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If you were/are a Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders and/or Elizabeth Warren supporter, also known as a the left, liberal, progressive and/or Democrat then this site may be for you.  The focus of this site is political including but not limited to Presidential, Senate and Congressional, as well as some Gubernatorial and some Mayoral politics which may or may not be local to the District of Columbia metro area.  Here I share my opinions, political information gathered from various news sources, as well as links to important websites.  Any Blue and Underlined text links to articles and more information about what I am referring to, just click on them to read more.  There will be neither “fake news” nor “alternative facts” here.  Since Donald Trump sucks all the air out of the room I have quite a bit of information about him included.  We, as Democrats, have been robbed a few times and if you are part of the Resistance then you may be a little angry.  But if you don’t have time for different news sources then coming here will give you some of the information you need to know what’s going on in one place.  Now is not the time to stop paying attention, time to wake up.  For those of you that are already awake, great, stay awake and get involved, if you can.    If you are not part of the awake group yet then perhaps Elizabeth Warren can help. 

Bill Maher’s New Rule: Get Low, challenges Democrats to face the reality of the current political climate and meet Republicans on their level.

 

 

  • The Declaration of Independence:  “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.  — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”  Read the full text here.

 

“The Fourth of July is a time of great national pride, and our new campaign is a portrait of how America has evolved,” said Ancestry CMO Vineet Mehra.  “Diversity isn’t just something we value as Americans; it’s quite literally part of who we are.  We’re living at a time when many people feel disconnected from one another, and one of the most powerful things we can do is to show how connected we really are.”  “In addition to celebrating and illuminating both America’s history and its present-day diversity, we want to use this moment to illustrate the incredible discoveries that await when we look back into our own past: the learnings, insights and connections that can inspire our future, individually and collectively,” adds Tim Gordon, executive creative director, Droga5.

 

 

 

 

On The Rachel Maddow Show Rachel Maddow reports what is known so far about breaking news that Senator John McCain has been diagnosed with a brain tumor.

On The 11th Hour with Brian Williams Bipartisan support is pouring in after the news Senator John McCain (R-AZ) has been diagnosed with brain cancer.  MSNBC’s Garrett Haake joins with the latest from Capitol Hill.

 

 

McGrath is running for Kentucky’s 6th congressional district against incumbent Andy Barr, who the ad characterizes as “Mitch McConnell’s hand-picked congressman who said he would vote enthusiastically to take health care away from over a quarter million Kentuckians.”  In McGrath’s new ad, after a discussion of her military record, her combat missions, and her achievement as a woman in combat, the ad pivots to a discussion of health care.  See retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath’s advertisement video here.

The video is full of compelling visuals about her time in the military.  “This is my new mission: to take on a Congress full of career politicians who treat the people of Kentucky like they’re disposable,” McGrath says in the video.  “When I was 12 years old, I knew exactly what I wanted to do when I grew up,” McGrath says in the video.  “I wanted to fly fighter jets and land on aircraft carriers, because that’s the toughest flying you can do.”  McGrath goes on to say that when she was 13, she was informed by her congressman after writing him a letter that she wouldn’t be able to achieve that dream because “women ought to be protected and not allowed to serve in combat.”  Her senator, Mitch McConnell, never answered her letter, she said.

McGrath says she went to the Naval Academy anyway, and while she was there the law was changed and women were allowed to serve in combat.  She then had a 20-year military career, in which she flew 89 combat missions, including bombings targeting al Qaeda and the Taliban.  See retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath’s advertisement video here.

On The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell Lieutenant Colonel Amy McGrath, the 1st female Marine to fly in an F-18 in combat, is challenging the GOP incumbent Kentucky congressman, who she says, like McConnell, ignores Obamacare’s benefits for Kentuckians.  She also shares her advice for Trump about Afghanistan.

 

Democrat Randy Bryce announced on June 18 that he would challenge Representative Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) in the 2018 midterm election.  (Randy Bryce for Congress/YouTube)  Here you can go to Randy Bryce’s website Randy Bryce For Congress.

 

  • Although Jon Ossoff, the Democratic candidate for Georgia’s reliably conservative 6th Congressional District won 48% of the vote it was not the required 50% to avoid a runoff vote in June.  The off year special election was to fill the seat that was vacated by Price, who won reelection by more than 20 points in 2016.  Price left to become Trump’s Secretary of Health and Human Services.  Democrats turned out in impressive numbers and if that pattern holds into next year’s midterm elections that will help the Democrats take back the House.  So turn out to vote Democrats, you see what we get when you stay home.

Georgia special election smashes all-time spending record.  It’s official: It will be the most expensive House race in U.S. history.

Early-vote turnout soars in Georgia special election.  Over 140,000 people have already voted in the race between Karen Handel and Jon Ossoff, including 36,000 who didn’t vote in the first round.

Georgia’s 6th congressional district special election is June 20, 2017.  So turn out to vote Democrats, you see what we get when you stay home.  Where to Vote.

Unfortunately Republican Karen Handel has defeated Democrat Jon Ossoff to represent Georgia’s Sixth Congressional District in a hotly contested special election.  Karen Handel (Republican) 51.9% 134,595 | Jon Ossoff (Democratic) 48.1% 124,893.  On The Rachel Maddow Show Rachel Maddow shows how all of the special elections to replace Trump cabinet members have shown large swings in favor of Democrats in otherwise securely Republican districts, except for Georgia 06.  Jon Ossoff’s Georgia special election loss shows Democrats could use a substantive agenda.  Jon Ossoff’s narrow loss in the Georgia House special election seat will come as a crushing emotional blow to Democrats even though it hardly dooms their hopes to take back Congress next year.  On The Rachel Maddow Show State Representative Stacey Abrams, Georgia minority leader, talks with Rachel Maddow about the encouragement Democrats see in the outcome of the Georgia special election.

 

June 13th Lt. Gov. Ralph Northam won the Democratic nomination for governor of Virginia by an unexpectedly wide margin, and Republican Ed Gillespie held off a surprising challenge from Donald Trump acolyte Corey A. Stewart for that party’s nomination.  With more than 99 percent of precincts reporting, Gillespie edged past Stewart by just over a percentage point, fewer than 4,500 votes.  State Senator Frank W. Wagner was a distant third.  The nation was watching Virginia as a political laboratory for how the political parties handle the deep divisions that followed last year’s election of President Trump.  The establishment forces seemed to win out, as Virginia voters resisted efforts to pull further to the right or left.  Perriello channeled the energy, and endorsement, of progressive leader Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) as he tried to shake up the Democratic Party, but fell short in his bid to bring in enough new voters from among the young and working class to overcome Northam’s command of the Democratic machine, including the endorsement of nearly every Democratic elected leader in state or federal office.  Virginia 2017 Primary Election results.  Democrats need to turn out to vote in the November 7, 2017 general election, you see what we get when you stay home.

 

 

So let me get this straight, New Jersey’s taxpayer-funded state beaches are closed to everyone except Christie’s family.  And Christie was taking the taxpayer-funded state helicopter to go back and forth, to and from, the taxpayer-funded state beaches that Christie closed to everyone except Christie’s own family.  And Christie’s answer for this was “Run for governor”.

Between this beach situation and scandals like Bridgegate, his alleged use of Hurricane Sandy relief money for political purposes, his misuse of billions in Port Authority funds for unrelated projects, and perhaps lesser known issues like he privatized the state’s public pension system, enriching wealthy business interests at the expense of taxpayers and state workers, he reportedly blocked reforms that would clean up New Jersey’s government among many others is there any wonder why Christie now has the lowest approval rating of any New Jersey governor in recorded history?  The Quinnipiac University poll shows Christie’s approval rating among New Jersey voters at just 15 percent, with 81 percent disapproving. Christie’s approval rating is the lowest Quinnipiac found for any governor it measured in any state in more than 20 years.

But the least popular governor in New Jersey history says he doesn’t care what people think of him because he’s not running for office.  Due to term limits Christie is heading into his final six months in office.  “That fact is, who cares?” Christie said after a reporter asked if his approval could get even lower.  New Jerseyans soured on him quickly, their view of the governor sinking lower and lower as he spent more and more time out of the state, chasing his fleeting dream of winning the White House.  Many said he was neglecting his day job.  And from his current actions the fact that he does not care shows.