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Fighting Back: “Republicans Plan to Raise Taxes on Working Class Americans to Pay for Tax Cuts for the Wealthiest”

October 29, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also a News Open Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Ben Cardin of Maryland. (Senator Ben Cardin (D-Maryland) on tax cuts – note: clip does […]

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Fighting Back: “Democrats believe we can do better than a plan that provides 80% of the tax cuts to the top 1% and sticks our grandchildren with trillions in debt.”

October 21, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman Richard Neal of Massachusetts’ 1st Congressional district. (Congressman Richard Neal of Massachusetts, Ranking Member of […]

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Fighting Back: “The Republican president chose to raise people’s health premiums for no reason other than spite and cruelty”

October 14, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. Yesterday, House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held a press conference on the latest health care sabotage from the Republicans. (Washington, D.C. – Democratic Leader […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Puerto Rico Is Us 10/10/17

October 10, 2017 DoReMI 8

Today’s post is prompted by this tweet and the accompanying article: How colonialism and racism explain the inept US response to Hurricane Maria https://t.co/EioxarIQ5j — Vox (@voxdotcom) October 9, 2017 Too many of us were […]

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Fighting Back: John Lewis on Gun Violence – “What will it take for the Republican Congress to wake up?”

October 7, 2017 JanF 4

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman John Lewis of Georgia. (Congressman John Lewis has been leading the charge for change for […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: A PRimer 10/3/17

October 3, 2017 DoReMI 10

I’ve never been to Puerto Rico. Up until recently, if you asked me to find it on a map, I would have been able to find the general locale (I’ve heard it’s in a big […]

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Fighting Back: Sen. Cortez Masto: “Democrats are standing with the people of Puerto Rico.”

October 1, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada. (In the weekly Democratic address, Senator Catherine Cortez Mastro (D-NV) […]

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Fighting Back: “Graham-Cassidy would cause untold suffering in every community in America”

September 23, 2017 JanF 1

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY). In it he calls the Republican Senate’s bill “monstrous. Cruel. Even deadly”. […]

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Fighting Back: To DREAMers: “You are not alone. We won’t stop fighting for you.”

September 17, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin. We are calling on the Republican leaders of the Senate and the […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Book Release Day

September 12, 2017 DoReMI 21

Today’s the day that some have been waiting for and others have been dreading; with all the differences of opinion, one thing that is certain is that very, very few have actually read The Book. […]

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