by MCDC | Oct 25, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Issues, News
Though Ryan was, ostensibly, second fiddle to Mitt Romney, the GOP’s most influential minds spoke of the blue-eyed congressman as the One True King. According to Republican Überlobbyist Grover Norquist, the country needs only to “pick a Republican with enough working...
by MCDC | Oct 22, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Racism, Video
Khizr Khan Asks Trump: ‘Would My Son Have A Place In Your America?’ Before terrorists attacked New York and Washington in 2001, Captain Humayun Khan had planned to leave the Army to attend law school. But 9/11 changed his plans, and in 2004 he traveled to...
by MCDC | Oct 16, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Issues, News, Video
There’s no such thing as a vote that doesn’t matter. “We know the progress we’ve made despite the forces of opposition, despite the forces of discrimination, despite the politics of backlash. That doesn’t stop with my presidency. We’re just getting...
by MCDC | Oct 14, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Action Alerts, Economy, Employment, Madison County, News, Virginia
In 1947 a bill became law that made Virginia a “right to work state.” This means anyone can go to work at a union company without being required to join the union. This is the law and no constitutional amendment is needed! Next month, voters in Virginia...
by MCDC | Oct 12, 2016 | 2016 General Election, Discrimination, News, Racism
The Republican nominee’s rhetoric, inciting white rural and suburban voters who fear the voting clout of black urban Democrats, is a recipe for voter intimidation and even violence on Election Day. It also lays the groundwork for his followers to believe, if he...
by MCDC | Oct 11, 2016 | 2016 General Election, News, Racism
When Trump promises to “Make America Great Again,” we should ask: Great for whom, other than his base of white, working-class men without college degrees? Racists, sexists, homophobes and xenophobes? Certainly not for women, or Americans of color, or...
