Events

Events Committee
Meeting at Headquarters 118N Columbus St, Lancaster, to discuss survey results and propose events calendar for 2019.
Event Details  ·  Dec 13, 2018

Exec Committee and Holiday Party
A short exec committee meeting will be followed by our Holiday Party will be held on Thursday December 20th, 7PM. We will meet at Headquarters, 118N. Columbus st. in Lancaster.
Event Details  ·  Dec 20, 2018

Executive Committee Meeting
Our next meeting of the executive committee of the Fairfield County Democrats is Thursday January 17th, 7PM. Meeting is at Headquarters, 118N. Columbus st. in Lancaster.
Event Details  ·  Jan 17, 2019

Pancakes and Politics
Save the date for Pancakes and Politics. We'll have Pancakes and other goodies for a donation.
Event Details  ·  Jan 26, 2019

Partisan Primary Filing deadline
Filing deadline for partisan candidates in primary election
Feb 6, 2019

News Articles

When Trump called on Maria Butina in 2015, was someone close to him conspiring with her?
It was a little odd in July 2015 when Donald Trump, just a few weeks after launching his presidential bid, threw a question at a Las Vegas event to a Russian woman who asked him about U.S. sanctions against her country.  Trump was ready to riff. "Okay, Obama gets along with nobody. The whole...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

Trump claims undercut his own alibi on Cohen by claiming he was 'mostly PR'
Donald Trump went on Fox News to explain how he isn’t guilty of felony violations of campaign finance law for the actions he directed his former lawyer Michael Cohen to take, or the scheme he cooked up with National Enquirer publisher David Pecker. And in 10 minutes, Trump managed to shred...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

Senate Votes to End U.S. Role in Devastating Yemen War
Photo Illustration by The Daily BeastThe U.S. Senate has rebuked the Trump administration, the Pentagon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates by voting to end U.S. involvement in the war in Yemen, one of the world’s most catastrophic conflicts.Though it is unlikely to become law during the...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

CNN Host S.E. Cupp Rips Fox News’ Trump ‘Infomercial’: ‘That Was Not an Interview’
Conservative CNN host S.E. Cupp stopped a discussion about President Donald Trump’s sitdown with Fox News’ Harris Faulkner on Thursday to make sure she, Brianna Keilar, and Dana Bash were all on the same page. “Can we just say for the record, that was not an interview,” Cupp, who was a...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

Maria Butina Pleads Guilty to Participating in a Russian Conspiracy Against the United States
Russian gun rights activist Maria Butina pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy against the United States in federal court Thursday, pledging to cooperate with prosecutors investigating Russian efforts targeting the 2016 election. The 30-year-old has been jailed since July, when she was...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

Did Michael Flynn Try to Strike a Grand Bargain With Moscow as It Attacked the 2016 Election?
In early December, special counsel Robert Mueller, in preparation for the upcoming sentencing of Michael Flynn, submitted two memos outlining his recommended punishment for President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser. The documents noted that Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

The Gathering Storm Unseen By Fox Viewers
Photo by Denis Smith There was a major winter storm that, thankfully, missed us a few days ago but slammed states south of the Ohio River with record amounts of snowfall. But if nature can spare some areas and bury others, another tempest – this one of a political nature – is about to...
News Item  ·  Plunderbund  ·  Dec 11, 2018  

Trump Argues Both Sides of the Defense Spending Debate
Next year will likely see the first serious debate in more than a decade on the size of the U.S. defense budget. But before that happens, President Trump has to decide which side he’s on.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

A Big Day For the War in Yemen
This is certainly not the end of the devastating war and humanitarian crisis in Yemen, and it’s probably premature to even call it the beginning of the end. But at the very least, today may be remembered as a turning point in the conflict.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

William Barr: Worse Than Jeff Sessions?
Jon Wiener David Cole on Trump’s nominee for Attorney General. The post William Barr: Worse Than Jeff Sessions? appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

Dear Beto, Andrew, and Stacey—Run Again
Steve Phillips While a 2020 presidential run is tempting, O’Rourke, Gillum, and Abrams could use their political skills and hard-earned notoriety to help progressives win at every level. The post Dear Beto, Andrew, and Stacey—Run Again appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

Ohio Senate approves controversial 'heartbeat bill'
The Ohio Senate on Wednesday approved controversial legislation banning abortion after a fetal heartbeat is detected....
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Dec 13, 2018  

Senate passes resolution naming Crown Prince 'responsible' for Khashoggi slaying
The Senate easily passed a resolution Thursday naming Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman as "responsible" for U.S.-based journalist Jamal Khashoggi's slaying.The measure, which was introduced earlier Thursday,...
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Dec 13, 2018