Author: MoveOn Staff
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, June 6 2016
In a new exclusive video with MoveOn.org Civic Action, Demos Action, and Inequality Media, leading progressives voices Demos’s Heather McGhee and University of California-Berkeley Professor Ian F. Haney López expose the many ways in which Donald Trump uses racism as a strategy to divide Americans—for his own gain and for the benefit of others in […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, June 2 2016
Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, responded to President Obama’s statement in support of expanding Social Security: “MoveOn members nationwide applaud President Obama’s call to expand Social Security, a significant new policy and a testament to work of grassroots activists who changed our national dialogue from one of ‘grand bargains’ that hurt seniors […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, May 18 2016
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, May 13 2016
A growing chorus of former supporters of Senator Chuck Grassley is urging the Senator to stop playing politics with the U.S. Supreme Court. Sen. Grassley is refusing to uphold his Constitutional duty to consider President’s Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, Judge Merrick Garland. Iowan, Jim R., Urbandale, Iowa.
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Courts and Judiciary
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, May 13 2016
On May 9 and 10, Iowa MoveOn members traveled to Washington, D.C. to meet with their senior Senator, Chuck Grassley. As former voters and supporters of Sen. Grassley, they delivered a powerful message that only voters can give: Sen. Grassley, you’ve lost our respect and our vote by playing politics with the Supreme Court. The […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, May 11 2016
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Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, May 3 2016
Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, had the following response to Bernie Sanders’ win in the Indiana Democratic Primary this evening: Tonight’s victory for Bernie Sanders provides more evidence that his ideas are the future of the Democratic Party. If Democrats want to ensure victory in November it’s imperative that they embrace Bernie […]
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Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, May 3 2016
MoveOn members will work to ensure country reject’s Trump’s authoritarianism and hate.
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, April 27 2016
Last night, hate-fueled candidate Donald Trump overwhelmingly won the primary elections in five different states. Now, he is 284 delegates away from being the Republican nominee for president.1 How does this keep happening? Amy Goodman, producer of “Democracy Now!,” recently sat down with AJ+ to explain the media’s role in this election. See the segment below: […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, April 26 2016
Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn.org Political Action, had the following response to Donald Trump’s sweeping wins in the Republican primaries today in Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania: “The Republican Party’s effort to ‘stop Trump’ seems to be as successful as their efforts to pass a budget in Washington or replace Obamacare. It […]
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