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8/4-5 News Roundup and Open Thread

The Progressive Wing Posted on August 4, 2021 by BennyAugust 4, 2021

The infrastructure deal was passed.

Numerous senators and house members have purchased millions in infrastructure stocks BEFORE the deal was announced.

Includes $BLNK, $TSLA, $OSK, $PLUG, and many others.

What did they know?

Link: https://t.co/raMqfkXmWj pic.twitter.com/Djch9OkoAy

— unusual_whales (@unusual_whales) August 4, 2021

Last night’s special election was indicative. Shontel Brown will likely become a member on that list.

More news, tweets, perspectives, etc in the comments. See you there.

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged 2021, Congressional insider trading, Establishment, Nina Turner

3/9 News Roundup and OT

The Progressive Wing Posted on March 9, 2021 by BennyMarch 9, 2021

Progressive Takeover of Nevada Democratic Party Sparks ‘Mass Exodus’ of Staff, Consultants

Shortly after a slate of insurgent progressives endorsed by the Las Vegas Democratic Socialists of America pulled off a clean sweep in Nevada State Democratic Party elections over the weekend, the party’s executive director notified newly elected chair Judith Whitmer that the entire staff, as well as every consultant, was quitting.

The “mass exodus” of party staffers following the progressive takeover of the Nevada Democratic Party leadership, as well as the establishment’s funneling of hundreds of thousands of dollars out of party coffers in anticipation of the results, is detailed in new reporting by The Intercept, which described the election outcome as the culmination of a years-long “battle between the insurgent progressive wing of the party and what’s known in Nevada as the Reid machine—a tightly run operation still guided by former Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.”

That fight, The Intercept’s Akela Lacy and Ryan Grim explain, “began five years ago, when Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders organized support for his 2016 presidential primary run, while Reid was working behind the scenes to help his opponent, Hillary Clinton.”

“Over the next four years, outside organizations like DSA exploded in size and strength,” Lacy and Grim write. “The Sanders campaign focused on organizing tens of thousands of young Latino voters in the state, with the goal of activating people whom the party hadn’t bothered with before. And it worked: In the 2020 cycle, after investing heavily in Nevada, Sanders won a commanding victory in the Nevada caucuses. When the Sanders campaign ended, the organizers behind it were ready to take their project to the next level.”

The years of tireless grassroots organizing has paid off, as evidenced by former Sanders delegate Judith Whitmer’s win in the Nevada Democratic Party’s leadership elections on Saturday. Also emerging victorious were Jacob Allen for first vice chair, Dr. Zaffar Iqbal for second vice chair, Ahmad Adé for party secretary, and Howard Beckerman for treasurer, spurring what one local newspaper described as “a dramatic shakeup of the state party’s power structure.”

In a statement on Saturday, Sanders applauded Whitmer’s election at the hands of the state party’s governing members, saying the new party chair “knows that we must invest in year-round grassroots organizing focused on the principles of economic, social, racial, and environmental justice.”

“If we build a political movement that speaks to working people,” the Vermont senator added, “we will continue to build on our political success in Nevada.”

As the Las Vegas Review-Journal noted, “Whitmer has spent years organizing and encouraging young progressives to serve on the very state central committee that elected her. She was endorsed by the state party’s Left Caucus, which she founded, and the local chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America.”

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Posted in Activism, grassroots, News, Open Thread | Tagged 2021, DSA, NV Dem Party

February 9 Open Thread—Impeachment Hearings at 1:00

The Progressive Wing Posted on February 9, 2021 by NYCVGFebruary 9, 2021

First some good news:  The United States Covid Death Toll yesterday was 1,517,   Significantly better than the 5000+ posted one day last week and continuing yesterday’s 1,300+ drop in fatalities.

 

If you are interested in following the Impeachment, the Oral Arguments will begin at 1:00 today for 4 hours.

Tomorrow a 16 hour debate begins.

I await the wrap-up of this particular puppet show so we can get back to the usual business of watching the Democrats manage to lose the next election while pretending that they care about what we care about and at the same time achieving so little that the GOP can win back control.

If you think this is too cynical I wonder where you were in 2010.

Good morning all.  We have a rare non-snowy day in NYC this morning so I’m headed out to re-stock.

I congratulate Speaker Pelosi, Chairman Scott and @USProgressives for including a $15 minimum wage in the House reconciliation bill. In 2021, a job should lift workers out of poverty, not keep them in it. Increasing the minimum wage will give tens of millions of workers a raise. https://t.co/19CkngNsN6

— Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) February 8, 2021

Posted in Open Thread | Tagged 2021, 2nd Impeachment Hearings, DJT, Senate

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2022 Progressive Candidates

The Squad

  • Becca Balint (VT-Rep) – WON
  • Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) – Profile – WON
  • Cori Bush (MO-01) – Profile – WON
  • Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY-14) – Profile – WON
  • Ilhan Omar (MN-05) – WON
  • Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) – WON
  • Rashida Tlaib (MI-12) – Profile – WON

House

  • Greg Casar (TX-35) – WON
  • Maxwell Frost (FL-10) – WON
  • Jesús “Chuy” García (IL-04) – WON
  • Pramila Jayapal (WA-07) – WON
  • Ro Khanna (CA-17) – WON
  • Summer Lee (PA-12) – WON
  • Mark Pocan (WI-02) – WON

Senate

  • John Fetterman (PA) – WON
  • Katie Porter (CA) – 2024
  • Raphael Warnock (GA) – WON

 

State & Local Races

  • Anna Eskamani (FL-HD-47) – WON
  • Christina Jones (Raleigh, NC City Council District E) – WON

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