Events
Filing deadline Partisan candidates for May primary
Filing deadline for Partisan candidates prior to May Primary election
Feb 3, 2021
Executive Committee Meeting
The February Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield County Democratic Party is Thursday February 18th at 7PM. It will be a ZOOM Meeting, information to follow
Event Details · Feb 18, 2021
Primary Election
Primary Election
Event Details · May 4, 2021
Non Partisan filing deadline
Filing deadline for non-partisan offices.
Aug 4, 2021
News Articles
National Guard troops forced into parking garage are back inside, but no one is happy about incident
On Thursday evening, thousands of National Guard who had been sleeping in the hallways of the Capitol and surrounding office buildings found themselves suddenly pressed into even worse quarters. Troops who had been guarding the Dirksen Senate Office building were suddenly told they had...
News Item · 5 DailyKos Headlines · Jan 22, 2021
Morning Digest: New York mayoral candidate's mammoth fundraising lifts the fortunes of his opponents
The Daily Kos Elections Morning Digest is compiled by David Nir, Jeff Singer, Stephen Wolf, Carolyn Fiddler, and Matt Booker, with additional contributions from David Jarman, Steve Singiser, Daniel Donner, James Lambert, David Beard, and Arjun Jaikumar.
Leading Off
● New York City, NY Mayor:...
News Item · 5 DailyKos Headlines · Jan 22, 2021
Bishops Go to War Over Biden as Second Catholic President Splits the Church
Jonathan Ernst via ReutersROME—If you look closely at President Joe Biden’s credenza in his first Oval Office photo op, there is a carefully placed shot of the then-vice president shaking hands with Pope Francis after he was crowned pope in 2013. Biden flew to Rome for the papal...
News Item · Daily Beast · Jan 22, 2021
How the Millions Raised to Rebuild Beirut Is Forcing Families From Their Homes
Chris McGrath/Getty ImagesBEIRUT—Sitting in a one-room basement apartment in this city’s Fassouh neighborhood, Waad Hariri explains how her family lost their home following the catastrophic port explosion last year.As her three young children run circles around her, and her husband sits...
News Item · Daily Beast · Jan 22, 2021
The Insurrection Was Put Down. The GOP Plan For Minority Rule Marches On
In 2018, Democrats swept every statewide race in Wisconsin, ending nearly a decade of Republican rule. “The voters spoke,” Democrat Tony Evers said after defeating incumbent Gov. Scott Walker. “A change is coming, Wisconsin!” Not so fast. A month later, the GOP-controlled legislature...
News Item · Mother Jones Politics · Jan 22, 2021
We’ve Had a White Supremacist Coup Before. History Buried It.
The parallels between the only successful coup in the United States and the failed insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 are uncanny. On November 10, 1898 in Wilmington, North Carolina a mob inflamed by out-of-power white nationalists attacked a thriving majority Black coastal port. The...
News Item · Mother Jones Politics · Jan 22, 2021
Suspicious Fires At Properties Owned by Ohio Republican
Suspicious fires at two different properties owned by GOP candidate for State Representative are under investigation.
News Item · Plunderbund · Oct 29, 2020
Trump’s Business Revenue Was Down 40 Percent Even Before He Encouraged Storming the Capitol
Trump’s financial disclosure showed his businesses took in $120 million less last year.
News Item · Slate · Jan 22, 2021
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News Item · Slate · Jan 22, 2021
Poison Soup
J.T. Williamson
America is left with a taste of fascism.
The post Poison Soup appeared first on The Nation.
News Item · The Nation · Jan 22, 2021
Amanda Gorman’s Poem Rhymes With Biden’s Climate Agenda
Mark Hertsgaard
“The Hill We Climb” offers both inspiration and warning in the face of the climate emergency.
The post Amanda Gorman’s Poem Rhymes With Biden’s Climate Agenda appeared first on The Nation.
News Item · The Nation · Jan 22, 2021
Capitol Police investigate report Maryland GOP Rep. Andy Harris tried to bring gun on House floor
U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) is investigating whether GOP Rep. Andy Harris (Md.) attempted to bring a gun onto the House floor on Thursday."The USCP is investigating the matter," officials confi...
News Item · The Hill · Jan 22, 2021
Fauci: Lack of facts 'likely did' cost lives in coronavirus fight
Anthony Fauci on Friday said that a lack of facts "likely did" cost lives over the last year in the nation's efforts to fight the coronavirus pandemic.In an appearance...
News Item · The Hill · Jan 22, 2021