the Latest Twitter Numbers Sanders seems to be the only non-Republican that can get his message through to people The Sanders Staff posted this 40 sec video on Friday’s inauguration on Facebook at 6 AM on Friday Inagural day https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders/videos/10155556852137908/ as of Midnight Friday night CA time the Facebook video had: 10.9M+ views on Facebook at Midnight after being up 14.5 hours !!!!!!!! 175,000+ Facebook shares. 14,000+ comments. Sanders Video goes viral.   as of 4 PM CA time Sat on Facebook the video had: 13.35M+ … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism, The Movement | Tagged Bernie Sanders

Does No One Care That up to 7 Million Votes Were Not Counted?

The Progressive Wing Posted on January 9, 2017 by CA DemocratFebruary 6, 2017

Does No One Care That up to 7 Million Votes Were Not Counted? By Thom Hartmann – Crosscheck kicked millions of people – overwhelmingly people of color, according to Palast – off the voting rolls before election day. In many key states, the number of people purged by Crosscheck was much, much larger than Trump’s margin of victory. MI, WI, PA – As of 1-9-2016 Thoms story has almost 40,000 FB shares, 800+ Twitter Shares, and 40,000+ shares in other ways. at 100,000+- shares, sharing is running 100 times that of many recent stories posted to his site. Does No … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Democrats, Donald Trump, Election Justice, Elections, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

CA adds some new ways for Voters to Vote and some other big and baby steps forward (and backward) – 8 bills that passed and 2 that the Governor should have signed but vetoed instead

The Progressive Wing Posted on December 27, 2016 by CA DemocratDecember 27, 2016

Some of the 502 bills introduced in the legislature to modify the CA Election processes since 2015. SB 450 – Signed into law in September 2016 – Voters will soon cast ballots in ‘centers’ instead of neighborhood polling places in 2018 California is on the verge of sweeping changes to its election system intended to boost plummeting voter turnout. Based on a model used in Colorado, Senate Bill 450 would authorize counties beginning in 2018 to conduct elections where every voter is mailed a ballot and drop-off locations are available up to four weeks ahead of time in lieu of polling … Continue reading →

Posted in California | Tagged California, Election Justice, Elections

How Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated? Groundbreaking new study by the Brennan Center on how to dramatically cut the prison population – FYI: Nearly 40 percent of the U.S. prison population — 576,000 people — are behind bars with no compelling public safety reason

The Progressive Wing Posted on December 11, 2016 by CA DemocratDecember 11, 2016

How Many Americans Are Unnecessarily Incarcerated? Groundbreaking new study the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law just released on how to dramatically cut the prison population. The report launched in a New York Times interactive feature by Timothy Williams.  “Four Violent Crimes: You Decide the Sentence” gives readers the opportunity to weigh in on prison sentencing Nearly 40 percent of the U.S. prison population — 576,000 people — are behind bars with no compelling public safety reason, according to a new report from the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. The first-of-its-kind analysis provides … Continue reading →

Posted in Activism | Tagged Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, Criminal Justice

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