Progressive Democrats of America Blog
Trump bombed Syria without consulting Congress — one lawmaker wants to do something about it
By Donna Smith, Executive Director - Progressive Democrats of America Congress has yet to address the lingering concerns many Americans have about unchallenged executive branch power to wage war and deploy American bombs on foreign soil, as the Trumpublican regime did...
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War or Peace?
by Dennis J. Kucinich Cleveland State University Wednesday, April 26, 2017 There is a dangerous condition in Washington, DC where people in positions of influence and great power are, at this very moment, pushing this nation and the world to the brink of a nuclear...
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VIDEO: Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Opposes Attack on Net Neutrality
By Rep. Tulsi Gabbard - Press Release Washington, DC—In a speech on the House floor today, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (HI-02) spoke out strongly against the FCC’s recent announcement of plans to unravel net neutrality: Video of Rep. Tulsi Gabbard’s speech on the House floor...
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Single Payer “Yes We Can”! PDA’s Donna Smith Talks SB 562 & HR 676
By Nurse Talk Radio The time is here for SINGLE PAYER and there is a GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT. The SINGLE PAYER HEALTHCARE MOVEMENT—more specifically California’s Healthy California Act or SB 562 and on a National level HR 676 a Single Payer Bill introduced by John...
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Progressive Democrats Celebrate Nearly 100 Cosponsors for Medicare for All Legislation
By Mike Hersh, National Communications Director and Donna Smith, Executive Director - Progressive Democrats of America Who: Progressive Democrats of America (PDA) and allies What: Celebrate Cosponsors of HR 676, the Expanded and Improved Medicare for All Act Why: To...
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We Stand With Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Standing for Peace
By Mike Hersh, Communications Coordinator and Donna Smith, Executive Director - Progressive Democrats of America Our memories can be so fleeting, and emotions can run so hot. We wrote these words several days ago, freshly feeling intense horror from the images of...
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Easiest Way To Help: A Couple Of Clicks On Facebook For 100K Likes
by Mike Fox for Donna, Janis, Judy, Kimberly, Dan, Amos, Mike H. And The Rest Of The PDA Team Social media definitely has become a major news source for the world, and an incredibly powerful organizing tool for the progressive movement as a whole. Did you know that...
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Tell Congress — No Dollars for War with Syria
By Donna Smith, Executive Director - Progressive Democrats of America PDA was honored to be on a call this week with one of our oldest and most dear friends, former Rep. Dennis Kucinich. We can only imagine how forceful Dennis would have been in opposing the intense...
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How much is enough for BIG PHARMA? Donna Smith weighs in.
By Donna Smith, Executive Director - Progressive Democrats of America Americans pay the highest price for prescription drugs in the world but the five largest drug companies raked in more than $50 BILLION in profits in 2015. What’s going on? [soundcloud...
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Bob and Maggie Greenberg Memorial Fund
By Progressive Democrats of America On Sunday, April 9, 2017, in Albuquerque, NM, PDA's dear friend Maggie Greenberg was remembered at her memorial service. Maggie died last month just a few days after we had all been together at PDA's leadership summit in Las Vegas,...
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