MoveOn: Hours Into Trump’s Second Term, He Chooses Chaos Over Common Sense

WASHINGTON – In response to President Trump’s Inauguration and anticipated executive orders, MoveOn Civic Action Executive Director Rahna Epting released the following statement:  “The American people voted for common sense and cheaper eggs, not chaos and corruption. Yet, Donald Trump is already betraying what voters sent him to Washington to do—just as he did in his first term. His Day 1 actions are an attack on millions of Americans that will not make our country stronger, our communities safer, our economy better, or our lives any easier. “There is no…

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Rural America’s False Sense of Security

Every few months throughout the pandemic, Wesley Thompson, a communications consultant in Washington, D.C., has driven to Indiana with his wife and two kids to visit his parents. He wanted to escape COVID cabin fever and give his 4- and 2-year-old some room to run around, which they could do more easily in his parents’ small town. The trips have offered him a glimpse into how Americans who live between the coasts have been spending the pandemic. In the summer of 2020, some people around his parents’ hometown “would look…

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US Democrats are struggling to make sense of a socialist surge – The Guardian

The Guardian US Democrats are struggling to make sense of a socialist surgeThe GuardianBut they add to a sense that leading Democrats are better at reviewing recent US history than previewing the next chapter. Driving that is the widening gap in profound views. A new Gallup poll concludes that support for capitalism as a system has …and more » us democrats – Google News

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Montana Democrats sense a chance to capture US House seat – Great Falls Tribune

Great Falls Tribune Montana Democrats sense a chance to capture US House seatGreat Falls TribuneHELENA, Mont. (AP) — For more than two decades, Montana's lone U.S. House seat has been a sacrificial altar where Democratic candidates' dreams are squashed. Not only have all 12 Democratic candidates since 1996 lost to Republicans, but only two of …and more » us democrats – Google News

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