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Daily Kos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vYe6FLaPk0 VA-10: While Democrats have, off and on, tried to capture Virginia's 10th Congressional District for years, it's a deceptively difficult seat for Team Blue. Mitt Romney carried it by just a 50-49 margin in 2012,...
No one should feel sorry for Ted Cruz
By SEAN ILLING If you’re considering feeling sorry for Cruz, don’t. He got what he deserved. Trump is a menace and a huckster in his own right, but a potential Cruz administration is the stuff of nightmares. An avowed theocrat, Cruz has peddled misogynist garbage and...
Imperial Wizard of Virginia KKK Backs Trump Campaign
https://youtu.be/12QglUuwYNc Started during Reconstruction at the end of the Civil War, the Klan quickly mobilized as a vigilante group to intimidate Southern blacks - and any whites who would help them - and to prevent them from enjoying basic civil rights....
Our Separate Struggles Are Really One
Martin Luther King, Jr to César Chávez “As brothers in the fight for equality, I extend the hand of fellowship and good will and wish continuing success to you and your members. The fight for equality must be fought on many fronts–in the urban slums, in the sweat...
About that photo in the West Wing
Restoration of Rights Searchable Database
Governor McAuliffe’s April 22 order restores the rights to all individuals who, as of April 22, 2016, have completed the terms of incarceration and have completed any period of supervised release (probation or parole) for any and all felony convictions. Going forward,...
Governor McAuliffe Restores Voting and Civil Rights to Over 200,000 Virginians
Commonwealth of Virginia Office of Governor Terry McAuliffe FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: April 22, 2016 Office of the Governor Contact: Brian Coy Email: brian.coy@governor.virginia.gov Governor McAuliffe Restores Voting and Civil Rights to Over 200,000...
2016 Veto Session: Key Takeaways
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2016 CONTACT: Emily Bolton, Emily@vademocrats.org Yesterday's veto session was an enormous success for Governor McAuliffe, who did not lose a single veto despite Republican majorities in both chambers. None of the Governor's 68 vetoes...
Democratic Party to sue Arizona over voting rights
“Arizona has a history of problems with guaranteeing the rights of their citizens to vote, and with this lawsuit we hope to stop it now in time for the 2016 general election,” said Marc E. Elias, the elections lawyer for Clinton’s presidential campaign. Elias is...
The grotesque injustice of starving 1 million unemployed Americans
We are in essence punishing the poor for their poverty, as if poverty were an ethical breach, not the result of interlocking social, political, and personal realities, many of which are entirely out of poor people's hands. How often do city planners consider the job...
