Events

Petition Filing Deadline
Petition filing deadline for March 17th Primary. This includes green sheets for Central Committee.
Dec 18, 2019

Delegate application due date
The deadline to apply online or return the form is Tuesday, Dec. 31.
Dec 31, 2019

Pre Primary Caucus
Pre-Primary Caucus. Click on this event for the link to the application.
Event Details  ·  Jan 7, 2020

Executive Committee Meeting
The January Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield County Democratic Party is Thursday January 16th at 7PM at Headquarters.
Event Details  ·  Jan 16, 2020

Executive Committee Meeting
The February Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield County Democratic Party is Thursday February 20th at 7PM at Headquarters.
Event Details  ·  Feb 20, 2020

News Articles

House Democrat starts what should be groundswell, demands McConnell recuse himself from impeachment
House Judiciary Committee member Rep. Val Demings, a Florida Democrat, is demanding that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell recuse himself from the Senate's impeachment trial. She accused McConnell of promising the White House to "sabotage" the trial. "No court in the country would allow a...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

Salvadoran asylum-seeker forced to wait in Mexico under inhumane Trump policy kidnapped, murdered
A Salvadoran asylum-seeker who had been forced to wait out his case in Mexico for four months under inhumane and illegal Trump administration policy was kidnapped and murdered last month, The New York Times reports. “Mexican authorities said the man was ‘dismembered’ and they are...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

Bernie Rescinds Endorsement After Women’s Groups Blast ‘Misogynist’ Cenk Uygur
Susannah Ireland/eyevine/ReduxWhen Sen. Bernie Sanders endorsed Cenk Uygur, the co-founder of left-wing video site The Young Turks and the Platonic ideal of a Bernie Bro, in the packed race to replace former Rep. Katie Hill in Congress, he presumably didn’t expect that the endorsement would be...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

‘Marxist, Joke, Disgrace’: How Corbyn United Britain Against Him
Ian Forsyth/GettyLONDON—Jeremy Corbyn’s radical left-wing experiment has been obliterated by the British public.The Labour leader limped to the party’s most pathetic defeat since 1935 after publishing arguably the most socialist party platform in British history.Boris Johnson—a party...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

With This Impeachment, Trump Is Getting Off Easy
Donald Trump got off easy. On Friday morning, the House Judiciary Committee approved two articles of impeachment against the 45th president of the United States. In the historic move, Trump was cited for abusing his office and obstructing Congress’ investigation of that abuse. The abuse was...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

Republicans Got a Photographer Thrown Out of the Impeachment Hearings. He Didn’t Break Any Rule.
A video of a photographer snapping a couple of quick photos of Representatives’ belongings inside the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing room quickly went viral on conservative Twitter on Thursday afternoon. Republicans, including elected Representatives, tweeted videos of him...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

Jim Jordan, You’ve Convinced Us. We Need a Dress Code.
Once upon a time, in the movie classic, A Field of Dreams, we were introduced to a baseball star named Shoeless Joe Jackson. He was the slugger who lost his shirt and a ticket to the Hall of Fame for his presumed involvement in the 1919 World Series Black Sox scandal. Note that Shoeless Joe had a...
News Item  ·  Plunderbund  ·  Nov 24, 2019  

What Is the Excuse for Denying Flu Shots to Detained Migrants at the Border?
“They keep saying it’s not their responsibility.”
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

The Weeknd’s Latest No. 1 Hit Proves He’s the New AC/DC
On “Heartless,” the singer keeps on recycling the same old tricks, and America still can’t get enough.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

The House Judiciary Committee Approves Articles of Impeachment
John Nichols “The abuse of Presidential power and obstruction of Congress are the highest of Constitutional crimes and the gravest of betrayals,” Pramila Jayapal said during Friday’s vote. The post The House Judiciary Committee Approves Articles of Impeachment appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

Oh No, Jeremy Corbyn!
D.D. Guttenplan Boris Johnson wins a bigger majority than Margaret Thatcher as Labour Party goes down in a historic defeat. Britain is now Brexit bound. The post Oh No, Jeremy Corbyn! appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

Vulnerable Democrats swing behind impeachment push
Vulnerable House Democrats are falling in line to vote for articles of impeachment against President Trump despite expressing nervousness in recent days about what will be their most momentous vote this year.Two fr...
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Dec 13, 2019  

Vulnerable New York Democrat Max Rose comes out in support of impeachment
Rep. Max Rose (D-N.Y.) announced Friday that he will vote in favor of the articles of impeachment brought against President Trump.Rose is a freshman Democrat from a swing district comprising o...
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Dec 13, 2019