By MoveOn Staff. Saturday, December 13 2014
On Saturday, MoveOn staff and members showed up in full force for RootsCamp—a one-of-a-kind “unconference” organized by our friends at the New Organizing Institute—bearing Run Warren Run banners, stickers, signs, and t-shirts. With swag in hand, we had conversations with progressive activists eager to learn more about our campaign to encourage Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren […]
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Candidates | Elections
By Corinne Ball. Friday, December 12 2014
President Obama and U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder have the power to move forward much-needed federal reforms and seek justice for Mike Brown and Eric Garner. Will you make these important calls for justice now?
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Racial Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, December 12 2014
MoveOn.org just launched a major campaign to encourage Senator Elizabeth Warren to run for president after a full membership vote of MoveOn’s 8 million supporters showed widespread support for such an effort. In an open letter to Senator Warren in the Huffington Post today, MoveOn Executive Directors Ilya Sheyman and Anna Galland lay out the reasons we’re running […]
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Friday, December 12 2014
Happy Friday! Senator Warren’s fight to prevent a major change to Dodd-Frank from riding through on a budget deal led the day Thursday, and news of increased opposition to Treasury nominee Antonio Weiss showed a growing number of Democrats voicing their concern. NEW OP-ED FROM MOVEON: An Open Letter to Senator Elizabeth Warren: Run Warren Run! […]
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, December 11 2014
Earlier this year, MoveOn members participated in an online discussion with Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Thomas Piketty, the French economist, about their highly praised books and issues pressing issues facing our country. Warren’s memoir, A Fighting Chance, took readers by storm—launching to the top of Amazon and New York Times bestseller lists. Piketty is the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century, […]
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, December 11 2014
WARREN FIGHTS BUDGET DEAL: “In case you’ve been hiding under some coats this week, liberals are keyed up on the idea of recruiting Elizabeth Warren to run for president in 2016” is how Chris Cillizza opens his piece on Warren’s floor speech. (It’s true–bundle up out there!) Here’s more from the Washington Post: “Warren showed […]
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, December 10 2014
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 10, 2014 WASHINGTON, DC — MoveOn Civic Action’s Executive Director, Anna Galland, called today on Democrats in Congress to reject the $1.1 trillion federal spending bill proposed yesterday, stating: “This spending bill has been corrupted by Wall Street banks that are actively working to undermine rules that currently prevent them from […]
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Democracy | Economic Justice
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, December 10 2014
“Why is MoveOn calling for Senator Elizabeth Warren to run for president?” and answers to other questions about this new effort.
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, December 10 2014
The results are in—and MoveOn members overwhelmingly agree that it’s time to encourage Senator Elizabeth Warren to enter the race for president. With 81.3% of all votes cast in favor of this effort, we are hitting the launch button on MoveOn’s “Run Warren Run” campaign today! Elizabeth Warren is a fighter for working people and a […]
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Candidates | Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Tuesday, December 9 2014
UPDATE: See early coverage in the New York Times and from CNN. SEE OUR NEWS RELEASE HERE: https://front.moveon.org/warrenvote/ MoveOn.org, one of the nation’s most influential grassroots organizations, is poised to throw our full weight behind a campaign encouraging Senator Elizabeth Warren to run for president, pending a full vote of the MoveOn membership today—the first nationwide […]
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