Joe Bouvier

He's right, and it's not just Brazil.

Around the world, at least 31 democratic leaders who committed similar crimes have been jailed or banned from office since 2010. The failure to hold Trump accountable in the US was a unique and systemic failure of our institutions and political culture.

Wowza.

“Here’s what caught my attention: the files were stored on a shared drive that anyone in the division could access. Normally, access is only granted to those working on a project, but because of the hurried nature of the exercise, the usual permission restrictions were not in place. …”

How the Right Is Waging War on Climate-Conscious Investing A Leonard Leo–funded effort to destroy ESG has scared off much of corporate America.

The “anti-ESG movement,” so-called, maps astonishingly well with fossil fuel political money and influence.
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Colbert and Capitulation The end of "The Late Show" isn’t ultimately about budgets, it’s a sign of the ideological shift at CBS that will take place under David Ellison's Skydance Media.

"The optics are hard to ignore: a top-rated show, led by one of Trump’s most vocal critics, axed just weeks after Paramount settled a lawsuit with Trump and began courting conservative media figures for leadership roles," @passantino.bsky.social writes. www.status.news/p/colbert-ca...

Keep Colbert on Air! We need Colbert’s bold and frank commentary now as much as ever, and we need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition t...

We need to stop corporations like CBS from cowing to political intimidation of this administration. Add your name to the petition to demand they reverse their decision and keep Stephen Colbert on air! sign.moveon.org/petitions/co...

Big Oil has been lying to us for decades: Don’t let it off the hook Blatant attempts to grant polluters nationwide immunity show just how far some officials will go to deny communities their day in court.

My colleague at @ucs.org, @kathymulvey.bsky.social, wrote an excellent article published in The Hill discussing Big Oil's role in spreading climate change misinformation, despite the fact that they knew about it since the 1970s.

SunDay on Sept. 21 will be the chance to begin building public support for renewable energy again--and it will be easier this time than after Reagan, because it's now the cheapest power on earth. Please join us at sunday.earth

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I am grieving the barbarism that is going to unfurl from all this. People are going to die. Livelihoods gone. All to feed a corrupt kleptocracy.

I see every day up close how different it is from the first time around. There are no guardrails. A disaster. I’m sorry we have to live through this.

Please help by sending an email, it only takes a minute. Respect election results.

We are extremely grateful to have both the law and a wonderful attorney on our side. @yaelbromberg.bsky.social

On June 10, Cherry Hill Democratic voters delivered a decisive shock to the machine-dominated Camden County Democratic Committee (CCDC), electing a slate of South Jersey Progressive Democrats (SJPD) candidates and voting out the slate of CCDC candidates. In preliminary results, the SJPD slate defeated the CCDC slate in a landslide, 5,440 to 3,257. In the days since this Primary Election win, confidential sources have shared with reporters the troubling news that CCDC apparently intends to sue to overturn the election results and prevent the winners from filling the remaining vacancies on the municipal committee. It’s unclear what basis CCDC believes it has for any legal challenge to the election results, since both the bylaws of the county party as well as state statute make it plain that vacancies on the municipal committee are to be filled by elected municipal committee members. Those elected committee members are David Stahl, Susan Druckenbrōd, and Rena Margulis, whom Cherry Hill Democratic voters overwhelmingly entrusted with the job of appointing members to the municipal committee. The trio has already put out a public call for community engagement in filling the vacancies, which has been enthusiastically received. “Voters made a clear decision on June 10th in support of our candidates. In this particular political moment, living in the age of Trump, it is deeply concerning that Democrats would try to overturn an election. Over our many years of organizing, we (SJPD) have been bested by the Norcross machine and we have never tried to invalidate an election. When we lost, we used it as an opportunity to reflect, to learn, and to do better in the future. We (SJPD) urge the Camden County Democrats to respect election results. The voters have spoken. They have elected our candidates. We expect the Democratic Party to respect the vote in New Jersey, and not replicate the GOP’s nihilistic voter denialism,” said Kate Delany, President of SJPD.

“We ran to get a seat at the table, and the CCDC fought to have voters choose the whole table. We are now presented with the opportunity to be a real model to the state for what Dem party committee is about - building community, growing the party, and electing a government that works for the people. Our neighbors have responded extremely well to that message and they are eager to get to work with us, and we look forward to building up our party and bringing in new ideas to the Cherry Hill Democratic Committee with a diverse array of Representation from all around town,” said Dave Stahl of South Jersey Progressive Democrats and newly elected County Committee member. "Presently we are in the recruitment phase of filling 71 seats for municipal committee in town, and are reaching out to broad swaths of the Cherry Hill community. The interest level is high. We have been meeting and talking with registered Democrats in town and people are actively engaging with us. We are excited to bring awareness to this party office that for way too long has been hidden away with only a few in the know actually aware of its existence, its purpose and who the actual committee members are. Our goal is to have representation in all of the 48 voting districts in Cherry Hill, and we are on our way to reaching that goal. We are looking forward to the reorganization meeting and to swearing in the new team,” said Susan Druckenbrōd of South Jersey Progressive Democrats and newly elected County Committee member. “With a potential lawsuit, the machine will be saying to the Democratic voters of Cherry Hill: ‘Heads we win, tails we go to court, employing our considerable financial muscle to overturn your decision to throw us out.’ The South Jersey Progressive Democrats will respect the decision of the voters to end machine control of the Cherry Hill Democratic Committee. If sued, we will vigorously defend our rights to bring the change to the Cherry Hill Democratic Committee that Cherry Hill Demo…

Our press release from yesterday, and the article in the Inquirer quoting LD6 State Senator and County Party Chair James Beach confirming they will attempt to refuse us the right that voters have bestowed upon us to recruit the remaining seats in Cherry Hill.

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Voting experts dubious of Norcross-machine's contention that they won in Cherry Hill election "The voters ... chose the progressives," an elections expert said. "That's how democratic elections work. There is no consolation prize."

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Please take a moment to help us in our call for fair elections. The voters in Cherry Hill have spoken.

Tell the Camden County Democratic Committee to Respect Election Results Please join us in taking a stand for democracy and free and fair elections! We are calling on the Camden County Democrats to withdraw their lawsuit against South Jersey Progressive Democrats, to accep...

Friends, it’s time to send some letters. Please click through and tell Camden County Dems to respect the will of the voters.
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May 21, 2025 A newsletter about the history behind today's politics.

Heather Cox Richardson ✨
Podcast ✨ Letters from an American

"I have not been able to stop thinking today of the significance of the timing of the Republicans’ push for this bill, and what it says about how dramatically the U.S. has changed in the past 60 years."

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Here's an excerpt -- please take a moment to read the piece and tell me what you think

This should be the end of Noem’s career in public life. It almost certainly won’t be, however, which is itself damning.

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This coming Friday evening in South Jersey — the great Yael Bromberg!

Huge crowds, lots of enthusiasm, great question and answer sessions. The momentum is strong!!💪

4 meet + greets today - Atlantic County, Burlington County, Mercer County - big crowds! We had 10+ canvasses around NJ and phone banks tonight. We are not playing around + we will EARN every single vote to change NJ.

“Only a mayor with @StevenFulop’s executive experience in transforming NJ’s second largest city can lead the necessary reforms to make our state more affordable, efficient, and accountable.” Read why I’m my endorsing him for Gov: westfieldleader-etype5.newsmemory.com?publink=433b4f742_134f95c

We had another 20 canvass teams across NJ. We work harder than anyone else. We work like every day is our last. We work bc we believe in the mission to change NJ. #footsteps coming. #DemocratsForChange - join us stevenfulop.com

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STEVE FULOP’S ANTI-MACHINE ‘MACHINE’ Dozens of assembly candidates join Fulop’s ‘Democrats for Change’

1/2 An article to read. Our campaign has approached this election differently every step of the way to change NJ:

1) supporting primaries in Assembly to change NJ accountability

2) transparency to Lieutenant Governor Early so you know an administration

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3) bypass fake county conventions to go to straight to voters

4) more detailed and real policy not just platitude and talking points

5) clarity on attorney general before primary

We are changing the rules….

Who goes out on a cold rainy day to canvass? People that believe every day counts. People that want to change NJ for the better. We had canvass teams at 20 locations across NJ. #footsteps coming. #DemocratsForChange - join us www.stevenfulop.com

Let’s go

Saturday Morning - (pre Passover) in Ocean County. #Footsteps #DemocratsForChange - join us at www.stevenfulop.com

Camden Meet & Greet with Steven Fulop for Governor · Fulop for Governor Please join us for a Meet & Greet with Steven Fulop for Governor! By signing up for this event, I hereby grant permission to the Fulop for Governor campaign and its affiliates to photograph, film, an...

www.mobilize.us/fulopforgove.... A meet and greet next Saturday 4/19 in Camden with NJ Governor candidate Steve Fulop. Register here and join us.