by MCDC | Mar 11, 2015 | 2016 General Election, Issues, News, Video
Senate #Republicans sidestep Barack Obama and send a letter to Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei warning him not to strike a nuclear deal with the president. WE PETITION THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION to file charges against the 47 U.S. Senators in violation of The...
by MCDC | Mar 9, 2015 | Action Alerts, Madison County, News, Virginia
COMMONWEALTH of VIRGINIA Office of the Attorney General Mark R. Herring Attorney General 900 East Main Street Richmond, Virginia 23219 804-786-2071 FAX 804-786-1991 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Michael Kelly (804) 786-5874 office (804) 356-5077 cell...
by MCDC | Mar 9, 2015 | 2015 General Election, 2016 General Election, News, Virginia
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2015 CONTACT: Morgan Finkelstein, morgan@vademocrats.org Oops! Virginia Republicans Forgot To Pretend Benghazi Investigation Isn’t A Partisan Sham, Got Shut Down By Own Guest For once, the Republican Party of Virginia may have...
by MCDC | Mar 8, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, Events, History, News, Racism, Voter Rights
Civil rights leaders Hosea Williams (wearing a suit) and John Lewis (on the ground) led the march on that Sunday afternoon. Lewis, who has been a congressman from Georgia since being elected in 1986, was badly injured in Selma, suffering a fractured skull after being...
by MCDC | Mar 6, 2015 | Economy, Employment, News, Video
The U.S. economy added 295,000 jobs in February, which crushed expectations. That beat the estimate from CNNMoney’s survey of economists, who predicted 235,000 job gains. February’s job growth shows how far the economy has come in a year. It’s the...
by MCDC | Mar 5, 2015 | Civil Rights, Discrimination, News, Racism
So far, a disproportionate amount of press attention has focused on racist emails circulated by Ferguson officials, causing two to be fired and one to be placed on leave. While the correspondence in question is deeply offensive and worthy of condemnation, it is...