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Progressives must force Democrats to fight
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Politics Done Right has been on the topic of a lack of spine consistently shown by Democrats. Appeasement and fear haven’t served them well. A refusal to work on a real narrative consistent with their platform hasn’t. Not diligently working to ensure ALL people in its base are at the forefront of legislation when in power hasn’t. DACA, Women, People of Color deserve the same attention the Right gives its appendages when they are in power. Yes, one must legislate for all but different constituencies require specific actions denied them when the government is in the hands of the nationalists.
Today we have a special guest.
Carolina Ramirez is undocumented, unafraid and unapologetic. She is the Education Equity Program Manager at United We Dream Network, the largest immigrant youth-led network in the country that organizes and advocates for the dignity and fair treatment of immigrant youth and families, regardless of immigration status. Carolina is one of the founding members of the UWD Houston chapter along with Oscar Hernandez. UWDH has led civic engagement work and the defeat of the 287G program in Harris County. Currently, the network’s most pressing campaign is for the bipartisan Dream Act which would provide a pathway to citizenship and protection from deportation for immigrant youth and young adults that came into the country as children. Carolina is originally from Coahuila, Mexico has called Texas home for 24 years and is a DACA beneficiary.
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But let’s get to the Blog of the Week.
Blog of the week
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My Blog Posts Of The Week
- Economist Larry Summers: Big Beautiful Bill will kill over 100,000 people.
- Kentucky Gov. explains Big Beautiful Bill’s exploitation & slams Republican governor’s dereliction.
- Texas politicians’ incompetence & Trump’s policies exposed by Texas flood mass deaths.
- CNN Host allowed a Trump official to lie by omission and misinformation about Big Beautiful Bill.
- Big Beautiful Bill uses tax credits for rich people to fund religious schools and vouchers.
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren calls out Republicans as spineless followers of Trump.
- I called my GOP Congressman, Dan Crenshaw. The staff’s answers imply they’re instructed to lie us.
- AOC did not mince her words as she explained why the Big Beautiful Bill is a deal with the devil.
- Are you depressed and ready to check out of our politics? Please hear this!
- Watch Sen. Chris Murphy urge Democrats to wise up and get behind Zohran Mamdani.
- GOP Sen. Thom Tillis slammed GOP & Trump for lying about cutting Medicaid in a rabid floor speech.
- Democrats have the winning hand yet their spokespersons botch it ceding the narrative to the GOP.
- NO Trump! You lied! The Iranian nuclear program was not obliterated.
- Trump’s Latino supporters exposed a cultural disease metastasized from the white supremacy cancer.
- McConnell is correct that MAGA “will get over” the big beautiful bill, because you don’t know this!
- Anand Giridharadas pushes back on the Morning Joe panel about the meaning of Zohran Mamdani’s win.
- What does Mamdani’s win mean for progressives all over the country?
- Elizabeth Warren: Republican ‘party line is to lie’ about Medicaid cuts in the Big Beautiful Bill.
- Don’t believe Trump’s bombing lies about the U.S.-Iran War
- Failing Upward: Another Musk SpaceX rocket blow up as his ineptitude continues to manifest itself.
My Other Posts At DailyKos.com
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