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Save the Date! Annual Founders Dinner May 14th, 2015
The Madison County Democratic Committee Cordially invites you to join us for our 9th annual Founders Dinner with keynote speaker The Honorable Levar M. Stoney, Secretary of the Commonwealth Our Values In Action Held at Antioch Baptist Church Celebrating 150 years of...
Taking on the man who would be Virginia’s Scott Walker
https://youtu.be/DQiyA45-hkM https://www.facebook.com/MadisonDemocrats/posts/839962306079522
Democrat Ericke Cage to Challenge Robert Hurt for for Virginia’s 5th District Seat
https://www.facebook.com/MadisonDemocrats/posts/839278346147918
Getting Started
https://youtu.be/0uY7gLZDmn4 In a campaign video released today, the former Secretary of State has officially declared her intention to run in 2016. The announcement confirms rumors that have been floating around for more than a year and kicks off the Democratic...
O’Reilly: “More white than Black Americans are killed by police”
Bill O’Reilly spares no opportunity to disseminate mistruths that undermine the experiences and threaten the lives of Black communities. On the April 8th edition of The O’Reilly Factor, he was at it again, using debunked statistics to claim more white than Black...
Republicans Are Saying Environmentalists Caused California’s Drought. Here’s Why They’re Wrong
Californian artist Ross Dickinson dramatized his home state’s eternal confrontation of nature and man by exaggerating the steep slopes of the hills and the harsh contrast between the dry red wilderness and the green cultivated land (1934). CREDIT: FLICKR/ CLIFF Any...
Weekly Address: Reaching a Comprehensive and Long-Term Deal on Iran’s Nuclear Program
WASHINGTON, DC — In this week’s address, the President described the historic understanding the United States – with our allies and partners – reached with Iran, which, if fully implemented, will prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and will make our country,...
Take it from Rand Paul: “I’m not a libertarian.”
Rand Paul Opposes Abortion Rights, Sponsored Legislation That Would Make All Abortions Illegal Rand Paul vehemently opposes abortion rights. He is a sponsor of “The Life at Conception Act,” a radical piece of legislation associated with the personhood movement...
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Quote of the Day: Republicans Hate Obamacare Except for the Parts They Don’t
From Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, who asked for horror stories about Obamacare and was instead deluged with stories from people who have been helped by it: The stories are largely around pre-existing conditions and those that are getting health insurance up...
