Progressives had perhaps their best night of the primary season on Tuesday. In Pennsylvania, Lt. Gov. John Fetterman easily emerged victorious and state Rep. Summer Lee is on track to narrowly win her contest in the state’s 12th Congressional District, outcompeting moderate Democrats in both places. Maybe most glaringly, some 2,500 miles away from the…
Author: Hanna Trudo
How Fetterman is pulling away in Pennsylvania
The gloves have yet to come off against Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in Pennsylvania’s Senate Democratic primary – and those waiting for a blue-on-blue bloodbath aren’t likely to get it.Tatted up w…
Progressive Caucus presses Biden for executive action on student loans, immigration
The Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) is renewing its push for President Biden to make use of his executive order pen to enact liberals’ top policy priorities, bypassing the narrow majorities in Congress.Outli…
Facing red wave, Democrats work on a midterm message
Democrats are working on their midterm messaging to meet the changing national sentiment on COVID-19, hoping to strike the right balance between optimism and realism in the midst of mass virus fatigue.
New Hampshire bellwether points to challenges for Democrats
MILFORD, N.H. – The battle for the Senate majority will go through New Hampshire, where Sen. Maggie Hassan (D) is facing a difficult reelection contest given the nation’s sour mood over inflation and COVID-19.Those…
Jayapal says GOP lawmaker’s behavior toward CBC chair was assault
Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wash.) accused Rep. Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) of assaulting her colleague, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-Ohio), who shared a public account of a tense interaction that occurred while the two were boardi…
Left says they’re not to blame for Biden’s problems
Progressives are pushing back at the idea that they are to blame at all for President Biden’s dismal poll numbers, arguing the White House’s problems have more to do with it moving away from a progressive agenda. …
Five Democrats the left plans to target
Progressives are preparing to try and clear out Democrats they say are hampering their ability to remodel the country while their party still controls Congress.They see the skeleton Build Back…
Left laughs off floated changes to 2024 ticket
Progressives are openly frustrated as the Biden administration flounders on issues across the board, but they are dismissing outright suggestions that previous party leaders – or, worse, Republicans – could be the solutio…
Centrist Democrats urge progressives to tamp down rhetoric
Centrists are warning progressives to back off with their favored rhetoric as the Democratic Party enters a challenging midterm year where it is in deep danger of losing the House and Senate majorities.None other t…