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Members of Sunrise Movement protest Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in Washington, DC on March 14, 2025. 

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“For far too long, Democratic leadership has failed to meet the moment,” the leader of the youth-led climate movement said.

Brett Wilkins

Nov 13, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)

Amid growing outrage over corporate Democrats’ failure to meaningfully stand up against President Donald Trump’s authoritarianism, Sunrise Movement on Thursday launched what it called it “most ambitious” primary campaign to replace feckless incumbents with progressives.

“For far too long, Democratic leadership has failed to meet the moment; it’s time to clear house,” Sunrise Movement executive director Aru Shiney-Ajay said in a statement.

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“I’m extremely excited about the crop of candidates running in 2026,” Shiney-Ajay added. “This year, we have an unprecedented opportunity to elect a new generation of leaders who are challenging our broken political system and fighting for a livable and affordable country.”

Like many progressive groups, Sunrise Movement has expressed its growing frustration with most congressional Democrats’ acquiescence to Trump and Republicans’ growing authoritarianism. The youth-led, climate-focused organization was particularly incensed by Senate Democrats’ recent capitulation in the government shutdown fight.

“Why the hell would Democrats cave with nothing for the working people? When millions are losing healthcare?” Sunrise asked last week. “If you cave now, you don’t deserve to lead, you deserve to be replaced.”

To that end, Sunrise says its new campaign “will include a nationwide field, protest, and communications program targeting over a dozen congressional primaries.”

“Sunrise organizers and volunteers will mobilize thousands of young people to knock on doors, make calls, and take direct action to elect progressive champions ready to challenge the Democratic Party’s complacency and reimagine what Democratic leadership can look like,” the group continued.

“In the 2026 general election, Sunrise will lead one of the largest youth electoral efforts in the country, organizing students on campuses across the country to ensure young voters turn out to reject authoritarianism at the ballot box and are prepared to mobilize in defense of election results if Trump or his allies attempt to subvert democracy,” Sunrise added.

The new Sunrise campaign comes as progressive groups such as Indivisible, MoveOn, and Our Revolution and some Democratic House lawmakers including progressives Ro Khanna (Calif.), Mark Pocan (Wis.), and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.) are urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) to step down in the wake of the shutdown surrender.

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Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) speaks on stage during a campaign rally for New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani at Forest Hills Stadium in the Queens borough of New York City on October 26, 2025. 

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“We are talking about a coordinated effort of eight senators, with the knowledge of Leader Schumer, voting to break with the entire Democratic Party,” said the New York Democrat.

Jessica Corbett

Nov 12, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)

As the US House of Representatives prepared for a vote to reopen the federal government, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday called out members of her own Democratic Party in the Senate, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who capitulated to Republicans in the shutdown fight, for which they received “nothing” in return.

Shortly before the government shut down over Republicans’ refusal to address a looming healthcare crisis, Axios reported that the New York congresswoman was preparing to run for president or Senate in 2028. In the lead-up to Wednesday’s vote, she was asked at least twice on camera about how Schumer, also a New Yorker, handled the shutdown.

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“I think it’s important that we understand that this is not just about Sen. Schumer, but that this is about the Democratic Party,” she told CNN‘s Manu Raju. “Sen. Schumer—there’s no one vote that ended this shutdown. We are talking about a coordinated effort of eight senators, with the knowledge of Leader Schumer, voting to break with the entire Democratic Party in exchange for nothing.”

Democratic Sens. Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada, Dick Durbin of Illinois, John Fetterman of Pennsylvania, Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire, Tim Kaine of Virginia, Jacky Rosen of Nevada, and Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire, along with Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats, joined Republicans for both the procedural and final votes.

Unlike the upper chamber, Republicans have enough members in the House to advance legislation without Democratic support. The GOP’s continuing resolution neither reverses Medicaid cuts from the budget package that President Donald Trump signed in July nor extends expiring tax credits for people who buy health insurance on the Affordable Care Act exchanges.

“And now people’s healthcare costs are going to be skyrocketing, and we want to make sure that we have a path to ending this moment, and finding relief for them right now,” Ocasio-Cortez told CNN. “But I think that when we talk about this debate about the Democratic Party, that it is indeed about the party writ large, and our ability to fight or not.”

While no senators in the caucus have demanded that Schumer step aside yet, The Hill on Wednesday compiled comments from the growing list of House Democrats who have called for new leadership: Reps. Glenn Ivey (Md.), Ro Khanna (Calif.), Mike Levin (Calif.), Seth Moulton (Mass.), Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Mark Pocan (Wis.), Delia Ramirez (Ill.), Shri Thanedar (Mich.), and Rashida Tlaib (Mich.).

In a video circulated by C-SPAN on Wednesday, a reporter directly asked Ocasio-Cortez whether Schumer should stay in his leadership role. The progressive congresswoman’s response was similar to her remarks to CNN.

“I think what is so important for folks to understand is that this problem is bigger than one person, and it actually is bigger than the minority leader in the Senate,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “You had eight Senate Democrats who coordinated… their own votes on this.”

She also noted that two are retiring—Durbin and Shaheen—and the rest aren’t up for reelection next year, thanks to the Senate’s revolving cycles. Cortez Masto, Hassan, and Fetterman have until 2028, while Kaine, King, and Rosen have until 2030. She suggested that those who run for another term are hoping that “people are going to forget this moment.”

“I think what’s important is that we understand that… a leader is a reflection of the party. And Senate Democrats have selected their leadership to represent them,” Ocasio-Cortez said. “And so, the question needs to be bigger than just one person. We have several Senate primaries this cycle.”

“I know I’m being asked about New York. That is years from now. I have to remind my own constituents,” she continued, directing attention to the 2026 races. “We actually do have Senate elections this year, and my hope is that people across this country actually participate in their primary elections in selecting their leadership.”

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Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer is seen after a news conference in the US Capitol on the government shutdown on November 5, 2025.

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Despite outcry from progressives, no Democrats in the Senate have yet expressed support for replacing Schumer as leader.

Brad Reed

Nov 11, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)

With many Democratic base voters up in arms over Senate Democrats caving on the federal government shutdown fight, there have been calls for Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to step down from his leadership role.

None of those calls, however, have come from senators currently serving in the Democratic Caucus, including progressive stalwarts such as Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).

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As reported by The American Prospect on Tuesday, no Democrats in the Senate have yet expressed support for replacing Schumer (D-NY) as leader, despite the fact that “every single one of them has the power to force a vote on Schumer’s continued control of the caucus” if they chose to do so.

According to the Prospect, any senator in the Democratic Caucus “could bring forward a motion to amend the Democratic Caucus Rules to say that he should lose his leadership position if a set number of members disapprove of him.” What’s more, the Prospect explained, “the motion would be ‘self-executing,’ resulting in Schumer’s removal at the same time that it’s approved.”

As noted in a Politico report, Senate Democrats who were opposed to the shutdown cave did not directly criticize Schumer for his handling of the issue, and some, like Warren, tried to direct voters’ anger toward Republicans.

“I want Republicans to actually grow a backbone and say, regardless of what [President] Donald Trump says, we’re actually going to restore these cuts on healthcare,” she said on Sunday. “But it looks like I’ve lost that fight, so I don’t want to post more pain on people who are hungry and on people who haven’t been paid.”

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) was more directly critical of the deal that Democrats cut on reopening the government, but he nonetheless stopped short of calling for Schumer’s removal.

“This bill doesn’t do anything to arrest the healthcare catastrophe, nor does it constrain in any meaningful way President Trump’s illegality,” he said. “I think the voters were pretty clear on Tuesday night what they wanted Congress to do, and more specifically, what they wanted Democrats to do, and I am really saddened that we didn’t listen to them.”

The appetite for ditching Schumer appears much stronger among Democrats serving in the US House of Representatives, however.

Axios on Monday reported that House Democrats’ anger at their Senate counterparts erupted during a private phone call among members, as Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-NM) told her colleagues that “people are fucking pissed” at seeing Democrats once again cave in a fight with Trump.

One anonymous Democrat also told Axios that almost “everyone [was] strongly against” the deal Senate Democrats cut to reopen the government without an agreement to extend enhanced tax credits for Americans who buy their health insurance through Affordable Care Act (ACA) exchanges.

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.), who is running a primary challenge against Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.), called on Schumer to step down as minority leader, and challenged his opponent to do the same.

“If Chuck Schumer were an effective leader, he would have united his caucus to vote ‘No’ tonight and hold the line on healthcare,” Moulton wrote in a social media post earlier this week. “Maybe now Ed Markey will finally join me in pledging not to vote for Schumer?”

Progressive advocacy organization Indivisible on Monday started ramping up pressure on Democrats to push for Schumer to step down as minority leader, and the group explicitly said that it would “not back any Senate primary candidate unless they call for Schumer to step down as Minority Leader.”

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Robert Reich

November 14, 2025 (RawStory.com)

Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to draft a $1 coin featuring him on both sides, for the purpose of “honoring America’s 250th Birthday and @POTUS,” according to Treasury officials.

Meanwhile, Trump wants the Washington Commanders NFL team to name their planned $3.7 billion stadium after him.

A senior White House source told ESPN: “It’s what the president wants, and it will probably happen.”

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Presumably, Trump’s name will be carved into a granite facade at the stadium’s entrance.

The giant $300 million ballroom that Trump is adding to the White House is called “the President Donald J. Trump Ballroom” on the list of donors to the project, and senior administration officials say the name is likely to stick.

Trump is moving to immortalize himself with his name etched into coins, carved into pediments, and inscribed into White House marble. He wants to glorify himself in the most permanent ways possible.

This is what fascist dictators do when in power. Stalin, Hitler, and Mussolini built monuments to glorify themselves so they’d be exalted in history.

Democracies don’t do this. They memorialize their heroes only after they’ve died, and only if the public wants them commemorated.

Trump deserves to be remembered — but not as a hero. To the contrary: It is our solemn duty to ensure he is remembered for all that he has done and may still do to destroy American democracy.

He must be remembered as the president who claimed without evidence that an election was “stolen” from him. Who then instigated a coup that included false electors, threats to state officials, and an assault on the U.S. Capitol that resulted in five deaths and injuries to 174 police officers.

He should be remembered as the president who, after being reelected, tried to erase the nation’s memory of what he had done by pardoning 1,600 rioters who had been criminally convicted for participating in the Capitol attack and 77 people who had conspired with him to carry out the attempted coup.

He called them all “patriots.”

He must be remembered as the president who then usurped the powers of Congress. Who denied people due process of law. Who prosecuted his political opponents. Who violated international law by killing people he labeled enemy combatants. Who sent the military into American cities over the objections of their mayors and governors. And who openly and brazenly took bribes.

We must not allow Trump to erase this history with false tributes to himself, etched into silver, marble, or granite.

Instead, after he is gone, a monument should be erected to remind future generations of Trump’s treachery and the treachery of officials who supported him.

It would be a simple building constructed of iron and cement, containing the records of his attacks on democracy and the names of everyone who aided him.

Over its doorway would be the words “Trump’s Treason.”

It would be situated on the White House lawn where the Trump ballroom (since demolished) once stood. It would face Pennsylvania Avenue so that families visiting the nation’s capital — including those commemorating America’s 500th anniversary — have easy access, and will long remember this catastrophe.

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The decision by Brazil’s Supreme Court on Friday to reject an appeal by far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro means the former army captain could be sent to prison as early as the last week of November, a court source told AFP. Bolsonaro was convicted in September of a failed coup plot against centre-left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva after the former unionist’s narrow victory in the 2022 elections.

Issued on: 15/11/2025

By: FRANCE 24

Brazil‘s far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro is running out of options to avoid prison, after judges on Friday rejected his appeal against a 27-year sentence for a botched coup bid.

Bolsonaro lost the 2022 elections and was convicted in September for his efforts to prevent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from taking power after the polls.

Four of the five judges on the Supreme Court panel voted to sentence Bolsonaro to 27 years and three months in prison for five crimes, including participating in an armed criminal organisation, attempting to violently abolish democracy and organising a coup.

Prosecutors said the scheme – which included plans to assassinate Lula and a top Supreme Court judge – failed only due to a lack of support from military top brass.

A panel of Supreme Court judges weighing Bolsonaro’s appeal all voted to uphold the sentence last week. The result was not considered official until midnight on Friday.

A source at the court, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that once the result of the hearing is published – which could take place as early as Monday – the defence will have five days to submit a new appeal.

However, this appeal can be “quickly” quashed by lead judge Alexandre de Moraes, who will then publish the final judgment.

“Generally, after the publication of the final judgment, the arrest warrant is issued on the same day” by the lead judge, and it is Moraes who will decide where the arrest happens, explained Thiago Bottino, a professor at the Getulio Vargas Foundation Law School.

The court source estimated that Bolsonaro could be sent to prison in the last week of November, according to court procedure timelines.

The 70-year-old former army captain, who maintains his innocence, has been under house arrest since August for violating precautionary measures in a separate case.

Because of health problems stemming from a stabbing attack in 2018, he could ask to serve his prison term at home.

‘Ready to kill’

The charges against Bolsonaro focused on his efforts to undermine the voting system to allege fraud if Lula won the election and later justify a military intervention.

Then there was the plot to assassinate Lula, his Vice President Geraldo Alckmin, and Moraes, which prosecutors said Bolsonaro had approved.

“We were ready to kill a lot of people,” a man suspected of being part of the planned hit squad, federal police agent Wladimir Soares, said in an audio message made public by the Supreme Court.

“We were only awaiting orders from the president, but he backed down,” Soares added.

In rejecting the appeal, Moraes reaffirmed that there had been a deliberate coup attempt orchestrated under Bolsonaro’s leadership, with ample proof of his involvement.

He underscored Bolsonaro’s role in instigating a January 8 assault on buildings housing Brazil’s congress and other democratic institutions, when rioting supporters demanded a military takeover to oust Lula.

Moraes ruled that the sentence of 27 years and three months was based on Bolsonaro’s high culpability as president and the severity and impact of the crimes.

The judge said Bolsonaro’s age had already been considered as a mitigating factor.

Three other judges on the panel also rejected the appeal.

Also on Friday, a majority of judges on the same panel voted to move forward with a criminal case against Bolsonaro’s son, the federal lawmaker Eduardo Bolsonaro, for the crime of “coercion”.

Eduardo Bolsonaro, who currently lives in the United States, was charged by Brazil’s chief prosecutor in September for lobbying for US sanctions in a bid to sway the outcome of the coup trial against his father.

The younger Bolsonaro has claimed credit for pushing the White House to raise tariffs on US imports of Brazilian goods to 50 percent in retaliation for the criminal case against his father.

(FRANCE 24 with AFP and Reuters)

Published: November 14, 2025 (TheOnion.com)

After decades in the House of Representatives, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) has announced she will not seek reelection next year. The Onion looks back at the former House speaker’s life and career. 

1940

Born in Baltimore with mark of the gavel on her forearm.

1961

Poses for photo with President John F. Kennedy at inaugural ball after begging dad to spring for VIP meet-and-greet passes. 

1994–1997

The Lost Years.

1999

First and last time an intern gets her lunch order wrong.

2007

Remains seated during State of Union speech while George W. Bush nearly chokes to death on pretzel.

2010

Rallies House Democrats to pass legislation that controversially benefits Americans.

2019

Purposefully gives Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wrong directions to congressional hearing room.

Jan. 5, 2021

Goes to work in a shit-free office.

2023

BLM tattoo removed. 

2027

Suddenly bad at stock trading.

Fishermen work in the Gulf of Paria, an inlet of the Caribbean Sea, on November 06, 2025, in Icacos Point, Trinidad and Tobago.

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“We want this case to help stop these killings from taking place again,” said the American lawyer representing the family.

Jake Johnson

Nov 14, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)

Family members of a Colombian fisherman killed in one of the Trump administration’s illegal strikes on boats in the Caribbean is preparing to take legal action over what they describe as the murder of their loved one.

The New York Times reported Thursday that the family of Alejandro Carranza “has hired an American lawyer, who said he was preparing a legal claim.”

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The lawyer, Dan Kovalik, told the Times that the impending case is important both because “the family deserves compensation for the loss” of Alejandro and, more broadly to stop the Trump administration from killing people with impunity.

“We want this case to help stop these killings from taking place again,” Kovalik said. “This is murder, and it is destroying rule of law.”

The description of Carranza’s killing as murder aligns with the views of United Nations experts and human rights advocates who have characterized the Trump administration’s bombings in international waters as extrajudicial killings. To date, the administration has carried out at least 19 strikes on vessels in international waters, killing an estimated 75-80 people in total.

“I never thought I would lose my father in this way,” said Cheila Carranza, Alejandro’s 14-year-old daughter.

Trump has claimed, without providing any evidence, that the targeted vessels were smuggling drugs to the US. Though his body has yet to be found, Carranza is believed to have been killed in an attack in the Caribbean on September 15, part of the Trump administration’s broader military campaign and buildup in the region that has sparked fears of a direct US war with Venezuela and other nations.

The attack infuriated Colombia President Gustavo Petro, who suspended intelligence cooperation with the US in response and accused the Trump administration of trampling international law.

“If intelligence communications only serve to kill fishermen with missiles, it is not only irrational, but a crime against humanity, insofar as the murder of civilians is systematic,” Petro wrote in a lengthy social media post earlier this week.

“Colombia respects international law and defends it because it is the only wall we have as a human civilization against the barbarism that threatens to take over all of humanity,” he added.

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