by MCDC | Jan 31, 2017 | 2016 General Election, Issues, News
Was last weekend a trial balloon for a coup? View at Medium.com The Guardian is reporting (heavily sourced) that the “mass resignations” of nearly all senior staff at the State Department on Thursday were not, in fact, resignations, but a purge ordered by the White...
by MCDC | Jan 28, 2017 | Action Alerts, Video, Virginia
In Virginia, state legislators redraw district lines for the U.S. Congress, the Virginia House of Delegates and the Senate of Virginia after every 10-year census. Under the current system, the party in power in the House and the party in power in the Senate can draw...
by MCDC | Jan 27, 2017 | Immigration Reform, News, Racism
On International Holocaust Remembrance Day, it’s important to remember why America welcomes refugees. Desperate people, fleeing a terrifying, bloodthirsty regime, try to find refuge in the US. But the American government and the public don’t want to accept them....
by MCDC | Jan 24, 2017 | 2018 General Election, Action Alerts, News
Don’t despair. Mobilize. The 2018 midterm elections are the next best chance for progressives to regain power in our government—by taking back the House of Representatives. [intense_blockquote color=”success” border_color=”#FFFFFF”...
by MCDC | Jan 23, 2017 | News
Merriam-Webster trolls Kellyanne Conway for calling falsehoods ‘alternate facts’ via ew.com Kellyanne Conway made headlines this weekend for rebranding the White House’s false information about Donald Trump’s inauguration crowds as “alternative facts.” So,...
by MCDC | Jan 22, 2017 | 2016 General Election, News
The most vulnerable and the most in need of justice come last in Trump’s America. The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA) is a United States federal law (Title IV, sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act, H.R. 3355) signed as...