This is one in a series of semi-regular updates on our Run Warren Run effort and Senator Warren’s work to give all Americans a fighting chance. WITH FOCUS GROUP PARTICIPANTS, WARREN HAS ‘STRUCK A CHORD.’ A recent two-hour focus group run by pollster Peter Hart for the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of […]
Elizabeth Warren photo taken by Tim Pierce. MoveOn.org Political Action and Democracy for America announced today that more than 200,000 people have now joined the Run Warren Run effort calling on Senator Elizabeth Warren to run for president. Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn Political Action, on the achievement: “In just a few weeks, more than 200,000 Americans […]
This is one in a series of semi-regular updates on our Run Warren Run effort and Senator Warren’s work to give all Americans a fighting chance. Senator Warren returned to Washington this week as the 114th Congress convened and wasted no time before delivering a rousing economic speech and pushing back against a Republican proposal […]
Statement from Ben Wikler, Washington director of MoveOn.org Political Action, in response to Senator Elizabeth Warren’s keynote remarks at the AFL-CIO’s Raising Wages Summit: “If every American watched Senator Warren’s speech just before walking into the voting booth, progressive candidates would sweep the House, Senate, and state governments across the country. Senator Warren is a […]
Happy New Year! Organizing is well underway in Iowa and our New Hampshire program will launch this month. Stay tuned for updates on our growing movement, and you can always reach us at press@moveon.org. WWWD: What Will Warren Do? Here’s more from the AP’s list of “10 things to watch in ’15 ahead of Iowa Caucus” with […]
This is one in a series of semi-regular updates on our Run Warren Run effort and Senator Warren’s work to give all Americans a fighting chance. In recent days, we’ve released a video from our energizing grassroots kick-off in Iowa, saw continued strong national coverage, and opened job postings for key roles on the campaign. We are set to […]
It’s been an incredible few days for Run Warren Run — less than two weeks in and we’re already seeing powerful momentum. Java Joe’s coffeehouse was packed for our kick-off event in Des Moines last night. The atmosphere was electric, the speakers inspiring, and the 100 Iowans who showed up were ready to get to […]
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 […]
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! […]
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, […]