Common Sense Party of California and Forward Party Join Forces

By artappraiser on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 12:40pm |

BIG NEWS! We are so excited to announce that @commonsense4ca and @FWD_CA are joining forces! This alliance answers the demand of the 61% of CA voters who are looking for a new political home. Learn more here: https://t.co/3IoAhlH2RJ pic.twitter.com/8aAPMKLdd5
— Forward Party (@Fwd_Party) January 26, 2023

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https://act.cacommonsense.org/move_forward_with_common_sense

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It’s almost like Americans can sense that a new party is needed. @Fwd_Party pic.twitter.com/z8kIfAAs79
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) January 26, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 12:43pm

I had a great time in South Carolina as a #RankedChoiceVoting bill was proposed in the State House - and now it’s on to California! https://t.co/MtvOVrFX3Q
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) January 26, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 12:46pm

Today, the @Fwd_Party & Congressman Tom Campbell's @commonsense4ca partnered to bring a viable, unifying movement to ordinary Californians, who desperately deserve choice and power. This is an alliance between the two largest independent movements in California.

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— Will Conway (@heywillconway) January 26, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 01/26/2023 - 12:48pm

An all-time classic: Children's answers to the question "What is politics?" pic.twitter.com/0k8r2JPq4F
— Steve Stewart-Williams (@SteveStuWill) January 31, 2023

by artappraiser on Tue, 01/31/2023 - 4:21pm

they are pushing to start change this way:

#RankedChoiceVoting is the future of fair elections. It ensures that the winner has broad support, reduces the impact of negative campaigns, and is easy to understand and implement. Let's support #RCV and make our elections more democratic and fair.
— Forward Party (@Fwd_Party) February 2, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 2:00pm

from a great (long) thread by a guy explaining why he's become an Independent:

Far too many people see politics like sports, where every election cycle will be the year their team wins the championship & when they don't, it's because the referees fixed the game. They even put bumper stickers on their car like they would their favorite college football team.
— Adam B. Coleman, President of Aintblackistan (@wrong_speak) February 2, 2023

I put my old party in front of my value system and excused bad political behavior from the left. I learned half the story about the political landscape because they purposely set it up that way.
— Adam B. Coleman, President of Aintblackistan (@wrong_speak) February 2, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 3:26pm

This is the kind of thing that happens when you get rid of party primaries like they did in Alaska https://t.co/wy5W4WlYNu
— Andrew Yang (@AndrewYang) February 2, 2023

by artappraiser on Thu, 02/02/2023 - 6:26pm

Overcoming polarization, narrow mindedness and siloed thinking in American politics can be found, to a significant extent, by finding the mean between extremes of leveraging.https://t.co/hcUGaEwwWT
— The Fulcrum (@fulcrum_us) February 10, 2023

Forward Party retweeted the above. I'd like to highlight this phrase from the article

Both President Biden and President Zelensky have leveraged relationships

by artappraiser on Sat, 02/11/2023 - 4:20pm

In all honesty, @mtgreenee is right. We do need a national divorce: the people from the politicians. This woman has positioned herself to be the @AOC of the right & they are both reprehensible. No matter where you fall on the political spectrum, it’s something we all can agree on
— Barrington Martin II (@_BarringtonII) February 21, 2023

by artappraiser on Mon, 02/20/2023 - 11:36pm

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