The Center for American Progress scuttled plans to relaunch ThinkProgress after recently fired staffers accused the liberal think tank of union busting. The left-wing news site ThinkProgress is shutting down after it failed to find a buyer to take over its operations. 
Center for American Progress president Neera Tanden and the rest of the corporate-backed, neoliberal establishment wing of the Democratic Party have made no secret of their trepidation at the prospect of Bernie Sanders winning the party's nomination for president. Left-wing think tank Center for American Progress is putting its news source ThinkProgress up for sale, citing financial strains. 
A "nonpartisan" dark money group that regularly files litigation against President Donald Trump's administration is powered by money from the Center for American Progress (CAP), the liberal think tank founded by former Clinton campaign manager John Podesta. 
Neera Tanden, the president of the Center for American Progress, has repeatedly criticized Facebook on Twitter, but that didn't stop the progressive think tank from taking the company's money.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D., R.I.) spoke Wednesday on the dangers of 'dark money' groups funding Congress, at an event funded by the Center For American Progress and the American Constitution Society—both of which have received funding from dark money organizations. 
Anti-establishment Democrats continue to assert their dominance in the House of Representatives. Congress on Tuesday will conduct its first hearing to discuss "Medicare for All" legislation that would establish a single-payer healthcare system within two years. 
