Events

Sunday Lancaster Campaign
EVERY WEEKEND UNTIL THE ELECTION: The campaigns in Lancaster for mayor, city council president, at-large city council members, and individual city council candidates are on and need people to help get out the message. They need people going out until the election.
Event Details  ·  Oct 22, 2017

Saturday Lancaster Campaigning
EVERY WEEKEND UNTIL THE ELECTION: The campaigns in Lancaster for mayor, city council president, at-large city council members, and individual city council candidates are on and need people to help get out the message. They need people going out until the election.
Event Details  ·  Oct 28, 2017

Amber Bobbitt fundraiser
Join Amber Bobbitt at Tiki Lanes, Saturday October 28 for a fundraiser
Event Details  ·  Oct 28, 2017

Sunday Lancaster Campaign
EVERY WEEKEND UNTIL THE ELECTION: The campaigns in Lancaster for mayor, city council president, at-large city council members, and individual city council candidates are on and need people to help get out the message. They need people going out until the election.
Event Details  ·  Oct 29, 2017

Saturday Lancaster Campaigning
EVERY WEEKEND UNTIL THE ELECTION: The campaigns in Lancaster for mayor, city council president, at-large city council members, and individual city council candidates are on and need people to help get out the message. They need people going out until the election.
Event Details  ·  Nov 4, 2017

Sunday Lancaster Campaign
EVERY WEEKEND UNTIL THE ELECTION: The campaigns in Lancaster for mayor, city council president, at-large city council members, and individual city council candidates are on and need people to help get out the message. They need people going out until the election.
Event Details  ·  Nov 5, 2017

Election Day
Election Day
Nov 7, 2017

News Articles

Puerto Rico: Symbols and songs from the island of Borikén
As the desperate post-Maria crisis in Puerto Rico continues and worsens, support efforts for our beleaguered fellow citizens often use the Puerto Rican flag as a logo. Wherever you find Puerto Rican Americans, whether on the island or mainland, you will see Puerto Rican flags alongside the...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Oct 22, 2017  

Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: The politics of being above politics
xThis is when military officers present themselves as above politics - but using that itself as a political stance, to be beyond criticism /2— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 21, 2017 NY Times: Kelly, in Defending Trump Call, Holds Up Military as an Elite Class After his remarks, Mr....
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Oct 22, 2017  

Cartoon: Heckuva job, brownies!
Trump vs. Puerto Rico
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Oct 19, 2017  

How Michael Phelps Conquered His Demons: ‘I Didn’t Want to Live’
The greatest Olympic athlete of all time—with a record 23 gold medals—opens up about Russian doping, his mental health struggles, and sexual assault awareness.
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Oct 22, 2017  

To Fight the Alt-Right, the Administrators of Higher Education Need a Renewed Sense of Mission
Higher education has lost its place to the ‘Ideas Industry’: Think Tanks, TED, and the Aspen Institute. It's time to step up and stand with faculty to take it back.
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Oct 22, 2017  

Tribute To Ted Strickland Will Celebrate Lifelong Service Of Former Governor, Congressman
On Saturday night, Democrats and progressives from across Ohio will gather at The Renaissance in downtown Columbus to pay tribute to former governor and congressman Ted Strickland. The event, “A Tribute to Ted Strickland,” is being presented by Buckeye State policy think tank...
News Item  ·  Plunderbund  ·  Oct 20, 2017  

How Donald Trump Is Filling the Numerous Vacancies on the Federal Bench
This is an Oct. 14 transcript from Amicus, Slate’s podcast about the Supreme Court. These transcripts are lightly edited and may contain errors. For the definitive record, consult the podcast.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Oct 21, 2017  

The Codfather Edition
Listen to Episode No. 179 of Slate Money
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Oct 21, 2017  

Judging by Mueller's staffing choices, he may not be very interested in justice
His decision to hire Andrew Weissmann indicates that Mueller may be more interested in finding someone to indict than in justice.
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Oct 19, 2017  

Soldier’s widow releases recording of family’s call with Trump
The widow of an Army staff sergeant who was killed in Afghanistan earlier this year shared her call with President Trump days after her husband's death with ...
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Oct 20, 2017  

Federal Court Allows Trump Administration to Delay Pregnant Teen’s Abortion—Again
A federal appeals court in Washington, DC has allowed the Trump administration to continue to delay access to an abortion appointment for an unaccompanied, pregnant minor being held in a federal refugee shelter. Friday’s order in the highly-watched case gives the US Department of...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Oct 20, 2017  

More Americans Are Carrying Handguns Than Ever Before
Fifty-two-year-old Gary Carl Buoy was once a law-abiding citizen, a concealed handgun permit holder, living in Oklahoma with his wife Diana Faye Buoy. Then he shot her in the head with a .357 revolver from a few inches away. Kenneth Allen Keith, 48, a gold broker, was also a concealed handgun...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Oct 20, 2017