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VNV Tuesday: Alabama by the Numbers 12/12/17

December 12, 2017 DoReMI 12

I’ve never been to Alabama.  I have no family in Alabama (although my since-passed aunt and uncle retired there).  To the best of my knowledge, I don’t know anyone in Alabama.  Despite all that, I […]

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Fighting Back: “Democrats want to keep our government open.”

December 10, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Chris Coons of Delaware. (In the weekly Democratic address, Senator Chris Coons (D-DE) talked about […]

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VNV Tuesday – Preaching to the Choir 12/5/17

December 5, 2017 DoReMI 12

I’m not gonna lie…as I followed the unfolding of the Senate passage of the #GOPTaxScam last Friday night, I became so stressed, upset, and angry that I ended up throwing up in my kitchen sink.  […]

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Fighting Back: Congresswoman Jackie Speier – #MeToo Congress Act

December 2, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California. (In this week’s address, Speier highlights the ‘Me Too’ movement and […]

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Fighting Back: Sen. Bennet – “This week, we’ll need to raise our voices and fight for our future.”

November 26, 2017 JanF 1

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senatore Michael Bennet of Colorado. (Senator Michael Bennet (CO) delivered the Democratic Weekly Address, giving his […]

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VNV Tuesday – An Inside Baseball Look at the DNC, from and by the DNC

November 21, 2017 DoReMI 12

What follows is a post I started a few weeks ago, but I haven’t seen this information discussed much, if at all, so I’m going ahead with what may well be old news. Fierce

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Fighting Back: Rep. DelBene – “The Republican legislation is a bill of callous decisions and missed opportunities.”

November 18, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state. (In this week’s Democratic Party Address, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene of […]

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VNV Tuesday – Offered Without Comment 11/14/17

November 14, 2017 DoReMI 27

Puerto Rico, 1900 Philadelphia North American, Rep. : The present condition of Puerto Rico would have been absolutely incredible and inconceivable to Americans of two years ago. We thought we knew our own hearts, and […]

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Fighting Back: “The Republican #TaxScam will raise taxes on millions of middle-income taxpayers”

November 11, 2017 JanF 6

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address is being managed by the Senate side of Congress this week and is not available at publication time. So […]

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Fighting Back: “As Democrats, we will fight to build an economy that works for all.”

November 4, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Representative Rosa DeLauro of Connecticut, Co-Chair of the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. (Rep. Rosa DeLauro […]

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