For Democracy
Engage • Volunteer • Organize • Vote
News
The Radical Christian Right and the War on Government
By Chris Hedges There is a desire felt by tens of millions of Americans, lumped into a diffuse and fractious movement known as the Christian right, to destroy the intellectual and scientific rigor of the Enlightenment, radically diminish the role of government to...
Day 8
As the government shutdown headed into a second week with no resolution in sight, Sen. Bernie Sanders on Monday made three key points.. Read A Federal Budget Crisis Months in the Planning
The More Things Change..
Given the extreme ideology of the current slate of Tea Party candidates Cuccinelli, Jackson and Obenshain, this letter to the editor of the Madison Eagle is every bit as on point now as it was then.. Feb. 21, 2003 Letter to the Editor "Cider House Rules" It's...
Democratic Party of Virginia v. VA SBE
From the Bristol Virginia Democratic Committee Today the Democratic Party of Virginia released a complaint filed in federal court asking a judge to stop a plan by the Virginia State Board of Elections, in coordination with Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli – who has a...
Day 1
On October 1, 2013, the United States federal government entered a shutdown suspending discretionary services deemed "non-essential" by the Antideficiency Act. As a result of the government's failure to enact regular appropriations or a continuing resolution for the...
Birth Control to be Illegal in Virginia?
During this morning's Attorney General debate with Democratic candidate Mark Herring, Tea Party Republican Mark Obenshain attempted to sidestep his extreme record on women’s reproductive rights because he knows that Virginians simply will not vote in support of...
Six of One
A September Fox News poll found that "the Affordable Care Act" is viewed five percent points more favorably than "Obamacare." Among Republicans, the improvement was eight percentage points. Watch what happens when Jimmy Kimmel asks people whether they prefer...
Federal Judge OKs Natural Gas Class Actions in Va. Suits
RICHMOND, Va. — A federal judge has certified a handful of lawsuits as class actions accusing two energy companies of cheating southwest Virginia residents out of tens of millions of dollars in royalty payments for natural gas drilled on their land. The lead attorney...
The Height Of Irresponsibility
“Today we saw the Tea Party Republicans in Congress hit rock bottom. Voting to shut down the federal government will damage our nation’s economy and hit Virginia the hardest, but Ted Cruz and the Tea Party declared by their actions today that none of that matters to...
Lemmings with Suicide Vests
U.S. Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) had choice words for fellow House Republicans who are willing to see the government shut down over their opposition to Obamacare: “Lemmings with suicide vests,” he called them. [googleapps domain="docs"...
