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MO-Sen: Sen. Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Helps Jason Kander (D) Pull Off A Huge...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR) in support of Secretary of State Jason Kander’s (D. MO) U.S. Senate campaign:Jason Kander (D. MO)When Jason Kander launched his...
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PA, NV, NH, MO, NC-Sen: Sen Jeff Merkley (D. OR) Gives One Last Push To Tip...
Received this e-mail today from U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley (D. OR):Check it out,. These are five of the closest U.S. Senate races in the country right now, according to polling averages compiled by Nate...
View ArticleDice Throwers and Bomb Throwers
I’ve been trying to understand how people could vote in sufficient numbers to elect Trump. This election should have been a blow-out, but instead, it’s a blow-up. Set aside for the moment voter...
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No Neo-Nazis in the White House: Sign the Petition!
We are undergoing a painful transition in our nation from having our first Black, First Family to a Neo-Nazi White House.The symbolism of this could not more starkly represent the divide in our nation....
View ArticleProgressive Call-in Campaign Against Bannon Appointment
Posts have been done about the pushback from the Bannon appointment. This one hasn’t been mentioned, as far as I can see:www.oregonlive.com/...Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley is leading the effort in the U.S....
View ArticleSenate Democrats to push a bill making it harder for Trump to take...
Today in “important legislation Republicans will block,” a group of Senate Democrats will introduce a bill that would force Donald Trump to disclose his business interests and divest from them before...
View ArticleThe Democrats Are Fighting Back; The Opposition To Trump's Cabinet And Agency...
PoliticusUSA says: “Despite President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to unrig the system, he is trying to fill his cabinet with billionaires and Washington insiders who have a deep record of working for...
View ArticleOur First Stand: Democratic Leaders Headline Rallies around the Nation on Jan...
NOW IS THE TIME TO FIGHT BACK!At a time when the United States remains the only major country on earth not to guarantee health care to all as a right, the Republicans want to throw nearly 30 million...
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This is what Resistance Looks Like: Massive #OurFirstStand SaveHealthCare...
In a massive display of resistance against the GOP agenda to destroy the ACA and one of unity among Democrats, tens of thousands of Union leaders, Healthcare advocates, rank and file Democrats and...
View ArticleJust Talked to Republican Greg Walden's Office
Hi Everyone, I just made the round of calls to Senator Jeff Merkley, Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Greg Waldens offices to lobby for a single payer health care system which I refer to as...
View ArticleWith Jeff Merkley leading, Senate Democrats commit to filibustering Trump...
Campaign ActionPresident Steve Bannon popular vote loser Donald Trump is clearly hoping that he can change the subject from his Muslim ban by moving up his Supreme Court pick announcement to Tuesday in...
View ArticleTrump announces his Supreme Court nominee
Popular vote loser Donald Trump is having his obscene reality show revealing his choice of Supreme Court nominee to fill the seat Republicans stole last year from President Obama. Trump is not expected...
View ArticleMerkley shows how to resist Trump on SCOTUS, calls it 'stolen seat' whose...
A number of Senate Democrats have already said that they won’t support Trump’s Supreme Court pick, Scalia clone Neil Gorsuch, but that’s really not the approach that’s called for here—or that fired-up...
View ArticleJudge not, lest ye be judged
Back in the summer of 2005, I urged Democrats not to oppose President Bush’s nomination of John Roberts to the Supreme Court of the United States. Despite my strong disdain for his politics, I argued...
View ArticlePA Electing State Supreme Court Justice & 6 other judges--can you help...
Hi everyone. I've been staying off Daily Kos entirely for well over two months, a much-needed break (not because of anything you did, of course!). I'm not going to reappear here regularly for some...
View ArticlePA Electing Supreme Court Justice + 6 others--Resistors supplemental
Since I posted my original diary, the PA Democratic Committee has made their endorsements, and a few articles and tweets have appeared quoting the candidates. I thought some of what they said was...
View ArticleDemocrats scramble to delay Pruitt vote ... as McConnell quashes every effort
A judge in Oklahoma has ordered that thousands of letters between EPA nominee Scott Pruitt and fossil fuel companies, letters long hidden by Pruitt’s office, be made public starting next Tuesday. The...
View Article3 SCOTUS seats where Democrats stood up--and 2 where they didn't
I had intended to remain silent other than my PA judicial elections diaries (here and here), and I imagine other people have been covering this, but I recently had a discussion with a friend of mine...
View ArticleDemocrats have gotten the message from their base: Resist. Fight. Don't give in.
Hey, apparently elected Democrats have noticed all the people protesting in the streets and airports and calling their offices to say “vote no on Trump’s appointees and agenda.” “Part of what I think...
View ArticleJeff Merkley Minces No Words: Calls on Sessions to Resign
Senator Jeff Merkley Is once again out in front of the resistance to Trump. In a recent FaceBook posting and email to his constituents, he has joined the DKOS community in calling for Sessions to...
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