Events

Post Cards
Post Card Party - Help address postcards for a good cause
Event Details  ·  Aug 22, 2019

Adopt a highway
Join fellow Dems in community service cleaning the roadside on Rt 33.
Event Details  ·  Aug 24, 2019

Lancaster Pride Festival
Join us for a day of Pride in beautiful Downtown Lancaster! Events begin at 4 p.m. at the bandstand.
Event Details  ·  Aug 31, 2019

Honor Hour
September Happy/Social hour at American Legion in Lithopolis
Event Details  ·  Sep 11, 2019

Executive Committee Meeting
The September meeting of the executive committee of the Fairfield County Democrats is Thursday September 19th, 7PM. Meeting is at Headquarters, 118N. Columbus st. in Lancaster.
Event Details  ·  Sep 19, 2019

News Articles

Open thread for night owls: Trump kneels and obeys when NRA's LaPierre reminds him who's boss
Elaina Plott at The Atlantic writes—Trump’s Phone Calls With Wayne LaPierre Reveal NRA’s Influence: Three days after a pair of mass shootings in Ohio and Texas that left 31 people dead, President Donald Trump was preoccupied with visions of a Rose Garden ceremony. His daughter and...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Aug 21, 2019  

California's Secretary of State on the rapidly changing role of cybersecurity for US elections
California’s Secretary of State Alex Padilla has been a champion for voting rights. He was elected in 2014, defeating his Republican opponent on the promise of getting more Californians registered and enfranchised into the Democratic process. Since that time, Padilla has worked to expand...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Aug 21, 2019  

Anderson Cooper: ‘If You Can’t Be Tough With the NRA, Go After the Danish Prime Minister’
Following President Trump’s sudden Tuesday night announcement that he was canceling his Denmark trip because the Danish won’t entertain the idea of selling Greenland to him, CNN anchor Anderson Cooper observed that the president couldn’t seem to muster the same tough talk in his dealings...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Aug 21, 2019  

Trump Administration Launches Most Brazen Attack on Protections for Young Migrants
Loren Elliott/AFP/GettyIn a stunning provocation, the Trump administration reportedly plans to announce on Wednesday that it will abrogate a decades-old legal agreement in order to indefinitely detain immigrant families in government custody.The planned termination of the original Flores...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Aug 21, 2019  

ICE Accidentally Just Revealed How Much its New Contract With Peter Thiel’s Palantir Is Worth
Immigrations and Customs Enforcement renewed its contract with the software company Palantir, according to new government documents made public on Monday, and it could be worth some $49 million over the next three years. But that number isn’t intentionally public. The...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Aug 21, 2019  

A Sweeping New Lawsuit Blasts ICE Over “Horrific, Inhumane” Conditions in Immigration Detention
Jose Segovia Benitez has a tattoo of the Statue of Liberty on his chest. He served two tours oversees as a US Marine in Iraq and Afghanistan, and he was honorably discharged in 2004 after being hit by an explosive device. When he went back home to Long Beach, California, he had a traumatic brain...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Aug 20, 2019  

It’s About More Than Guns: Researching Caring Behavior Among Americans
When I came across this handmade sign on display last year in a San Francisco apartment window, I thought that aside from scary reports about curious young children unknowingly poisoning themselves and teens ingesting laundry detergent on a dare, we weren’t there yet in pinning all things bad...
News Item  ·  Plunderbund  ·  Aug 16, 2019  

Spider-Man Exits the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Talks Between Marvel and Sony Collapse
Millions of Spidey-senses suddenly tingled and were suddenly silenced.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Aug 21, 2019  

Why the Bogus Study About Google Manipulating Votes Is a Powerful Weapon for the Right
It makes the false claim about social media’s anti-conservative “bias” look almost respectable.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Aug 21, 2019  

Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Finish What FDR Started
John Nichols And it could give Democrats a fighting chance in farm country and small-town America. The post Elizabeth Warren Has a Plan to Finish What FDR Started appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Aug 20, 2019  

Trump’s America Is Worse Than Orwell’s ‘1984’
Tom Engelhardt As global warming intensifies, our world is becoming bleaker than one of the darkest dystopias ever imagined. The post Trump’s America Is Worse Than Orwell’s ‘1984’ appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Aug 20, 2019  

Sanders to unveil climate plan on Thursday
White House hopeful Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will unveil his climate plan Thursday during a trip to California.Sanders's campaign said the Vermont independent will release his "groundbreaking and comprehensive G...
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Aug 21, 2019  

Sanders to Trump: 'I am a proud Jewish person' with 'no concerns about voting Democratic'
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who's running for the Democratic nomination for president, responded to President Trump's Tuesday remarks that Jewish Americans who vote for Democrats are showing a "lack of knowledge or...
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Aug 21, 2019