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Behold the U.S.’s 250th birthday, brought to you by corporate behemoths, via Trump
WASHINGTON—Behold the United States’ 250th birthday celebration, brought to you by a cavalcade of corporate behemoths, via Donald Trump. And much of it will be paid for by you and me. At least $103 million in taxpayer dollars were funneled to favorite Trump companies via no-bid contracts from the Trump-established celebration committee, Freedom 250. It has also collected tens of…Read More
Iran Deal Should be Embraced, Not Sabotaged
Congress Must Not Let Opposition to Trump Become Opposition to Peace Washington, D.C. — On Sunday, President Donald Trump and Iranian officials announced that they have reached an initial peace deal. Demand Progress has been highly critical of President Trump’s decision to launch the war and has led multiple efforts to support war powers resolutions … Continued The post Iran…Read More
Solidarity with the Ohio Organizing Collaborative
June 15, 2026—The Democracy Alliance issued the following statement following reports that federal agents raided an office of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative and showed up at employees’ homes last week. “The Democracy Alliance condemns in the strongest possible terms last week’s FBI raid on the Ohio Organizing Collaborative, a respected pro-democracy organization that for nearly two decades has helped Ohioans…Read More
Coffee Break: OpenAI, Amazon Colluding With Trump Against Anthropic
The Trump administration is in conflict with Anthropic and rival OpenAI is trying to take advantage because Anthropic is a threat to them. Source link www.nakedcapitalism.comRead More
The Mladenov distraction: Behind the screen, Netanyahu is annexing Gaza ‘step-by-step’
Gaza requires urgent international attention. What is happening in the besieged and devastated Strip at the moment by far exceeds an unfolding humanitarian disaster; it is a calculated geopolitical reshaping. Israel is actively executing a plan to permanently occupy the vast majority of Gaza, with consequences that require little elaboration, considering what we already know about the ongoing genocide. Currently,…Read More
Organizing 101: Your Story Is Power: How Your Experiences Inspire Change
This blog is part of the series ‘Organizing 101: Outrage to Organizing.’ We just learned about the power of the messenger and now we’re going to learn about the power of your story. Becoming a leader in your community isn’t just about strategy or tactics — it’s also about the stories we tell. Our stories help us connect, persuade, and…Read More
Organizing 101: The Messenger Matters: Organizing Through the Power of Personal Relationships
This blog is part of a longer series called ‘Organizing 101: Outrage to Organizing.’ In our most recent edition of “Organizing 101”, we learned about building community through relationships. The common thread through this series is that people are powerful. Leadership and change happens through people and the power we have when we all work together. While we’ve learned the…Read More
Hoop Dreams on the D Train: A Night of Roots and Tears
Because I gave up my TV in 2016 (when I moved from Massachusetts to California), I’ve barely watched sports since. Certainly not the Knicks, twice removed after growing up in the Bronx, then spending most of my adult life in Boston (learning to at least appreciate the hated Celtics). I calculated, when making that no-TV decision, that I had spent…Read More
Why We Changed Our Code of Ethics to Address Prediction Markets
What would you think of me, the ProPublica editor responsible for newsroom standards, if I placed a bet on the baseball game I’m currently listening to on the radio? Probably that I’m doing something plenty of others do, and that my wallet will be lighter in a few innings. What would you think of me if I stood to make…Read More
How Did, How Could Trump Do This?!
It’s a gross use of something *very* important. It’s something that should piss off anyone who has served, all to lead up to the damn cage match, where everyone should have been eaten alive with clouds of mosquitoes and gnats, because it looks like the weather cooperated for it. With respect for Raw Story: A […] The post How Did,…Read More