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
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Before 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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As I have said before, the demographics of our country are changing, and the change is tilting toward a greater number of Democratic or Democratic-leaning voters. According to the Gallup
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Just one blade of grass One small voice preaching for change To spark a movement What do you do when you’re a California kid and a pandemic is keeping you
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My husband Daniel and I were born in the same year to Cuban parents. But the stories of our childhoods are very different. My parents were upper-middle class from Havana
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March Madness started this week in a bubble made up of quarantined players, empty arenas and Covid testing. It’s an example of how we are slowly moving towards normal, but
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On Saturdays we ask our awesome DemCast Graphics Team to use images to tell the stories of the last week. As usual, this week combined tragedy and hope. Our featured
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How do we make sense of the seemingly senseless murders of six Asian women and the spate of anti-Asian violence amid the pandemic? By learning about dehumanization and its role
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Journalist Ben Kesling said this: I’ll add that Finland (which declared independence from Russia in 1917) knows a thing or two about fighting Russian disinformation campaigns and successfully resisting them.
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. I’m sure you’re excited about President Biden signing the American Rescue Plan (the COVID-19 relief bill) into law last week, but there are some exciting provisions in the bill
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Mindy the Vaccinated It was just a year ago, but it seems like another lifetime. My husband and I were starting a 10-day vacation that included a few days tasting
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President Biden, I am writing to you as a veteran asking you to pardon fellow patriot Reality Winner. Being a whistleblower is one of the hardest things a patriot has
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Elections, they say, have consequences. If this is true, then the Nov. 3, 2020, choice of Joe Biden over Donald Trump and the Jan. 5 Georgia Senate run-offs that ushered
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Last week the American Rescue Act was passed and signed into law. President Biden also announced that by May 1 every American adult should be able to get one of
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This week’s graphics come courtesy of J & J. Not the vaccine makers — the fabulous and talented Julie Frontera and Joanne Streeck. But just like Johnson & Johnson, they
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In the wake of the January 6 insurrection, the Southern Poverty Law Center put out a three-part report about anti-government extremism, studying how specific elements like the pandemic, election disinformation,
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In the wake of the January 6th insurrection, the Southern Poverty Law Center put out a three-part report about anti-government extremism, studying how specific elements like the pandemic, election disinformation,
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Congresswoman Marcia Fudge Confirmed as Secretary of Housing and Urban DevelopmentToday the U.S. Senate voted to confirm Congresswoman Marcia Fudge as President Joe Biden’s Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.Congresswoman
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Republicans can lie about it as much as they want. There was no significant voter or election fraud in the 2020 election. You don’t have to take my word for
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In our representative democracy, officials are elected to represent the citizens of our country and formulate laws and policies. However, the essence of democracy is majority rule. Consequently, our elected
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I’ll start with how and why right-wing extremists outrage their own people. Keeping their own people outraged is a fascist strategy. Yale professor Timothy Snyder calls it sadopopulism. The formula works
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Nan Aron, the founder and president of Alliance for Justice, a liberal judicial advocacy group, discusses Trump’s judicial legacy, and how the lifetime appointment of conservative judges will affect everything from voting
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Following the second Trump impeachment trial, there is no question that the former president is guilty of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. While Trump’s actions were
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Calladita te ves más bonita,” me decía mi abuelita. Pero entonces sin fallo, me miraba de reojo y me guiñaba. Pícara pero prudente, en los años 70 cuando primero se
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Every Saturday we feature the powerful images created by one member of our DemCast USA graphics team. There was a lot of news over the past week, a new vaccine,
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We Californians are generally a prideful people. If we were a country, we would rank as the world’s fifth-largest economy. We lead the country in technology and environmental policy. We
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Is the worse yet to come? So far, over 270 people have been charged in connection with the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. As investigations continue, more insurrectionists
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Two years ago, my son would have been thrilled at the idea of skiing on a random Thursday. Now that he can wrap up his classes in the morning and hit the
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I’d like to offer an apology for something I posted earlier today on social media when I said that the smartest people I know are the ones respecting the science
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Today, the House of Representatives passed HR-1, the For the People Act for a second time. The bill was also passed by the 116th Congress two years ago, only to
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President Joe Biden is actively working to reform Immigration and Customs Enforcement. This follows on the heels of multiple scandals during the Trump administration that included separating families, placing children
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If, like many people in New Jersey and the U.S., your financial situation could use some protection from the current economic circumstances we all face, then there’s a public servant
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DemCast USA has endorsed the Ending Qualified Immunity Act. This bill, introduced by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Senator Edward J. Markey (D-MA) will eliminate the unjust and court-invented doctrine of qualified immunity
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Still reeling from the antisemitism boldly on display at the Jan. 6 insurrection (not that you would know it from the news coverage), the Nazi symbolism exhibited this past weekend
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The George Floyd Justice in Policing Act is coming up for a vote in the first week of March and it must pass. The full legislative title and purpose of
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Have you been waiting for a quiet week after the election to sit back and recuperate from the stress of the last four years? So have we at DemCast USA,
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This week we are proud to feature the work of Marciebp aka Ollie and share her take on events of the week that was and project her hopes for future
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It was a tale of political corruption at the highest levels of American government. A Republican president left office in disgrace. GOP elected representatives were severely conflicted by their notions
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Despite the excruciating disappointment of the second acquittal of the former president, who else breathed a sigh of relief to finally — at least for now — be spared from
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I can’t believe that as a Republican I spent years taking part in the gaslighting of Democrats. It was only when I left the party that I realized that this
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Every Saturday we celebrate the creativity of one member of our awesome graphics team. This week we feature the work of Cris Palomino, who chose these images to tell the
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I sit looking out onto my snow-covered yard, drinking lukewarm coffee, and trying to unpack this latest crisis to hit the state of Texas. This has been the longest week,
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It’s easy to miss with the impeachment trial commanding most of the headlines these days, but Republicans back in your home state are doing some pretty reprehensible things, too. Here
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Postmaster General Louis DeJoy has been nothing short of controversial since his appointment in June 2020. During the summer, allegations arose that DeJoy, a close ally of former President Donald
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By Catherine Hill On Jan. 6, the United States Capitol building was stormed by an angry mob of small business owners, white collar employees, realtors, military veterans, law enforcement officers, state
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It’s over. The second impeachment trial of Donald Trump ended with an acquittal. The House of Representatives stated in the article of impeachment that “Donald John Trump engaged in high
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Josh Hawley in the balcony with his feet up, flipping through materials related to other matters. Ted Cruz pretending he isn’t listening, in typical melodramatic Ted fashion. Such a deliberate
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The pundits kept telling us that Saturday’s disappointing acquittal was inevitable, but that’s not really true. If just 10 additional Republicans had cared more about our country than they did
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Even though a majority of the U.S. Senate concluded that they have jurisdiction to try a former president, some Republican senators continue to maintain that the Senate lacks that power
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This week Donald Trump’s second impeachment trial opened, so it’s no surprise that DemCast’s featured artist, David Bythewood, has several captivating (and creepy) Trump images to share with you. Read
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We Demand More is a coalition of organizations that have joined together to fight for women, especially Black and Brown women, who are on the front lines of the Covid-19
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Amid the backdrop of ex-President Donald Trump’s impeachment trial, the Republican Party is putting party interests above the well-being of its people. Last week, both sides at the impeachment trial
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With the second day of the impeachment trial behind us, if you look past the likes of misguided right-wing news, the wide consensus among the media went something like this:
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As the events of Jan. 6 unfolded Americans were stunned by the images on their screens: U.S. Capitol Police officers seemingly in league with the rioters. Heroes did emerge among
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I got married two weeks before Sept. 11, 2001. I was still basking in the glow of the event that morning as I drove to work. I had no idea
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I am a film lover, a lover of black, white and all shades of gray flickering across my TV screen accompanied by the subtle pop and crackle of the soundtrack.
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“The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” — Charles Baudelaire The results of the 2020 presidential election were demonstrably freely cast and fairly
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It’s a trial but not really a trial, for a president who’s no longer a president, featuring a political party no longer willing to defend democracy itself. Welcome to governance
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“Officer Brian Sicknick was a hero who died in the line of duty defending our democracy and the citadel of liberty itself. To his family and loved ones, I know
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Members of Congress, I am writing to you as a veteran of the United States Army. I served for 13 years and have been deployed twice to Afghanistan and to
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Merriam Webster defines the word “patriot” as “a person who loves his or her country and is ready to boldly support and defend it.” The dictionary then explains that in
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In the second full week of the Biden-Harris Administration, many of us would be hard pressed to name more than three or four events of national importance because we sometimes
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Double-talk. Denial. Stupidity. This week’s best political cartoons. This week’s top ten political cartoons lampoon Republican double-talk, denial and stupidity. “Ridicule is man’s most potent weapon” – Saul Alinsky “It is almost impossible
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Once again our Saturday feature spotlights the work of our DemCast graphics team. This week’s featured artist is @ShuriResists who told us, “I believe in fighting for diversity, equality and
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Evil always plans ahead. Evil prepares additional plans to execute on the heels of even perceived failure. Evil does not change nor do evil people. Evil cannot be reasoned with
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Back in 1998, President Bill Clinton faced a Senate trial based on the wide-ranging Kenneth Starr report and two Articles of Impeachment. Article 1 stated that Clinton had “provided perjurious,
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DemCast USA is proud to join with progressive and environmental organizations to sign a letter expressing our support for President Biden’s actions to pause new oil and gas leases. Our
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It is heartening to see our North Dakota state legislators spend their taxpayer-funded time on such important boons to freedom as elimination of seat belt laws for those of us who have
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I will not move on from the insurrection at the White House on Jan. 6. A terror attack that was inspired by Donald Trump and his enablers resulted in the
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Activists Take On Prison Industrial Complex “Regions Bank Of Alabama Turns Its Back On CoreCivic” Morgan Simon’s article in Forbes.com inspired us to explore how strategic activism works. How did community organizers
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Las devastadoras fotos de los niños separados de sus familias en la frontera como parte de la política de “cero tolerancia” de la administración Trump se clavaron en nuestro corazón.
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It was only a little over 12 years ago that the state of Indiana was considered a swing state. Barack Obama’s organizational focus on grassroots efforts had started to pay
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We’ve been so damaged by the last four years that it will take us all a while to believe that 81 million people successfully voted for a return to sanity
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Reminder!Let’s Talk Politics with Ray When: Monday, Feb 1 at 12:00 pm HST and every other Monday thru 2022 Please join Ray Markey, one of
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Prescott Indivisible Elections forOfficers and 3 Members at LargeThurs. Feb. 4, 6pm – 7:30pRegister HERE for both the General Meeting and theCommunity Discussion that follows Per the Prescott Indivisible Guidelines, elections for 2021-2022 are
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This week we once again turn to the incomparable Julie Frontera to tell the story of the past seven days in images: the good, the bad, and the hopeful. Beginning
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On Tuesday, President Joe Biden announced that we will have enough vaccinations for all adults in the United States to get vaccinated by the end of the summer. That means,
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I’ve been getting a lot of requests to do an explainer on the filibuster, and this seems like a good time to get into it. When the Democrats won control
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“‘Mr. Oswald, have you ever been to Mexico City?’ “… Oswald jumps up like a live wire and slams his manacled fists down on the desktop. ‘No! I’ve never been there!’
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Since the attack on our nation’s Capitol, we have been reminded of how important it is that we protect our democracy and America’s foundational ideals. When I took the oath
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“Something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue.” —Traditional rhyme Traditions. They are the things that bind us together over time, create the fabric of society, and mark momentous occasions
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When historians reflect upon the myriad ways that Ronald Reagan set the United States on the path of divisiveness that permeates today’s society, they frequently conclude his two most destructive
MoreThe week began — as it often has over the last four years — with people dreading the next outrage coming from the occupant of the Oval Office. On Monday
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Once again we’ve turned to our talented DemCast artists, led by Julie Frontera, to tell the story of the past week in images. From a celebration of Dr. Martin Luther
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Good morning! For the second day in a row I awoke without fear. I didn’t immediately reach for my phone to see what disaster was created overnight. I wasn’t worried
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Two weeks ago, I wrote a letter to the Speaker of the House expressing my belief that President Trump must be impeached. I am now writing to you, Sen. Mitch
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After this poll was released, this question came to me on Twitter: I see two possibilities ahead for the Republican Party. #1: The party hardens as a right-wing white nationalist
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Inauguration Day is here! After four years of fear, anger and embarrassment, it is time to celebrate! Those of us who have spent the Trump years writing letters, sending postcards,
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The Happiest Place on Earth An alarm clock woke me well before dawn on Jan. 20, 2009, as I rested fitfully in a sleeping bag on the carpeted floor of
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Right now, it’s just a few hours until Joe Biden is inaugurated as president of the United States. My to-do list is short: I’m spending today cleaning the house, putting
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Like many of the adults in the United States, my adrenal glands have pretty much checked out this past year from overuse. I’ve felt burnt-out and numb from the sudden
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For too long, Wall Street has bankrolled Trump and his allies while turning a blind eye to their anti-democratic and racist rhetoric and actions. Now, after a mob brandishing symbols
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This past Saturday, the Charleston County Democratic Party was scheduled to host a charity event offering free hand sanitizer refills to anyone who needed them. When volunteers arrived at the
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Friends, I’m so excited to see the historic Inauguration of President Joe Biden this Wednesday. We’ll be joining our friends, the Kansas Democratic Party, in hosting an Inauguration Reception. These
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When I moved to Georgia in 2013, I had no idea that my journey would lead me to become a member of the Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church, once led by
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It was another banner week for the USA. As we sifted through the fallout from the 1.6.21 Attack, Republicans — many of whom stoked or outright incited the rightwing militants
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Introducing a new feature here at DemCast. Every Saturday we will feature images that sum up the week as our artists, writers and editors experienced it. Our debut graphic, created
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On April 12, 1963, eight Alabama clergymen published an open letter, “A Call for Unity,” in a Birmingham newspaper in response to civil rights protests taking place in the area
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The January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was an attack on our democracy. It highlighted the need for bold reforms. That is why DemCast USA is proud to be
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When it became clear that Trump was contesting votes in areas that were heavily populated by people of color, and that the Republicans were enabling him, I thought, When this
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Here we go. Over the Cliff Notes (name suggested last year by a clever follower on Twitter). The charge: Incitement of Insurrection. Spoiler: This is a slam dunk in the
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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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Americans will forever regard both Dec. 7, 1941, and Sept. 11, 2001, as dates, to quote FDR, that “will live in infamy.” Today, however, we the people are faced with
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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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Well, 2021 didn’t start out as the quiet, calm year which we’d been hoping for and which we deserved. Instead, the ceremony where a joint session of Congress counts and
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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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The struggle to maintain a child’s innocence and curiosity is often at odds with a parent’s desire to raise informed, socially aware children. While the news channels were a constant
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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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When Donald Trump was elected it changed my life. As I have said thousands of times since the election that brought us Donald Trump: I never slept on November 8,
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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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UPDATED JAN. 6, 8:30 EDT As of this morning, around 150 Republicans are assaulting our democracy by planning to overturn the presidential election results. President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect
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The new year started off with a bang as we now approach the January 6 certification of the states’ electoral tallies and find even more splintering among the Republicans over
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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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My initial intention was to look back at 2020, but I really don’t want to spend any more time on a truly awful year. Of the 30 pieces I’ve published
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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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Georgia,Georgia, Georgia – while the outgoing President plays golf, ignores the raging pandemic and spends his Twitter time lying about being a loser, DemCast has been focusing on the Peach
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By Marshall Ward For years now, Donald Trump, Mitch McConnell, and Trumplicans have been displaying a “Bah! Humbug!” type of life. That expression was used by Ebenezer Scrooge in Dickens’
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A more anguished look on my wife’s face I have never seen in our 26 years together. As the tears welled in her eyes, I saw frustration, despair and deep,
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The runoff election for two Senate seats in Georgia is merely fifteen days away. If Jon Ossoff and Rev. Raphael Warnock win, the balance of the Senate will tip in
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Last week DemCast writers looked to the future, discussing changes needed to our inhumane immigration system and lessons we should learn from our past history of racism. We were part
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In 1988 while Bruce Willis was still enjoying his success from the blockbuster series “Moonlighting,” he also starred in the movie “Die Hard.” To this day, film critics and fans
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In what activists are calling a rare moment of accountability for Facebook, the social media giant announced plans to protect Georgia poll workers from threats of violence on their platform.
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After four long years of a chauvinistic, misogynistic, boorish man as president, I would like to think America is moving forward. I believed our voice was heard when Joe Biden
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By now, most Americans have learned how brutal and inhumane our immigration system is. From metal walls designed to burn anyone who touches them to children being taken from their
MoreDemCast USA is proud to announce that we are part of a group of 59 organizations including grassroots groups in Georgia, climate, racial, and gender justice groups, and big multi-issue
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As I watch images of violent white-supremacist mobs in the streets and armed Trumpites threatening to lynch election officials, I’m reminded of the lessons that we of the 1960s Freedom
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This past week the Supreme Court dispatched the biggest, most desperate and most cynical Trump lawsuit, and we all let out a sigh of relief. Texas had sued Pennsylvania, Michigan,
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The reason why you saw so many sobering takes about the Democrats’ election results at the state level is because of what they mean for gerrymandering. Once the Census is
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Let me count the ways. The document is here. This is the lawsuit in which the Attorney General of Texas, Ken Paxton, is suing Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Michigan in the Supreme
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In the virtual classroom of 2020, students are not physically present. Instead, they appear on the screen as faces on a geometric grid, or simply as black boxes labeled with
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Dear anti-maskers: So sorry that some have called you selfish, as if clinging to the false freedom of masklessness is some simple breach of social norms. We all know that
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On Nov. 23, the head of the White House General Services Administration (GSA), Emily Murphy, finally began the process of handing over power to the team of President-elect Joe Biden,
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The philosopher John Rawls suggested a theory about what happens when people are asked to make decisions behind a veil of ignorance about themselves, meaning that they have no knowledge
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Well, we made it to December. President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris are busy with the transition to sanity in government, while lame-duck Trump continues to have superspreader rallies and
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Less than two weeks ago my husband and I took a carefully planned, socially distanced long weekend away to celebrate my 65th birthday. We chose a location that was a
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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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Some of Wall Street’s wealthiest people want to keep the U.S. Senate in Republican hands and they’re sending their money to Georgia to make it happen. Or, as The New
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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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2020 was a year of historic significance. A global pandemic. Economic hardship. Racial reckoning. But it’s in these moments of consequence that we’re reminded government does have a role to
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Hopefully everyone reading this right now knows that both of the Georgia U.S. Senate races have progressed to runoff elections on January 5. But there’s a third race on that
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On today’s episode, Nicholas Baham II (Dr. Dreadlocks), Janice Domingo, and Nolan Higdon discuss Project Censored with Andy Lee Roth. Along The Line is a non-profit, education-based podcast that provides listeners
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Anyone who knows me knows that Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Since I don’t decorate for Christmas my home is usually a Thanksgiving wonderland during November. I have multiple figurines,
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The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 paved the way for progressive policies in education. Education meant to close the gaps between rich and poor and between whites and
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Twitter had a lot of questions about this, so I assume you all do, too. Warning: After reading this post, you may know more about civil and appellate procedure than
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It’s close to two weeks since the election was called for Biden and the outgoing president still hasn’t conceded nor has the GSA administrator signed off on transition papers. While
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Friends – Hundreds of millions of dollars are flooding into the two races that will determine who controls the U.S. Senate. Democrats Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff advanced to runoffs in Georgia,
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In the Georgia jungle primary to fill the last two years of the Senate seat vacated in 2019 by Republican Johnny Isakson, Reverend Raphael Warnock stands out amidst a crowded
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Although there are many very upset people, we have a president-elect, Joe Biden, who will become the 46th President of the United States of America on Jan. 20, 2021, like
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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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“I’m running for Georgia Public Service Commission, a job you probably never heard of and may not think is important. I’m here to tell you that it is important, especially
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On Nov. 7, at 11:24 a.m. in Washington, D.C., the election for the president and vice president of the United States finally ended. We learned the will of the people,
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I feel something I haven’t felt in four years. It’s called HOPE. I feel like a giant weight has been lifted off of my shoulders. My mood when I awake
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The election of Donald Trump in 2016 led to four years of resistance. From his first executive order of the Muslim ban, we have been resisting his inhumane policies, his
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As a Democrat and a feminist, it felt incredible to celebrate the victory of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the weekend after the election. My husband and I volunteered for
MoreWe told you a week ago that we were going to try and catch up on our sleep, and we made a good start, but the world kept turning and
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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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Yesterday at a press conference, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo had the audacity to say, “There will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration.” Perhaps he was being
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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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Under the stewardship of President Barack Obama, Congress passed the Patient Protection and Affordable Healthcare Act (ACA or “Obamacare”) in March 2010. Until then, the United States had lagged behind
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Tomorrow, we get back to work. We have those two senate runoff races in Georgia, then lots of healing and repairing. Apologies to people who have sent me questions. It’s
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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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FDP Statement on Lara Trump’s Visit Today In response to Lara Trump’s visit to Florida today, FDP Chair Terrie Rizzo released the following statement: “Lara Trump is returning to South
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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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These last few months have felt like years. Sleep has been fleeting as we have tried to provide you with thoughtful and informative pieces created by a wonderful group of
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Four years ago, dreams of shattering glass ceilings by electing our first woman as president danced through so many of our heads. After Hillary Clinton received nearly three million more
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“I never, and when I say never, I mean never had any desire to get into politics. But I always voted. Even when there was only one issue on the
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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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