Events

Adopt a highway
Join fellow Dems in community service cleaning the roadside on Rt 33.
Event Details  ·  Sep 28, 2019

Executive Committee Meeting
The October meeting of the executive committee of the Fairfield County Democrats is Thursday October 17th, 7PM. Meeting is at Headquarters, 118N. Columbus st. in Lancaster.
Event Details  ·  Oct 17, 2019

Election Day
Election Day, get out and vote
Event Details  ·  Nov 5, 2019

News Articles

ACLU returns to court to ask federal judge to block ongoing family separation at border
The American Civil Liberties Union was back in court on Friday to again call on a federal judge to block the Trump administration from forcibly separating migrant families at the southern border. ACLU attorneys said that more than 1,000 families have been ripped apart since Judge Dana Sabraw’s...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

White House, Trump family squabbles prevent movement on guns
Campaign Action The fissure that appeared last week that found the White House disavowing a memo on gun safety being circulated by the White House goes as deep as Trump's family. Presidential children and inexplicable policy advisers Ivanka and Don Jr. are on opposing sides, putting pressure...
News Item  ·  5 DailyKos Headlines  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

Trump Admits Asking Ukraine to Investigate Biden’s Son
REUTERSPresident Donald Trump admitted on Monday morning that he told Ukraine’s president that the U.S. would withhold $250 million in military aid for Ukraine because of “corruption”—an apparent reference to efforts to dig up dirt on the role Joe Biden and his son Hunter are alleged to...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

GOP Challenger Bill Weld Calls for Death Penalty for Trump ‘Treason’ Over Ukraine
Rebecca Cook/ReutersFormer Massachusetts Governor and Republican presidential challenger Bill Weld said Monday that President Donald Trump’s “acts of treason” in pressuring Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden deserved the death...
News Item  ·  Daily Beast  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

World Leaders Are Gathering for a UN Climate Summit Today
This story was originally published by The Guardian and appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The world may have hit a hopeful “turning point” in the struggle to tackle the climate crisis despite escalating greenhouse gas emissions and the recalcitrance of...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

Corey Lewandowski Wants to Run for Senate. He’s Spent the Last 3 Years in Trump’s Swamp.
Halfway through the fourth hour of Corey Lewandowski’s testimony before the House Judiciary Committee last week, Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.) asked the former Trump campaign manager about his work since the 2016 election. By and large, that work appears to have entailed selling his perceived...
News Item  ·  Mother Jones Politics  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

Larry Householder Chooses Fundraiser Over Shooting Survivors
Ohio House Speaker Larry Householder, already an obstacle to passage of gun safety legislation, yesterday chose to attend a political fundraiser at a horse race instead of meeting with survivors of one Ohio mass shooting and the Mayor and police chief still leading the response to another.
News Item  ·  Plunderbund  ·  Sep 20, 2019  

Twitter’s Suspension of Raúl Castro Is Terrible for Cubans
Suspensions of Castro’s account and those of state-sponsored media reduced access to information in Cuba—a country where this is already a major problem.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

This Miraculous, Foldable Desk Is a Snap to Put Together—Literally
All the convenience of a folding table with none of the flimsiness.
News Item  ·  Slate  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

Trump’s Biggest Scandal Might Tear the Democrats Apart
Jeet Heer Until the Democrats have a real leader, they can’t unite against Trump no matter what he does. The post Trump’s Biggest Scandal Might Tear the Democrats Apart appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike
Jane McAlevey During Climate Week, why not show we can have economic and environmental justice? The post The Path to Climate Justice Runs Through the UAW Strike appeared first on The Nation.
News Item  ·  The Nation  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

Trump defends raising corruption on call with Ukraine leader
President Trump on Monday defended the idea of raising corruption issues with foreign leaders as he faces mounting scrutiny over whether he pressured the president of Ukraine to investigate his political rival.Trum...
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Sep 23, 2019  

Buttigieg takes shot at Trump: 'I am very nervous about how the US is going to look at the UN General Assembly'
South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg  on Monday said he was "nervous" about how the U.S. would appear before the United Nations ahead of President Trump's appearance before the General Assembly meeting in New York City....
News Item  ·  The Hill  ·  Sep 23, 2019