This week, we are featuring Shuri, one of our fantastic artists, who created images about the Freedom to Vote Act along with other important developments of the past week. Please
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Follow DemLabs on our NEW social media! Facebook spreads COVID disinformation, promotes violence; causes depression, and meddles with elections. How does it get away with such disgusting corporate behavior? Follow
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This is the second feature in a four-part series. Click here to read the first article. The next step in unraveling the mystery of where Gov. Ron DeSantis is on
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After studying Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, I was surprised to learn how little I knew about who he really is or his master plan. It is almost as if he
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Editor’s note: This was originally presented as a Rosh Hashanah sermon by Rabbi Moshe Heyn of the Coastside Jewish Community on Sept. 6. We felt that the themes would speak
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Hey California, It’s Election Day! But first, let’s do a little time traveling… Twas the night before recall election day in California and 37% of voters had already returned their ballots.
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Many of us give what we can to support our favorite causes and candidates, be it $10 or $100. A few people with very deep pockets give hundreds of thousands,
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Even though I have lived in Florida most of my life, I will always consider myself a New Yorker. What happened on 9/11 will always have an impact on me,
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I walked out into the Stars and Stripes newsroom in the National Press Building on Sept. 11, 2001, and asked what was cooking. “Slow news day,” said a junior staffer.
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In the weeks following 9/11, I decided to journal some of what happened on that day. I recently came across my notes, and rereading them all these years later still
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I’m seeing too many posts of the actual attack on Sept. 11, 2001. Especially if you were in New York City that day and lost loved ones, it’s really triggering
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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
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It started as most days back then, my husband up early and on the road to his office while I scrambled to get our (then) 13 year old on the
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There are two types of sweat glands in our bodies: eccrine and apocrine. The apocrine is found in select areas, notably our armpits, but I wanna talk about our eccrine
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It has been 20 years since 9/11, and I cannot help but let my mind think back to that day. I was nowhere near the Twin Towers when they were
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Many things divide Americans politically, but there is now a demographic that previously had little impact: religious vs. non-religious. Gallup began measuring religious membership in 1937. In that poll, membership in
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From one end of this Arizona county to the other, Maricopa school board districts are the latest target for right-wing, Trump and QAnon followers. They bring in outside agitators, create
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When actress Sally Field won the 1985 Academy Award, she said, in essence: You like me. You really like me. I think if you were to ask Americans if they want
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By now, every registered California voter should have received their ballot for the upcoming gubernatorial recall election. Election Day is less than one week away, Sept. 14. So, in the
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Del. Rodney Willett (D-#HD73) is up for reelection this year and VA 7th for Progress is proud to support him with a matching fund drive (go here to take part).
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Over the last two days, for the first time in my social media activism, I have retweeted pro-abortion posts. As a Catholic, I have not changed my faith-based stance that
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There’s a coordinated attack in this country against the progress we’ve worked so hard to achieve, and people of color will feel the brunt of it. We must do all
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Sometimes the news gets to be so incomprehensible that you are at a loss for words. Other times you wake up with what you want to say fully formed in
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When I was finally able to get vaccinated, I felt like a weight had lifted off my shoulders. Society, I thought, would be back to normal(ish) soon. I felt comfortable
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Our featured artist this week is David Bythewood who has created these powerful graphics to share the news of the past week. In February David explained his motivation this way
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The U.S. Supreme Court poses a clear and present danger to democracy. Just last term, they gutted Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, making it much easier for states
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Terry McAuliffe, Virginia’s Democratic candidate for governor in November, has always faced challenges head-on. Virginians know his way of governing — he sees things as they are, not as he
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As an Operation Enduring Freedom veteran, I would like to thank President Joe Biden for the hard decision to withdraw from Afghanistan. The longest war our country has fought is
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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
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If I had my own summer, I’d spend it driving around in an 18-wheeler across America, listening to my favorite podcasts and being faithful to the request of any child
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Sometimes it can feel that in politics, the bad guys don’t see consequences. But this week, that was very much not the case. So let’s get into it. Kraken Lawyers
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The “feisty little paper” that was the Monterey Herald didn’t fall victim to the internet or changes in technology, as former reporter Julie Reynolds will tell you. What hurt the
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By Maril Revette Stratton California is the test case — a blue-state version of what’s happening in Georgia and Texas to overturn elections and suppress the vote. Inspired by Gov.
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By Bruce Maples Over the years that I’ve been running Forward Kentucky, I’ve also (obviously) paid attention to both the political news and the political commentary. And I’ve noticed an
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Our featured artist this week is @ShuriResists who shares the news of the past week with her powerful graphics. Please enjoy this week’s feature of The Week That Was. DemCast
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By Scott Steward The California recall comes at a difficult time, although it’s hard to imagine how a worse time could emerge. The pro-recall movement consists of a lot of people
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Folks are perplexed as to why Republican governors like Florida’s Ron DeSantis would be as insane as they are in refusing to allow public schools to protect children. Why is
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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
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“Thank you for your service.” How many times did I say those words to troops in the airports from San Francisco to Houston to Orlando as I traveled, first on
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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
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As a Californian, I try not to think about Kevin McCarthy. Who likes thinking about their region’s most embarrassing people? However, since his slavish, sycophantic behavior towards trump has become
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It’s so frustrating watching the horrific scenes from Kabul and hearing TV’s talking heads dutifully babbling the official talking points while carefully ignoring corruption — the giant mound of elephant
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Editor’s Note: This article is an update of an op-ed this writer published with DemCast in May of 2020. You can find that article here. In 1954, Republicans overwhelmingly voted
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We were almost there — herd immunity. Then came the Delta variant. But the vaccines were working, providing strong protection against serious illness and death, and breakthrough cases were mild.
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Part 2 of 2. You can read Part 1 here. This blog post started as a YouTube video. Let’s talk about one battle Trump will certainly lose: His fight to
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By Scott Steward My newly placed “Stop the Recall” sign was ripped in half and left on my front yard. It’s a crime to do such a thing. Lawlessness and
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Part 1 of 2 This blog post started as a YouTube video. You can see it here. I think the way the current fascist threat will be beaten back is
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We saw quite a few memorable things happen this week, the Senate passed the Infrastructure Bill and the $3.5 Trillion plan. This past week in DemCast, we learned about a
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A con man, reality TV actor wanted to win re-election so he lied about COVID-19 and made masks and vaccines political. Meanwhile, he got COVID and only survived because of
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I usually go to Twitter to get the latest, breaking news in politics but on occasion, I run across really good ideas. She’s so right about this. I mean, here’s
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Who should protect your child while they are in school? Ask yourself if a politician in Tallahassee should have more standing than parents or local school board members to make
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Something we have to think about: Dianne Feinstein is 88 years old. Multiple articles have been written about her noticeable “decline” in recent years. Senator Feinstein was last re-elected in
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In 1959, a veteran and son of immigrants opened his first furniture store in the Detroit-metro area. By 2015, the company founded by Art Van Elslander had nearly 100 stores
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If conservatives want to advocate for small government, they should first call on President Biden to mandate vaccines. Since vaccines were first approved for emergency use by the FDA last
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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
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We’re in the final moments of the Tokyo Olympics and a lot has happened in the past week. This week, we are talking about the COVID-19 vaccine and how we
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This week’s featured artist is Cris Palomino. Her powerful graphics tell the story of the past week. You can learn more about Cris here. Please enjoy this week’s issue of
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Republicans have come up with a new tactic for everything they see as a problem in our country: “Blame Biden!” They claim that if President Biden and the Democrats aren’t
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A few weeks ago I read that California was mandating masks for all public school students in the state, regardless of vaccination status. My heart sank. Then a few days
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As we battle the Disinfo variant of the virus, it’s critical to recall some persuasion basics plus empirical results on vaccination refusal and hesitancy. Social proof is arguably the most
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We are a country divided — this is no secret — and one of the more troubling divisions lies in the level of our tolerance for unkindness. As if in
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Part 2 of 2. Read the first article in this series here. As a Border Patrol agent in the mid-1990s and early 2000s, I witnessed the San Diego Critical Incident
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There is a little-known saying within law enforcement circles: If you are looking to commit rape, sexual assault on minors, or murder, and you want to be a cop, join
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The January 6 commission is well underway. Members of the committee shared their comments and four Capitol police officers, who witnessed the events, shared their testimonies. Their words showed their
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The massive, malignant force in the American economy that Wall Street created has a colorless name: private equity. These enormous pools of money, controlled by a relatively small number of
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Part 2 of 2. You can find Part 1 here. This blog post started as a YouTube video. You can see it here. Now let’s talk about Republican lawbreaking. What
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Part 1 of 2 This post started as a YouTube video. You can see it here. Today I plan to talk about a question I often get: “Is it too
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This week, people around the globe sought escape from the devastation of Covid in the opening of the Olympic Games. But while the eyes of the world may have been
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DemCast USA has joined over 100 organizations that have signed on to a letter thanking President Biden and Vice President Harris for their continued commitment to legislation that guarantees our
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The Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen Weisselberg, have been indicted in a tax scheme that took place for over a decade. The charges allege that Weisselberg paid
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This is alarming: California’s new COVID surge would have put many counties back into the most restrictive tier under our reopening blueprint. It’s time we do something uncomfortable: make vaccination
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Dear Senator Manchin, We hope this correspondence finds you well. As your constituents, we feel it is our duty to reach out to you because we are troubled. We have
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President Biden has begun his promise to withdraw troops from Afghanistan. Even with the threat of the Taliban eager to retake the land, I still support this decision and here
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Mr. President, Today we live in a nation that is under attack, not from outside forces but from within. Politicians are more concerned with keeping their jobs than doing their
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This week while our minds turned to voting rights and our eyes turned to Texas, or more accurately, Democratic Texas legislators in Washington, D.C., a lot of big stuff was
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Once again our Saturday feature spotlights the work of our DemCast graphics team. This week’s featured artist is @ShuriResists. Shuri’s powerful images shine a light on Covid-19 & vaccines, the
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The extremist regime in Arizona is ready for a push that will topple the authoritarian would-be dictators and turn the state a solid blue. Gallup polls show the vast majority
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By Ali Feldman Thanks to money from the American Rescue Plan’s expanded Child Tax Credit, families will be able to give their kids a stronger, healthier start on their path
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Tell Congress they must protect our freedom to vote. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called a special legislative session in Texas in an attempt to ram legislation that will drastically harm
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It was with a bemused shake of my head that I perused the full-page ad that appeared in The Gainesville Sun, as well as newspapers across the country, on July
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New York state government and various corporations have begun the process of reintegrating staff back into the office place, and I have one question to ask: Why? Mother Nature has
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This week, I watched with incredulity as the perpetrator of war crimes (as defined by the Geneva Convention) revisited the scene of some of his cruelest acts: the border wall.
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What happened this week? “The Week That Was” is a regular Saturday feature that gives our talented graphics team a chance to be in the spotlight while catching our readers
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A group comprising many Maine-based small businesses and non-profits has sent a letter to Senator Susan Collins regarding the need to pass the For The People Act. They are asking
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As we all slowly go back out into the real world and engage with our fellow humans, one of the things I’ve vowed to try and do more is be
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As America’s birthday draws near, I am thinking about why I am grateful to belong to this country. We have freedom of speech and many other privileges that humans in history
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When our founding fathers wrote Article 1, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, they had no idea that a state as geographically expansive as California might one day
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You’re a single mom who worked a minimum wage job. Your parents watched your kid while you worked. During the pandemic, both your parents died and you were left with
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Las familias hispanas tenemos historias llenas de adversidad, retos y mucho, mucho trabajo. Generaciones han sufrido las consecuencias de movimientos armados — políticos o criminales — y todos compartimos un
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By now, you’ve hopefully heard of the Deadline For Democracy mobilization plan that is taking place during the upcoming congressional recess, which is scheduled for June 28 through July 10.
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Last week was a busy one in news- President Biden signed a bill making the Pulse Memorial a national monument. This weekend was also the anniversary of same-sex marriage becoming
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Recently there has been an uproar among Republicans about critical race theory (CRT). I think they are unaware of what it is. Critical race theorists look at how the long
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I came to Catholicism late in life. An elderly friend asked if I would mind taking her to Saturday evening Mass one day. She hadn’t attended in years and was
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Do you know what UCLA, Alaska and John Lewis have in common? Well, put your stuff on mute and join me on this historical, film, sports, empathic adventure where we
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It’s good to hear that Sen. Joe Manchin is finally on board with protecting voting rights. Unfortunately, as long as he supports the filibuster, voting rights bills will never get
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Beginning in 2016, Russia’s GRU deployed millions of Russian troll bots to spread misinformation online about America’s elections. Vladimir Putin’s goal has continued to be to divide Americans by sowing
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As I encourage my senators to vote for the For the People Act, I can’t stop thinking about the election workers at the polling stations in Arizona where I volunteered
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This week, we feature the works of David and Joanne. They have created some graphics inspired by the news that happened the past couple of weeks, including news from around
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We are once again sharing these words and music by Melvin Myles in honor of Juneteenth. All of us at DemCast USA are overjoyed that Juneteenth is now a national
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When Dylann Roof (who violently murdered nine in Charleston, South Carolina) and James Holmes (who violently murdered 12 in Aurora, Colorado) were killed by police, I felt devastated and heartbroken.
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This blog post started out as a 10-minute video. What follows is an edited transcript. You can see the video here. Before I talk about Susan B. Anthony, I want
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Great news, Florida! I’ve concluded we don’t have a democracy problem. Unless you have been living under a rock, you might have noticed a heightened sense of apprehension over the
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From a seriously exhausted and flabbergasted liberal who voted for you… Dear Senator Sinema, Let me get straight to the point and tell you — without offense — that it
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I have felt like crying all day. The news that Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) seems so entrenched in his position that he will not support the sweeping election reform bill
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Have you ever stopped and thought about the phrase “government of the people, by the people, for the people“? When the person who ended enslavement (freedom is internal, liberty is
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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
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This was a pretty interesting week at DemCast, ranged from a “family” feud to advocating for ending the filibuster. Last week, DemCast writers shared some great articles! Forward Kentucky wrote
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This week @ShuriResists tells the story of the week’s news with her powerful images. Please enjoy and share our weekly feature The Week That Was. DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit. We
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DemCast USA has joined with over 100 organizations, including Fix Our Senate, Indivisible, Battle Born Collective, Common Cause, People for the American Way, Stand Up America, and Working Families Party
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In the coming weeks, the House of Representatives will face an important vote on rolling back a Trump-era regulation that would let predatory lenders, in cahoots with Wall Street, evade
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After writing about the need to view trump and his party of flying monkeys through a psychological lens, I was inspired to re-watch “The Wizard of Oz.” I wanted to
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The attention started coming when I was very young. Then again, when your custodial parents partially raise you in a tavern, as a child you hang around a lot of
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By Marshall Ward About the only place Republicans can gather these days without breaking into a family feud is at the White House, where President Joe Biden has been hosting
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The most recent performative outrage from white conservatives in the United States is declaring that the use of critical race theory to teach American history will make students hate America. Critical
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Not since the 1960s has the United States been as racially charged as it is today. The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement has forced Americans to confront centuries
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We do still talk about him, the Former Guy, those of us who hated his presidency and feared that to which it portended. The more hushed tones are neither harsh
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We have a gun violence problem in America. That’s not pleasant, but it’s a fact. And the best way to tackle it is common sense gun reform. In 2019, the
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In a recent opinion column, Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI-07) again tells half-truths to try to convince his constituents that anything that President Joe Biden does is disastrous. A bit of
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Virginia Del. John McGuire (R, HD-56) is up for reelection this year. First elected in 2017, the fitness trainer is a former Navy SEAL — something he trades on at
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Editor’s Note: David Weissman started this petition to Representative Kevin McCarthy on May 23, and in a little over 24 hours had gathered almost 49,000 signatures. Kevin McCarthy, As a
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Senator, I get it. You want to do the right thing. Maybe you want to protect democracy. It’s honorable that you’re looking to restore bipartisanship to the Senate. Or perhaps
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Notes from Bruce Hello! This is our second article summary sent to all our email subscribers. It’s got a list of all the stories post in the last few weeks.
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What a week at DemCast… Systematic racism is real! Hank Cetola, who recently explored his own white privilege, exposes two congressmembers who claim that it doesn’t exist at all. In
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This week’s featured artist is Julie Frontera who created images about what happened in Washington, DC and the world over the past week. DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit. We have made
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This week has been a very tough one for me given everything that’s going on between Israel and Gaza. The most important lesson that I’ve learned during my journey was
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In the second of a two-part series, we look at the popular grassroots volunteer activity of writing postcards to voters to understand its role, use, and impact. Please click here
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When it comes to the Republican Party, trump opened up a Pandora’s box in American politics. His behavior ultimately triggered an insurrection by his supporters, designed to overturn his presidential
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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
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Recently Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Rep. Tim Walberg (R-MI-7) both stated that systemic racism does not exist in our country. On April 25, Chris Wallace of Fox News asked
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How can we explain the party of Lincoln turning their souls over to a cult of liars? When Rep. Liz Cheney was removed from Republican leadership because she refused to
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This week we feature the work of ShuriReisists. She has created these graphics inspired by the news of the week including recent happenings in the Capitol. DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit.
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Canceling student loan debt through executive action may be one of the biggest decisions of Joe Biden’s presidency. Canceling tens of thousands of dollars in debt would not only help
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In the first of this two-part series, we look at the popular grassroots volunteer activity of writing postcards to voters to understand its role, use, and impact. There’s a new
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Watch out folks! Last month, in a new wave of antidemocratic legislation, the governor of Florida signed into law a bill that “grants civil immunity to people who decide to
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It’s been three years since I registered as a Democrat after learning the truth about liberal values and the Democrats who fight for them. I don’t agree with what my
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You may have seen that Rep. Liz Cheney is reportedly being ousted from her party leadership role for refusing to endorse former President Trump’s outright lies about election fraud. Kevin
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This week we published a lot of the-opposite-of-uplifting stories. Not that they were depressing but let’s just say, our country has some serious issues. There’s the so-insane-you-want-to-laugh-but-it’s-real recount in Arizona
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This week we feature the work of DemCast’s awesome Graphics Manager Julie Frontera. Julie is currently awaiting the arrival of her first granddaughter. She decided to create some images of
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THE SHELBY COUNTY DA’s OFFICE APPEARS TO HAVE DIFFERING TRADITIONS OF BEHAVIOR FOR BLACK DEFENDANTS AND WHITE DEFENDANTS WHEN IT COMES TO WITHHOLDING TRIAL EVIDENCE. Read the first article in
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The conviction of Derek Chauvin for the tragic murder of George Floyd is just the beginning of arriving at justice for our Black citizens. Perhaps this outcome has finally awakened
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In the first part of the article, the author explains the psychological underpinnings of the cult of trump, identifies trump as a pathological narcissist, and explains the lower case T
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This the first of a two-part article. Read the second part of “Narcissism Is Trumpism” right here on DemCast. America is still at a crossroads. While trump’s defeat in 2020
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Sir, I am writing to you as an ally of women. Regardless of politics, I believe that Twitter needs to update its Terms of Service to suspend any account, verified
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Hello friends, When we held our allyship training in March with MaineTransNet, we learned about several anti-trans bills Maine legislators were planning to introduce this year. Those bills have a public hearing at 9
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Murder Trial Evidence That Suspiciously Disappeared 15 Years Ago, Resurfaced Anonymously Following George Floyd Event A White judge chastised and scoffed at a Black defendant who uncovered suspicious actions by
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According to the National Fair Housing Alliance, over four million instances of housing discrimination occur each year. Although the Fair Housing Act of 1968 made housing discrimination on the basis
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Fighting for voting rights is at the very top of the list of critical battles we must win between now and the 2022 midterms. According to the Brennan Center for
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“Give me your tired, your poor,Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,I lift my lamp beside the golden
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Those of us who focus on immigration are pleased with some of the positive trends we’ve seen recently from the Biden administration response, not just cleaning up the previous administration’s
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“Today voting rights are under attack nationally by state legislators introducing and passing laws to put up barriers to our participation in elections. Americans are coming together to fight back.
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One hundred days. We spent part of last week looking at what the Biden-Harris administration has accomplished in that short time. In “100 Days of Sanity”. Content Director Mindy Schwartz
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This week is all about the #100DaysOfBiden. As it should be. This week alone Biden’s administration hit several milestones; Trump’s military-funded border wall projects have been canceled, American household income
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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
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Some content may contain graphic images: viewer discretion advised. Most police officers must have kids in their lives, right? Hearing the news, day after day after day, you really couldn’t
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This is Part 2 of a two-part series. Part 1 is here. This article was edited for length and clarity. With the 117th Congress recently passing its 100-day mark, and
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This is a two-part series. Part 2 will be published Wednesday, April 28. With the 117th Congress recently passing its 100-day mark and the Biden administration nearing the same milestone,
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It is still happening and it is getting worse. I am speaking about mass shooting incidents. The Gun Violence Archive defines mass shootings as having “a minimum of four victims
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Last week a jury of his peers declared Derek Chauvin “Guilty. Guilty. Guilty.” And at the same time, the breath in another Black body — a teenage girl in Ohio
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When: Monday, April 26 at 12:00 pm HST andevery other Monday thru 2022Please join Ray Markey, one of our active members, and the rest of us concerned citizens at Indivisible Hawaii. Join us
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Once again we asked a member of our awesome DemCast graphics team to tell the story of the last week in images. This time we feature the work of Joanne
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I watched most of the Derek Chauvin trial, as I am sure many in this country may have done, or at least seen snippets as they watched their preferred evening
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DemCast is proud to be a supporter of the Executive Branch Comprehensive Ethics Enforcement Act which will be introduced by Sen. Richard Blumenthal. The provisions of this bill, which will
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President Biden should state his continued commitment to transforming our democracy and passing the For the People Act in this year’s joint address to Congress. Every year, the State of
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Another Earth Day is upon us and headlines are ablaze with projections for climbing temperatures, rising seas, increasing wildfires, hurricanes and other natural disasters along with urgent calls to action.
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Today my seventh grade twins went back to school for the first time in over a year. We live in California, which sits at the bottom of our 50 states
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Some content may contain graphic images: viewer discretion advised. “I can’t breathe.” These words echo from body cam and onlooker videos, witness reports and courtroom testimony. As you look through
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Dear Jaime Harrison, First off, I would like to thank you for our exchange on Twitter showing that you care about the voices that do not belong to the Democratic
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Last week the nation was again focused on the Chauvin trial as additional instances of Black and Brown people dying at the hands of police came to light. DemCast’s Danielle
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Another week of gun violence and police assaults on Black and Brown bodies. At DemCast, the graphics team’s thread gathering images around police brutality and gun control is blowing up.
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On average, 45,000 people were forcibly held in ICE detention every day in 2019. Almost 2,000 children were stolen from their parents between April and May 2018. LGBTQ immigrants are
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Unaccompanied minors, mostly adolescents, keep arriving at the southern border as news spreads among the desperate and “tempest-tossed” in Central America that the United States will not abandon or refuse
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Georgia enacts, and other red states consider, new election laws that facilitate a Trump-like attempt to overturn results. Republicans have identified two problems with the 2020 election, problems they’re trying
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Remember after Trump’s second impeachment trial, Sen. Mitch McConnell concluded that, “There’s no question — none — that President Trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events of
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Every immigrant comes to America with one thing in common: courage. The courage it takes to sacrifice and make this journey — to a nation that is more than a
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Words like “crisis” and “surge” make for great headlines, especially when talking about immigration at the U.S. border and searching for something scandalous to pin on a new presidential administration.
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Our country is a representative democracy. Most people recognize that in a democracy the voice of the majority rules. However, in the U.S. Senate today this fundamental concept is missing.
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This is democracy in reverse, where politicians have decided that instead of the voters picking their representatives, the representatives have a right to cherry-pick their voters. It’s un-American. It’s anti-democratic.
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While here at DemCast USA we were working hard to bring you informative articles about the For the People Act, there were other events happening in the world. Every Saturday
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Show support for our Asian American sisters and brothers at Memorial Parkthis Saturday from 4-6PM. Mask up and Show up! Balloting for School Name ChangeApril 26-30, May 3-7If you live
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This is the final article in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Fighting corruption is not just good governance. It’s
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By Bruce Hartford, April 2021 One of the great achievements of the long civil rights movement was establishing a broad consensus that racism is evil. Trumpism is trying to roll
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This is the fourth in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Election security and integrity is not something you can
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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
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This is the second in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Make no mistake, this is democracy in reverse. Rather
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This is the first in a five-part series educating the public about the benefits of passing the For the People Act. Let each citizen remember at the moment he is
MoreBefore we focus on the articles we published in DemCastUSA last week, we want to call your attention to this fantastic series from EveryDistrict. The 2040 Project focuses on how
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Our graphics team was busy this week focusing on supporting the democracy-boosting, dark money-busting For the People Act. And when not doing that, we were watching the trial of George
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The Biden Immigration Bill is not the law yet, but here are some highlights from the 66-page summary. Lawful Prospective Immigrant (LPI) Status The bill will create a new “lawful
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DemCast USA has joined with Common Cause and other progressive organizations in calling on the Senate to quickly confirm President Biden’s three nominees to the USPS Board of Governors. Only
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At the beginning of this year, Political Charge readers told me in our annual survey that their top two priorities this year were protecting voting rights and our democracy. The
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I am seeing a welcome attention on the portions of SB 202 related to suspension and takeover of county superintendents. Let’s take a deeper dive into what exactly a county
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Events this week show the urgent need to continue on Biden’s path of building back better. Another mass shooting. Georgia’s elected leaders going full Jim Crow 2.0. Full GOP hypocrisy
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On March 24, 2018, more than a million people peacefully protested for sensible gun laws to end our seemingly never-ending gun violence. They gathered for the March for Our Lives
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Sometimes, after a Zoom meeting like I had today, I feel ill at the thought of how much more difficult life would be if Trump had won in 2020. It
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