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Fighting Back: John Lewis – “Speak up and speak out in the face of injustice”

April 7, 2018 JanF 3

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. John Lewis of Georgia. (Congressman John Lewis of Georgia delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s address, Lewis commemorates the 50th anniversary of […]

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Fighting Back: “This march cannot be a moment. It must be a movement.”

April 1, 2018 JanF 3

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Cory Booker of New Jersey. (Senator Cory Booker (NJ) delivered the Democratic weekly address, talking about gun violence.) TRIGGER WARNING: CSPAN included the end […]

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Fighting Back: “It’s time to say #NeverAgain, and mean it.”

March 24, 2018 JanF 5

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Robin Kelly of Illinois. (Congresswoman Robin Kelly of Illinois delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s address, Kelly calls for commonsense gun reform […]

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Fighting Back: “We need real, direct investment in infrastructure, not more gifts to the donor class”

March 17, 2018 JanF 1

  The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon. (Chief Deputy Whip Jeff Merkley (D-OR)) My Democratic colleagues and I know that America’s success is measured around the kitchen table, […]

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Fighting Back: “Republicans are giving a raw deal to hard working families across America.”

March 10, 2018 JanF 1

The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman Bill Pascrell of New Jersey. (Congressman Bill Pascrell of New Jersey, a Member of the House Ways and Means Committee, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In […]

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Fighting Back: “We must come together to work on gun violence reforms that will make a difference.”

March 3, 2018 JanF 2

  The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Dianne Feinstein of California. (Sen. Dianne Feinstein Delivers the Weekly Democratic Address) “On December 14, 2012, a gunman walked into Sandy Hook Elementary School in […]

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Fighting Back: #NeverAgain – “We are tired of hearing it is too soon. It’s time.”

February 24, 2018 JanF 5

  The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Ted Deutch (D-Florida). (Congressman Ted Deutch, representing Florida’s 22nd Congressional District, home to Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, speaks on gun control) […]

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Fighting Back: “Children are dying in our schools … all this Congress has to say is, let’s have a moment of silence.”

February 17, 2018 JanF 1

House Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi held her weekly press conference and the topic was the mass shooting in Florida and the weak Republican Party response to it. She was joined by Representative Mike Thompson (D-CA) […]

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Fighting Back: Infrastructure Weak! “Trump’s plan is embarrassingly small”

February 11, 2018 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Peter DeFazio of Oregon. (Rep. Peter DeFazio knows infrastructure is a critical piece of any […]

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Fighting Back: Shutdown Redux “Republicans have once again revealed their utter incompetence in governing.”

February 3, 2018 JanF 5

  The government is being funded with a Continuing Resolution that will expire on February 8th, next Thursday. No progress has been made on the issues that need to be resolved to come up with […]

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