Tag: Elections
By MoveOn Staff. Monday, December 22 2014
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 […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Thursday, December 18 2014
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 […]
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, December 17 2014
This is what the #RunWarrenRun Iowa kick off looked like.
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By MoveOn Staff. Wednesday, December 17 2014
Check out MoveOn’s new full-page #RunWarrenRun ad in the Des Moines Register.
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By MoveOn Staff. Monday, December 15 2014
We’re excited for week 2 of the Run Warren Run campaign, after a powerful launch that led the New Republic’s Danny Vinik to write: “If she chooses to run, we’re going to look back at this week as a pivotal moment in Warren’s decision-making.” This week, the campaign heads to Des Moines for our Iowa […]
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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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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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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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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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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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