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I have written before about being Jewish in America. There is no denying that I am white and that my life has known privilege because of my skin color. Even
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It’s one thing to shoot somebody on Fifth Avenue; it’s another thing entirely to slice and dice Republican donors. This realization is apparently lost on Donald Trump, who nevertheless faces
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The second impeachment of Donald Trump is about to begin. He has crossed the line once again with his fatal words that cost the lives of five people: two Capitol
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Dear Republican Party members, No, we will not be moving on. We reject your attempts to change the subject and calls for “unity” because we see them for what they
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Illinois turned the lights out on solar energy in December, when incentives that let small solar businesses flourish and that created thousands of well-paid green energy jobs, expired. Luckily, Governor
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Dear President-elect Biden, I am writing to you today to make a request that I believe will help bring healing and unity to our country. I am a former Trump
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The new graphic we introduced last week for Last Week in DemCast already feels dated. We believe — though please correct us if we are wrong — that an entire
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El nuevo año empieza, y como muchos anhelo desesperadamente la calma, el regreso a la “normalidad” que antes disfrutamos sin saberla valorar. Quiero ser positiva, cooperar con los que están
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It has been said that the only person that Vice President Mike Pence really listens to is his wife, Karen. Now might be the most important time for him to
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Who isn’t exhausted by the news coming from our nation’s capitol? Who isn’t saddened and angered by the riotous mobs — and those who emboldened and incited them? The insurrection
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"Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor." I was taught that bearing false witness is the sin. It is not originating false witness nor is it knowingly bearing
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Most questions I’ve received through my email have been about criminal consequences for Trump. Meanwhile, Articles of Impeachment are circulating.
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I’ve been reading a lot of commentary this morning on the outcome of Tuesday’s U.S. Senate runoff in Georgia and the reasons behind it. Obviously turnout was key — way
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The Protect the Results coalition is a bipartisan coalition of more than 175 advocacy organizations including DemCast USA, grassroots groups, labor unions, and government watchdogs working together to prevent Donald Trump from
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We have put 2020 behind us, but let’s take one last look back. Now if you’re thinking this is going to be a dreary look at everything that went wrong,
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If you missed it, the news that rocked social media today: First, the GOP leaders lie and say there was election fraud. Then GOP senators argue that the fact that
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We finally made it to 2021! Of course, if you’re like us, you think the new year should actually start on January 20. . . . But seriously, who out
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For most of 2020, President Trump downplayed the COVID-19 pandemic. He called it a hoax designed to attack his presidency, then it was the common cold so there was no
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This is how Trump doubles down on the portion of the electorate he believes will keep him relevant. If he controls the white Christian evangelical voters, he controls GOP candidates
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First, before we get to the Trump legal team’s epic fail, a few of you asked about ways to control the spread of disinformation. Here are two examples from my
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Hi everyone! Today’s post can be found here: (tinyurl.com/Antiracist-events-Ventura). Keep calling/email Governor Newsom’s office to choose a Black woman to replace Kamala Harris in the Senate: Action and script here.
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Ms. Murphy, Over the past few days, your paralyzed deference to fascism has threatened the sustenance of our American democracy. Time is now running out. Your continued failure to perform
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Dear Governor Lee, I am writing to express support for the open letter from Tennessee’s health professionals and experts who have been calling for a statewide mask mandate for months.
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To all my friends and activists: I realize we are all excited over 45’s loss, but we cannot afford to linger on it nor allow ourselves to be distracted by
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On November 7, 2020, we got confirmation that our efforts had succeeded — America voted, and Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will be our next president and vice president. At
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The election results are unfolding exactly the way the experts told us they would. We knew that more Democrats voted by mail and that the count could take days. We
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AP and CNN have just called Wisconsin for Biden! DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit. We have made the decision to build a media site free of outside influence. There are no
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The last four years are a blur. The Muslim ban. Kids in cages. Killing the individual mandate. Charlottesville. Extorting Ukraine. Firing Comey. The GOP Tax Scam. Record unemployment. 220,000 dead
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DemCast USA is proud to join with over 50 organizations in sending an open letter reminding the media that while President Trump may declare victory tomorrow night, it is up
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And suddenly, after the longest, most depressing four years in American history, we have the chance to take our country back. Have you voted yet? If not, please bookmark this
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Until early 2018, David Weissman was an online MAGA troll. A self-avowed one too. The kind you should just either report or block on Twitter. Engage with them and soon
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Biden won’t screw up testing and call scientists idiots.” Barack Obama It’s now four days before the 2020 presidential election finally comes to a close. In a year when the
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In response to Eric Trump’s appearances in Ohio today, Ohio Democratic Party Chair David Pepper released the following statement: “Ohioans need competent leadership, not more Trump campaign photo ops. Even
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In these last weeks before November 3, the media is constantly speculating on how people are voting. We see a parade of polls. I’ve seen advice saying we should act
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This is Haylie Grammer’s story. She has given us her blessing to share it. Please share and remember Haylie and her baby when you vote. I recently saw an article
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I hope so, because I already did. I did so knowing there are priests — especially here in the U.S. — who will say I have violated the doctrine of
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Hi everyone! It’s Wednesday, and there’s a lot to do. But first, a word from our president. Mark Oct. 27th, 2020, on your calendar as the day the pandemic was
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As we reach the last stage of the 2020 election, I feel hopeful. I see people caring about others. Democrats pitching in when needed most. Republicans sick of what has
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Racist symbols of the Confederacy are more likely to fall when native Georgians speak calmly and directly against them. Such is the case with Rep. Gregg Kennard, Democrat running for
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Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) just can’t help himself when it comes to deceased Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Rather than push any positives of Judge Amy Coney Barrett in
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8 Days Until Election Day MONDAY CALL TIME: Winning with Women Phone Bank with Broadway for Biden 7:00 PM ET Who’s ready for a female VP?! Join Broadway For Biden,
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By Karen R. Sanderson October 24, 2020 Dear Gov. Burgum, More than 440 families in North Dakota have lost loved ones because of your Republican-led politicizing of the covid response.
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So raise your hand if the last week felt like a month. Or maybe a year. And if you have no idea how you are going to get through the
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Dear Friends, Every single thing we do is strategic. If you’re like me, you want to invest time, energy, and money in ways that you know are going to make a difference. I
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Savannah Guthrie recently called out Trump’s retweet of the latest conspiracy theory on national TV: Biden plotted to take out the bin Laden Navy SEALs hit squad. (FYI: They are
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Was there a winner in the 2020 Debates? Was it the American people? We have been living in the midst of evil for five years. For all of us with
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Volunteer OpportunitiesOctober 23, 2020 We need to insure a Blue Wave! Please don’t sit around and wonder if the polls are right–make a personal decision to ensure our candidates are
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The PA Dems are looking for attorneys to help field calls on Election Day in the Virtual Boiler Room. Sign up and find more information hereIf you wish to volunteer in
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Hi, everyone. It’s Tuesday, and we have work to do today and tomorrow. We are running out of time to manuveur on Amy Coney Barrett. Indivisible East Bay has put
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Women of accomplishment have turned out in record numbers running as Democratic candidates in Georgia. The extraordinary achievements of Sarah Beeson, candidate for State Senate District 56, put her at
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Brought to you by — Publisher’s Note — Good morning! We’re only a few weeks away from Election Day, and one day away from early voting starting in Kentucky.
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Over 200,000 Americans have paid with their lives for the sins of Trump and his corrupt enablers. I will never understand why the people who betray us expect us to
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Dear Youth of America, Only 43% of the American population between the ages of 18–29 voted in the last presidential election. This year, if only around 60% of your age
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First-time candidate for Georgia State Senate runs to counter what Governor Kemp has wrought.
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Trump and his Flying Monkeys are branding average Americans as radical left-wing extremists. Therefore, I must state what I stand for: I stand for the principle that all people are
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The apocalyptic revelation that Bob Woodward had tapes of Donald Trump confessing that he lied to America about the coronavirus rocked the nation. Surely, the story of a president deceiving the country
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Trump isn’t promising a peaceful transition, because in his mind if he loses it means the election was rigged. The people booing him outside the Capitol might disagree. Senate Republicans
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For my thoughts are not your thoughts, nor are your ways my ways, says the LORD. As high as the heavens are above the earth, so high are my ways
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Turn PA Blue volunteers are fighting back, making over ONE MILLION calls to voters this year. Sign up to phone bank on weekdays to flip the PA House, or weekends to flip
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McConnell is not interested in rule of law. Rule of law at its most basic means the laws are clear, publicized, and stable, and applied evenly. Democracy requires rule of
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Last night, GOP Senator Mitt Romney – widely considered a swing vote on Trump’s Supreme Court nominee – issued a statement calling Trump’s refusal to commit to a peaceful transfer
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I know there is animosity between us because I left MAGA and ended my support for Trump. The journey I chose wasn’t an easy one but I felt it was the
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A story from a dear friend of mine who just weathered Hurricane Sally in Florida. Good news . . . while I was outside doing cleanup I actually changed a
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The Most Important Election of Our Lives Has Begun … North Carolina was the first out the gate, sending out mail-in ballots beginning on September 4. Twenty-eight states will follow
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An open letter to Progressives, Social Democrats, Democratic Socialists, Greens, middle-of-the-roaders and conservative Dems Imagine for a moment that we’re the victim of a serious vehicle collision. We’re the passenger,
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But it is a lie. It is not the face of a happy people I see when I look at our nation. I see frustration and long pent up anger
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Joe Biden said this earlier this evening, “Tonight our nation mourns an American hero, a giant of legal doctrine, and a relentless voice in the pursuit of that highest American
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Ever since Joe Biden locked up the Democratic Party’s nomination in April, various Bernie Sanders surrogates and supporters have been vocal in their attitudes towards the former vice president. Supporters
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A little intimidation will not stop me and it will not stop those who are fighting back against the hatred and division that is tearing this country apart.
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Trump must think that he can persuade enough people who actually care about the environment and climate crisis to think that he cares too. That they’ll buy into the idea
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Hi everyone! Eugenics USA: OK, it’s Wednesday in Trumperica, where we just learned that female immigrants held in an ICE detention center are undergoing sterilization procedures without their consent. And
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But, still, I vote. And because I do, my action will be revolutionary. Look, a revolution can start with one person or it can start with a million, but this
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This used to be a Republican Seat. Not anymore. We are in the driver’s seat and Republicans are asleep at the wheel. Our polling results indicate that the race to
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Just when you think there is a bottom with this president, Trump does something to show that for him, no bottom exists. The Atlantic story made clear just how much
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We’ve all been reeling in horror from the story in The Atlantic alleging that President Donald Trump has made several brutal, disparaging statements about military personnel, including those who have
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On Sept. 2, Trump spoke in Wilmington, North Carolina, with local television reporter Jon Evans about the upcoming Presidential election. First, he expressed displeasure with the idea that 600,000 North
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WHERE THINGS STAND IN PENNSYLVANIA TODAY Pennsylvania broke our hearts in 2016. After being a reliably blue state in Presidential years, it elected Donald Trump and re-elected Senator Pat Toomey
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According to a brand-new Department of Homeland Security report, white supremacists present the gravest terror threat to the United States. Let’s talk about Representative Michael McCaul’s deep history of downplaying
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On November 27, 2018, Mike Espy was defeated by Cindy Hyde-Smith in a special election for the Senate in Mississippi. While it was a decisive defeat with Cindy Hyde-Smith up
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