Events

Meet Zack Space
Democratic State Auditor candidate Zack Space will be in Lancaster for a meet and greet on May 30! Learn about his campaign and his vision for Ohio.
Event Details  ·  May 30, 2018

FFCDP Reorg
Fairfield County Democrats Central/Executive Committee Reorg meeting
Event Details  ·  Jun 7, 2018

News Articles

Open thread for night owls: Peoples Climate Movement plans mass action for climate, jobs and justice
"We have the opportunity to create good jobs in wind, solar, and the renewable energy sector that move us to a healthier future and a more just society."            —Lenore Friedlaender, SEIU Local 32BJ Jessica Corbett at Common Dreams writes—"Rise for Climate, Jobs, and Justice": Mass...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  May 25, 2018  

White House photographer's book trolling Trump to be released in the fall
Former White House photographer Pete Souza has spent the last 17 months reminding Americans through his photography how good we had it under the Obama Administration. He’s trolled our current bigot in chief on his Instagram account, using images of a serious and compassionate president to...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  May 25, 2018  

Eugene O’Neill’s Dive Bar Fascination Went Far Beyond ‘The Iceman Cometh’
Courtesy Julieta CervantesOne hot afternoon during the summer of 1890 a pod of theatrical types washed up against the bar at New York’s Ashland House hotel. That in itself was normal enough: the Ashland was across from the fashionable Lyceum Theatre (then located on Fourth Avenue and 24th...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  May 25, 2018  

Game of Thrones’ Natalie Dormer Outshines a Dreary New ‘Picnic at Hanging Rock’
AmazonPeter Weir’s 1975 classic Picnic at Hanging Rock is a mystery defined by its inscrutability. The story of three boarding school girls and one teacher who vanish into thin air during a 1900 St. Valentine’s Day retreat to Hanging Rock – a towering natural edifice in the Australian bush,...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  May 25, 2018  

New Study Debunks a Popular Anti-Abortion Argument
Popular anti-abortion arguments hinge on the supposed negative impact the procedure will have on the woman: increasing the likelihood of breast cancer, which has been debunked, giving her PTSD, which has been debunked, or increasing her risk of suicidal...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  May 24, 2018  

An Amazon Echo Recorded a Family’s Private Conversation and Sent It to Some Random Person
In case you needed another reminder that Amazon’s Echo, an internet-connected recording device designed to listen and respond to verbal commands, can pose security and privacy risks for you and your loved ones, here you go. “Unplug your Alexa devices right now…you’re being...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  May 24, 2018  

A Demanding Leader
When President Trump tweeted that he would “demand” an investigation by the Department of Justice of its own investigation of the Trump-Russia campaign links, our country drew one step closer to fascism by our autocratic leader. Demands are not usually issued by normal presidents, and...
News Item  ·  Plunderbund  ·  May 24, 2018  

Slate’s Mistakes for the Week of May 21
In a May 24 Family, Mark Joseph Stern mistakenly referred to the time period of the piece as the term of the George H.W. Bush administration.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  May 25, 2018  

The Rockets Are One Game From the NBA Finals. Could Chris Paul’s Hamstring Be the Warriors’ Salvation?
The most important play of the Houston Rockets’ Game 5 victory over the Golden State Warriors was an ugly brick. With 51 seconds remaining in the fourth quarter, Chris Paul drove on the Warriors’ Quinn Cook and tossed up a high floater. It missed, badly, and when Paul came down, he did so...
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  May 25, 2018  

With Trump’s Cancellation of the Summit With Kim, Korea Is Back in Crisis Mode
Tim Shorrock John Bolton’s intervention, with an assist from Mike Pence, was disastrous—but it’s not too late to get the talks back on track. The post With Trump’s Cancellation of the Summit With Kim, Korea Is Back in Crisis Mode appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  May 24, 2018  

Congress Must Overrule the Supreme Court’s Dramatic Assault on Worker Rights
John Nichols A ruling in favor of mandatory arbitration agreements undermines efforts to address wage theft and raises new concerns about discrimination. The post Congress Must Overrule the Supreme Court’s Dramatic Assault on Worker Rights appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  May 24, 2018  

Comey: Trump's 'Spygate' claims are made up
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  May 25, 2018  

Trump taps vocal anti-illegal immigration advocate for State Dept's top refugee job
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  May 25, 2018  

Issues

Where Do Democrats Need to Go?
Where Do Democrats Need to Go? We need to regain our Vision
Where We stand

A Future for Lancaster
After the Decline of the Glass Industry, The Community needs to build our future by ourselves for ourselves.
Where We stand