Events

4th of July Parades
Looking for walkers for the 4th of July Parades in Lancaster and Pickerington.
Event Details  ·  Jul 4, 2019

2nd Wednesday Happy Hour
July Happy/Social hour at O'Huids Pub in Lancaster
Event Details  ·  Jul 10, 2019

Lancaster Art Walk
Enjoy an evening in Lancaster for the Art Walk. HQ will be open for visitors
Event Details  ·  Jul 19, 2019

2nd Wednesday Happy Hour
August Happy/Social hour at Shirky's Pizza Zone in Carroll.
Event Details  ·  Aug 14, 2019

Executive Committee Meeting
The August meeting of the executive committee of the Fairfield County Democrats is Thursday August 15th, 7PM. Meeting is at Headquarters, 118N. Columbus st. in Lancaster.
Event Details  ·  Aug 15, 2019

News Articles

House Oversight recommends contempt charge against Barr and Ross over citizenship question on census
In a morning press release, Democratic Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform Elijah Cummings announced that the committee has filed a bipartisan report recommending that both Attorney General William Barr and Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross be held in contempt of Congress. The...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

New York Times editor cops to 'overly cautious' coverage of rape allegations against Trump
More than a dozen women have accused Donald Trump of sexual assault, and the latest allegation comes from a well-known writer and describes rape. The New York Times did not consider this newsworthy, and the paper’s executive editor now admits that was a mistake. “We were overly...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

Fox’s Brian Kilmeade on Concerns About Detention Camp Conditions: ‘Never Going to Have a Hyatt’
Fox & Friends host Brian Kilmeade on Tuesday downplayed concerns about the squalid and appalling conditions within border immigration detention centers, saying that migrant children were “never going to have a Hyatt at the border.”Amid reports that hundreds of immigrant children were recently...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

Mika Brzezinski to Trump: If E. Jean Carroll ‘Not Your Type,’ Who Would You Rape?
When the subject of the latest rape allegation against Donald Trump came up on Morning Joe on Tuesday, co-host Mika Brzezinski spoke directly the president and those Republicans in Congress who “will not say anything to defy him.” Beyond having a president who “proved himself with his...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

Elizabeth Warren Just Released a Plan to Secure American Elections
Elizabeth Warren rolled out an aggressive, $20 billion election security proposal Tuesday. The plan, in keeping with previous such proposals issued by her 2020 presidential campaign, both envisions an expanded role for the federal government while offering a level of detail that has helped the...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

The Media Shrugs Its Shoulders at Trump’s Rape Allegation
Faced with yet another credible allegation of sexual assault, President Donald Trump on Monday employed a familiar strategy. “Number one, she’s not my type,” Trump told The Hill, the second time he has denied writer E. Jean Carroll’s stunning claims that the president more...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

Ohio Supreme Court Justice Kennedy Gets $50K From Utilities Industry, Sides With FirstEnergy In Court Case
A 4-3 majority on the Ohio Supreme Court this week sided with consumers in striking down hundreds of millions in additional charges that the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio had allowed FirstEnergy to assess Ohio families for the past two years. Justice Sharon Kennedy, who is seeking...
News Item  ·  Plunderbund  ·  Jun 20, 2019  

Nobody Actually Knows What Forgiving Everyone’s Student Debt Would Cost
Only the government has the data, and it’s keeping mum.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

U.S. Border Patrol Is Refusing Citizen Donations Even as It Holds Migrant Children Without Access to Soap and Toothpaste
Concerned locals are leaving bags of supplies at Border Patrol facilities and hoping for the best.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

2020 Democrats Must Address Our Addiction to Military Spending
Katrina vanden Heuvel They should take a stand at the debates against the Pentagon’s bloated budget. The post 2020 Democrats Must Address Our Addiction to Military Spending appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

Tiffany Cabán Is Running a Nationally Significant Race
John Nichols The criminal justice reformer is running for Queens District Attorney in today’s election with backing from The New York Times, Elizabeth Warren, and Bernie Sanders. The post Tiffany Cabán Is Running a Nationally Significant Race appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

READ: Trump's full exclusive interview with The Hill
President Trump discussed a new rape allegation, the Supreme Court and 2020 Democratic front-runner Joe Biden in a wide-ranging, exclusive interview with The Hill at the White House on Monday.You can read a transcr...
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Jun 25, 2019  

O'Rourke: Cash reparations policy 'stops the conversation' on the issue
Democratic presidential candidate Beto O'Rourke said in an interview published Tuesday that all Americans must understand the country's history before the U.S. can pursue cash reparations for the descendants of slaves....
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Jun 25, 2019