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Jared Huffman is a politician currently serving California's 2nd district in the House of Representatives since 2013 and was previously in the California State Assembly from 2006-2012 as well as being a member of the Congressional Progressive Caucus within the Democratic Party. Huffman recently made headlines as he spoke out on his religious beliefs, or a lack thereof in this particular case. The Missouri-born lawmaker is one of only a handful to actively go against 70.6 percent of the American population who describe themselves as Christian, saying "I think that there is too much religion within politics". To some, this may not seem like an important statement for anyone to make, the reaction from people who are sane would sound something like this: "Jared is an atheist? Cool". On the other hand however, this can have serious ramifications for his electoral chances in the future as atheists are one of the groups who are looked down upon the most with the c...

Jim Hightower, the 8th Agriculture Commissioner of Texas has spent his life fighting for progressive change, being involved in politics from the late 1960's when he began working as a legislative aide to Texas Senator, Ralph Yarborough. Hightower is a nationally syndicated columnist which is carried by seventy-five independent weekly newspapers and other publications. " The Hightower Lowdown " has more than 125,000 subscribers and focused heavily on the, what Hightower sees, as the corruption that existed within the Bush administration, claiming the former President was tied to large corporations and right-wing extremists. Well, he's got a point. All of his speaking and writing accomplishments wasn't what stood out to us when we first came across Mr. Hightower, it was a political concept that he created and that desperately needs to be spoken about much more within this political climate. Here it is. The Doug Jones Average The Doug Jones Average is the p...

Justice Democrats is a progressive political action committee that was founded in January 2017, the group was co-founded by Cenk Uygur of The Young Turks and Kyle Kulinski of Secular Talk, along with former leadership officials of Bernie Sanders' 2016 Presidential campaign. Justice Democrats political ideology is easily summed up within a few bullet points: Implementation of a living wage and tying it to inflation/$15/hr. Free and Fair Elections/getting corporate money out of politics. Enabling all Americans to have access to healthcare via a Single-Payer system. Ensuring all Americans have Universal Education as a right. Ending current US wars/end of being the "World's Policemen" Ending the War On Drugs/high rates of minorities in prison for drug offences. Creating a New New Deal. Creating a Clean Energy Revolution. Abolishing the Death Penalty. Implementing Ranked Choice Voting for elections. + many others. The priorities of the Justice Democrats a...

Several women made headlines in recent days as they accused far-right, suspended Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama, Roy Moore, of engaging in unwanted sexual activities with them when they were aged 14 and upwards, when Moore was aged 32-34. As Moore hopes to become a Senator from Alabama, these allegations are seen to have come at, what some Republicans and their supporters see, is a rather opportune time as an attempt to prevent Moore from reaching the Senate. However, this was the exact same defense that was used for the allegations against Donald Trump prior to the 2016 Presidential Election, with his allegations ranging from 1980 with Jessica Leeds, who claimed Trump tried to grope her on a flight to New York, to 2013 Miss Washington USA, Cassandra Searles in 2013. Now, whether or not you believe the countless amount of allegations that were made, the "liberal media attack" platitude, as Roy Moore stated, is beginning to become stale and is now being seen...

Centrist Twitter is a terrifying place, among their tweets bashing anyone who dare take a step towards the left or comparing Hillary Clinton to God - yes, literally - their political ignorance often slips through the cracks. A '#StillWithHer' Twitter account by the name of Jay Robertson, most likely a fake account, recently let his ignorance show when he admitted that rather than allowing the Democratic Party to embrace Bernie Sanders style progressivism, Jay would be more willing to live under Republican rule until at least 2024, the same exact political party and ideology he claims to be against. Let's dissect Mr. Robertson's "surrendering the party" claim, because if he is this passionate about the Democratic Party, Democratic approval ratings must be skyrocketing, right? Well, no. The Democratic Party's  approval rating has hit 37% , a 25 year low, a poll recently conducted by the Social Science Research Solutions (SSRS) has found. SSRS' pol...