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If Democrats regain control of the House, they must investigate this flagrant abuse of power by Trump, Vance, and the Department of Justice.

Hegseth is the most incompetent person in the Trump regime — with the exception of Trump himself — and a clear and present danger to the security of the United States and the world.

Voters are backing progressives because they want candidates who will fight for the working class. Corporate Democrats are on the defensive because their campaign cash isn’t working the way it used to.

The disgraced Lori Chavez-DeRemer is what you get when you have a president and White House staff who don’t give a rat’s ass about whom they appoint to positions of power except for their loyalty to Trump and how they look on television.

Clarence Thomas's attack on progressivism last week was the last straw

Elmo Fired? Why is Trump so hell bent on defunding PBS? It's part of a larger plan - one where he can control not just what we do, but what we think.

The importance of progressive populism

It’s the only way to hold the Trump regime accountable. Call your senators now. Why should any member of Congress vote to give Trump and Musk a trillion dollars and then let them decide how to spend it — or not spend it?

The forces of Trumpian repression and neofascism would like nothing better than for us to give up. Then they’d win it all. But we cannot allow them to. Protect the vulnerable, organize boycotts and keep fighting.

It didn’t need to. It shouldn’t have. But there’s a big reason why it thought it must.