Received this e-mail from MJ Hegar’s (D. TX) U.S. Senate campaign: MJ Hegar (D. TX) Team, what’s happening at the border is in direct conflict with our values, and it’s important we hold the politicians who are allowing it accountable. We have children in cages,
Received this e-mail U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) on behalf of Democracy for America: Ever since I first found out that the Trump administration was separating families and jailing infants and children in prison camps and for-profit detention centers, I’ve been fighting to put
The children were removed under the guise of a hurricane. To be clear. Miami is not under a hurricane watch or warning, nor is any of South Florida in “the cone”. In fact, there is no hurricane in the Atlantic at all. We are tropical
Playing some catch up here. Received this e-mail from former Columbus, GA Mayor Teresa Tomlinson’s (D. GA) U.S. Senate campaign: Separating families fleeing extreme crime, poverty, and violence must not be who we are as a country. Putting children in cages to score political points
I missed most of the hearing today but caught this link and it was awesome. When dems stand up to these bullies and remind them that WE the People are who legislators represent, then we get somewhere. No more of this, my good friend, crap.
This is a total disaster and a stain on America. This is also worse than a shame and disgrace. Where is the International Human rights Advocacy? http://www.peoplesworld.org/… The ghastly, first-hand account of the conditions was given by lawyers and a board-certified physician, Dr. Dolly Lucio Sevier, who
and one can see it in Nick Kristof’s New York Times column today. Allow me to offer a framing, if I may, before getting to the column. And this will NOT be about limiting the influence of excessive wealth upon our political processes. That is
Another lie to build a wall that won’t work. This came from my county and neighboring counties in Florida. A two-year long investigation into a Human Trafficking case originating in Hernando County has resulted in the arrest of nine individuals statewide. The arrests were conducted
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley’s (D. OR) re-election campaign: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Tonight, I went on MSNBC to share a bombshell revelation: a leaked memo proving that the Trump administration deliberately created the family humanitarian crisis at the border,
Playing some catch up here today. Received this e-mail from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley’’s (D. OR) re-election campaign: Over 15,000 immigrant children are locked up in prisons across America thanks to Donald Trump. But today we got a little good news: Thanks to our pressure,
The Huffington Post has a great piece out about how increasing education spending has become a key issue for Democratic candidates running for Governor in states like Nevada, Michigan, Florida, Kansas, Maryland, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin. The reason being is that since the 2008 great recession,
Received this e-mail from Lupe Valdez’s (D. TX) gubernatorial campaign: Lupe Valdez (D. TX) Friend, The stories that have come from the U.S.-Mexico border are inhumane and heartbreaking. Children incarcerated, sleeping in overcrowded spaces without knowing if or when they will see their parents
On December 11, 2013 the state legislature in Michigan voted on a petition measure titled, “No Taxes For Abortion Insurance.” The petition, circulated by Michigan Right to Life collected signatures telling people this was to make sure tax dollars didn't pay for abortions through the
