BY DAN HELMER, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 11/12/21 01:00 PM EST 454 THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL Election Day was a tough night for Democrats across the country. In Virginia, we lost all statewide races and a Democratic majority in the House of Delegates. In reliably blue New …
Category: National
Nov 02
The QAnon playbook: Republicans make school board meetings the new battleground
- By Jim Gallagher in National, Slider
GOP takes a page from QAnon: Using concern for kids to push authoritarianism By AMANDA MARCOTTE PUBLISHED OCTOBER 14, 2021 1:08PM (EDT) n the Donald Trump era, GOP politics are mainly about trolling. So it’s no surprise that Ohio Senate candidate Josh Mandel manifested this week as an in-flesh version of an egg avatar tweeting memes about DEMON-crats and the …
Aug 05
Powerful U.S. Labor Leader Richard Trumka Dies
- By Jim Gallagher in National, News, Slider
From NPR Updated August 5, 20212:12 PM ET BENJAMIN SWASEY Twitter AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka is seen in 2019. The powerful labor leader has died. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Richard Trumka, the longtime head of the powerful AFL-CIO union and a close ally of Democratic Party leaders, has died. He was 72. President Biden called Trumka …
Apr 06
FACT SHEET: The American Jobs Plan (or what the Republicans don’t want to succeed!)
- By Jim Gallagher in National, News, Slider
from https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/31/fact-sheet-the-american-jobs-plan To search this site, enter a search ter Briefing Room FACT SHEET: The American Jobs Plan March 31, 2021 • Statements and Releases While the American Rescue Plan is changing the course of the pandemic and delivering relief for working families, this is no time to build back to the way things were. …
Feb 24
Fact Sheet: President Biden’s New Executive Actions Deliver Economic Relief for American Families and Businesses Amid the COVID-19 Crises
- By Jim Gallagher in National, Slider
The current government administration will: Address the growing hunger crisis facing 29 million Americans — and as many as 12 million children – by asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to consider expanding and extending federal nutrition assistance programs. Ensure equitable and effective delivery of direct payments — by asking the Treasury Department to consider …
Jan 01
After Trump audio interview with Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith
- By Jim Gallagher in National, Slider
The power of the president is typically kept in check by other branches of government and historical political norms, but the past four years have revealed alarming fissures in the system. In the book, “After Trump: Reconstructing the Presidency,” law professors Bob Bauer and Jack Goldsmith argue that the presidency of Donald Trump has revealed …
Mar 30
Is the U.S. Headed Toward a Short British-Style Election?- NY Times Mar. 29, 2020
Party conventions are in jeopardy, campaigning is on hold and local candidates are playing the role of good Samaritan instead of traditional politician. From the White House to the county courthouse, the coronavirus pandemic has drastically upended the 2020 elections. Many Democratic leaders now doubt their national party convention will take place as planned in …
Mar 26
The President Has Not Been Exonerated- In addition to demanding the release of the Mueller report, Congress must examine actions by William Barr that call into question the AG’s objectivity. By John NicholsTwitter
- By Jim Gallagher in Issues, National, News, Slider
https://www.thenation.com/article/mueller-barr-exoneration-trump-nadler/ Attorney General William Barr’s four-page summary of special counsel Robert Mueller’s 22-month investigation into allegations of wrongdoing by the president and those around him was summed up by House Judiciary Committee member Jamie Raskin. “I don’t want to read the Cliff notes version of Macbeth,” observed Raskin. “I want to read Macbeth itself.” …
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Please contact Jim Gallagher Club Chair, at chinovalleydemocrats21@gmail.com for information regarding the Club or this website. Your comments and questions are appreciated.
We want you to join us at our next meeting, Monday October 14, 2024 at 7:00 pm!
The Chino Valley Democratic Club will meet on Monday, October 14, at 7 p.m., in a hybrid in-person/ Zoom online meeting. The Club recommends participants contact chinovalleydemocrats21@gmail.com. (mail to:chinovalleydemocrats21@gmail.com) for the location or go to the Zoom link https://tinyurl.com/f47tjtj4 and join at the designated date and time, Monday, October 14 at 7:00 pm. It is recommended participants join the meeting 10-15 minutes before the meeting starts.
The “Pros and Cons of the State Propositions on the November 5 2024 Ballot will be presented by the League of Women Voter representative Jody Isenberg
The National, local civic, and school district elections will also be discussed..
The Public is invited to join the online Zoom or the in-person meeting. Participants will be placed on mute until designated Q& A time is allotted. Club membership is also available on request.
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- A new way forward… September 29, 2024
- NPR: What to watch for in the post-Labor Day campaign sprint September 3, 2024
- Harris Picks Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Running Mate August 6, 2024
- Letters: If Joe Biden steps down, so should Donald Trump July 3, 2024
- FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Secure the Border June 5, 2024