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Civic Self-Respect is out today from @7StoriesPress. Tune into this week's Ralph Nader Radio Hour where we will be discussing the book and much more.

New column: The Closing Messages for Progressive Candidates

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RT @CapHillCitizen: In an ideal world, we’d read the paper over coffee, talk with our neighbors, and act on what we read. But we’re attached to these machines -- at least there are some good podcasts. Russell Mokhiber’s top ten for Capitol Hill Citizen:

New interview via @guardian

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Congressman Richard Neal’s “BIG LIE” paid for by millions of dollars of corporate campaign money is saturating Western Massachusetts media. He is slandering his opponent, independent candidate Nadia Milleron, as being “Too MAGA for Western Massachusetts” when is it is he who is too “MAGA for Western Massachusetts.” For example— 1. Nadia Milleron strongly supports impeaching Trump; Richard Neal voted “present” on a recent impeachment resolution in the House thereby refusing to cast his vote for impeachment. 2. Nadia Milleron supports tax increases on the under-taxed or no-taxed super-wealthy and giant corporations; Richard Neal protects these giant tax escapees just the way Trump does. 3. Nadia Milleron wants a major crack down on corporate crime with strong enforcement budgets and penalties; Richard Neal has been a silent legislator for decades on the corporate crime wave sweeping over America. 4. Nadia Milleron oppose corporate welfare—subsidies, giveaways and bailouts—totaling hundreds of billions of dollars a year; Richard Neal as Chair or Ranking Member of the House Ways and Means Committee has done nothing, not even public hearings, to get “the rich off welfare” who fund his campaigns. 5. Nadia Milleron wants Medicare For All—everybody in, nobody out—saving many lives and many dollars; Richard Neal prefers to tweak the present corporate perforated system with huge thefts from Medicare and Medicaid. 6. Nadia Milleron opposes weapons of mass destruction to the Netanyahu genocidal regime paid for by American taxpayers. She’s opposed to such mass slaughter of civilian families enabled by Richard Neal and other lawmakers in Congress. 7. Richard Neal surrendered to Speaker Nancy Pelosi in 2022 who blocked a vote on the House floor of legislation from Neal’s own committee to increase benefits for 60 million retirees receiving Social Security benefits, frozen since 1971. The bill pays for this increase by lifting the cap (now limited to the first $184,000 of income) of the wealthy and super wealthy like Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Nadia Milleron supports these long overdue increases in Social Security benefits. All of these positions by Richard Neal are those of Donald Trump and his Washington Trump Dump. So who is the true “Too MAGA for Western Massachusetts?” Richard Neal. That’s who. Stop immediately your “BIG LIE” paid for by big corporations saturating radio and television in Western Massachusetts—the district you have been an absentee corporate Congressman for for many years. Voters should vote out both Richard Neal and the “BIG LIE” coming out of his mouth. -R

With the midterm elections just over the horizon, Ralph makes his impassioned pitch for how the Democrats can beat MAGA Republicans to Democratic pollster, Celinda Lake and executive director of Progressive Democrats of America, Alan Minsky.

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On the Money: The time has come for ‘Medicare for All’ via @DeanBaker13

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New column: @TheDemocrats Tuning Out People-Driven Opportunities to Win Big on 11/3

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New column: Senate Candidate Sherrod Brown’s Betrayal of the Constitution

Trump has learned the wrong lesson from his mentor Netanyahu, who among other war crimes has deliberately destroyed over 1 million olive trees in Gaza—a key source of food for the civilian population. Last weekend, anticipating a judge’s restraining order on Monday, Trump cut down over 400 trees in a beautiful area of green refuge for Washington DC city residents, aiming to convert an affordable public golf course into a private luxury club for professional events and his rich friends. He even cut down some trees after the judge issued her restraining order, therefore engaging in contempt of court if the judge chooses this sanction. The legendary National Park Service, now under Trump’s clutches and in Trump’s Dump, has disgraced itself with such vengeful tree clear cutting. -R

Why hasn’t the mainstream press written a feature on Veterans for Peace (@VFPNational) which has a hundred chapters around the country, is very active on the ground, over the social media, and even in some court rooms? Does anybody know the answer to this? Go to to see how important their mission is for all of us. Please call any members of the media and bring to their attention this remarkable community of veterans from WWII to the present time. -R

RT @CapHillCitizen: Russell Mokhiber on "Who Killed Alex Odeh?" — "The troubling question hovering over the documentary is this: We know where these people are, we know where they live, why aren’t they being arrested?" Read the full story on Substack —

New column: Winning Strategies for Progressive Candidates in the Final Stretch

RT @CapHillCitizen: Capitol Hill Citizen founder Ralph Nader discusses the loss of rare books, the risks of digitizing knowledge, and the urgent need for stronger AI regulation in his latest C-SPAN interview. Watch the clip, then read more on Substack—