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Hi all: I thought I would give a quick update on the work of the Progress Centre PAC (based in Centre County, Pennsylvania, literally the blue dot in the middle of the state) and let folks know how it's going. Quick recap: The PAC is called Progress...
by RobertZeigler
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on Wed Apr 24, 2024 at 06:54 PM PDT
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Hi all: If anyone has read my posts, you will notice I do some political work in Central PA. I helped create a PAC to help rural and progressive Dems in Central PA. The PAC is called Progress Centre and our focus is to help provide the support that...
by RobertZeigler
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on Sat Apr 06, 2024 at 07:54 AM PDT
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This is the type of coverage we need to see more of from CNN: Donald Trump-backed Senate Republican candidate Bernie Moreno, who won a tough primary race last week in Ohio, refused to say if he believes the 2020 presidential election was stolen from...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Sun Mar 24, 2024 at 10:14 AM PDT
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Well, Trump got his candidate in Bernie Moreno (R. OH) on Tuesday, beating out both State Senator Matt Dolan (R. OH) and Secretary of State Frank LaRose (R. OH) in the primary. Trump really didn’t want Dolan to win because Dolan refused to push The Big...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 11:38 AM PDT
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I am inspired by Nikki Haley - and as a lifelong progressive Democrat, that is painful to admit. Now that she’s ended her presidential campaign, I’m having complicated feelings. As an Asian American woman in politics like me, Nikki Haley is a...
by dianazhwang
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on Fri Mar 08, 2024 at 11:16 AM PST
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From Axios: Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R), running for Senate in the state, would not commit Thursday to voting for federal IVF protections. Why it matters: Republicans have largely argued IVF protections must happen at the state level after the...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Mar 07, 2024 at 07:35 PM PST
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Hi all: Some of you have read my stuff before. As an FYI, I recently had some issues with the Centre County Democratic Committee disrespecting rural Democrats and called them out on it. Someone suggested I create my own PAC or entity… well I...
by RobertZeigler
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on Sat Mar 02, 2024 at 02:07 PM PST
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This diary is a work in progress & I am hoping that Daily Kos readers can help me flesh out some of these ideas into a working strategy to steal a major issue from the GOP. I know some people who are nice enough folk except for the fears that drive...
by dlsamson
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on Thu Feb 29, 2024 at 06:44 PM PST
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Hi all, Some of you may have read my posts and such. I'm a Rural Progressive in Central Pennsylvania, (Centre County). I'm in the county of Pennsylvania that shows up as a blue dot on the map when they show elections in the state. The county itself is...
by RobertZeigler
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on Mon Jan 29, 2024 at 05:32 PM PST
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According to recent polling and how things appear on social media, younger progressives are the democrats who are the least sold on supporting and voting for President Biden's reelection against Donald Trump. New Hampshire was looking bad for President...
by Dem
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on Sat Jan 27, 2024 at 11:43 AM PST
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RSVP Now for Sunday's Town Hall with one the world's great advocates for peace and social justice, Rep. Barbara Lee, candidate for the U.S. Senate in California. Victory in this race will change the world! Across the entire 19- year history of PDA,...
by Progressive Democrats of America
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on Fri Jan 19, 2024 at 10:14 AM PST
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Happy MLK Day: Martin Luther King Jr. was just an “ersatz pastor” and a “communist,” and the 1960s civil rights movement was “crap,” according to a series of Facebook posts by Mark Robinson, the leading Republican candidate to be North Carolina’s next...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Mon Jan 15, 2024 at 11:14 AM PST
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If you think Marianne Williamson or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has a chance of winning the US presidency, then I have some swampland in Florida that I would like to sell you. Before I get into why their candidacies are generating harm for our communities,...
by LaurieAtBrowardforProgress
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on Mon Jan 08, 2024 at 04:24 PM PST
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The right wingers have pushed for a flat tax off & on for decades, but the devil is always in the details. Here’s a way to steal their thunder while making for a truly fair tax. Here’s the key: The right wingers want to impose a flat tax that doesn’t...
by dlsamson
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 07:49 PM PST
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Hi all, I am a rural progressive, a registered Democrat and I have run for some political offices (and am serving at a local level. Recently, the Centre County Democratic Party decided to only send information relating to the swearing in of their...
by RobertZeigler
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 01:56 PM PST
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Biden is not progressive, but his progressive policies worked. The huge oil companies' profits are stolen money. Romney has a message about Trump. Biden's use of progressive policies worked. Watch Politics Done Right T.V. here. Podcasts (Video — Audio)...
by Egberto Willies
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on Tue Jan 02, 2024 at 01:24 PM PST
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A self-proclaimed “stable genius” once said “There are very fine people on both sides.” No there aren’t. There are very uncivilized and unhinged people on just one side.
by Perlinator
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on Sun Dec 31, 2023 at 05:06 PM PST
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What a fucking loser: Secretary of State Frank LaRose offered an unusually blunt assessment while defending the ballot language he helped write for state Issue 1, the abortion-rights ballot measure that voters approved earlier this month, to a...
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Nov 30, 2023 at 06:22 AM PST
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If you're thinking about "voting your conscience" or "sending a message" to Democrats by voting for one of the third party candidates in November 2024, or even not voting at all, please consider the following possible to likely effects of doing this....
by monkeybrainpolitics
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on Wed Nov 22, 2023 at 10:36 AM PST
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Some encouraging news today out of Arizona :
by poopdogcomedy
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on Thu Nov 16, 2023 at 01:59 PM PST
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