Events

Filing Deadline for non-partisan candidates
Nominating petitions of candidates in nonpartisan races must be filed by 4 p.m. (90 days before general election)
Aug 9, 2017

Executive Committee Meeting
Our next meeting of the executive committee of the Fairfield County Democrats is Thursday August 17 at 7PM. Meeting is at Headquarters, 118N. Columbus st. in Lancaster.
Event Details  ·  Aug 17, 2017

News Articles

Senate Parliamentarian nixes ACA regulation waivers in skinny Trumpcare: Will McConnell go nuclear?
The Senate parliamentarian has ruled out another part of the plan Senate Republicans have for their skinny repeal/Trumpcare proposal. The provision saying states could waive Obamacare's essential health benefits regulations is nixed. If it's going to happen, it's going to have to get 60...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Jul 27, 2017  

Military leadership tells Trump to take a hike after he declared war on transgender service members
Donald Trump may be a big fan of meddling, but the nation's military leaders aren’t. Personnel policy is deadly serious to them and they're making clear that even a commander in chief can't make policy decisions on the fly without any consultation with the Joint Chiefs of Staff—the people...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Jul 27, 2017  

McCain says the health and lives of millions of Americans aren't as important as his defense bill
Arizona Sen. John McCain made his position on whatever it is the Senate is doing today on Affordable Care Act repeal and Trumpcare very clear in an exchange with Sen. Chuck Schumer Thursday morning: just get done with this so we can get to what matters—McCain’s defense authorization bill....
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Jul 27, 2017  

‘Taking Caracas’: Venezuela’s Capital Increasingly Paralyzed Before Friday Protests
In a last-ditch effort to stop President Maduro from eliminating Venezuela's current parliament, citizens are pouring into the capital and taking to the streets.
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Jul 27, 2017  

These Transgender Military Heroes Serve Their Countries Proudly
Before initiating his ban, President Trump might like to know that transgender people are valued members of the armed forces in countries where they are allowed to serve openly.
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Jul 27, 2017  

The Intercept Discloses Top-Secret NSA Document on Russia Hacking Aimed at US Voting System
On Monday, the Intercept published a classified internal NSA document noting that Russian military intelligence mounted an operation to hack at least one US voting software supplier—which provided software related to voter registration files—in the months prior to last year's...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Jun 5, 2017  

Trump's Tweets Threaten His Travel Ban's Chances in Court
President Donald Trump began the week with a barrage of early-morning tweets blasting the courts for blocking his travel ban executive order. But in doing so, he may have just made it more likely that the courts will keep blocking the ban. People, the lawyers and the courts can call it...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Jun 5, 2017  

He’s No Boy Scout: Donald Trump’s Mentor And Lessons Learned
“You’ve done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last? Have you left no sense of decency? – Joseph Welch No, these words were not spoken yesterday by Speaker Paul Ryan or Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell as part of the national outrage over Donald Trump’s...
News Item  ·  Plunderbund  ·  Jul 27, 2017  

Heavy Into Jeff
It will be the final, triumphal irony of this deeply awful, deeply stupid administration if Donald Trump’s attacks on Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III are what finally bring him down.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Jul 27, 2017  

Trustbusters
When congressional Democrats unveiled their “Better Deal” midterm election blueprint this week, there was one particularly exciting and overlooked item: one piece of the party’s new antitrust policy. The platform contains the most interesting idea in antitrust policy in decades, a plan...
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Jul 27, 2017  

Trump to ban transgender people from all military service
President Trump on Wednesday said he would ban transgender people from any military service.Trump made the announcement, which would represent a major shift in military policy, on Twitter. He said he had made the d...
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Jul 26, 2017  

Clinton book to double down on Russia, Comey message
Hillary Clinton's upcoming book will double down on Russia's interference and James Comey's involvement in her stunning election defeat, according to sources familiar with the memoir.
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Jul 26, 2017