by Liano Sharon | Aug 28, 2019 | Blog, Featured, MDP SCC, Michigan Democratic Party, Michigan Politics, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
Issue 2: The Party Won’t Enforce the Rules (Unless They Serve the Establishment) Recap from Issue #1At MDP State Central meetings, alternates (elected by their CD to replace absent delegates) should be seated (given a vote) before proxies (personally appointed...
by Liano Sharon | Aug 25, 2019 | Blog, Featured, Michigan Democratic Party, Party Politics, Progressive Movement, The Party Line
Issue 1: The Proxy Problem At the Michigan Democratic Party (MDP) State Convention every two years, Party members elect delegates and alternates from each district to represent them at the State Central Committee (SCC). Alternates are elected to vote in place of...
by Liano Sharon | Aug 5, 2019 | Blog, Campaign Finance, Featured, National Politics, Progressive Movement
I would really like to see the fundraising results from each of the other campaigns for the two days of the debates. Sanders totals for the two nights were: $2 million dollars100,000+ donors25% first time donors If any of the other campaigns beat him, they’d be...
by Liano Sharon | Jul 29, 2019 | Blog, Economics, Editorial, Featured
Here’s a fact. We the people, through our agent the US government, have an enforced monopoly on the creation of US dollars. Every US dollar in circulation, every electronic US dollar in every bank account anywhere in the world, ties back to an account at the...
by Liano Sharon | Dec 31, 2018 | Blog, Featured
Happy New Year, and welcome to the redesigned Michigan Progressive! I’m Liano Sharon, managing editor at Michigan Progressive. On behalf of the whole team here, thanks for dropping by, and please have a look around. We’re really excited about the new site and the new...
