News Links

• Rachel Maddow Show Hard hitting, fact-checking news and information.
• Jordan Bray A must read progressive blog!
• Scott Funder One of the leading sources of #TrumpRussia info. Count the days to full indictments of 24/7 fraud Trump cabinet members thanks to Scott Dworkin’s work and activism!
• Indivisible Guide Former congressional staffers reveal best practices for making Congress listen. We’re not the leaders of this movement. You are.
• Southern Poverty Law Center Founded by Morris Dees, which combats hate, intolerance, and discrimination through education and litigation. Founded in 1971.
• National Democratic Redistricting Committee (NDRC) Since 2011, Republicans gerrymandering, more aggressively than at any other time in our history. The result? Your vote might not count the way you think it does. The system is rigged. The fight to fix it is now.
• Truthout A 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to providing independent news and commentary on a daily basis.
• Judd Legum Important news and facts, straight to the point-need to know info, keeping them honest exposés, and important election news and information. A Must Follow!
• Popular Information Important news and facts, straight to the point-need to know info, keeping them honest exposés, and important election news and information. A Must Follow!
• Humanity Forward Humanity Forward is committing to delivering one-time, and recurring, basic income payments to individuals and families who stand to be most impacted by the coronavirus crisis.
• Ida B. Wells Society The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting is a news trade organization dedicated to increasing and retaining reporters and editors of color in the field of investigative reporting.
• Innocence Project Dear inferior intellect-Ted Cruz, Innocence Project frees persons INNOCENT of crimes, falsely accused of crimes, and wrongfully convicted of crimes, NEVER committed.
• ProPublica Independent, nonprofit newsroom to expose abuses of power & betrayals of the public trust by government, business, & other institutions, using the moral force of investigative journalism to spur reform through sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing.
• The Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell Because he nails *rump’s butt to the wall nightly, and unapologetically! #TrumpRussia
• Pat Bagley Taking the temperature of the state of Utah with his pen since 1979. He has won several prestigious cartooning awards, including the Herblock Prize in 2009, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 2014.
• Joy-Ann Reid “Ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have.” – James Baldwin #AMJoy #reiders
• #FridaysForFuture A movement that began in August 2018, after then Greta Thunberg sat in front of the Swedish parliament every schoolday for three weeks, to protest against the lack of action on the climate crisis.
• 350 350 is building a future that’s just, prosperous, equitable and safe from the effects of the climate crisis.
• The Root Co-founded by respected historian Henry Louis Gates Jr. An online magazine with great, knowledgeable, straight to the point and humorous articles, always intended to move the ball forward and over the goal line.
• Inequality Media with Robert Reich Founded by former U.S. Secretary of Labor Robert Reich and Emmy-award-winning filmmaker Jacob Kornbluth, to inform and engage the public about inequality and imbalance of power.
• Media Matters For America Media Matters for America is a Web-based, not-for-profit, 501(c)(3) progressive research and information center dedicated to comprehensively monitoring, analyzing, and correcting conservative misinformation in the U.S. media.
• Daily Kos News organization, community, and activist hub.
• DCReport.org Reporting what the President and Congress do, not what they say. We are founded on core investigative journalism principles of research, fact-checking, and reporting in plain English how you and your family are affected by what happens in Washington, D.C.
• CREDO Action CREDO Action is the advocacy arm of CREDO, a social change organization that offers products – like CREDO Mobile – in order to fund grassroots activism and progressive nonprofit organizations.
• Mother Jones Mother Jones is a reader-supported investigative news org recently honored as Magazine of the Year by our peers in the industry. Nonprofit newsroom goes deep on the biggest stories of the moment, from politics, criminal and racial justice and more.
• Professor Rutger Bregman Historian, author of Utopia For Realists, and wise person who scares the shit out of GOP, especially for 2020 election!! His knowledge is kryptonite to today’s Strom Thurmond GOP.
• Robert Reich Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley and Senior Fellow at the Blum Center for Developing Economies.
• The Sentry Investigative and policy team that follows the dirty money connected to African war criminals and transnational war profiteers and seeks to shut those benefiting from violence out of the international financial system.
• Petition: Stephen Miller Must Go PLEASE SIGN!!! White nationalist, dishonest, unethical fraud Stephen Miller has no place in the White House. He instead belongs with nazis in hiding, where they belong.
• Angelo Carusone President & CEO of @mmfa; #DumpTrump organizer. Formerly @StopBeck. Onward!
• Stacey Abrams An amazing, smart, QUALIFIED and educated person who’d be a great governor for ANY state, especially Georgia!! And now her voice is helping improve our election process with more voter engagement.
• PoliticusUSA Fiercely corporate-free political news and analysis.
• Lester & Charlie A must read blogger and journalist with great collectibles and a humorous take on news. Their poll that will always make you smile, and think!!
• Flint Water Crisis: A Step-By-Step Look At What Happened Lead-Laced Water In Flint: A Step-By-Step Look At The Makings Of A Crisis.
• National Organization For Women – NYC Chapter NOW-NYC advocates for the women and girls of New York. We aim to defend reproductive rights, create economic equality, promote women’s political representation, and end discrimination and violence against women.
• Crooks and Liars An award-winning site for progressive news and media criticism.
• ThinkProgress News site dedicated to providing readers with rigorous reporting and analysis from a progressive perspective. An editorially independent project of the Center for American Progress Action Fund.
• Wonkette International home of #TheResistance!! Girlfriend brings it daily!!
• Michael Harriot Writer of some really entertaining and educational articles that are always worth a read, plus a must read.
• Chris Hayes Author of “Twilight of the Elites: America After Meritocracy”, news host, former fellow at Harvard University’s Edmond J. Safra Foundation Center for Ethics.
• Countable Countable makes it quick and easy to understand the laws Congress is considering. We also streamline the process of contacting your lawmaker, so you can tell them how you want them to vote on bills under consideration.
• FightFor15.org Launched in 2012 when fast-food workers walked off the job to demand 15-hour, union rights in NYC. Global fast-food workers, home health aides, child care teachers, airport workers, adjunct professors, retail employees and underpaid workers everywhere.
• #GrabYourWallet Stop supporting businesses which support Trump! #GrabYourWallet
• Jemele Hill Journalist. Educator. Civic Leader. Unapologetic. And we stand with and for her!
• BuzzFlash Progressive, bold, 100% independent, journalism and advocacy, with its tenth anniversary online.
• Sorry Not Sorry Podcast tackling social, political & culture issues from the perspective of unapologetic guests while highlighting activists doing amazing things and grassroots efforts throughout the country.