Daily Archives: 5. Februar 2026


05.02.2026 - 23:46 [ Norman Solomon / Common Dreams ]

Ending GOP Authoritarianism Will Require Overcoming the Democratic Leadership

(January 20, 2026)

A key reason is a reality that Sen. Bernie Sanders described soon after Trump’s 2016 win: “Certainly there are some people in the Democratic Party who want to maintain the status quo. They would rather go down with the Titanic so long as they have first-class seats.”

Democratic Party leaders should be removed from seats of party power or bypassed as relics of bygone eras. Their ongoing refusals to distance from corporate power, rich elites, and militarism have alienated much of the party’s base.

As I wrote in my free new book The Blue Road to Trump Hell, “The Democratic Party enabled Donald Trump to become president twice because of repetition compulsions that still plague the top echelons of the party.” To eject Republicans from power – and to advance a strong progressive agenda – true leadership must come from grassroots mobilization.

05.02.2026 - 22:29 [ Politico.com ]

Democrats want to find out why their voters stayed home in 2024 — and how to get them to show up this year

“We didn’t lose to Donald Trump. We lost to the couch,” DNC Deputy Executive Director Libby Schneider said in an interview. “We saw our voters, many of our important voters, stay home. Obviously, that is a trend that cannot continue.”

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“If we want to keep earning back the trust and support of voters, we have to listen to them,” DNC Chair Ken Martin said in a statement. “The Democratic Party is done with waiting until the last minute to engage voters — these conversations need to happen early and often.”

05.02.2026 - 22:17 [ Punchbowl.news ]

Frontliners erupt at DNC’s Martin

(January 13, 2026)

Another sticking point: some Frontliners were miffed that Martin tried to offer messaging advice, per sources in the room. Rep. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Mich.) — one of the top electoral overperformers in the country — spoke up and said she needed more resources from the DNC, not messaging guidance.

Overall, the feedback from the Frontliners was this: Helping out state parties won’t matter if Democrats fail to take back the House in 2026. Some members present also told us they felt as though they were being lectured on messaging by a party chair whose name has never been on the ballot.

05.02.2026 - 22:01 [ Politico.com ]

‘Weak,’ ‘whiny’ and ‘invisible’: Critics of DNC Chair Ken Martin savage his tenure

(June 19, 2025)

Other Democrats cited what they described as Martin’s ham-handed approach to the DNC’s influential rules and bylaws committee, which is charged with setting the 2028 presidential primary calendar. Martin purged members of the panel, including Weingarten and Saunders, who had supported Martin’s top opponent in the February election for DNC chair.

Of the 15 Democrats he took off the panel, 13 of them hadn’t voted for Martin, according to an internal record obtained by POLITICO.

05.02.2026 - 21:36 [ Democrats.org ]

Ken Martin Elected as New DNC Chair, Commits to Build Democratic Party to Win, to Expand, and to Last

(February 1, 2025)

Today, Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) Chair and Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC) President Ken Martin was elected as the new Chair of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) with overwhelming support from DNC members on the first ballot.

05.02.2026 - 21:32 [ Democrats.org ]

DNC Rules and Bylaws Committee Votes to Recommend 2025 Rules of Procedure for Election of DNC Officers

(December 12, 2024)

Today, the DNC’s Rules and Bylaws Committee (RBC) voted to recommend the Rules of Procedure that will guide the election process for the next DNC Chair as well as National Committee Officers.

05.02.2026 - 21:29 [ selinavickers.com ]

Rules and Bylaws Committee Report (April 13-14, 2022)

DNC Rules & Bylaws Committee

April 13 & 14, 2022

About the Rules and Bylaws Committee, or RBC: The 33 (give or take depending on term) members of the RBC are appointed every 4 years by the national chair of the DNC and ratified by the DNC.

05.02.2026 - 21:05 [ theIntercept.com ]

DNC Votes Down “Overwhelming Popular Position” Calling for Arms Ban to Israel

(August 26, 2026)

The resolution had been met with resistance from DNC Chair Ken Martin, despite polls showing overwhelming opposition to Israel’s military actions in Gaza from Democratic voters. The weapons ban resolution was put forward by a first-time DNC member to represent the views of younger party members.

“While it’s disappointing that DNC leadership wasn’t able to recognize that this is an overwhelming popular position, a 90-10 issue within its base, it started a conversation,” the resolution’s author, 26-year-old DNC member Allison Minnerly, told The Intercept. “As we approach 2026, it’s not going to go away, the more we delay having a hard conversation like this one.”

05.02.2026 - 21:02 [ Prospect.org ]

The Idiocy (Both Moral and Strategic) of the Democratic National Committee

(August 28, 2026)

It did vote for a resolution essentially restating the Biden administration’s position on the war: calling for a two-state solution, for the release of hostages, for an end to the conflict. That resolution said nothing, however, about America’s ongoing provision of the arms with which the Netanyahu government is waging its war.

The resolution that was adopted was authored by DNC Chair Ken Martin. The one that was squelched was authored by Allison Minnerly, a 26-year-old DNC member from Florida who’s a voter mobilization organizer. Her resolution was backed by most of the DNC’s young members, including the leaders of the College Democrats of America and the High School Democrats of America.

05.02.2026 - 20:35 [ Politico.com ]

‘The DOJ Cannot Be Trusted’: A Top Democrat Unloads on the Epstein Files Saga

(today)

In an interview with POLITICO Magazine about his priorities now and going forward, Garcia said Democrats were likely to make oversight of the administration a major part of their midterm campaign and previewed the line of attack for the party.

“This is the most corrupt president to ever serve in the history of our country, and it’s the most corrupt administration to ever exist in the history of our country,” he said. “There’s no scenario where this shouldn’t be at the center of our [work] moving forward.”

05.02.2026 - 20:30 [ ABC News ]

Jeffries on released Epstein pages: ‘It‘s not over’ until ‘complete transparency’

ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos interviews House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., on “This Week.”
February 1, 2026

05.02.2026 - 20:14 [ CNN ]

‚We are witnessing a full-blown cover-up‘: Rep. Raskin responds to DOJ release of Epstein files

(February 1, 2026)

Democratic Congressman Jamie Raskin responds to the DOJ‘s new drop from the Epstein files plus Democrats‘ new push to obtain access to the unredacted the files. Raskin also responds to the FBI search of an elections office in Georgia.

05.02.2026 - 20:11 [ CNBC ]

Epstein files: Ro Khanna says DOJ’s latest release is ‘not good enough’

(February 1, 2026)

Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif, said the Department of Justice’s latest release of records related to its investigation of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “is not good enough.”

“If we don’t get the remaining files… then Thomas Massie and I are prepared to move on impeachment or contempt,” Khanna said Sunday on NBC News’ “Meet the Press,” referring to Attorney General Pam Bondi.

05.02.2026 - 20:08 [ theMany.uk ]

READ | Why The Many matters

(January 26, 2026)

Read Laura Smith’s article in the Morning Star. People have been let down again and again. By governments that manage decline instead of challenging it. By parties that talk about fairness while entrenching inequality. By institutions that seem distant, unaccountable, and deaf to everyday reality.

But recognising that failure is not enough. We are here because we believe something fundamentally different is possible. Not cosmetic change. Not a rebranding of the same failed politics. But a credible alternative — rooted in organisation, democracy, and community power.

05.02.2026 - 20:05 [ CNN ]

The Epstein storm could topple a world leader — but it’s not Trump

His premiership hung by a thread Thursday after a revolt by MPs in his Labour Party further damaged a 10 Downing Street operation staggering from crisis to crisis.

Starmer tried to clarify his earlier statement in parliament on Wednesday that he knew about the friendship between former Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson and Epstein — but still made him ambassador to Washington.

05.02.2026 - 01:17 [ Tagesschau.de ]

Iran und USA: Atomgespräche sollen Freitag im Oman stattfinden

An diesem Freitag will Iran nach eigenen Angaben mit den USA im Oman neue Verhandlungen beginnen. Die Atomgespräche seien für 10 Uhr in der omanischen Hauptstadt Maskat geplant, schrieb Außenminister Abbas Araghtschi auf der Plattform X. „Ich bin unseren omanischen Brüdern dankbar, dass sie alle notwendigen Vorkehrungen getroffen haben“, fügte der Minister hinzu.

Auch aus Kreisen des Weißen Hauses hieß es, die US-Regierung habe zugestimmt, die Gespräche von der Türkei in den Oman zu verlegen.

05.02.2026 - 01:10 [ Barak David / Axios ]

U.S.-Iran nuclear talks back on after Arab leaders lobby White House

Plans for U.S.-Iran nuclear talks on Friday are back on, after several Middle Eastern leaders urgently lobbied the Trump administration on Wednesday afternoon not to follow through on threats to walk away, two U.S. officials told Axios.

The talks will be held in Oman, as Iran insisted, despite the U.S. initially rejecting changes to the original plan to meet in Istanbul.

05.02.2026 - 01:06 [ Common Dreams ]

‘This Occupation Has to End!’ Omar Argues After Homan Says Most Agents Will Stay in Minnesota

President Donald Trump’s “border czar,” Tom Homan, announced Wednesday that 700 immigration agents are leaving Minnesota, but with around 2,000 expected to remain there, Democratic Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, whose district includes Minneapolis, declared that the drawdown is “not enough.”

As part of Trump’s “Operation Metro Surge,” agents with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) have invaded multiple Minnesota cities, including Minneapolis and Saint Paul, and committed various acts of violence, such as fatally shooting Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

05.02.2026 - 00:33 [ Al Jazeera ]

UK pro-Palestinian activists not guilty of aggravated burglary

The six – Charlotte Head, ‌29, Samuel Corner, ⁠23, Leona Kamio, 30, Fatema Zainab Rajwani, 21, Zoe Rogers, 22, and ‌Jordan Devlin, 31 – all denied charges of aggravated burglary, violent disorder ‍and criminal damage.

Rajwani, Rogers and Devlin ‌were found not guilty of violent disorder by a jury at the Woolwich Crown Court, while it could not reach verdicts on ‌the same charge against Head, Corner and Kamio after more than 36 and a half ‌hours of deliberation.

The jury was also unable to reach verdicts for charges of criminal damage against all six defendants, and was also unable to reach a verdict on a charge of causing grievous bodily harm with intent against Corner, for allegedly hitting a female police sergeant with a sledgehammer.

05.02.2026 - 00:05 [ TheMany.uk ]

Announcing: The Socialist Leadership Programme

In Your Party, we have to do things differently. That’s why The Many is announcing the Socialist Leadership Programme: If we are elected to Your Party’s Central Executive Committee, we will establish this programme to identify, educate and train a new generation of working-class socialist leaders.

These are leaders who will represent the full breath of our coalition: Old and young, from all faiths and none, and from every corner of Britain. Leaders built up not from Westminster and the professional political class, but from community campaigns, workplace struggles, and social movements. Leaders who won’t just posture, but will build real power.

05.02.2026 - 00:00 [ Jeremy Corbyn / NovaraMedia.com ]

How Do We Beat the Far Right? With Unity

We need an alternative – and this requires more than just a different policy position. It requires a new kind of politics: one that harnesses the unifying power of solidarity to defeat the divisive tactic of scapegoating. One that unites working class people in all their diversity and empowers communities to wage campaigns where they live and work. One that stops treating politics as something that is done to people – and starts treating politics as something that is done by people.

This imperative led to the birth of Your Party. The surge of community-based victories in recent years – from the remarkable success of independent candidates in the 2024 general election, to the blossoming of local community independent groups in councils all over the country – demonstrated a demand for an alternative to the failed establishment politics.