by Liano Sharon | May 19, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, National Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
Below is a copy of a letter I sent on behalf of Nicole Reid (MI-10), detailing how the Sanders campaign purged at least one activist for her creed – her set of fundamental beliefs or guiding principles – and asking for their response. There has been no...
by Liano Sharon | May 6, 2020 | Blog, National Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
Progressives and the left face the same problem every four years. The established order of the Democratic Party nominates a plutocratic shill and dares us to let the Republican win, confident that we’re good people and in the end, we’ll fall in line because the...
by Liano Sharon | May 6, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, State of the Revolution, The Party Line
UPDATE: The MDP now says you must return your slates by 4:00pm tomorrow (7 May 2020). Yesterday I reported that the MDP was not prepared to run elections for national delegates according to the rules. Specifically, they were not prepared to run a proportional voting...
by Liano Sharon | May 5, 2020 | Blog, Michigan Democratic Party, Newest 4 Posts, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, State of the Revolution
Updated information is here. The Michigan Democratic Party released this guide to remote voting for the district level delegate selection process. Paragraph 7 of their instructions for District Conventions says “Candidates for District Level Delegate must be...
by Liano Sharon | Apr 22, 2020 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, National Politics, Newest 4 Posts, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
I’m a member of the Michigan Democratic Party, I serve on the State Central Committee, the State Party Rules Committee, and on the Executive Committee and Rules Committee of the Washtenaw County Party. I was elected by progressives from the 12th Congressional District...
by Liano Sharon | Apr 15, 2020 | Blog, Featured, National Politics
Bernie Sanders suspended his campaign and endorsed Biden, making Biden the presumptive nominee. Trump’s first ad went up a few days ago, and it tells us a lot about how the campaign is going to go. Trump’s first ad works on several levels, his people obviously know...
