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Petition Aimed at Drafting #AyannaPressley to Challenge #HakeemJeffries for Speaker Picks Up Steam

“We believe that as speaker of the House, Ayanna Pressley would bring her innovative spirit and unwavering resolve to tackle the pressing challenges facing our nation.'

Brad Reed, Nov 11, 2026

"With calls from progressives growing for congressional #Democrats to choose new leaders, a movement is building to have US Rep. Ayanna Pressley challenge Democratic Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries for the speakership next year.

"A Change.org petition launched this week is urging Democratic lawmakers to make Pressley speaker, arguing that the #Massachusetts #Democrat 'represents a beacon of hope and integrity in a tumultuous political landscape.' "

https://www.commondreams.org/news/ayanna-pressley-for-speaker

#USPol #MidTermElections #USElections #SpeakerOfTheHouse #TimeForChange #Progressives #MedicaidForAll #HousingForAll #AbolishICE

#MikeFigueredo of #theHumanistReport nails it here -- this is a moment for ORGANIZING. It's not enough to demand our reps NOT vote for Jeffries. We need to coalesce behind a candidate, and we need that candidate to know we will fight for THEM so that they can fight for US.

"Ayanna Pressley -- tell us what you need. Do you need money? Do you need us to make calls to your colleagues to rally support for you? Let us know -- the People have your back."

@indivisibleteam @50501 @WorkingFamilies @mastodonmigration

https://youtu.be/kUOYG4iJnqQ

#HouseOfRepresentatives #HouseSpeaker #SpeakerOfTheHouse #USCongress #USElections #midterms #AyannaPressley #HakeemJeffries #CompetativeAuthoritarianism #Resist #WeThePeople

#JohnFetterman to be challenged for Senate seat by #DemocraticSocialist born in #Gaza

#AhmedMoor, a #PalestinianAmerican, said he would run in a primary to be the Democratic nominee in 2028

By Robert Tait, November 9, 2026

Excerpt: "John Fetterman, the maverick Democratic senator who has provoked widespread anger by increasingly siding with Republicans, is to be challenged for his #Pennsylvania seat by a democratic socialist candidate who is originally from Gaza.

"Ahmed Moor, a Palestinian American, said he would run in a primary to be the Democratic nominee in 2028, when Fetterman’s seat is up for re-election.

"The move is the first sign of Fetterman’s weakened position in the party since the Democrats won back control of the Senate in last week’s US midterm elections, when the party won at least 54 of the upper chamber’s 100 seats.

"The prospect of a comfortable Senate majority in effect eliminates the possibility of Fetterman’s vote being decisive, a relief to Democratic strategists who feared he could no longer be relied on for support on contentious issues.

"Fetterman had already caused widespread disillusionment among many Pennsylvania Democrats, who campaigned for him in the 2022 midterms when he ran as a progressive outsider.

"But he has sparked anger by, on occasion, speaking out in support of #DonaldTrump, who in turn has praised Fetterman as 'a great guy' and said he would 'love' him to become a Republican.

"Moor, 42, a writer and journalist who was born in the southern Gaza city of #Rafah and has previously written for #TheGuardian, told the Philadelphia Inquirer that he was 'not really running against Fetterman'.

" 'I’m running for good government. I’m running for the rule of law. I’m running because I believe in America,' he said."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/nov/09/john-fetterman-pennsylvania-ahmed-moor

#USPol #USElections #DSA #RoseWave #GazaGenocide #IsraeliWarCrimes #DemocraticSocialism
#DemocraticSocialistsOfAmerica