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A progressive platform needs more than a president or a figurehead. Considering the fact that the two likely nominees for the general election are centrist So do you know anyone cool & good in your state that's running for office? Do you wanna talk about your local politics? Do you want to donate to cool and good candidates? Then you've got a home here! Here are some examples, to start things off. You can assume that all these ppl support the things I listed above. Tim Canova  #FeelTheBald Besides looking like Rick Scott's good twin, Tim Canova is running against Debbie Wasserman "grassroots activists suck but payday lenders are good" Schultz in Florida for a seat in congress! He's been endorsed by the CWA and NNU so that's pretty cool. Buuuuuuut he's quite a hawk and is weirdly pandery about it. So, uh. Y'know. Oops? How much you like him depends on how much you value his local/national policies, I guess. Either way, You can give him a couple bux here. You can phonebank for him here! Pramila Jayapal  She's running for congress in Washington state after being a state senator for a year and an immigration activist since 2001 (even being recognized by the white house as a "champion of change" in that area)! Help her out and learn more about her here! Jamie Raskin  the look of a man who doesn't give a hot gay gently caress what congress says He won Maryland's primary (for congress)!! yay!!! if this pic tells you anything, he definitely threw a good party after the fact. but he still has to beat the republican. you know what to do. Zephyr Rain Teachout  this lady, who has an awesome name most certainly bestowed upon her by hippie parents (and equally awesome hair), ran for NY governor and is now running for congress! help a  candidate out and donate!a list with a buttload of cool people either currently in office, or running for office, on it (don't get hung up on the name): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MZGzbSWESE8t18GGzrgc2FfL0b5tz-vmNf-F_-w5yN4/htmlview another interesting idea https://brandnewcongress.org/ (final notes: longer descriptions forthcoming maybe. extra suggestions for cool and good candidates to feature here, always welcome. as for a certain senator from vermont, keep references brief till he announces his '18 run. maybe. something like that. i dunno. whatever. whisper his name, into the wind.....) tl;dr: 
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Posting in a hopefully good thread
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GATOS Y VATOS posted:Posting in a hopefully good thread lawd willin'
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Classic Comrade posted:A progressive platform needs more than a president or a figurehead. Considering the fact that the two likely nominees for the general election are centrist MyIGF He is so loving awesome, brings such energy and vision. Give him some loving money, please! Now! Today!
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Thankfully they have enough people to form progressive Voltron
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My Imaginary GF posted:MyIGF do u have a website
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No John Fetterman? Havard educated Shrek who decided to save a dying steel mill town 
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Important information for progressives in the upcoming elections!
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lmao @ migf following us into here tho are u sad about the old sandman thread passing away into the ether
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You need some Alex Law up in this bitch. Dudes knocked 10,000 doors himself.
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etalian posted:No John Fetterman? he lost  but then again he's still mayor of braddock.... and he better run again.
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What is the background the organization that tries to pick out progressive candidates that I can't remember the name of? Grassroots something? Also it would be cool if this thread didn't turn into another gimmick thunderdome
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Goetta posted:What is the background the organization that tries to pick out progressive candidates that I can't remember the name of? Grassroots something? Grassroots Select https://www.reddit.com/r/grassrootsselect https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MZGzbSWESE8t18GGzrgc2FfL0b5tz-vmNf-F_-w5yN4/htmlview?sle=true#gid=0
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Here's a spreadsheet if you like spreadsheets https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1MZGzbSWESE8t18GGzrgc2FfL0b5tz-vmNf-F_-w5yN4/htmlview
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Lord of Pie posted:Here's a spreadsheet if you like spreadsheets  Oh do you have the spreadsheet, now?
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Tim Canova is cool and good and I gave him some bux even though I live in PA because I hate DWS.Classic Comrade posted:he lost The Fett Man will most definitely be back. He's p. serious about getting a progressive movement going in PA and he's surprisingly popular. 23% of the vote in a 3 way race while being outspent 15:1 is pretty baller.
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My Imaginary GF posted:MyIGF Come back when you have some yard signs, you loving amateur.
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I imagine this thread will be more active as old Bernie posters trickle in and victims of The Cullingtm return from their 6 hours.
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Modus Pwnens posted:Come back when you have some yard signs, you loving amateur.
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Classic Comrade posted:he lost Who won the primary, anyway?
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NumberLast posted:Who won the primary, anyway? McGinty.
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NumberLast posted:Who won the primary, anyway? Katie McGinty, the establishment pick. http://www.phillyvoice.com/mcginty-sestak-await-results-tight-senate-race/ quote:With more than 90 percent of precincts reporting in Pennsylvania, McGinty had received 42.5 percent of the vote to Sestak's 32.5 percent and Fetterman's 19.8 percent, according to the Associated Press. A fourth candidate, Joseph Vodvarka, had received 5.6 percent. All vote totals are unofficial.
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Corrupt Cypher posted:You need some Alex Law up in this bitch. Dudes knocked 10,000 doors himself. he looks kinda Skeezy imv like a stereotypical young republican type lol [he's probably fine and all that but still lol. don't slick ur hair back bruh] 
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We need more people! More! Challenge every seat!! More challengers! We need every moderate or conservative or merely corrupt democrat to be loving afraid!!
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Rape Stink posted:Tim Canova is cool and good and I gave him some bux even though I live in PA because I hate DWS. awesome!!!
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hemophilia posted:We need more people! More! Challenge every seat!! More challengers! We need every moderate or conservative or merely corrupt democrat to be loving afraid!!  i wanna see some awesome ppl running against jorge elorza, sheldon whitehouse, and gina raimundo in RI cause i will campaign like hell for all of those ppl.  i do know there are also some local elections coming up in september i guess but i have heard literally NOTHING about them outside of the date to vote in them. maybe my town's elections aren't on taht date? cause i saw stuff in providence but not my city. hmmmmm 
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hemophilia posted:We need more people! More! Challenge every seat!! More challengers! We need every moderate or conservative or merely corrupt democrat to be loving afraid!! I agree. Come to Minnesota and I will run you for something. Yes we can win, together for tomorrow, candidates come and go, the party is eternal. There ain't no party like the Democratic Party because the party don't stop the party never stops.
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Classic Comrade posted:do u have a website NO WEBSITE NO CANDIDACY THOSE ARE THE RULES THAT I JUST MADE UP
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http://www.philcornell4ussenate.org/ As someone that's always liked Patty Murray this feels really subversive.  But I hey, gotta break free from the establishment bonds. 
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How are we going to face the biggest threat to progressivism today: identity politics? And how are we going to roll back the so-called "gains" these hijackers have made in the last few years?
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Classic Comrade posted:NO WEBSITE NO CANDIDACY THOSE ARE THE RULES THAT I JUST MADE UP https://neocities.org/ Does it have to be on it's own webserver? Also I assume this is a relaxed thread right? *keeps shoving the memes back into his jacket pockets, almost unsuccessfully.*
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This has the potential to be the best thread since the GOP primary thread.
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Al! posted:How are we going to face the biggest threat to progressivism today: identity politics? And how are we going to roll back the so-called "gains" these hijackers have made in the last few years? Inclusivity and attentiveness to their issues, while keeping our eyes on the prize imo
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NumberLast posted:http://www.philcornell4ussenate.org/ Wow this guy's platform is killer! I'll be doing some digging for interviews, but the good people at GRS seem to have approved him after their vetting process.
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Classic Comrade posted:do u have a website forum.somethingoffal.com
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My Imaginary GF posted:forum.somethingoffal.com If you were actually running. And you actually used this dead forum as your official site. I would be too impressed to ever be annoyed by you again.
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ThndrShk2k posted:Also I assume this is a relaxed thread right? gently caress yeah it is i mean not as relaxed as the thread of he-who-must-not-be-named (as in: no spam, i'm assuming) but its not super stiff either. wear business casual, but loosen ur tie~
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My Imaginary GF posted:forum.somethingoffal.com lol
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Yay for a new thread! Thank you, Comrade for setting this up. I was pretty bummed to see the Bernie thread gassed. In this new thread, will we still get to discuss some Bernman stuffs? I gots my voting ballot in the mail (yuss!) for the Oregon primary and I need to go through the voting booklet to see what progressives I want to vote for. I'm sorta new to OR, so I'm not super familiar with any local candidates. ...is it still cool to also hail satan here? 'Cause, you know, hail satan.
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Im wondering if my local elections have reached their deadlines and if just putting my name on a ballot for city council or boe would make me competitive the town is tiny so "putting your name on the ballot" is seriously possible. A couple miles from here my grandpa won an elected seat he wasn't running for by write-in~
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