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News from the Frontlines of the Political Revolution!

HEADLINES: Corporate Dems in Denial | Latest News from Capitol
Hill | Big Down-Ballot Wins! | Voting Rights Now | Strikevember!
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Progressives landed important wins on Tuesday, but the results
also show that a Trump-inspired red wave will sweep the 2022
elections if corporate power stops us from materially improving
the lives of the American people and defending our democracy from
the right-wing war on voting rights. Become a member of Our
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WHAT A WEEK! THE ELECTION, THE BUDGET BATTLE & WHAT’S NEXT ...

Republicans are on the rise and Democrats are on the defensive,
but our progressive movement is fighting back. We are our own
best chance to beat back the tide of corporate authoritarianism
by electing more of our allies, delivering policy, and expanding
democracy.

This week, corporate Dems and their media mouthpieces blamed
progressives’ for their electoral losses in Virginia and
elsewhere. “Psychologically, it’s ‘moderates’ in denial - that’s
what they have to do to defend their inaction in Congress,” Our
Revolution Executive Director Joseph Geevarghese told The Hill.
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The reality is: Our Revolution-endorsed progressive candidates
won at all ballot levels by championing Bernie-inspired policy
platforms.

Not only did we clinch mayoral seats in major municipalities,
but Our Revolution also passed popular local ballot measures on
housing, criminal justice reform - even a $15 min wage in the
hometown of Sen. Kyrsten Sinema.

Meanwhile, the corporate wing of the party continues to actively
fight against the policies voters want most, double down on the
culture war, and run head-on into high-profile defeat. If not for
corporatist obstruction, candidates could have run on making
$3.5T worth of direct improvements in voters’ lives.

Late last night, the House passed the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Framework with the blessing of the Congressional Progressive
Caucus, who secured a promise from holdout corporate Dems to pass
the Build Back Better by November 15th - as long as the
Congressional Budget Office confirms the White House’s cost
projections.

Can the corporatist Dems be trusted?
Will the President deliver on his own campaign promises?

Some progressives were not convinced - AOC, Cori Bush, Jamaal
Bowman, Ilhan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib voted NO -
and continued to hold the line. But 13 Republicans joined to
ensure passage.

Earlier this week, Our Revolution and our allies pushed from the
outside to get more of our priorities put back in the BBB
framework - like four weeks of paid leave and some negotiated
drug pricing. And Our Revolution played a critical role in making
sure the bill ends $86B worth of fossil fuel subsidies.

The budget framework also still contains universal pre-K,
investments in climate and housing, penalties for union-busters,
affordable childcare, taxes for the wealthy and corporations, and
other popular policies.

Now we’ve got a short window to get the much more inclusive
Build Back Better act over the line and take the fight to the
Senate.

Tuesday’s election results drive home the urgency with which
Democrats must deliver tangible improvements in voters’ lives to
avoid a total slaughter in the 2022 midterms and beyond.

Moral of the story - the corrupting force of money in politics
is silencing voters. Republicans outright suppress voter turnout,
while corporate Dems depress voter turnout. Serving corporate
interests at voters’ expense is not a winning electoral strategy
or an ethical way to govern.

Progressive power and policies are the antidotes to despair and
right-wing rule. The stakes are high and our window is small.
Become a recurring donor today to build on our wins.
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BIG DOWN-BALLOT WINS!

At the level of government closest to people’s lives, we’re
electing progressive champions who are fighting to address the
issues we care about most: climate change, affordable housing,
addressing poverty, and criminal justice reform.

Our Revolution has an over 65% win rate for 2021, electing 146
new progressive champions up and down the ballot. We are building
out the bench - filling out school boards, city councils, mayoral
seats, and more!

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Not only did we elect progressives at nearly every level of
government, but our newly-elected progressives are also majority
female and majority people of color.

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While the mainstream media interpreted the defeat of India
Walton for mayor of Buffalo as a sign that progressive power is
waning, the real story is the opposite: Progressives flexed our
power with multiple mayoral wins in major cities on Tuesday.

Cleveland’s new mayor, Justin Bibb, beat the machine candidate
without shying away from his support of the Safer Cleveland
Initiative which will create a Community Police Commission.

Cincinnati’s new mayor, Aftab Pureval, made history as the first
Asian American elected to the top spot in the city, and he did it
by laying out a clear plan to address the pressing issues facing
Cincinnati, such as affordable housing.


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And Boston’s new mayor, Michelle Wu won resoundingly on the
promise of a Green New Deal, rent control/stabilization, and
eliminating public transit fares.

“ You’re starting to see a new generation of progressive chief
executives emerge. I think that is a sign of the maturation of
the progressive movement,” Joseph Geevarghese, executive director
of Our Revolution, told The Hill.
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“They didn’t speak in abstract terms, they didn’t speak in
slogans, they proposed concrete things that were going to make
their cities work better.”

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Speaking of mayors, we’ll be holding Mayor-elect Eric Adams to
account in New York City, where progressives won 2 of 3 top
city-wide offices with about as many votes as (and higher
percentages than) Adams.

NYC Public Advocate Jumaane Williams and NYC Comptroller Brad
Lander pledged to fight to make sure the incoming Adams
Administration sticks to the people’s agenda. As Brad told the NY
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corruption in his new role as the city’s fiscal watchdog.

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On Tuesday, Our Revolution also helped progressive candidates
clinch city council seats in unlikely places - from democratic
socialist Richie Floyd in St. Petersburg, Fla. to Black Lives
Matter activist Indira Sheumaker in Des Moines, Iowa.

In New York City, public defender Tiffany Caban will join our
newly-elected progressive champions on the City Council to make
it the most diverse and progressive body ever.

A big win also came in Dayton, Ohio, where Shenise Turner-Sloss
and Darryl Fairchild ran together and won two open commission
seats on a message of change and transparency.

And last but not least, two of Our Revolution Ohio leaders won
their City Council races: Josie Moore in Cleveland Heights and
Patricia Blochowiak in East Cleveland.

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BREAKING DOWN THE BALLOT MEASURES!

After trying every way to be heard by their Senator Kyrsten
Sinema, Arizona voters sent a message out of Tucson on Tuesday
she can’t ignore.

Voters passed a city-wide $15 minimum wage by a margin of 2-1 in
the hometown of Sinema, who famously curtseyed giving a
thumbs-down to a vote for federal living wage last spring.
Sinema’s right-wing devotion to corporate rule is not going
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Congratulations to Our Revolution Minnesota on 2 local
affordable housing wins! St. Paul voted to enact a rent control
measure that prohibits landlords from raising rents by more than
3% in one year. And, Minneapolis voted to give the council
permission to enact limits on rent increases.


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Criminal Justice Reform was a winning ballot issue this election
despite the corporate media’s narrative.

In Austin, Texas, where 68% of the vote took down Proposition A,
preventing the city police department from having to hire an
extra 300-700 officers over the next year.

In Cleveland, Ohio, voters succeeded in passing Issue 24 to
establish a Civilian Police Review Board and allow a special
commission of citizens, chosen by Mayor-elect Justin Bibb, to be
in charge of investigating reports of police misconduct.

“The message of police accountability and oversight resonates,”
Joseph Geevarghese, Our Revolution Executive Director told the
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WHEN WE ORGANIZE, WE WIN!

Our movement’s 2021 victories didn’t happen because we’re lucky.
It happened because we did the hard work of organizing.

Our Revolution members made 350,000 voter contacts ahead of
Tuesday’s General Election to help our candidates make it over
the finish line!

Thanks to all our members who stood up to knock on doors, phone
bank, send texts, talk to friends and family, work polling
stations, transport voters, and donate to Our Revolution, and to
our candidates to make these electoral victories possible.

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but nothing is stronger than the power of the people.

The big money is fighting against us because they know our
strategy is working. Become a member to maximize our momentum.

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VOTING RIGHTS: NO MORE EXCUSES!

On Wednesday, Our Revolution members and Board Chair Larry Cohen
were arrested alongside Martin Luther King III in a protest for
voting rights in front of the White House.

We rallied in coalition with the People for the American Way,
Black Votes Matter, and other organizations to tell President
Biden: No More Excuses! Biden said after our previous actions
that he is open to carving out an exception in the filibuster for
voting rights - now he must follow through.


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For the fourth time this year, as arrests were happening outside
the Biden White House, Republicans filibustered voting rights -
this time blocking the John Lewis Act voting rights bill in the
Senate.

Voting rights are more critical than ever: The GOP is waging a
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Sen. Jeff Merkley (OR) joined a panel of voting rights leaders
for our Live Monday Night Broadcast
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nix the filibuster to pass voting rights.

“This is about government for the powerful versus government for
the people,” Merkley said. “We are seeing corruption up and down
the ballot from Republicans, so we cannot expect them to help
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that the only way voting rights are “going to get through is if
there’s a carve-out in the filibuster. And, the only way that
happens is if the president himself calls for it.”

“If Donald Trump can call for a carve-out in the filibuster to
pack the Supreme Court, then Joe Biden can certainly do it to
save our democracy - and that's what's at stake,” Jealous said.
He stressed the urgency to do this before the end of the year to
impact the redistricting process, and stop the electoral map from
being skewed even further to Republicans’ advantage.

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PUSH FOR POLICE OVERSIGHT IN ILLINOIS

Our Revolution: Will County Progressives continue pushing for a
citizen advisory board to oversee police in Joliet, Ill.

However, the Joliet City Council continues to delay the measure
until a new chief is hired, Outline ( [link removed] ) reports. The latest interim chief would be the third in a year.
“With the high attrition they have, we shouldn’t wait around for
anyone,” said Suzanna Ibarra, chair of Will County Progressives.

Suzanna said she believed Thursday’s proposal would have been
adopted since activists met “multiple, multiple times” with
police officials and council members.

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Wednesday evening, Our Revolution Maryland convened a Town Hall
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Climate Crisis.

State Senator Arthur Ellis joined us to discuss a light-rail
system he’s championing for southern Maryland. He said, “light
rail is good for the environment, it’s good for folks looking to
save commuting time, and it’s good for healthcare.”

Jared Schablein, Chair of Our Revolution Maryland’s Lower Shore
Chapter, spoke of the benefits of two wind projects off
Maryland’s Atlantic Coast. “We have an opportunity as a state to
be world leaders in the clean green energy industry and we should
take it,” Jared said.

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JOHN DEERE STRIKERS FIGHT ON

Striketober is rolling into Strikesgiving with 22,000 American
workers on strike, and those at John Deere voting down what the
company claims is its final offer.

Larry Cohen, Our Revolution board chair and former president of
the Communications Workers of America told The New York Times
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the second “no” vote could indicate union members felt the
strike was working and further gains were possible.

The corporation responded by walking away from the bargaining
table. “They’re saying what they believe, their feelings are
hurt,” Larry said of John Deere. “But what are they going to do
about it? They’re not going to get the workers back.”

Larry noted that Deere employees are among the relatively rare
group of workers in the United States able to bargain on a
company-wide scale, and that, along with their stature in the
communities where plants are situated, gives them considerable
leverage.

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In an op-ed in Insider NJ
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Visky wrote of the debt Gov. Phil Murphy owes to New Jersey
progressives, who worked to deliver the margin of victory in his
tight re-election on Tuesday.

During Murphy’s first term in office, “Our Revolution New Jersey
activists helped turn universal sick leave and a statewide $15
minimum wage from policy proposals into a reality,” Anna-Marta
noted. She predicted - correctly - that these progressive policy
wins will help excite the progressive base and keep Murphy in
office.

Now Murphy can return the favor and empower progressives in the
Garden State by taking on the Democratic Party’s rigged ballot
system that favors establishment incumbents.

As Ana Marta wrote: “If party leaders would embrace competitive
primary elections and abolish the “line” ballot system, it would
help re-engage voters in the democratic process and diversify the
field of candidates. It would strengthen democracy in our state.
It would help Democratic candidates up and down the ballot and
increase voter turnout. And, yes, it would give progressives a
fighting chance in primary elections.”

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doesn’t take big money on principle, Our Revolution has the
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MASS MOBILIZATION FOR VOTING RIGHTS!

With the GOP waging an all-out War on Voters, Our Revolution is
once again joining forces with People for the American Way at the
White House on Wednesday, November 17th to call on President
Biden to ensure the smooth passage of federal voting rights
legislation.

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Our Revolution South Carolina continues its series on how to
ensure affordable quality healthcare to all in the Palmetto
State! Come hear from advocates and experts on the ways you can
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