Elections

90 Congressional Candidates and National Organizations Oppose War Spending No Matter What Lipstick Is Applied to It

Sixty-six congressional candidates and 24 national organizations are opposing any more funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, no matter what unrelated measures are packaged into the same bill, and no matter whether the bill appears likely to pass or not. This position contrasts strongly with that of most incumbent congress members who “oppose” and “criticize” the wars. The new Coalition Against War Spending is inviting more candidates, including all incumbents, read more

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The One Thing We Can Agree on Is Peace

By David Swanson

Anna Janek is a Republican candidate for Congress from West Bloomfield, Mich. She says: “Socialism, Communism, Welfare-ism, Globalism, Fascism, Obama-ism…it’s all the same: State control of the Human Spirit under the guise of benevolence.”

Marcy Winograd is a Democratic candidate for Congress from Los Angeles, Calif. She promises to “establish a new federal agency to employ millions of Americans building rapid transit and repairing bridges, ports, water read more

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Moving From Disclosure to Prevention of Corporate Politicking

By David Swanson, FreeSpeechForPeople.org

The US House of Representatives may soon have the opportunity to vote on whether to move forward with a constitutional amendment to ensure that we the people, not we the corporations, control our elections.

Yesterday, Congresswoman Donna Edwards introduced a proposed amendment to the DISCLOSE Act (HR 5175), a bill that would require disclosure by corporations engaged in making political expenditures as a result of the US Supreme Court’s recent ruling read more

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52 Congressional Candidates Oppose War Spending

Fifty-two congressional candidates and 18 activist organizations are opposing any more funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and inviting more candidates, incumbents, and organizations to join them.  The 52 candidates, from 21 different states, include 19 Democrats, 16 Libertarians, 15 Greens, 2 Independents, and 0 Republicans (and more may be added to the website by the time you read this).  Forty-six are candidates for the U.S. House read more

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Jim Dean's Sorta Kinda Support for Marcy Winograd

By David Swanson

Progressive organizations set up to promote and fund progressive congressional candidates tend, as a rule, not to do so. Candidates like the Democrats and Greens listed here tend not to get support. Candidates like Joe Sestak and Bill Halter attract the lion’s share of progressive backing, not because they could pass any progressive platform test (they couldn’t), but because of the awfulness of the incumbents they are opposing. Give it read more

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46 Congressional Candidates Oppose War Spending

Forty-six congressional candidates and 17 activist organizations released a statement on Monday opposing any more funding for the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and inviting more candidates, incumbents, and organizations to sign on.  The 46 candidates include 16 Libertarians, 15 Democrats, 14 Greens, 1 Independent, and thus far 0 Republicans (and more may be added to the website by the time you read this).  Forty-two are candidates for the U.S. read more

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Single-Payer Candidate Wins NC Primary

By David Swanson

North Carolina house candidate Marcus Brandon defeated a 30-year incumbent tonight, by 60% to 40%, to become the Democratic nominee in an overwhelmingly Democratic district in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Brandon has pledged to introduce a bill to create single-payer healthcare in North Carolina, and now he’ll be able to do it.

Brandon has promised that the first piece of legislation he will introduce will be the “North Carolina Healthcare Act” which will provide read more

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Marcy Winograd Wins Over Washington DC

Marcy Winograd held a packed and enthusiastic fundraiser tonight at Busboys and Poets in Washington, D.C., with Progressive Democrats of America. Everybody loved Marcy, and GAVE MONEY.

And she showed this video of the floor fight in which Marcy almost took the California Democratic Party’s endorsement away from incumbent, blue dog, honorary Republican, bribee, and war monger Jane Harman:

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