Party leaders have been doing everything in their power to avoid confronting the US-Israeli war in any meaningful way. Trump’s war is deeply unpopular. He is losing it badly. Its continuation would be a catastrophe. Democrats must go all in.
Daniel Lazare argues that the Supreme Court's decision in Trump v. United States (2024) follows the logic of an increasingly undemocratic Constitution
For Democrats, the main issue in the shutdown wasn’t electoral backlash — it was the filibuster. Leadership feared its removal, viewing it as a safeguard to keep the party’s rising left wing in check.
Millions of Americans could lose their health care because Democratic and union leaders refused to fight.
The Senate’s version will blow up the deficit just as much as the House’s—and its Medicaid cuts are deeper. The Senate’s cuts to Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program, are bigger than the House bill—probably in excess of $900 billion
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While the senators claim to be fighting for the working class, their actions—like voting for a government funding bill that slashes social spending while protecting corporate interests—show they’re just focused on keeping the same old machine running
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?
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.
By all indications, at least nine Senate Democrats will vote to advance the Laken Riley Act, a sweeping measure that mandates the detention of undocumented immigrants who have committed nonviolent crimes, all but ensuring that it will move forward.
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