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Not only does CNN analyst Harry Enten think that President Joe Biden is polling better among likely voters than registered voters, but he also says Biden might benefit from low turnout in November. "It turns out that this potentially lower turnout, who...
by Kerry Eleveld
 111 comments
on Tue Apr 30, 2024 at 10:30 AM PDT
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The Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue saw small-dollar donations for congressional candidates in the first quarter of this year rise significantly from the amount raised during the same period ...
by Kerry Eleveld
38 comments
on Fri Apr 26, 2024 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Former Navajo Nation President Jonathan Nez enters Arizona House Race to Unseat MAGA Extremist Eli Crane. Help Him Flip the Seat. Jonathan Nez who led the Navajo Nation as President through the roughest days of the COVID-19 pandemic has declared his...
by Roadrunner65
98 comments
on Sat Nov 04, 2023 at 10:00 AM PDT
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Hi all: First of all, I hope you are all having a great Labor Day Weekend. I’m that Progressive running in Central PA again and I wanted to give an update on some progress. To recap: Before the Primary, I took it upon myself to do texting on behalf of...
by RobertZeigler
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on Sat Sep 02, 2023 at 06:39 PM PDT
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31st Street Swing Left, Markers for Democracy and Swing Blue Alliance, three grassroots groups that have been mobilizing volunteers on behalf of Democratic candidates and causes since 2016, sent a survey to the leaders of nearly 50 similar...
by gmoke
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on Tue Jul 18, 2023 at 06:07 PM PDT
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The following article originally was published in The Progressive on July 3, 2023. Why Red States Are Blocking New School Voucher Programs Opposition to taking money away from public schools to fund voucher programs is an increasingly bipartisan...
by gdaigon
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on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 05:52 PM PDT
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Former Republican and anti-Trumper Tim Miller got some unwelcome praise from Trump ally Steve Bannon shortly after he published his mea culpa memoir last year, "Why we did it: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell." "You really nailed it,"...
by Kerry Eleveld
39 comments
on Fri Jun 30, 2023 at 11:34 AM PDT
with 147 Recommends
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The Right to Clean Water has 5 months left to reach their goal of 1 million signatures. This is a really important cause that is underfunded. This amendment will change the FL constitution to include clean bodies of water as a right to all Floridians....
by Rachel Brown
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on Mon May 08, 2023 at 10:48 AM PDT
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Community service is at the heart of what we do. Since 2019, the Northeast Arizona Native Democrats have been providing essential aid and our field team has been helping out their neighbors long before we officially launched our mutual aid and...
by MissaNEAZ
14 comments
on Thu Apr 13, 2023 at 09:03 AM PDT
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[Original publication 2.09.23 at @JaynieParrish] Lorencita ‘Loren’ Marshall, a citizen of the Navajo Nation will lead the Northeast Arizona Native Democrats, a project of the Navajo County Democrats, as their new Director of Campaigns and Engagement....
by MissaNEAZ
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on Fri Feb 10, 2023 at 09:09 AM PST
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Lorencita ‘Loren’ Marshall, a citizen of the Navajo Nation will lead the Northeast Arizona Native Democrats, a project of the Navajo County Democrats, as their new Director of Campaigns and Engagement. Loren will work directly with the Navajo County...
by Jaynie Parrish
27 comments
on Thu Feb 09, 2023 at 07:30 AM PST
with 74 Recommends
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How do you improve on Arizona’s most successful voter turnout campaign of 2022? Keep investing in rural and Indigenous communities, and get more Native organizers back in the field. This is exactly what we are doing. The Northeast Arizona Native...
by MissaNEAZ
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on Wed Jan 25, 2023 at 09:00 AM PST
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NOTE: If you believe in miracles, there’s some small chance that an angel may come and save DFA, in which case this is premature. It would be astonishing, but I’d love to be wrong. The story has hit the media, so I thought I’d weigh in. Democracy for...
by Malacandra
7 comments
on Tue Dec 13, 2022 at 02:51 PM PST
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In a tremendous public service to the grassroots universe, Daily Kos and Civic Shout commissioned Civiqs to conduct a survey about how Democratic voters feel about unsolicited fundraising emails and texts. There is a whole lot for the DNC, the DSCC,...
by Joan McCarter
900 comments
on Fri Nov 18, 2022 at 06:13 AM PST
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The grassroots work done by millions of progressives in states like Arizona has paid off in the historic non-red-wave results of the 2022 midterm elections. The traditional media outlets, the right-wing-o-sphere, and centrists like Sen. Kyrsten Sinema...
by Walter Einenkel
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on Mon Nov 14, 2022 at 11:19 AM PST
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“In the long run, I think we are on our way back at the same time the rest of American society is going down. Almost any book you read today on the social movements analyzes the total disintegration of American society. So I look for American Indians...
by Jaynie Parrish
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on Mon Nov 07, 2022 at 10:00 AM PST
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Just as I’ve been doing for the past two-and-a-half months, I’ll be working to get out the vote (GOTV) right up to the last minute, knowing full well how a few extra votes in the right place can make the difference. These days that GOTV work is remote,...
by Meteor Blades
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on Sun Nov 06, 2022 at 01:23 PM PST
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m.facebook.com/… This is our 12pm canvassing shift from Buncombe Dems HQ. Over 50 folks showed up to knock on doors. Jasmine and Allison both fired up the crowd before we fanned out across the county to help folks make a plan to vote in this election....
by caragraph
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on Wed Nov 02, 2022 at 07:35 AM PDT
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“It behooves us once again to stand face to face with our ideals, to renew our enthusiasm, to reckon again our duties, to take fresh views of our aims, and fresh courage for their pursuit.” -Woodrow Wilson As you see in this quote from our 28th...
by Chris Townsend
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on Fri Aug 05, 2022 at 07:31 AM PDT
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Well, after a months-long saga, the appointee of Governor Glenn Youngkin who hunted up pictures of my children online, mocked them publicly, invited other people to do the same, and then doubled down when challenged by a reporter, is now "seeking...
by SquireForYou
7 comments
on Thu Jul 28, 2022 at 06:22 AM PDT
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