What El-Sayed Does Next Matters

This story was updated on August 5, 2026, at 7:29 p.m. ET he Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed made the customary call for unity after a hard-fought primary against a fellow Democrat. “Always magnanimity in victory,” he told a packed crowd of supporters, adding that “however much we might disagree with our Democratic opponent, there is so much more that unites us than divides us.” But just minutes earlier, one of his most famous endorsers was pushing a much different message. “Everyone being like, Abdul has a fuck-ton of work…

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What We Built Together and What Comes Next

As we begin a new year, we wanted to take a moment to look back on what we’ve accomplished together in 2025, and to look forward to all that we will accomplish together in 2026. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts! Because of MoveOn members like you, we took action when it mattered. We pushed back against harmful fascist agendas, fought to protect democracy, elected progressive leaders up and down the ballot, and helped ensure millions of voices were heard. None of that happens without people willing to…

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Speaker Johnson’s Next Big Test: Who to Choose as Rules Committee Chairman

After narrowly escaping ouster as speaker of the House on Friday, Rep. Mike Johnson faces a decision that could determine his relationship with the hard-line conservative faction of the GOP that nearly took his job away—namely, who to appoint as chairman of the House Rules Committee. The House Committee on Rules is among the most important committees in any Congress, and it will be no different in the 119th session. As the last stop for a bill before it is considered on the floor, the committee largely determines what bills…

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