Ryan Black
@ryanblack.bsky.social
Managing Editor, ProgressiveHub.net. Organizing Coordinator, RootsAction, DefuseNuclearWar.org -- Host a teach-in with TeachInNetwork.org
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The @democrats.org choosing not to release their 2024 autopsy is a move designed to protect the failed party leadership and the corporate donors who are responsible for the embarrassing defeat.
We saw this coming. So we made our own autopsy. Read it here: democraticautopsy.org
We saw this coming. So we made our own autopsy. Read it here: democraticautopsy.org
Autopsy: How Democrats Lost the White House – A RootsAction Report on the 2024 Presidential Election
Our report’s purpose is two-fold: to illuminate why the Democrats lost and to help propel the party toward a different approach and result in the future. Without a full and honest accounting of the…
democraticautopsy.org
December 19, 2025 at 10:29 PM
The @democrats.org choosing not to release their 2024 autopsy is a move designed to protect the failed party leadership and the corporate donors who are responsible for the embarrassing defeat.
We saw this coming. So we made our own autopsy. Read it here: democraticautopsy.org
We saw this coming. So we made our own autopsy. Read it here: democraticautopsy.org
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The U.S. public is tired of war, disgusted by the genocide, and sick of continued military adventurism. We've been flooding Congressional offices with emails. Now, we're circling the White House and Congress with mobile billboards.
December 17, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The U.S. public is tired of war, disgusted by the genocide, and sick of continued military adventurism. We've been flooding Congressional offices with emails. Now, we're circling the White House and Congress with mobile billboards.
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Labeling people terrorists so our military can murder them is quintessentially American.
NSPM-7 is designed to stifle free speech and arrest (or murder, apparently) anyone who disagrees with the U.S.'s disastrous foreign policy.
NSPM-7 must be stopped.
NSPM-7 is designed to stifle free speech and arrest (or murder, apparently) anyone who disagrees with the U.S.'s disastrous foreign policy.
NSPM-7 must be stopped.
NEW: U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
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“That is one of the concerns with the administration asserting that the President essentially has a license to kill outside the law,” says expert.
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U.S. Military Willing to Attack “Designated Terrorist Organizations” Within America, General Says
“If I had no concerns and I was confident in the lawful order, I would definitely execute that order.”
theintercept.com
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Labeling people terrorists so our military can murder them is quintessentially American.
NSPM-7 is designed to stifle free speech and arrest (or murder, apparently) anyone who disagrees with the U.S.'s disastrous foreign policy.
NSPM-7 must be stopped.
NSPM-7 is designed to stifle free speech and arrest (or murder, apparently) anyone who disagrees with the U.S.'s disastrous foreign policy.
NSPM-7 must be stopped.
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Here's a new podcast featuring India Walton, who provides key insights about realities of the Democratic Party and what activists can do to transform U.S. politics. @pdamerica.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @ninaturner.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @ourrev.bsky.social
Listen to "The Blue Road to Trump Hell" Podcast
Listen to the "Blue Road to Trump Hell" Podcast on Apple Podcasts, YouTube, Amazon music, via RSS feed, or embedded below.
blueroad.info
December 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Here's a new podcast featuring India Walton, who provides key insights about realities of the Democratic Party and what activists can do to transform U.S. politics. @pdamerica.bsky.social @justicedemocrats.com @ninaturner.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @ourrev.bsky.social
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"Saving the country from autocracy requires recognizing and overcoming the chokehold that Democratic leaders have on the party."
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Here’s actual history that corporate Democrats pretend didn’t happen.
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Here’s actual history that corporate Democrats pretend didn’t happen.
We Need To Know How Corporate Democrats Made President Trump Possible
Ten years after Donald Trump first ran for president, he stands at the helm of Titanic America. How did this happen?
progressivehub.net
December 9, 2025 at 5:34 PM
"Saving the country from autocracy requires recognizing and overcoming the chokehold that Democratic leaders have on the party."
progressivehub.net/we-need-to-k...
Here’s actual history that corporate Democrats pretend didn’t happen.
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Here’s actual history that corporate Democrats pretend didn’t happen.
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Check out this FREE new book that lays out how corporate Democrats paved the way for Trump’s autocracy. Download “The Blue Road to Trump Hell” without charge here: blueroad.info
November 28, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Check out this FREE new book that lays out how corporate Democrats paved the way for Trump’s autocracy. Download “The Blue Road to Trump Hell” without charge here: blueroad.info
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"It’s all well and good to laud Mamdani’s extraordinary political talents and inspiring leadership for social justice. At the same time, we should recognize that he has entered into an embrace with a viperous president." -- @normansolomon.bsky.social
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The Trump-Mamdani Show Was Amazing. But Downsides For Progressives Could Turn Out To Be Steep
It’s all well and good to laud Mamdani’s extraordinary political talents and inspiring leadership for social justice. At the same time, we should recognize that he has entered into an embrace with a…
progressivehub.net
November 25, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"It’s all well and good to laud Mamdani’s extraordinary political talents and inspiring leadership for social justice. At the same time, we should recognize that he has entered into an embrace with a viperous president." -- @normansolomon.bsky.social
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Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Wow — Senators Van Hollen, Smith, Murphy, Sanders, Warren, Markey, Merkley, Heinrich have created an official internal "Fight Club."
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
They're challenging Schumer & Gillibrand's leadership, arguing the party is using an old, corporate-friendly playbook insufficient to take on Trump or win elections.
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Spoiler: stop whining and learn to love the genocides.
November 24, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Spoiler: stop whining and learn to love the genocides.
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RootsAction's Emma Claire Foley responds to an article in the establishment security journal Foreign Affairs, which calls for nuclear proliferation among U.S. allies. Its arguments are unsound and understate the willingness of the U.S.’s rivals to respond in kind. ☢️
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The Return of Nuclear Proliferation
A recent article in the establishment security journal Foreign Affairs makes the case for nuclear proliferation among America’s allies. Not only are its arguments unsound, but they also understate…
jacobin.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
RootsAction's Emma Claire Foley responds to an article in the establishment security journal Foreign Affairs, which calls for nuclear proliferation among U.S. allies. Its arguments are unsound and understate the willingness of the U.S.’s rivals to respond in kind. ☢️
jacobin.com/2025/11/nucl...
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$31 billion to murder civilians on the other side of the globe, while working people at home struggle to pay bills.
Time to write your Senator and Reps and let them know you're sick of it. NO MORE WEAPONS TO ISRAEL.
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Time to write your Senator and Reps and let them know you're sick of it. NO MORE WEAPONS TO ISRAEL.
rootsaction.org/no-more-weap...
November 14, 2025 at 10:44 PM
$31 billion to murder civilians on the other side of the globe, while working people at home struggle to pay bills.
Time to write your Senator and Reps and let them know you're sick of it. NO MORE WEAPONS TO ISRAEL.
rootsaction.org/no-more-weap...
Time to write your Senator and Reps and let them know you're sick of it. NO MORE WEAPONS TO ISRAEL.
rootsaction.org/no-more-weap...
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The U.S. government sent an appalling $31 billion of taxpayer dollars to Israel to support their genocide in Gaza. We’re exploring how it could be spent in the United States instead of war. Comment to share your ideas of how to spend billions of taxpayer dollars at home.
November 14, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The U.S. government sent an appalling $31 billion of taxpayer dollars to Israel to support their genocide in Gaza. We’re exploring how it could be spent in the United States instead of war. Comment to share your ideas of how to spend billions of taxpayer dollars at home.
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Starbucks workers are planning to strike, beginning tomorrow, at locations that are unionized. They need our support to gain a fair contract & a living wage.
DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE
If you go to non-unionized locations, give your name, to be shouted when your order is ready, as "Unionize Now"
DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE
If you go to non-unionized locations, give your name, to be shouted when your order is ready, as "Unionize Now"
November 12, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Starbucks workers are planning to strike, beginning tomorrow, at locations that are unionized. They need our support to gain a fair contract & a living wage.
DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE
If you go to non-unionized locations, give your name, to be shouted when your order is ready, as "Unionize Now"
DO NOT CROSS THE PICKET LINE
If you go to non-unionized locations, give your name, to be shouted when your order is ready, as "Unionize Now"
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We agree!
Sign the petition now urging ineffective @schumer.senate.gov to resign as minority leader in the senate!
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Sign the petition now urging ineffective @schumer.senate.gov to resign as minority leader in the senate!
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November 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
We agree!
Sign the petition now urging ineffective @schumer.senate.gov to resign as minority leader in the senate!
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✍️📃
Sign the petition now urging ineffective @schumer.senate.gov to resign as minority leader in the senate!
actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...
✍️📃
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In the end, Deciding to Win reads less like analysis and more like self-justification for a faction of donors and consultants eager to blame the left for their own failures, says Sam Rosenthal of @rootsaction.org.
The Democratic Party Needs a Soul, Not a Focus Group
What Deciding to Win and similar analyses miss is that the Democratic Party’s core challenge isn’t that it has moved too far left, but that it doesn’t seem to know what it stands for.
www.commondreams.org
November 5, 2025 at 11:43 AM
In the end, Deciding to Win reads less like analysis and more like self-justification for a faction of donors and consultants eager to blame the left for their own failures, says Sam Rosenthal of @rootsaction.org.
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Zohran Mamdani’s victory belongs to everyone working for human rights and social justice. Despite the efforts by billionaires and supporters of Israel’s genocidal policies, this grassroots campaign has won. (1/2)
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Zohran Mamdani’s victory belongs to everyone working for human rights and social justice. Despite the efforts by billionaires and supporters of Israel’s genocidal policies, this grassroots campaign has won. (1/2)
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@indiab.bsky.social from Buffalo is in NYC reminding voters that the polls are open until 9:00pm! Ignore what the polling says, just get out and vote!
November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
@indiab.bsky.social from Buffalo is in NYC reminding voters that the polls are open until 9:00pm! Ignore what the polling says, just get out and vote!
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A year after Trump won, why won’t the @democrats.org change their playbook ❓
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The party leadership’s devotion to economic elites continues to evade scrutiny. Read the latest from @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
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The party leadership’s devotion to economic elites continues to evade scrutiny. Read the latest from @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
A year after Trump won, why won’t Democrats change their playbook? | Norman Solomon
The corporate-friendly party refuses to learn the lessons of the past decade. When will it implement a truly humane agenda?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
A year after Trump won, why won’t the @democrats.org change their playbook ❓
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The party leadership’s devotion to economic elites continues to evade scrutiny. Read the latest from @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The party leadership’s devotion to economic elites continues to evade scrutiny. Read the latest from @normansolomon.bsky.social in @theguardian.com
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just going to leave this here
October 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
just going to leave this here
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Corporate Democrats and their pricy consultants want you to believe that Medicare For All is an unpopular plan that the Democratic Party should abandon.
But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy.
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But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy.
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New Report from Corporate Democrats Falsely Claims Medicare for All Is “Unpopular”
The report declares that Medicare for All is in the category of “unpopular economic policies.” The claim is false.
progressivehub.net
October 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Corporate Democrats and their pricy consultants want you to believe that Medicare For All is an unpopular plan that the Democratic Party should abandon.
But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy.
progressivehub.net/new-report-f...
But voters know this is a lie designed to protect the super wealthy.
progressivehub.net/new-report-f...
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❓"How many are inspired by @schumer.senate.gov or @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? The question answers itself"
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- @normansolomon.bsky.social
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- @normansolomon.bsky.social
Can Democrats harness the energy of the No Kings protests to fight Trump?
Millions took to US streets to oppose authoritarianism as Democrats acknowledge ‘People want to see us fighting’
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:47 PM
❓"How many are inspired by @schumer.senate.gov or @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social ? The question answers itself"
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
- @normansolomon.bsky.social
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- @normansolomon.bsky.social
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Federal prosecutors charged 2 protesters with terrorism for constitutionally protected activity. Shots were fired at an ICE protest, but neither is accused of firing the gun. The Trump administration is making good on its threat to treat anti-fascist activity as terrorism.
“Antifa” Protesters Charged With Terrorism for Constitutionally Protected Activity
After a protest against ICE, federal prosecutors pursued guilt-by-association charges against two “antifa” protesters.
theintercept.com
October 26, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Federal prosecutors charged 2 protesters with terrorism for constitutionally protected activity. Shots were fired at an ICE protest, but neither is accused of firing the gun. The Trump administration is making good on its threat to treat anti-fascist activity as terrorism.
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DID YOU KNOW? The failed economic policies of corporate-aligned Democrats like Bill Clinton pushed working class voters to abandon the Democratic Party and fueled Trump’s faux “populism”.
www.salon.com/2025/10/23/h...
www.salon.com/2025/10/23/h...
How corporate Democrats led to the Trump era
Bill Clinton and his party embraced the market — and a system of cruel inequality that nurtured MAGA populism
www.salon.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
DID YOU KNOW? The failed economic policies of corporate-aligned Democrats like Bill Clinton pushed working class voters to abandon the Democratic Party and fueled Trump’s faux “populism”.
www.salon.com/2025/10/23/h...
www.salon.com/2025/10/23/h...
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The party remains in a debilitating rut, refusing to truly challenge the runaway power of corporate capitalism that has caused ever-widening income inequality.
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Victims Without Victimizers
How Corporate Democrats Led to the Trump Era. Democratic leaders have seemed remarkably uninterested in breaking away from the policy approaches that ended up losing their party the allegiance of so…
progressivehub.net
October 21, 2025 at 8:18 PM
The party remains in a debilitating rut, refusing to truly challenge the runaway power of corporate capitalism that has caused ever-widening income inequality.
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"The massive disconnect between the Democratic Party’s leadership and its base is sure to have ramifications far beyond last year’s election.
...it may risk ceding this policy terrain to the Republican Party well into the future."
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...it may risk ceding this policy terrain to the Republican Party well into the future."
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Democrats Have Let Republicans Become the “Peace” Party
The massive disconnect between the Democratic Party’s leadership and its base is sure to have ramifications far beyond last year’s election.
progressivehub.net
October 17, 2025 at 8:08 PM
"The massive disconnect between the Democratic Party’s leadership and its base is sure to have ramifications far beyond last year’s election.
...it may risk ceding this policy terrain to the Republican Party well into the future."
progressivehub.net/democrats-ha...
...it may risk ceding this policy terrain to the Republican Party well into the future."
progressivehub.net/democrats-ha...