Mindy Schwartz is a blogger, life-long political activist, wife, daughter, dogmom, DemCast USA Content Director and Jew. She is equally proud of all of those roles.
This is the first in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Let
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Having a successful impeachment vote, a fair impeachment trial & a victorious 2020 election will take all of us, no matter how able or disabled we may be.
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I just want to say to all of you cowards out there, don’t be such a chicken squat. Get out there and get your shot.” Dolly Parton The reluctance of people, mostly
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On Sept. 10, 2001, the phone rang early in my California home. My youngest brother, who lived in Indiana, sometimes ignored the time difference. After I grabbed the phone and said hello
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In the mid-1980s I became the president of the San Diego Coalition for Reproductive Choice (SDRC). I was in my early 30s and married. Abortion was not an issue that touched me
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Those of us who live and breathe politics know that the ballots for the California Republican recall were mailed to all registered voters the week of Aug. 16. We know that Election
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On Aug. 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. led the historic March on Washington. That day he gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech, which ends with the words: “[W]hen
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Recently, when I took my dogs on their daily walk around my mostly Republican neighborhood, I noticed lawn signs calling on neighbors to “Recall Newsom.” My immediate reaction was to point those
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“You’re not a member of a minority group in America — you’re white.” “You should let others take the lead in the fight against white supremacy — their pain is worse than
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One meal certainly is not an offense worthy of being removed from office as opposed to, for instance, inciting an insurrection. People who signed petitions to recall California Governor Gavin Newsom can
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On the third day of the Biden presidency I wrote an op-ed for DemCast USA titled “Day 3 and Doesn’t Normal Feel Good?” Ninety seven days later, President Joe Biden has just
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This is the third in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Nothing seems to tame the power of money in politics.” Bill
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