According to the Premier’s hyper-partisan political playbook, you never apologize to your enemy – not if you can avoid it. But on this matter, she
Launch‘Data-driven’ campaigns are killing the Democratic Party
“Over four straight cycles, Democrats have suffered historic losses. Why? Because they learned all the wrong lessons from Obama’s success.”
LaunchRepublicans vote to rebuke Elizabeth Warren, saying she impugned Sessions’s character
“I will not be silent about a nominee for Attorney General who has made derogatory & racist comments that have no place in our justice system,” declared Elizabeth Warren, after Senate Republicans voted to have her speech against Sessions stricken from the record and prohibit her from speaking again during the debate over Sessions’ nomination. Warren’s offense? Reading a letter Coretta Scott King wrote in the 1980s opposing Sessions’ nomination for a judgeship.
LaunchElizabeth Warren gives progressives in Congress a rousing call to arms against Trump
Republican politicians have pushed one policy after another that has favored the rich and powerful over everyone else, and far too often, Democrats have gone
LaunchAs Democrats take to the streets, lawmakers rush to keep up
Democrats either need to feed, nurture and aggressively champion the resistance, or they need to get out of the way in favor of someone who
LaunchHillary Clinton’s loss in Michigan, explained by the last Democrat to win in Michigan
As far as I know, she didn’t stop at any UAW halls. I probably would have been invited to be with her if she was
LaunchPaul Krugman: How republics end
[T]he sickness of American politics didn’t begin with Donald Trump, any more than the sickness of the Roman Republic began with Caesar. The erosion of
LaunchNPI’s pollster on why Pat McCrory lost and what it means in Trump’s America
Pushing back hard on McCrory worked. The seeds of his final defeat today were very much planted in the summer of 2013. And it’s a
LaunchRural Democrats: Party ignored us, suffered the consequences
“Strategists say candidates need to emphasize broadband internet for all, consider advertising in rural newspapers, radio,” reports Alex Roarty.
LaunchRepublicans are now vowing Total War. And the consequences could be immense.
You may not like what Democrats stand for, but they aren’t engaging in widespread official vote suppression, chanting that should their candidate win her opponent
LaunchDonald Trump vows retaliation as Republicans abandon him
The Republican Party is caught in a theater fire; people are just running to different exits as fast as they can. — Steven Law, a
Launch2016 RNC speechwriter: I think I’ll vote for Clinton, Trump’s too terrifying
Still, the prospect of voting for Hillary Clinton is uncomfortable to me, as if Dr. Van Helsing were compelled to vote for Dracula. But the
LaunchJon Stewart takes over Stephen Colbert’s Late Show desk and it is glorious
Jon Stewart Takes Over Colbert’s Late Show Desk (via CBS)
LaunchBernie Sanders to launch two new organizations: The Sanders Institute and Our Revolution
Bernie Sanders has given USAToday a preview of his future plans, saying that he plans to launch an organization called The Sanders Institute to raise awareness of structural problems like money in politics, and another called Our Revolution to recruit, train, and fund progressive campaigns.
LaunchPresident Barack Obama is back in Seattle to shake the money tree
President Barack Obama has returned to the Puget Sound region to raise money for the Democratic Party and Governor Jay Inslee. According to a press
LaunchHillary Clinton clobbers Donald Trump in landmark campaign speech
Denouncing Trump, Clinton declared: “He is not just unprepared; he is temperamentally unfit to hold an office that requires knowledge, stability and immense responsibility. This is not someone who should ever have the nuclear codes because it’s not hard to imagine Donald Trump leading us into a war just because somebody got under his very thin skin.”
LaunchTrump may be doing permanent damage to Washington’s Republican Party
“Was last Tuesday one of the worst moments for local Republicans in recent history? When it comes to their party’s long-term chances in Washington state, it may well have been,” writes consultant and analyst Benjamin Anderstone.
LaunchRise of Donald Trump tracks growing debate over global fascism
“Americans are used to the idea that other countries may be vulnerable to such movements, but while figures like Father Charles Coughlin, the demagogic radio broadcaster, enjoyed wide followings in the 1930s, neither major party has ever nominated anyone quite like Mr. Trump,” writes Peter Baker.
Launch“Berniecrats” to activate for local races
KING5’s Natalie Brand talks to NPI boardmember and Washington for Bernie Sanders organizer Mario Brown about the movement’s plans to organize on behalf of downballot
LaunchNew York Times editorial board calls on Democratic Party to listen to Bernie Sanders and his supporters
Unlike the voices on the Republican side, Mr. Sanders’s has elevated this campaign. The Democratic Party should listen. — The New York Times Editorial Board:
LaunchJohn McCain fundraiser and Republican operative Emily Pitha arrested in Phoenix meth lab bust
John McCain fundraiser and Republican operative Emily Pitha arrested in Phoenix meth lab bust “A Phoenix woman who has worked for top Arizona Republicans and
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