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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · 7d

What happens when the gov’t shuts down? What does it mean for families, workers, and communities? Our new Unrig the Rules explainer breaks it down—fast, clear, no jargon. Read now ➡️ bit.ly/unrig-the-ru...

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Jason Kowalski @jasonkowalski.bsky.social · 20d

1/ 🚨 Big news! Today we officially launched the Public Renewables Project -- a new climate org calling for publicly financed, publicly developed renewable energy. I’m honored to serve as Executive Director. 🌞⚡️

Public Renewables Project @publicrenewables.org · 21d

📣 Launching the Public Renewables Project! 📣
1/ We’re a new climate organization advancing publicly financed, publicly developed clean energy to accelerate the renewables transition, lower costs, and increase worker power.
🔗 www.publicrenewables.org

Public Renewables Project

It’s time for publicly financed, publicly developed renewable energy.

www.PublicRenewables.org

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Public Renewables Project @publicrenewables.org · 21d

📣 Launching the Public Renewables Project! 📣
1/ We’re a new climate organization advancing publicly financed, publicly developed clean energy to accelerate the renewables transition, lower costs, and increase worker power.
🔗 www.publicrenewables.org

Public Renewables Project

It’s time for publicly financed, publicly developed renewable energy.

www.PublicRenewables.org

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · 20d

AI is transforming work—from hiring to surveillance to wages. Without safeguards, it risks eroding worker rights. With worker voice & strong policy, it can protect & uplift.

Read our new explainer on AI + worker power: www.progressivecaucuscenter.org/explainer-20...

#WeBuildProgress

Introduction to AI and Worker Power: Understanding Key Issues and Impacts for Workers — Congressional Progressive Caucus Center

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨 Congress is back with BIG September deadlines:

🗓️ Sept 10: Will the DC “crime emergency” takeover be extended?

🗓️ Sept 30: Gov’t funding runs out + key programs at risk.

Stay informed with Unrig the Rules: bit.ly/unrig-the-ru...

Unrig the Rules - September 2, 2025: Big September Deadlines to Know — Congressional Progressive Caucus Center

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Sep 8

For more on how the bloated military budget impacts our communities here at home, check out CPC Center's Militarism at Home project: bit.ly/militarism-at-home

Foreign Affairs — Congressional Progressive Caucus Center

The CPC Center partners with progressive policy experts and organizers to challenge militarism, expose the true costs of U.S. foreign policy, and advance a vision rooted in human rights, diplomacy, an...

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Sep 8

📌 The bloated Pentagon budget is not abstract—it fuels the daily harm immigrant communities face.

Let’s keep organizing to shift resources and rewrite priorities.

Watch the full panel here: youtu.be/PVs8cpHWezU

@netrootsnation.bsky.social | #nn25

How the Bloated Pentagon Budget Militarizes Immigration Enforcement - Netroots Nation 2025 #NN25

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thanks to everyone who joined our #nn25 panel on Pentagon spending + immigration enforcement!

Netroots Nation @netrootsnation.bsky.social · Aug 6

We’re 1 day from #NN25 & we hope you’ll join these incredible panelists for a critical conversation on how the Pentagon budget fuels militarized immigration enforcement.

📣 How the Bloated Pentagon Budget Militarizes Immigration Enforcement
🗓️ Thurs, 8/7 🕒 3:45 PM CT 📍 New Orleans Convention Center

How the Bloated Pentagon Budget Militarizes Immigration Enforcement

Hanna Homestead
Institute for
Policy Studies

Mariam Malik
Congressional Progressive
Caucus Center

Hanna Homestead

Institute for
Policy Studies

Mariam Malik

Congressional Progressive
Caucus Center

Melissa Adamson
National Center
for Youth Law

Sharon Nije
Louisiana Organization for
Refugees & Immigrants

Thursday, August 7 | 3:45 - 4:45 PM CDT

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 8

For more on how the bloated military budget impacts our communities here at home, check out CPC Center's Militarism at Home project: bit.ly/militarism-at-home

Foreign Affairs — Congressional Progressive Caucus Center

The CPC Center partners with progressive policy experts and organizers to challenge militarism, expose the true costs of U.S. foreign policy, and advance a vision rooted in human rights, diplomacy, an...

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 8

Thanks to everyone who joined our #nn25 panel on Pentagon spending + immigration enforcement.

Military gear doesn’t belong in our communities—or in ICE’s hands.

Let’s keep organizing to demilitarize and defend.

@netrootsnation.bsky.social

@ips-dc.org @youthlaw.bsky.social

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 7

We don’t merely imagine a just future—we organize toward it. The CPC Center unites frontline communities, policy experts, and movement leaders to fight for racial, economic, climate, and gender justice.

🌱 Fuel the work: bit.ly/donate-to-CPCC

Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 4

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📘 Our new explainer lays out a roadmap for fair, just, pro-worker trade that centers communities—not corporations.

Read and share:
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#WeBuildProgress

Approaching Trade and Tariffs from a Progressive, Pro-Worker Point of View — Congressional Progressive Caucus Center

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Progressives must lead on trade.

This isn’t just economic policy—it’s a racial, gender, and climate justice issue. A better future for workers means rewriting the rules and rejecting corporate capture.

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Trump’s trade agenda isn’t pro-worker—it’s a con.
Behind closed-door deals and empty rhetoric, his policies serve the wealthy, not working people. We need transparency, accountability, and worker voices at the table.

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Unions built the American middle class.
Progressive trade policy must go hand-in-hand with strengthening workers’ rights:
✅ Fund the NLRB
✅ Repeal anti-union executive orders
✅ Pass the PRO Act
✅ Enforce labor standards across borders

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Building a strong manufacturing economy requires more than tariffs.

We need public investment, workforce development, and policies that reward union labor—like the CHIPS Act and Inflation Reduction Act.

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 4

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Tariffs aren’t inherently good or bad. Like taxes, they’re a tool.

But Trump wields them like a weapon—rewarding cronies, hurting workers.

We need strategic, targeted tariffs that support labor rights, climate action, and domestic manufacturing.

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 4

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For decades, corporate-led trade deals like NAFTA and the USMCA have gutted U.S. jobs, suppressed wages, and undermined communities.

Meanwhile, Trump’s erratic tariffs create more chaos than solutions.

We need a new approach.

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 4

🧵 THREAD: What does progressive, pro-worker trade policy actually look like? It’s not Trump’s chaos tariffs — it’s strategic, transparent, and rooted in justice. Let’s break it down. 👇🏽

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Approaching Trade and Tariffs from a Progressive, Pro-Worker Point of View — Congressional Progressive Caucus Center

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National Center for Youth Law (NCYL) @youthlaw.bsky.social · Jul 28

Neha Desai, Managing Director of Children’s Human Rights & Dignity at NCYL, joined @webuildprogress.bsky.social panel to speak on the Trump admin’s anti-immigrant agenda, its threat to civil rights, and its lasting harm to children.

🎥 Watch the full clip: www.youtube.com/watch?v=zEH4...

7.10.25 Due Process Denied: How the Trump Admin's Immigration Policies Threaten Our Civil Rights

YouTube video by Congressional Progressive Caucus Center

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Aug 4

🧠 Wondering how federal policy is really affecting your organizing?

Unrig the Rules gives you fast, clear, and values-aligned analysis—without the noise or political fog.

Stay informed. Stay strategic.
📩 Sign up now: bit.ly/unrig-the-ru...

#WeBuildProgress

Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Jul 30

CPC Center’s very own Mariam Malik is speaking at #nn25 in New Orleans, Aug 7–9!

Join our panel on how the bloated Pentagon budget fuels ICE + militarized immigration.

🕒 Thurs 8/7, 3:45 CT

🎟️ 10% off: registration.socio.events/e/netroots25...

Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Jul 29

🚨 D.C. noise is loud. We cut through it.

Unrig the Rules is CPCC’s no-fluff newsletter for movement leaders—breaking down federal policy + process so you can lead strategically.

🧠 Stay sharp. Stay ready.
Subscribe: bit.ly/unrig-the-ru...

#WeBuildProgress

Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Jun 17

Stay tuned for more updates from tomorrow’s sessions!

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Congressional Progressive Caucus Center @webuildprogress.bsky.social · Jun 17

And we heard incredible success stories like the Heights with Commissioner Mai Chong Xiong, parents and unions winning green schools in St. Paul, SolarNeighbors’ innovative low income solar model, Mnpls Friends Meetings, and solar builds across MN with Robert Blake of Solar Bear

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