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VNV Tuesday – 1000 Words 7/3/18

July 3, 2018 DoReMI 3

I’m taking the easy way out this week and letting political cartoons do the talking for me again. I have plenty of topics I want to write about, but they’re all research- and writing-heavy, and […]

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Fighting Back: “The Roberts Court has done violence to our democracy.”

June 30, 2018 JanF 3

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Matt Cartwright of Pennsylvania. (In this week’s address, Congressman Matt Cartwright discussed the Supreme Court’s Janus ruling and Democrats’ new Better Deal legislation to […]

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A Tree for all Seasons and its Phenology from Solstice to Solstice.

June 28, 2018 RonK 8

    I have a favorite tree. It is a Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea). The scarlet designation comes from its bright fall red foliage that will be apparent when we get to October. Fierce

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VNV Tuesday – …Doomed to Repeat It (Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of 1930) 6/26/18

June 26, 2018 DoReMI 2

If you’re like me, the Smoot-Hawley (sometimes called Hawley-Smoot) Tariff Act is a vague memory from high school history class and a less-vague memory from this scene in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off: Since tariffs have […]

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Fighting Back: They are all our children – “If you come near our cubs, you’ve got a problem.”

June 23, 2018 JanF 4

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Mazie Hirono of Hawaii. “These are not normal times. On issue after issue, Donald Trump creates a crisis, blames others for what’s happening, and […]

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VNV Tuesday – …Doomed to Repeat It (Chinese Restriction Act of 1882 ) 6/19/18

June 19, 2018 DoReMI 5

As usual, I present this post with the caveat that I am neither a scholar nor a specialist in this field; I’m merely providing an overview for those who wish to have a cursory explanation […]

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Fighting Back: “Democrats believe that access to affordable health care is a basic human right”

June 16, 2018 JanF 3

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey. (Congressman Frank Pallone of New Jersey, Ranking Member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, delivered the Weekly […]

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VNV Tuesday – 147 Days Until Midterms; Time to Set Our Hope On Fire (A Call to Action) 6/12/18

June 12, 2018 DoReMI 1

Today’s inspiration came from this song by Vienna Teng about a nascent activist, as well as Rebecca Solnit’s book Hope in the Darkness: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities. So what is this “hope” of which I […]

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Fighting Back: “Health care is a right, not something reserved for just those who can afford it.”

June 10, 2018 JanF 3

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Tim Kaine of Virginia. (Senator Tim Kaine (VA) delivered the weekly Democratic address and talked about health care.) You deserve the peace of mind […]

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Fighting Back: “We will fight the Republican culture of corruption and demand accountability”

June 2, 2018 JanF 3

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman John Sarbanes of Maryland. (Congressman John Sarbanes of Maryland, Chair of the Democracy Reform Task Force, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s […]

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