by MCDC | Jul 17, 2013 | Civil Rights, Immigration Reform, Racism, Video
“If Republicans in the House of Representatives vote against the immigration reform legislation that was recently approved by the Senate — or if they prevent it from coming to a vote at all — they will lose the presidential election in 2016. It will not even...
by MCDC | Jul 15, 2013 | Energy, Environment, Ethics, Video, Virginia Election 2013
Shirley Keene, a landowner from Raven, VA, is fighting against Ken Cuccinelli and out-of-state energy companies over royalties owed her for gas extracted from her property. Recently, a federal judge said she was “shocked” by the help Attorney General...
by MCDC | Jun 26, 2013 | Coal, Environment, Global Warming, Issues, Keystone XL, Video
From the desk of Dave Pell “In a speech at Georgetown University, President Obama outlined his plan to cut greenhouse gases and renewed what promises to be a heated discussion on climate change. The speech was wide-ranging, but some of most memorable parts were...
by MCDC | May 23, 2013 | News, Opinion, Video, Virginia Election 2013
Jeff Shapiro of the Richmond Times Dispatch claims that Jackson “may be facing a rear-guard effort to strip him of the nomination” by Republicans terrified of his candidacy. But, he adds, “there apparently is nothing in the GOP’s rules...
by MCDC | May 18, 2013 | Gun Reform, Issues, Video, Virginia Election 2013
On December 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, fatally shot twenty children and six adult staff members in a mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Before driving to the school, Lanza had shot and killed his mother Nancy at their Newtown home. As...
by MCDC | Mar 16, 2013 | Issues, Video, Wall Street
Elizabeth Ann Warren (née Herring; born June 22, 1949) is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. She was previously a Harvard Law School professor specializing in bankruptcy law. Warren is an active consumer...