RSVP here for Sunday’s Town Hall. We’ll be discussing the Illinois primary, the fight to save FEMA and our nation’s emergency response system from Trump’s attacks, and where we stand as an anti-war movement in this critical moment.

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Abby McIlraith spoke out to warn the country that the Trump administration was undermining our ability to respond to natural disasters. For telling the truth, she was suspended, placed on administrative leave—and has not returned to her job.

Her story is a reminder of the moment we are in. She’ll be one of our guests this Sunday.

We also hope to highlight Junaid Ahmed, who is running for Congress in Illinois. He is the only candidate in the state endorsed by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and he also has the support of Bernie Sanders and our organization. If he wins Tuesday’s primary, the seat would shift from a corporate Democrat to a progressive Democrat.

And we’ll hear from Jonathan White, who worked inside the federal government during the first Trump administration to oppose the policy of separating children from their parents at the Southwest border. Though he was unable to stop the policy at the time, he later helped lead the effort to reunite families—and now he’s running for Congress in Maryland.

Whether you’ve been organizing for years or are just getting involved, this town hall is a place to learn, connect, and leave energized for the work ahead.

Movements grow when people come together.

Your voice matters.
Your ideas matter.
Your participation matters.

Join us this Sunday and be part of the conversation.

In solidarity, 

Alan Minsky and the PDA National Team

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​Dems Oh Dems: Don’t Make Us Weary

Fight Harder, Fight with Facts

And for God’s Sake Fight for the People Who Elected You

By Donna Smith

I am a Democrat. I am sick and tired of being sick and tired (borrowing a quote). I am
afraid. I am weary. The current political climate is not sustainable. Either Democrats will
stand up and really fight on behalf of the people who elected them or the republic is lost.
It truly is not more complicated than that.

For all the months since the 2024 elections, there has been a lot of screaming and
fundraising going on. Every Dem elected official tells us how disgusted they are and
how keeping them in office is only possible if we send more money their way.
Meanwhile, our own money is shrinking every day as inflation takes its toll. We really do
not need more fundraising appeals from Dems right now. We need real action to shut
down the damage being done around the world and certainly here so openly and
proudly by all the Republicans – no matter how their constituents cry out for relief.
In the face of the churning domestic news every day and bombs we are dropping on
people half a world away, the Dems are slugging it out to be on primary and general
election ballots as they think every “D” is a shoe-in. Party loyalists are falling in line.
Money is flowing into the campaigns. And younger, more capable candidates who are
freer of political obligations to outside interests are squeezed out before voters have the
chance to hear ideas and policies that might make change a real possibility instead of
an election year exercise.

It’s happening in my state – Colorado – where a wonderful candidate who could and
would defeat Lauren Boebert in CD4 is being systemically and effectively eliminated
from running a primary race against the Dem party’s anointed candidate. The Colorado
Democratic Party ought not interfere with the selection process assigned to voters.
Period. The Party’s choice might be the voters’ choice, but when the Party subverts the
process by choosing a candidate they believe has a better chance to win by measures
they will impact going forward with their decision to favor one candidate over the other.
The CDP needs to be the party of all Dems, not just the ones who have been accepted
into an exclusive club. We cannot say we offer a big tent and then only invite a select
few inside a special and secret society. Of course there is a political pipeline, a
hierarchy of people who are in line for higher office, if unofficially. That’s not the
problem. It is a problem that the CDP manipulates campaigns, strategies, and even
procedural issues in favor of a chosen few. Voters deserve an open and fair process so
we may choose the best people to represent all of us and not just the chosen few in
some exclusive club.

In Colorado, we value making our own independent decisions. No political party or
candidate ought to be in the business of restricting or silencing opposing voices. At this
complicated moment in our state and nation, Democrats must have the courage to
break free of the political quagmire that landed us here. Have the courage to be the kind
of Coloradoans and Americans that we need if together we are to salvage our freedom.

Click Here for Some Quick Online Petitions and Actions to Help the Movement Grow, then RSVP for Good News on Our Campaign to Victory Call, Thursday, March 12, 9pm ET/6pm PT

While first and foremost we’re about human beings talking to human beings, either at the door, events, or on the phone, we do recognize that online action can play an important role in the mix.

So please invest a few clicks in the list of actions posted on our Clicktivist page on our website. And if you do social media, make sure you sign up for the Click Brigade.

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Then join us Thursday for good news on our most recent victories, an update on March Primaries, No Kings III, and a multitude of ways we all can make a real difference as we make our communities safer and more prosperous for all.

Campaign to Victory Call
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You’ll leave energized, organized, and more hopeful. Invite your progressive friends! All are welcome.

We look forward to seeing you!

In solidarity,

The PDA National Team

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RSVP Now for Our Campaign to Victory Call  Thursday, March 12, 9pm ET/6pm PT

Join us for good news and inspiration about recent and future wins on our Campaign to Victory call.

We’ll debrief today’s elections, look forward to the next March wave coming, and discuss ways we can make a real difference at the polls and in the streets with No Kings III and more. Plus we’ll have a surprise guest or two to help us all get inspired. Join us!

Campaign to Victory Call 
Thursday, March 12
9pm ET/8pm CT/7pm MT/6pm PT
Register here and the machine will email you your secure link/codes.

You’ll leave energized, organized, and more hopeful.

Invite your progressive friends! All are welcome.

In solidarity,

Mike Fox for the PDA National Team

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Watch now: PDA’s Progressive Town Hall from Sunday, March 8, 2026 with guests Rev. Rodney Sadler, Hanieh Jodat, and Suzanne Gordon

We must defend our democracy and organize to stop this war.

Join us this Sunday for our weekly gathering, The Progressive Town Hall. RSVP here.

This may be our most jam-packed Town Hall yet. We’re welcoming four major progressive organizers and leaders as featured guests — now including Cori Bush.

And we’re not just talking about change — we’re organizing to send her back to Congress this summer.

Join us this Sunday at 4pm ET/1pm PT for our weekly Progressive Town Hall.

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Advocating, Educating, Agitating, Aggravating, and always, always Celebrating

While bombs rain down in the Middle East yet again, Progressive Democrats of America, PDA, once again and always calls for peace. There will be time enough to find out how and why we find all the resources needed – human and implements of war – and commit ourselves to destabilizing the region and world yet again. Analysis matters, but action to stop the abuse of powers and the killing matters much more in the moment.

So when asked to share with you our thoughts about Women’s History Month, I will admit it seemed a bit less meaningful with an Epstein devotee in the White House. All this undercurrent of unrest and ugliness does not reflect any of the hope and energy women have given to the progressive movement around the world, and so each of us must be the reflection of that never-ending love that sees the value in each human being, regardless of gender or any other subjective measure. Women deliver life into this world, and it is a crime against every person of good intent when women are devalued.

In 2007, I was in a hospital room in Havana, Cuba, on International Women’s Day, March 8, 2007. As part of Michael Moore’s award-winning film, SiCKO, about the dysfunction of our healthcare industry, I rose up. The dignity of a single rose given to me by one of my Cuban nurses along with a warm embrace and kiss was the first time I felt deep emotion around this observance. And two short years later in 2009, the National Organization of Women, NOW, gave me their national “Woman of Action” award. My daughter was in the audience. I was lifted yet again.

By my sisters, of my sisters, and for my sisters, I am so grateful to be one of this amazing and powerful bunch of humans. Celebrate this year by rattling a few cages and shaking the bars and chains off. A gift to support our work to keep lifting every person into their light is wonderful today – in honor of yourself and in honor of the women who are in your life.

Peace and power, together,

Donna Smith
Chair, PDA National Advisory Board

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Join us Sunday at 4pm EST/1pm PST for a jam-packed Progressive Town Hall. RSVP Now!

• We’ll open the Town Hall  with a discussion of the US/Israel War of Agression against Iran, with a special focus on how PDA can help build a powerful and impactful Anti-war movement ASAP.
•  PDA Advisory Board member Rev. Rodney Sadler, who is running for the North Carolina House of Representatives, will join us. Rodney won his primary on Tuesday in spectacular fashion, crushing the moderate incumbent 70%-30%.
•  Hanieh Jodat from PDA-Greater Middle East Alliance (PDA-GMEA) opens our celebration of International Women’s day. Hanieh is Iranian-American and she will share her thoughts on the courage and perseverance of Iranian Women.
• Suzanne Gordon will continue the brilliant discussion we had two weeks ago on the evisceration of Federal Departments by the Trump administration and DOGE. She is the co-founder of the Veterans Healthcare Policy Institute. The focus of this Sunday’s presentation will be the damage done to the Veteran’s Administration.

And invite your family, friends, comrades, and co-workers too!  See you Sunday!

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Alan Minsky and the PDA National Team

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RSVP Now for Our Campaign to Victory Call  Thursday, March 5, 9pm ET/6pm PT

Join us for good news and inspiration about recent and future wins on our Campaign to Victory call.

We’ll debrief Tuesday’s primaries, look forward to the next March wave coming, and discuss ways we can make a real difference at the polls and in the streets with No Kings III and more.  Plus we’ll have a surprise guest or two to help us all get inspired. Join us!

Campaign to Victory Call 
Thursday, March 5
9pm ET/8pm CT/7pm MT/6pm PT
Register here and the machine will email you your secure link/codes.

You’ll leave energized, organized, and more hopeful.

Invite your progressive friends! All are welcome.

In solidarity,

Mike Fox for the PDA National Team

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Our featured guest is the great author and organizer, Bill Fletcher, Jr., who will tell us about a new coalition, Standing for Democracy, that PDA has joined to build a popular front to defeat fascism, win elections, and transform America into a truly democratic society with all-inclusive prosperity.