Editor’s note: On May 18, President Biden invoked the Defense Production Act to prioritize the manufacturing of baby formula and on May 22, the United States military airlifted its first
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The news that the Supreme Court might overturn Roe coincided with the Taliban’s announcement ordering women to be covered from head to toe when they leave the house. The threat
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Here are drawings inspired by my fury that the Supreme Court intends to withdraw a right that has been recognized as the law of the land for 50 years. It
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It was never my intent to raise my son from the age of four as a single (divorced) working parent. But it was how it turned out. Not because I
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Authoritarian socialist DeSantis attacks Disney Authoritarian socialists attack business for politics. Putin took over Yukos Oil, the largest Russian oil firm at the time and jailed Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the CEO.
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We need action now on cutting carbon emissions in half and lowering prices. We are disgusted by Big Oil’s price gouging and their efforts to blame their higher prices on
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Citywide Indivisible Chicago joins a large coalition to organize a rally for abortion justice on Sat., May 14th, 9:30 am, Union Park, Chicago NEW TIME + LOCATION: Sat, May 14, Rally for
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I’m a 70-year-old woman with a history of infertility. I’m the adoptive mother of two. I don’t have a personal story to tell about abortion. I’m not worried about my
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Where are we as a country headed? Is our great experiment in democracy moving toward failure? I feel confident that our democratic republic will not perish from an aggressive intervention
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Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen.” Hebrews 11:1 Tweeting about Roe v. Wade for DemCast was always going to be difficult
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During the U.S. Supreme Court oral argument for Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, Justice Amy Coney Barrett, the mother of seven biological and adopted children, wondered why adoption does not
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How do I begin to unpack how deeply disturbed I was by yesterday’s Supreme Court arguments? Justice Sotomayor spoke for so many of us with this question. She spoke for
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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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What is America really? It is a union of 50 independent states. I would argue that the federal government has ceased to follow the Constitution because it does not currently
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Caitlyn Perry Dial – Michigan – Livingston County Commission – District 7 Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am very involved in the community as
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Bill Kimler- South Carolina – State House District 13 Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. After earning a Masters in Physics and in Teaching, I spent
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Follow the money blocking Climate Change bills “NO LABELS TO HOST BILLIONAIRE GATHERING WITH JOE MANCHIN IN LOS ANGELES” – Lee Fang in The Intercept Puzzled why politicians block bills
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With Putin’s unprovoked and unjust invasion, siege, and destruction of Ukraine, it is completely normal that most Americans feel dazed and horrified by Russia’s war-crime-level assaults on a civilian population.
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Melissa Smith- Montana – State House District 23 Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I currently live and work in Great Falls, Montana. I was raised
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Chris Salley- South Carolina – State House District 7 Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. Born and raised in Anderson County, I’m a proud product of
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We cannot allow the threat of world war to scare us into inaction. The question is no longer how to avoid war. It’s now time to start talking about winning
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John Ward- South Carolina – State House District 58 Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born and raised in Aynor, SC. My father was
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by Sherri Masson Government can be a force for good. Government is at its best when it embraces the American ideal to provide for the common good. In her book,
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Glen Miller – Michigan – State House District 50 Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I own a remodeling business. My district in Livingston County is
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Dr. Gary L. Burgess – South Carolina – State Superintendent of Education Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. In the race for SC Superintendent of Education,
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Daniel A Duncan – South Carolina – State House – District 14 Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I’m a lifelong progressive Democrat originally from a
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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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Tom Nelson – Wisconsin – US Senate Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I grew up in the Fox Valley in the small town of Little
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Midterms are coming. At the moment, Republicans are trying to make the southern border the main voting issue, and they are succeeding. With Republican governors strategically in power in much
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Christina M. Kafkakis – Michigan – State House – District 49 Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I was born and raised in Flint, Michigan. My
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Christine Kaczkowski – Michigan – Livingston County Commission – District 9 Tell us a little bit about yourself and your background. I am the mother of two boys, a wife,
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Cynthia Rodriguez for Yolo County District Attorney: Yolo County is overall more progressive than average. It’s easy enough to get complacent and think the problems are mostly elsewhere. But the
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As our hearts break for the people of Ukraine, it is imperative that we wrap our heads around the fact that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is the price we
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Robert Zeigler – Pennsylvania – State House – District 171 Tell us a little bit about your yourself and your background. I am born and raised rural Pennsylvanian. I am
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Jackie Goldman- Rhode Island – Providence City Council – Ward 5 Tell us a little bit about your yourself and your background. My name is Jackie Goldman, and I am
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Matt Vilardebo- South Carolina State House 26th District Tell us a little bit about your yourself and your background. I’m a husband and father of 2. I am an engineering
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Kevin Eckert- South Carolina US House 5th District Tell us a little bit about your yourself and your background. I am originally from Rochester, NY but moved to South Carolina
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Katie Crosby – South Carolina State House 44th District Tell us a little bit about your yourself and your background. A former educator and the current chair of the Lancaster
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Elizabeth Marum – Montana House District 67 Tell us a little bit about your yourself and your background. I’m a 26-yr resident of HD67, where I raised two sons as
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Recently, while attending a memorial gathering in Arlington, Virginia, a man I had never met and who offered not one word of introduction, came right up to my face, pointed
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Judd Larkins – South Carolina US House 2nd District Tell us a little bit about your yourself and your background. I am a South Carolina native who holds an undergrad
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Cassandra Garcia Hernandez – Texas House District 70 Tell us a little bit about your yourself and your background. My story is rooted right here in Texas and fueled by
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I had a blog post all ready to go, and then I threw it out and wrote this. (I write quickly when I feel annoyed.) People are constantly telling me
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My admiration for Madeleine Albright began when she was confirmed as the first female US secretary of state, and chapter four of Albright’s memoir, Madam Secretary, confirmed my love for
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By Ann G. Daniels and Rebecca Dean Deadline: April 20 – Sometimes it seems the news is full of horrible state legislation, like Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill or the Texas law authorizing
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By Marc Stier and Eugene Henninger-Voss Wealth inequality in America, in Pennsylvania, and in our region has been growing strikingly since the late 1970s. And wealth inequality continues to increase
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Pennsylvania families and our economy are currently being stressed by a rise in prices that is the result of an unexpectedly quick economic recovery the supply chain issues it created,
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Fair Representation of Virginia/Virginia House Elections Up in the Air Millions of Virginians are currently being left without proper representation. As litigation started in the 4th Circuit on March 21,
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Since Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, there has been a sharp drop in social media posting about the atrocities being committed by Russia. The graph below shows Google Trends’ analysis of
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President Joe Biden recently announced that, in response to Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. would halt its import of Russian fossil fuels. Republicans are using this action, along
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On March 3, thousands of students across the state of Florida walked out of their classrooms in protest of Florida House Bill 1557, dubbed the “don’t say gay” bill by
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I used to go to church, a Catholic one. I found the most social-justice-oriented, least dying-fetus-focused, multicultural church around, with an award-winning choir to boot, and I dragged in my
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On March 1 the world heard reports that the grounds of the Babyn Yar memorial were hit by Russian bombs. Babyn Yar is the place where over 33,000 Ukrainian
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First I’ll talk about how and why the Republican Party embraced Vladimir Putin and what it means that so many prominent Republicans are now either hiding from or backpedaling their
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Editor’s note: President Joe Biden nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday, 2/25, 2022. President Joe Biden affirmed that he
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As a fiscal conservative and a student of economics for many decades, witnessing the economic mistakes made by our federal government over the last 20 years and the hardships they
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“When people show you who they are, believe them.” It’s time to believe what Pennsylvanian Republicans have shown us they are. Begin with what they have shown us they don’t
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Well, it finally made its way from Texas to Kentucky. We finally have a bill that says we have to teach the “good side” of the Holocaust. And of Jim
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Fight voter suppression: Canvass smarter to register more voters and increase turnout. Canvass smarter to register more voters and increase voter turnout to counter Republican voter suppression. How can organizers:
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I figure it was around 1994 when the working press I had grown up with started colliding with the media. I was the sports editor at the Lewiston Sun-Journal in
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The act of voting is a centerpiece of our American democracy. But before you can vote, you must be registered to vote. A conservative estimate from the Pew Charitable Trusts
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In 2020, voters turned out in record numbers, elected President Joe Biden, and changed the trajectory of our country. From lifting children out of poverty and returning to in-person learning
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Today I began my quest to eradicate Fox from my life and make sure they never get a dime from me. I called AT&T to tell them why I wanted
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Anyone who cares about facts, truth and reality understands knowledge is power, and any denial of knowledge usually results in a weakening of power. Anyone who is always focused on
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I. Destructive Lies Last week, after laying out the seditious conspiracy charges, I left off with the question: So what the heck is going on with the Republican Party? Really,
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For about a year and a half, I worked at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum here in D.C. as a visitor services representative. On my first day, I was walking
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I have been writing this column for over two years. I view it as an evidence-based, progressive viewpoint. Over those two-plus years, I have received both positive and negative feedback.
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It is up to those of us who remember the survivors, those friends and neighbors with numbers tattooed on their arms, to keep their memories alive.
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Something of concern to me, as we reflect on Roe v. Wade, is the overall health care of women. Last Saturday, Jan. 22, marked the 49th anniversary of the passage
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This is a two-part blog post. This week, I’ll lay out the facts in the latest indictment where we have, for the first time, a charge of seditious conspiracy. Then
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I’m not sure there are elections more important in 2022 than those for secretaries of state, particularly after the vote in the Senate on Wednesday night. (We’re going to need
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Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin are not serious people, certainly not serious Democrats. It’s not just the hypocrisy, which we have come to expect from Republicans but not from our
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So much for starting the new year off on the right foot. After getting called out in November for missing over a dozen important committee hearings last year, and skipping even more
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Now that two-thirds of the states have adopted their new legislative district maps, we have a clearer sense of what has actually happened with redistricting. The good news is, Democrats
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I’m not a New Year’s resolution kind of guy. When I make resolutions they generally happen organically. “Holy hell, that pizza was awful, I resolve to never order pizza from
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Can you feel the energy? That’s the Democrats on the ground getting ready to save democracy! We are ignoring the people who are trying to make us believe that we
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Phew! We survived another “War on Christmas.” I was worried there about those liberal Democrats’ plans to destroy the hopes and dreams of children everywhere had their mission been carried
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Some say democracy dies in darkness, but I’m watching it die in broad daylight. On Jan. 6, 2021, as I was preparing to celebrate my youngest daughter’s 8th birthday, I
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While most of us have strong feelings about patriotism, its exact meaning seems nebulous and elusive. Perhaps that is why many of us practice patriotism so differently. Some exercise what
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In the run-up to the one-year anniversary of the attempted coup to bring down our democracy, I’ve been avoiding reading the recaps and the rehashes and the remembrances of that
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On Friday, Taylor Budowich (Trump spokesperson and one of the planners of the Stop the Steal Rally on Jan. 6) sued the select Congressional committee investigating the insurrection. Now that
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The third full week of December 2021 had stories about the spread of Omicron, the newest COVID-19 variant, and the FDA approved a second anti-virus medication to treat the disease.
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Our democracy is under attack. Sen. Angus King gets that; Sen. Susan Collins does not. On Jan. 6, President Donald Trump and his supporters tried to overthrow our government, attempting
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@crispalomino shares graphics spotlighting some of the most significant news stories from last week. DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit. We have made the decision to build a media site free of
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Since the beginning of the world economic reopening this year, we’ve all felt and heard endlessly about it: inflation. Historically, inflation has been quantified using the Consumer Price Index
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@JoanneTrueBlue shares her graphics spotlighting some of the significant news stories from last week. DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit. We have made the decision to build a media site free of
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AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. What do you think of when you see those words? Is it maybe a red, white and blue flag, or is it a bunch of white guys with
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My most vivid memory of Bob Dole will always be a 2000 television interview in which the five-term U.S. senator, standing in front of a Florida polling place, declared without
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In today’s America, the party of Donald Trump has tried to equate patriotism with blind support of a would-be dictator. Many Republicans say that you can’t be a patriot if
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Our featured artist this week is @ShuriResists who shares the news of the past week with her powerful graphics. This week Dr Oz announced he will run for senate, Roe
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For those of us who want to significantly reduce abortions and find the conduct of many traditionally “pro-life” candidates antithetical to our Biblical values, let me suggest a way forward
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COVID deathcount dashboard where Republicans threaten government shutdown to undermine vaccine mandates 271,217 people have died in these ten Republican led states as of Dec 2, 2021. This map shows the
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It’s been way too long since our last Quizzo evening, and we all could use a little fun right now. Join us on Zoom for an evening of camaraderie, laughs,
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I’m not much of a flag guy. I mean I like our flag OK. Betsy Ross did a nice job with it, but I bet she could have never pictured
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Imagine that, to skirt the law, teenager José Méndez asks a friend to buy him a semiautomatic rifle and then decides to cross the border to another state. What would
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What a week it was! DemCast graphics team member, @marciebp, tells the news stories from last week with her colorful and creative graphics. Enjoy! Stephen Sondheim, titan of the American
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Ohio is about to pass an abortion ban that is even more restrictive than Texas. Women lead the corporations donating the abortion bill’s sponsors. The Ohio bill, which is co-sponsored by
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Editor’s Note: For many Americans the arrival of settlers from Europe brought disease, slavery and death. In her Unsung History Podcast Kelly and her guest dispels some of the myths
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This year I am thankful for the Covid-19 vaccine and the 59.4% of the US population who care enough about others to be fully vaccinated. Many of us have been
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With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it seemed like a good time to recap the good news I’ve seen in the news recently. Without further ado, let’s dive in: A
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Immigrants, we get the job done.” Earlier this month my husband and I saw the musical “Hamilton” at a theater in Los Angeles. In a show filled with memorable lines,
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This week’s images are by @crispalomino. Her graphics depict the compelling news stories from the past week. Enjoy them, and as always, stay healthy and stay safe. DemCast is an
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Under the formulas contained in the bill, the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act will bring $17.8 billion in new spending to Pennsylvania or over $1,400 for each resident of the
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Action Update: The infrastructure bill has now passed the House and is headed to President Biden’s desk — but we must get Build Back Better through the Senate and the
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Around 2014, instead of having more blow-ups with “conservative” friends on Facebook — which usually ended in resolving nothing, hurt feelings, and sometimes lost friendships — I went to Twitter
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I have been thinking lately about the United States of America and what type of government this collection of states typifies. In 1776 we rejected the tyranny of King George
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In passing the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act on Friday, Nov. 5, the House of Representatives advanced the first of two parts of President Biden’s investment agenda. The over $1
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This week’s images are by @joanneTrueBlue. Her graphics depict the compelling news stories from the past week. Enjoy them, and as always, stay healthy and stay safe. DemCast is an
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Despite growing up in a Midwestern, quintessential American small town in Ohio, I have never felt deeply connected to the term patriot. Don’t get me wrong — while I have
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I hear “thank you for your service” when my state leaders find out that I served our country for two decades. What I don’t see from elected leaders or Texas
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Part I: Trump’s Executive Privilege Lawsuit This week, Trump’s lawyers faced an uphill battle trying to persuade a federal judge to block the House from obtaining White House records pertaining
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I was a reluctant kindergartner. I didn’t like the idea of meeting new people. I wasn’t excited about having a teacher other than my older sister, and I was uninterested
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As was the case for many Americans, the election of Donald J. Trump transformed my understanding of this country. I was brought up in a family that proudly waved the
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As a member of the First Presbyterian Church Palo Alto, I have watched for years as the main denomination gathered thousands of commissioners at their General Assembly to debate and
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The artwork by DemCast graphic artist Shuri, @ShuriResists, is featured this week. Shuri’s eye-catching images tell the stories that made the news during the first week of November 2021. The
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In another thrilling night of pre-midterm elections, Democrats solidly trounced republican candidates across the nation in election after election, from mayors in large cities to representatives in crucial districts and
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For those who want to listen to this on-the-go, the audio version is on Apple’s podcast website. You can also listen here. So, we woke up this morning to Democrats losing the
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You do not know me. But you should. I am one of millions of Americans affected by everything you do. I know who you are. So, let me tell you
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In response to President Biden’s recent pick of the distinguished professor Saule Omarova to be the primary regulator of big banks, Republicans and Wall Street alike have launched xenophobic and
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Ordinarily, I like each of these blog posts to stand alone, but for this one, I urge you first to read, “Why Democrats Should Not Fight Like Republicans.” This one
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On Jan. 6, Donald Trump tried to disrupt a ceremonial vote tallying by pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to nullify the election results. This was an attempt by Trump to
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“Crap, crap, crap crap.” Those were the words I muttered as I walked to my car after our July Town Democratic Committee meeting. Somehow, someway I had just been convinced
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The Virginia election for governor began by appearing to offer the promise of honest debate between two adults concerning Democratic and Republican issues and policies. Certainly, noisy and extreme candidates
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The artwork by DemCast graphic artist Ollie, @Marcibp, is featured this week. Ollie’s eye-catching images tell the stories that made the news during the last week of Oct. 2021. The
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For a California girl, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about Virginia. An inordinate amount of time. Why? Because I see your election, Virginia Democrats, and I feel
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The Jan. 6 insurrection continues, and as The Former Guy and Republicans incite rage across the nation, GOP gubernatorial candidate Glenn Youngkin leads the effort in Virginia. He encourages the
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I spent the bulk of my career in the days prior to the internet working as a gatekeeper. I managed the flow of information. As an editor, aka “gatekeeper,” I
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As negotiations between President Biden and House and Senate members over the Build Back Better plan have developed in the last few weeks, a new tax proposal to fund the
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West Virginia is at the center of the national political storm surrounding the need to invest in infrastructure, in families, and in combating climate change. Notably, West Virginia is also
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On Oct. 20, the California Assembly held our first hearing of the Select Committee on Social Housing. It was great to have so many people join us for the start
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It was quite a week. Thank you from all of us at DemCast for supporting our work. Stay healthy and safe! DemCast is an advocacy-based 501(c)4 nonprofit. We have made the decision
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According to a recent CBS News Poll, a majority of Virginia voters consider the state’s school curricula on race and history to be a “major factor” when deciding who to
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The Biden-Harris administration is working day and night for all Americans as their programs, executive actions, and legislation helps babies, kids, teens, college students, poor people of every race —
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As part of the We Demand More Coalition, DemCast USA has signed a letter calling on the President and Congress to deliver on an inclusive Build Back Better Act. We
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A recent article in Fast Company, “Why People Believe False Information and How to Combat It, According to Experts,” had the simplest explanation for the behavior of QAnon and MAGA
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This blog post started as a video. You can see it here. In the struggle to save democracy, there are some who insist that Democrats should “fight like Republicans.” This
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In September, social media was flooded with messages to raise awareness about suicide prevention. Republicans, including Glenn Youngkin, readily joined in with platitudes even though they have done little to
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With more than 700,000 Americans dead as a result of the Trump administration’s botched response to the Covid pandemic, Republican politicians including Glenn Youngkin dare not admit that the proper
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Editor’s Note: Last week, hosts of a Virginia rally supporting Republican gubernatorial nominee Glenn Youngkin kicked off events by bringing out an American flag that “was carried at the peaceful
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Op-ed Writing Workshop Making sure you saw this! If you read a national story about a mom running for office, chances are that we had something to do with it.
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In the fall of 1969, I started my first job as a caseworker on Capitol Hill. Over the next 7½ years, some days were terrible, like the ones when I worked
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This week we’re featuring the artwork of DemCast graphics team member @JoanneTrueBlue. The week began with a celebration of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, a fairly new designated name in lieu of
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I am seeing a lot of comments on my Twitter feed lately regarding the media treating Democrats and Republicans as if they are still “equal” political parties that function with
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Meet the “Youngkins” Nice Guy Youngkin Here is the meek and mild Glenn Youngkin offered to Democrats and independents in a media blitz of bland, nonthreatening ads that often appeared
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Last year, when I learned that my kids’ school district in Northern California had zero intention of sending middle-school students back to the classroom I started allying with all sorts
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This week’s graphic artist is ShuriResists, who created powerful graphics that reference the news of the past week, from the Debt Ceiling Limit to the Facebook Whistleblower Hearing at the
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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
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During our morning walk, I mentioned to my wife that New York state is mandating that health care workers get vaccinated. Unless they have a valid medical or religious exemption,
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It is not news that the price of drugs in the United States is out of control, especially for patients with chronic diseases such as diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, cancer, multiple
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No es nueva noticia que el precio de los medicamentos en Estados Unidos está fuera de control, sobre todo para las familias con pacientes de enfermedades crónicas como la diabetes,
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This year’s Women’s March, which took place this weekend across the country and in Washington, D.C., is a critical event for Virginia and for the nation. Republicans are making a
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pa·tri·ot \ ˈpa-trē-ət \ noun1. a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors.“a true patriot” The word patriot is completely misconstrued
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Last week a group of Missouri high school students apparently launched a petition calling for a return to slavery, which media outlets duly reported. As a resident of the state,
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Last night I went to bed in America. This morning I woke up in Gilead. Gilead started in the mind of Margaret Atwood, an author who specializes in dystopian fiction.
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We learned definitively last week that former President Donald J. Trump and his allies did indeed want to destroy our democratic republic and install autocracy. CNN obtained a memo written
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No, it’s not a joke. Virginia Del. Nick Freitas (HD-30) actually said that. Funny, yes? But his laughable ignorance of human biology is accompanied by a chilling capacity to foster human suffering —
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I am writing in regard to media networks giving John Bolton, former U.S. national security adviser, airtime. As a veteran who took an oath to defend the United States Constitution,
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Para una versión en inglés de este artículo, lea "A Recurring Nightmare." Llevo una semana sin dormir, haciendo algo que se ha convertido en una pesadilla repetitiva, pero imprescindible–ayudar a
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For a Spanish-language version of this article, read "Manos a la Obra." I have not slept a full night for weeks, doing something that has become a recurring but necessary
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The mobile home community in Spring Valley, New York, was “like a family” to Francine Townsend and her neighbors. But that was before Wall Street stepped in. Wall Street private
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This week Cris Palomino is our featured artist. She created powerful images including some that highlighted the “official” release of the Arizona election report, the horror at the US-Mexico border,
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Beto can beat Abbott and turn Texas blue. Over the last week or two, inside sources have been whispering that Beto O’Rourke plans on running for governor of Texas. About
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This week, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the Treasury would run out of cash as early as October and urged Congress to increase the federal debt ceiling as soon
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DemCast USA has joined over 150 organizations that have signed on to an open letter advocating for legislation that would reinforce checks and balances on the executive branch, given the
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The last four years have shown the dark underbelly of an America that has always existed. From anti-immigration rallies, to transphobia, to denying the right to vote for all Americans,
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In response to the recent legislative action in my state of Texas: I’m not pro-murdering babies. I’m pro-Juanita who found out at her 20-week anatomy scan that the infant she
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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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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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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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