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Fighting Back: “Shame on Senate Republicans”

February 29, 2020 JanF 1

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut calling out Senate Republicans for refusing to bring to the floor the bipartisan background checks bill H.R.8 supported by 90% […]

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Fighting Back: “Thoughts and prayers are not enough. It’s time for action.”

August 10, 2019 JanF 2

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Jim McGovern, calling out Mitch McConnell, the vile man who is bursting with pride over his legislative graveyard – while mothers are literally burying […]

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Fighting Back: “We need to reduce the gun violence that’s ripping our country apart.”

November 3, 2018 JanF 2

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and addressed the horrific shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and the need for Congressional action to stop […]

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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: “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: 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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Charleston Remembered – President Obama: “We must not allow ourselves to slip into comfortable silence again”

June 17, 2017 JanF 4

From the Obama White House, June 27, 2015 … President Obama travels to the College of Charleston in South Carolina to deliver a eulogy for Reverend Clement Pinckney and 8 other congregation members of Emanuel […]

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President Obama in Dallas: “Can we see in each other a common humanity and a shared dignity?”

July 13, 2016 JanF 8

Yesterday, President Obama spoke at an interfaith ceremony in Dallas Texas to honor the lives and service of the 5 police officers murdered last week: Lorne Ahrens, Michael Krol, Michael Smith, Patrick Zamarripa, Brent Thompson. […]

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President Obama: “We must not allow ourselves to slip into comfortable silence again”

June 17, 2016 JanF 3

Reposted from June 27, 2015 – to honor those who were brutally murdered a year ago today. From the White House: President Obama travels to the College of Charleston in South Carolina to deliver a […]

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President Obama Speaks on New Initiatives Aimed at Reducing Gun Violence #StopGunViolence UPDATED with Transcript

January 5, 2016 JanF 10

President Obama Delivers Remarks on Reducing Gun Violence and Making Our Communities Safer (Video of the live event includes remarks from a Newtown parent and the president arriving and leaving – event starts at 36:35 […]

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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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Today, March 20th, at 7:46am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]

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February 1, 2026 2
At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]
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Welcome, Returning Light!

December 21, 2025 5
The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]
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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

September 22, 2025 3
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]
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“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

August 1, 2025 3
Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the [...]

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