What did you stop dreaming about?

They made it too expensive to dream and too rigged to try.

We are the commons.

The people who keep this country running. A movement outside both parties.

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A mother leans over her two young children as they pick out vegetables at a farmers market stand

Somewhere along the way, a lot of us quietly put those dreams on a shelf. Not because we stopped wanting them. Because the math stopped working.

From episode 1 of the podcast

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It's not broken. It's rigged.

Nobody broke this by accident. It's working exactly as designed. It's just designed for someone else.

They trade stocks in the companies they regulate.
They leave office and lobby their old friends.
They tell you your neighbor is the enemy.

So be angry. Then do something with it.

See the receipts

Nobody's coming. So we are.

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What we're fighting for

Left or right, you can nod at every one. That's the point.

Our members vote their conscience. Our party fights about rent and corruption.

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Can we actually win? Yes.

4 in 10Americans call themselves independents. More than either party.1
38%can win a three-way race.2 3
30 seatscan decide what passes in a split House.

We will never play spoiler. If we'd only split the vote, we don't run. And we'll say so out loud.

Gallup, Party Affiliation trend data.
Lincoln won 39.8% of the popular vote in 1860. The American Presidency Project, UC Santa Barbara, 1860 election.
Ventura won about 37% in Minnesota's 1998 three-way governor's race. Minnesota Secretary of State, 1998 general election results.

Nobody's coming. So let's go.

No money. No yard sign. Just count yourself in.

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