These are challenging times for those of us who care about our democracy, who want our leaders to be ethical and our social contracts to be honored, who believe in government—of the people, by the people, for the people—as a force for good. Each week, we have kept our spirits up by reviewing positive progress in the nation. As of August 24, 2024, we are suspending our blog while we put all of our effort into the fall campaign. We’ll be back from time to time.
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APRIL 26th, 2023:
TUCKER CARLSON’S REIGN AT FOX ENDS after ten years, showing even the powerful are vulnerable to justice, that it’s possible to “shame the shameless”—Robert Hubbell.
ALLIES OF STEVE BANNON SENTENCED TO PRISON. Brian Kolfage and Andrew Badolato sentenced to four years for defrauding hundreds of thousands of donors and stealing the proceeds from “We Build The Wall.” NBC News
TRUMP IS ADMONISHED in his civil trial with E. Jean Carroll. Trump could be “tampering with a new source of potential liability,” U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan told one of Trump’s lawyers after Trump posted on social media that the lawsuit he was overseeing was “a made-up scam.” See Politico
REPUBLICAN MEGADONOR PETER THIEL WITHDRAWS HIS SUPPORT for any 2024 Republican candidates. See Reuters
BIDEN LEADS TRUMP BY 39 POINTS with voters who don’t want either candidate and are forced to choose. See the Wall Street Journal poll
ONLY 24% OF AMERICANS VIEW MAGA POSITIVELY. See the NBC News poll
BIDEN’S RE-ELECTION VIDEO INSPIRES. Watch it here. Biden Harris Re-Election Announcement
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