As the Supreme Court appears poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, liberals are left wondering what more could have been done to protect it, with some questioning whether it’s easier to get Democrats to fight for a particular constitutional right or policy change than to defend one. Activists are experienced at advocating for policies they…
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Progressives hope Roe threat will help unseat Cuellar in Texas
Progressives and moderates are putting all their might into a south Texas runoff with outsized implications. On Tuesday, Jessica Cisneros will compete against Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas) in one of the most high-profile Democratic match-ups before this year’s midterms. A 28-year-old attorney and daughter of immigrants, Cisneros is challenging the most conservative Democrat in the…
Progressives feel vindication after major primaries
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…
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…