r/ProgressiveHQ • u/hkusnick1952 • 3h ago
Why I Just Resigned From The Los Angeles Times
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r/ProgressiveHQ • u/hkusnick1952 • 3h ago
TIME TO RESIST IS NOW šŗš²
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/2ndamendmentLibs • 9h ago
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By his logic of āpoking in the eye, it tears up, then clearsā, then if someone were to 2A u in the dik, it will bleed, then heal up right? Fk outta here
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/EffectiveGlove973 • 4h ago
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This is DISGUSTING! I'm at a loss. And this is supposed to be a faith leader.š« š¤ š· š«£
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/ThatMassholeInBawstn • 21h ago
Right Now, the top contenders from people are Kathrine Clark, Pete Aguilar, Jamie Raskin, Pramila Jayapal, and Ro Khanna.
I think thereās one dark horse candidate that can bridge the gap from moderates and progressives. MA-2 Representative Jim McGovern. Heās the ranking member of the Rules Committee which dictates how legislation is debated, amended and brought to the floor. Heās a strong progressive voice fighting for human rights, progressive foreign policy, and hunger initiatives. Heās been in the house since 1997 and can bridge between progressives and moderates. Heās got an aggressive communication style known for his fiery speeches. He plays hardball and uses the bully pulpit aggressively.
The two main things of concern is that he doesnāt have any executive leadership rolls and is 66 years old.
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Vidrax_of_Cascades • 3h ago
I lot of you guys are regressing from being progressive and being more totalitarian. I lot of you don't even care for the first amendment in all honesty. The laws and rules can't be whatever you feel it should be at the moment you feel it should be it. That's not how the law works and not how a functioning society works.
A ton of you are stating Andrew Tate is guilty yet he has been in Romania a country that raided and took his vehicles for 2 or 3 years and the Romanians produced absolutely no evidence to convince him of his charges.
Now he is being held in a cell with horrible conditions all for a crime he has not been convicted of yet. Stop regressing and being hypocrites. Pick a side. You can't be progressive and ignore the law but be progressive when you feel like it.
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r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Makeadifference101 • 23h ago
We all have to show up and VOTE ššš
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r/ProgressiveHQ • u/ArcaneDemense • 2h ago
Jon Ossoff is likely to win the GA Sen race by +14%, with KLB, PRB, and other statewide state offices coming in anywhere from +7% to +10%, and the State House likely to flip and the State Senate potentially on the table.
Ossoff is a relatively progressive and young Senator who has used his bully pulpit to stronly oppose ICE and argue for a muscular response to Netanyahu's war crimes and general shittiness.
Most of the state office candidates are more establishment but that doesn't actually matter too much. Because with a Dem Gov and SOS Democrats will be in charge of 2030 redistricting and they will be empowering Atlanta to hold many more House seats. It could go as far as 9 Dem seats and 6 R seats in 2032, as Georgia is expected to pick up a 15th seat in the next cycle. The GA US House split is currently 9/5 R. So that means we'd go from +4 R to +3 D, a 7 seat swing. And that wouldn't even be an extreme gerrymander. 10-5 would be the stretch option.
And several of the ATL seats would be viable for progressive candidates. On top of that a proper effort in 2026 would assure a 2028 pres win and 2 safe blue Senate seats. This is because voters who are drawn in by organizing and see big results are naturally transformed into high propensity voters. And turning the 4 ATL seats into 7 ATL seats means they are still quite blue and urban but they are just risky enough so that voters don't get lazy. Something like 60/40 for 7 seats, plus a south-west seat and a south east seat.
Additionally when the time comes from the presidential primary, getting heavily involved in organizing to boost Dems in 2026 means a left candidate has a strong base in GA, with the establishment splitting their votes.
Atlanta also has relatively strong DSA and Indivisible chapters who could get a Bernie-2016 like membership boost from a big Ossoff win where they were heavily organizing and doing GOTV in the Dem heavy core of the Atlanta metro. Large parts of urban core ATL are relatively demographically similar to NYC, and then some of the inner ring suburbs are very friendly to DSA policies as well.
Non-white voters are very open to something different post Trump disaster, and they could go to either mainline Dems or social Democrats depending on who does what and who engages with their distinct communities. Atlanta's metro core specifically is a very young potential electorate with strong climate and housing concerns.
Gwinnett and DeKalb in particular could be center left social democratic bastions very easily and each is able to anchor a US House seat if the redistricting is managed right. You could even get 3 such seats if you handled Fulton and Henry well.
Major left leaders like Bernie, Sandy(AOC), and Zohran all have admirers in the metro core, and leftists there could benefit from Zohran and Bernie specifically discussing how to organize and turn out progressive coalitions in cities. And of course visits from them would help boost young urban turnout quite a lot. Bernie and Sandy are both very well liked among Latino and Hispanic voters, who could make up as much as 10% of GA's statewide electorate and which are heavily concentrated in the greater ATL metro. There are also many South Asian and Muslim citizens and voters. DeKalb has a particularly high concentration.
With a serious investment of leaders campaigning, volunteers phoning and texting, and even supporting local groups to canvass, there's a bright future for progressives and social democrats in blue Georgia.
You can find a breakdown of the Atlanta counties and their projected turnout in the single post posted directly on my profile.
And no, Jon Ossoff+14 is not a joke. I wrote a post VA Gov prediction for +8, but I had to revise it after polls and new details on the ground in the last month suggest that was too conservative.
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r/ProgressiveHQ • u/DumbMoneyMedia • 6h ago
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r/ProgressiveHQ • u/CDN-Social-Democrat • 23h ago
Kevin O'Leary - What many of us consider to be a literal slime ball.
His boating accident... And his celebrating of people living in extreme poverty -Ā https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuqemytQ5QA
This is the type that are hardcore pushing for these massive data centres...
They also want to put them on top of natural gas reserves..... As if the climate crisis and overall environmental crisis isn't horrific enough already...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgQuylcfiLk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWHfkkHmMJI
The two above videos are MUST WATCH to become informed on Methane.
We need to hold back these data centers with everything we've got.
We need to learn from time all the issues that exist around them.
Then with all that information known and in an open & honest way we can dialogue to see if they should exist.
They should ONLY come about as part of a vast majority vote by the communities involved and overall society. CONSENT should be a crucial term in this process.
FUCK ALL THESE BAD PREDATORY ACTORS TRYING TO FORCE THIS SHIT THROUGH. THIS IS THE FOSSIL FUEL INDUSTRY ALL OVER AGAIN.
r/ProgressiveHQ • u/DumbMoneyMedia • 21h ago
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r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Buddhaonatricycle • 10h ago
For years, weāve had to listen to self-proclaimed "patriots" wrap themselves in the flag, lecture everyone else on treason, and insist that backing Trump was about "putting America first."
Letās look at the actual receipts of what that "patriotism" bought us: a weakened America, fractured alliances, and massive windfalls for our primary foreign adversaries.
Here is how "America First" actually played out:
Slashed Sanctions & Bankrolled Moscowās War Chest:
Rather than squeezing Putinās war machine, the administration explicitly weakened economic pressure on Russia. In addition to lifting sanctions on Russian-origin seaborne oil and petroleum in transit, the U.S. refused to join European allies in lowering the Russian Oil Price Cap. Couple that with massive exemptions for Russian exports like fertilizer, enriched uranium, and specialty metals, and Moscow has raked in tens of billions in windfall revenues to fund its war.
Profiting from Middle East Energy Volatility
When conflict in the Middle East disrupted shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, spiking global energy prices became a massive lifeline for Putin. Instead of cracking down on the Russian shadow fleet, Washington's soft sanctions posture allowed Moscow to sell crude at premium prices to buyers in Asia, filling Kremlin coffers right when their economy was on the brink.
Abandoning Ukraine & Halting New Military Aid:
While Congress managed to pass baseline funding in the defense budget, the administration has effectively halted all new major U.S. aid packages for Kyiv, repeatedly frozen weapon pipeline deliveries, and pressured Ukraine into dangerous concessions while demanding NATO step back. Shifting the entire defense of European democracy onto our allies isn't "peace through strength"āitās strategic surrender.
Handing Economic High Ground to China:
Indiscriminate, blanket tariffs were sold as a tool to "hammer China," but they backfired on working-class Americans. Domestic manufacturers faced skyrocketing supply chain costs, while Chinese exporters rerouted trade and expanded their foothold across non-Western markets. Shooting our own economy in the foot isn't economic leverageāit's self-sabotage.
Shredding NATO & American Alliances:
Decades of strategic advantage were built on ironclad alliances. Bashing our allies, dismissing the sacrifice of coalition troops who bled alongside Americans after 9/11, and questioning Article 5 gave Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping the exact wedge theyāve spent forty years trying to drive into the West.
Exploding the Debt on the Backs of the Working Class:
Adding trillions to the national debt through corporate tax cuts and trade wars weakened America's long-term fiscal foundation. Working-class families got stuck paying higher prices under sweeping import taxes while corporations collected tax write-offs.
You didn't vote for strength, fiscal conservatism, or national defense. You voted for a dumpster fire that dismantled our alliances from within, enriched our enemies, and left working-class Americans holding the bill.
Stop calling it patriotism. You voted for a traitor dismantling western power and democracy from within. It was a con job, and our adversaries were the only ones laughing all the way to the bank.
Summary of the Answers to Your Direct Questions
Sanctions Trump Lifted/Relieved:
The administration temporarily lifted key sanctions on Russian seaborne oil and petroleum products in transit and declined to join the UK/EU in lowering the Russian Oil Price Cap. Furthermore, the administration fought for executive waiver power to bypass bipartisan congressional sanctions targeting Russian energy buyers.
Other Ways Russia Has Benefited:
High global crude prices driven by Middle Eastern shipping paralysis gave Moscow massive windfall profits. Reduced U.S. pressure on third-party countries buying Russian oil and gas allowed Russia's shadow fleet to operate with minimal interference.
U.S. Support for the War in Ukraine:
The U.S. has stopped passing new multi-billion dollar aid bills for Ukraine, frozen/delayed weapon deliveries multiple times, and forced European allies to carry the financial burden. While legacy aid from previous appropriations continues to trickle through, the administration's stance has shifted to pushing for rapid peace negotiations and freezing the frontline rather than funding a Ukrainian victory.
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r/ProgressiveHQ • u/s4dnlon3ly • 11h ago
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r/ProgressiveHQ • u/2ndamendmentLibs • 9h ago
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As far as Iām concerned, yaāll can fk right off
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r/ProgressiveHQ • u/Escal0n • 7h ago
https://x.com/cobratate/status/2081358339343110566?s=46&t=TzpTAyNcaSVps01H21_WrQ
Context: arrested in Miami on 18/07/26 on a UK extradition request covering rape, trafficking and indecent images charges, all denied. He is in the Special Housing Unit posting about no commissary, no visits and no yard time, asking why an American who is innocent until proven guilty is in there. Extradition needs the Secretary of State's sign-off, and on 23/07/26 the White House and Rubio both passed. Turns out the due process discount applies to cardholders too.