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Take Action to Fix a Broken Senate

Isaiah Poole Campaign for America's Future
The Campaign for America’s Future is joining 100 other organizations in delivering a message to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and his Republican counterpart, Mitch McConnell: Enough is enough. End the obstruction. Stop the constant abuse of the filibuster.

Tidbits - Mar.20 - Reader Comments: Mahmoud Khalil Arrest Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since Red Scare; Assault on Social Security; DHS Ends TSA Officers' Contract; Teachers And Schools; Call Script: Demand the Release of Mahmoud Khalil; more....

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Reader Comments: Schumer Capitulates; Trump and Musk Getting Whooped in Courts; Bill to Ban Federal Labor Unions; Mahmoud Khalil’s Letter From Jail; Greenpeace Responds; NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION SATURDAY, APRIL 5 - Tools and Resources; and more...

Democrats Will Regret Helping To Pass the Laken Riley Act

Michelle Goldberg New York Times
Democrats have a terrible habit, during moments of right-wing backlash, of voting for Republican legislation that they don’t seem to truly believe in and eventually live to regret. The Laken Riley Act, is such a wrong vehicle.

Election Analysis – What Happens, Why, What Next?

Peter Dreier Peter Dreier
The country is evenly divided when it comes to party preference. Trump did not win a landslide like FDR in 1936, Johnson in 1964, Nixon in 1972, Reagan in 1980, or Obama in 2008. He won by a small margin in the Electoral College and popular vote.

Will the Senate Take Off the Handcuffs?

David Dayen The American Prospect
The Harris-Walz ticket and every Democrat are promising big things. But the filibuster makes that agenda impossible. Will they finally remove that barrier?

Tidbits – Jan. 18, 2024 – Reader Comments: GOP Unites Around Immunity; Lessons From the Civil Rights Movement for Today; 12 Senators Stood Up to Washington Middle East War Machine; Young Feminist Leadership Conference; Young Feminist Leadership

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Reader Comments: GOP Unites Around Immunity; Lessons from the Civil Rights Movement for Today; 12 Senators Stood Up to Washington Middle East War Machine; Genocide: Israeli Accountability, US Complicity; Young Feminist Leadership Conference; Cartoons
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