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Month: September 2018

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Fighting Back: “Democrats believe that it is our duty to help our fellow Americans recover from natural disasters.”

September 15, 2018 JanF 2

    The Democratic Leader of the House, Nancy Pelosi, held a press conference on Thursday to discuss the preparations for Hurricane Florence and the Trump Administration’s incompetent response to hurricanes that devastated Puerto Rico […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Rage Becomes Us (h/t Soraya Chemaly) 9/11/18

September 11, 2018 DoReMI 3

Sometimes you realize the reason you have a writing block is because you’re so damn angry. Twitter reminds me that I’m not alone; I remind myself that voting is cathartic and can’t come soon enough. […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Sept. 9th through Sept. 15th

September 8, 2018 JanF 107

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

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The Nooksack River – a Treasure to Preserve

September 8, 2018 RonK 4

  I’ve written of conservation efforts to preserve our local PNW waters and the salmonids that spawn and live in these streams. In these posts I have periodically mentioned the Nooksack but I have not featured […]

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Fighting Back: “Democrats are committed to protecting Americans access to health care.”

September 8, 2018 JanF 3

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Lloyd Doggett of Texas. (Congressman Lloyd Doggett of Texas, a senior member of the Ways and Means Committee, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In […]

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Barack Obama: “This moment is too important to sit out.”

September 8, 2018 JanF 3

Former President Barack Obama spoke at the University of Illinois on Friday, accepting the Paul H. Douglas Award for Ethics in Government from the U. of I. system’s Institute of Government and Public Affairs – […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – A Belated Labor Day Story 9/4/18

September 4, 2018 DoReMI 1

Throughout the course of Labor Day, we see reminders of what unions have accomplished for all of us; tweets like this are typical: Happy #LaborDay! We’re grateful for all that organized labor has done for […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Sept. 2nd through Sept. 8th

September 2, 2018 JanF 98

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

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Fighting Back: “On Labor Day, Democrats honor the men and the women who built this country and who continue to power our economy.”

September 1, 2018 JanF 6

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio. (Ahead of Labor Day, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. Brown called for policies to raise […]

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