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Biden implores Congress to act in wake of Super Bowl shooting
February 15, 2024

"Today's events should move us, shock us, shame us into acting.  What are we waiting for?  What else do we need to see? How many more families need to be torn apart?  It is time to act.  That's where I stand.  And  I ask the country to stand with me.  To make your voice heard in Congress so we finally act to ban assault weapons, to limit high capacity magazines, strengthen background checks...We have to decide who we are as a country.  For me, we're a country where people should have the right to go to school, to go to church, to walk the street and to attend a Super Bowl celebration without fear of losing your life to gun violence."

President Joe Biden


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Biden on 51st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
January 22, 2024

"Fifty-one years ago today, the Supreme Court recognized a woman's constitutional right to make deeply personal decisions with her doctor—free from the interference of politicians. Then, a year and a half ago, the Court made the extreme decision to overturn Roe and take away a constitutional right.  As a result, tens of millions of women now live in states with extreme and dangerous abortion bans. Because of Republican elected officials, women's health and lives are at risk …On this day and every day, Vice President Harris and I are fighting to protect women's reproductive freedom against Republican officials' dangerous, extreme and out-of-touch agenda. We stand with the vast majority of Americans who support a woman's right to choose, and continue to call on Congress to restore the protections of Roe in federal law once and for all."

President Joe Biden


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Stefanik echoes Trump--Calls J6 terrorists "hostages"
January 10, 2024

Last Sunday, one day after the third anniversary of the attack on our capitol, Elise Stefanik went on Meet the Press and said, “I have concerns about the treatment of January 6 hostages."

The white nationalist terrorists who tried to destroy our democracy and give control of our government to an Oompa-Loompa dictator are not hostages. Those J6 insurrectionists who’ve been sentenced to jail time are not hostages.  They're criminals.

A hostage is what kidnappers take, or bank robbers, or Hamas, or the Iranian, Russian, and North Korean governments. Patriotic Americans don’t equate our justice system to systems run by terrorists and dictators.

Clay Jones


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Kennedys vs. RFK Jr.
October 17, 2023

"The decision by our brother Bobby to run as a third-party candidate against Joe Biden is dangerous to our country.  Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgment.  We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country."

Rory Kennedy
Kerry Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy, II
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

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Trump vs. our Veterans
October 3, 2023

“What can I add that has not already been said?  A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them’…A person who cavalierly suggests that a selfless warrior who has served his country for 40 years in peacetime and war should lose his life for treason – in expectation that someone will take action. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.  There is nothing more that can be said. God help us.” 


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Trump vs. Working Americans
September 25, 2023

“He stopped a minimum wage hike, restricted overtime pay, made it harder to join a union, gutted health and safety protections for workers, tried to take away health care for millions by repealing the Affordable Care Act and then passed a big giant tax cut that benefited the richest people in America and corporations, especially those that want to ship people’s jobs overseas.That was his record.” 

Jon Favreau on Pod Save America, citing Trump’s actual record as President on issues affecting working Americans.  Trump has attempted to portray himself as a friend to the working class and will make a speech in Detroit on Wednesday, supposedly in solidarity with the striking UAW workers.  Don’t be fooled.


It's time to choose. Are you on the side of the U.S. Constitution and American democracy or are you on the side of a would-be strongman who has told us exactly how he plans to govern if returned to the White House?


From the strong convictions, impressive resume, and soaring orations of RFK Sr., we must now take a very hard pivot to RFK Jr.
These questions are straightforward and crucial, touching on Donald Trump’s actions and statements that would have been unthinkable in any past leader:
The “context” that needs to be provided? All of the many, many ways in which this sham impeachment differs from the two legitmate impeachments of Donald Trum...
He attacked Trump’s anti-democratic actions: his use of a violent mob to try to achieve a coup, his admiration of autocrats, such as Putin, and his admission...
Republicans are traitors to democracy and they’re embarrassing us on the world stage.
A woman’s decision regarding her own body should be between her and her doctor…not judges and corrupt attorneys general...
Donald Trump wants voters to return him to the White House through the democratic process so he can destroy our democratic process. Don’t take my word for it...
Not only has Johnson co-sponsored a bill calling for a nationwide abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of the mother, but he ...
As a 2009 college grad with Type 1 diabetes, the passage of the Affordable Care Act just one year later gave me some hugely helpful breathing room. It’s far ...
Witnessing House Republicans in full self-destruct mode mirrors Trump’s own rabid meltdown these days as he’s slowly but surely held to account for crimes hi...
President Biden recently gave a speech where he issued a stark warning about the existential threats facing our nation as we navigate these turbulent times. ...
In a recent letter to the editor of a Bay Area, CA newspaper, the writer acknowledged that Democrats offer the best social and economic policies for the coun...
Now, as I enter my seventh decade on the planet, we have white supremacists openly shouting, “Jews Will Not Replace Us,” and swastikas desecrating tombstones...
The survival of our democracy and the restoration of truth in our political landscape hinge upon Joe Biden's victory in the 2024 election.
American politics, the U.S. Constitution and our very democracy are in the throes of a life-threatening emergency. Donald Trump could be the next President o...
This tale of two McCarthys is steeped in dangerous irony. Seven decades ago, one created and exploited hysteria about a domestic security threat that hardly ...
The world could really use the Bobby Kennedy I knew 30 years ago...Instead, we have this fraudulent pathetic, hollow shell of the man he used to be.

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UAW Endorses Biden for President
January 25, 2024

"This November, we can stand up and elect someone who wants to stand with us and support our cause.  Or we can elect someone who will divide us and fight us every step of the way.

That’s what this choice is about…Donald Trump is a scab.  Donald Trump is a billionaire and that’s who he represents. 

When I first came into office, we made some headlines by saying that our endorsements would be earned.  We’ve said we’d stand with whoever stood with us in our contract fight…We need to know who’s going to sit in the most powerful seat in the world, and help us win as a united working class.  So, if our endorsements must be earned, Joe Biden has earned it.

Today I’m proud to announce that UAW is endorsing Joe Biden for President of the United States."

UAW President Shawn Fain


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GOP Governors Say "No!" to Hungry Children
January 11, 2024

With 13 million children facing hunger in the United States, 15 Republican Governors are turning down federal funds to feed hungry children over the summer. The Biden Administration program helps feed kids who get subsidized school lunches during the summer when school lunches are not available.

"No child in this country should go hungry," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the Associated Press. "They certainly shouldn't go hungry because they lose access to nutritious school meals during the summer months."

In saying “No!” to hungry children, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, whose net worth is estimated at $50 million, said “I don’t believe in welfare.” 

Dan Ruben


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Stefanik's Antisemitism Hypocrisy
December 12, 2023

"Someone like Elise Stefanik has no problem going after Ivy League Presidents.  What about Donald Trump who dines with Nick Fuentes who is an unreconstructed holocaust revisionist neo-Nazi who said that Jews don’t belong in western civilization.  Where is Elise Stefanik on that point?  Donald Trump was the one who saw very fine people on both sides of an anti-semitic riot called by neo-Nazi groups in Charlottesville in 2017.  So, if we’re going to have a conversation about anti-semitism, let’s talk about real anti-semitism in the Republican Party." 

Rep. Jamie Raskin on MSNBC's Ali Velshi


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Jim Jordan - Wrecking Ball
October 17, 2023

“U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s reason for being is to destroy things, not build them. That’s undoubtedly at the heart of why the Urbana-area Republican as of late Friday was still trying to gather support from enough of his colleagues to become speaker of the House, even though he had emerged as the HOP nominee.  Just maybe, deep in the recesses of their souls, the prospect of this country having its very own Axis of Evil frightened even them.  As it should. Because that’s precisely what would become of the United States with Donald Trump as president and Jordan as House speaker.”  

Brent Larkin, Columnist Cleveland.com 


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Democracy or Dictatorship?
September 25, 2023

 "If it's Biden vs. Trump, this is going to be a choice between democracy or dictatorship and if people vote in this election on any other basis, they're going to be making an extremely dangerous mistake."

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
 

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Biden Backs UAW
September 22, 2023

“Over the past decade, auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years, because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices of the UAW workers. But those record profits have not been shared fairly, in my view, with those workers…Over generations, auto workers sacrificed so much to keep the industry alive and strong, especially through the economic crisis and the pandemic. Workers deserve a fair share of the benefits they helped create for an enterprise…Record corporate profits — which they have — should be shared by record contracts for the UAW.”

President Biden on the UAW strike


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It's time to choose. Are you on the side of the U.S. Constitution and American democracy or are you on the side of a would-be strongman who has told us exactly how he plans to govern if returned to the White House?


From the strong convictions, impressive resume, and soaring orations of RFK Sr., we must now take a very hard pivot to RFK Jr.
These questions are straightforward and crucial, touching on Donald Trump’s actions and statements that would have been unthinkable in any past leader:
The “context” that needs to be provided? All of the many, many ways in which this sham impeachment differs from the two legitmate impeachments of Donald Trum...
He attacked Trump’s anti-democratic actions: his use of a violent mob to try to achieve a coup, his admiration of autocrats, such as Putin, and his admission...
Republicans are traitors to democracy and they’re embarrassing us on the world stage.
A woman’s decision regarding her own body should be between her and her doctor…not judges and corrupt attorneys general...
Donald Trump wants voters to return him to the White House through the democratic process so he can destroy our democratic process. Don’t take my word for it...
Not only has Johnson co-sponsored a bill calling for a nationwide abortion ban with no exceptions for rape, incest, or the health of the mother, but he ...

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Notes & Quotes

Biden implores Congress to act in wake of Super Bowl shooting
February 15, 2024

"Today's events should move us, shock us, shame us into acting.  What are we waiting for?  What else do we need to see? How many more families need to be torn apart?  It is time to act.  That's where I stand.  And  I ask the country to stand with me.  To make your voice heard in Congress so we finally act to ban assault weapons, to limit high capacity magazines, strengthen background checks...We have to decide who we are as a country.  For me, we're a country where people should have the right to go to school, to go to church, to walk the street and to attend a Super Bowl celebration without fear of losing your life to gun violence."

President Joe Biden


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UAW Endorses Biden for President
January 25, 2024

"This November, we can stand up and elect someone who wants to stand with us and support our cause.  Or we can elect someone who will divide us and fight us every step of the way.

That’s what this choice is about…Donald Trump is a scab.  Donald Trump is a billionaire and that’s who he represents. 

When I first came into office, we made some headlines by saying that our endorsements would be earned.  We’ve said we’d stand with whoever stood with us in our contract fight…We need to know who’s going to sit in the most powerful seat in the world, and help us win as a united working class.  So, if our endorsements must be earned, Joe Biden has earned it.

Today I’m proud to announce that UAW is endorsing Joe Biden for President of the United States."

UAW President Shawn Fain


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Biden on 51st Anniversary of Roe v. Wade
January 22, 2024

"Fifty-one years ago today, the Supreme Court recognized a woman's constitutional right to make deeply personal decisions with her doctor—free from the interference of politicians. Then, a year and a half ago, the Court made the extreme decision to overturn Roe and take away a constitutional right.  As a result, tens of millions of women now live in states with extreme and dangerous abortion bans. Because of Republican elected officials, women's health and lives are at risk …On this day and every day, Vice President Harris and I are fighting to protect women's reproductive freedom against Republican officials' dangerous, extreme and out-of-touch agenda. We stand with the vast majority of Americans who support a woman's right to choose, and continue to call on Congress to restore the protections of Roe in federal law once and for all."

President Joe Biden


Notes & Quotes

GOP Governors Say "No!" to Hungry Children
January 11, 2024

With 13 million children facing hunger in the United States, 15 Republican Governors are turning down federal funds to feed hungry children over the summer. The Biden Administration program helps feed kids who get subsidized school lunches during the summer when school lunches are not available.

"No child in this country should go hungry," Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the Associated Press. "They certainly shouldn't go hungry because they lose access to nutritious school meals during the summer months."

In saying “No!” to hungry children, Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen, whose net worth is estimated at $50 million, said “I don’t believe in welfare.” 

Dan Ruben


Notes & Quotes

Stefanik echoes Trump--Calls J6 terrorists "hostages"
January 10, 2024

Last Sunday, one day after the third anniversary of the attack on our capitol, Elise Stefanik went on Meet the Press and said, “I have concerns about the treatment of January 6 hostages."

The white nationalist terrorists who tried to destroy our democracy and give control of our government to an Oompa-Loompa dictator are not hostages. Those J6 insurrectionists who’ve been sentenced to jail time are not hostages.  They're criminals.

A hostage is what kidnappers take, or bank robbers, or Hamas, or the Iranian, Russian, and North Korean governments. Patriotic Americans don’t equate our justice system to systems run by terrorists and dictators.

Clay Jones


Notes & Quotes

Stefanik's Antisemitism Hypocrisy
December 12, 2023

"Someone like Elise Stefanik has no problem going after Ivy League Presidents.  What about Donald Trump who dines with Nick Fuentes who is an unreconstructed holocaust revisionist neo-Nazi who said that Jews don’t belong in western civilization.  Where is Elise Stefanik on that point?  Donald Trump was the one who saw very fine people on both sides of an anti-semitic riot called by neo-Nazi groups in Charlottesville in 2017.  So, if we’re going to have a conversation about anti-semitism, let’s talk about real anti-semitism in the Republican Party." 

Rep. Jamie Raskin on MSNBC's Ali Velshi


Notes & Quotes

Kennedys vs. RFK Jr.
October 17, 2023

"The decision by our brother Bobby to run as a third-party candidate against Joe Biden is dangerous to our country.  Bobby might share the same name as our father, but he does not share the same values, vision or judgment.  We denounce his candidacy and believe it to be perilous for our country."

Rory Kennedy
Kerry Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy, II
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend

Notes & Quotes

Jim Jordan - Wrecking Ball
October 17, 2023

“U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan’s reason for being is to destroy things, not build them. That’s undoubtedly at the heart of why the Urbana-area Republican as of late Friday was still trying to gather support from enough of his colleagues to become speaker of the House, even though he had emerged as the HOP nominee.  Just maybe, deep in the recesses of their souls, the prospect of this country having its very own Axis of Evil frightened even them.  As it should. Because that’s precisely what would become of the United States with Donald Trump as president and Jordan as House speaker.”  

Brent Larkin, Columnist Cleveland.com 


Notes & Quotes

Trump vs. our Veterans
October 3, 2023

“What can I add that has not already been said?  A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them’…A person who cavalierly suggests that a selfless warrior who has served his country for 40 years in peacetime and war should lose his life for treason – in expectation that someone will take action. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.  There is nothing more that can be said. God help us.” 


Notes & Quotes

Democracy or Dictatorship?
September 25, 2023

 "If it's Biden vs. Trump, this is going to be a choice between democracy or dictatorship and if people vote in this election on any other basis, they're going to be making an extremely dangerous mistake."

Presidential historian Michael Beschloss on MSNBC's Morning Joe.
 

Notes & Quotes

Trump vs. Working Americans
September 25, 2023

“He stopped a minimum wage hike, restricted overtime pay, made it harder to join a union, gutted health and safety protections for workers, tried to take away health care for millions by repealing the Affordable Care Act and then passed a big giant tax cut that benefited the richest people in America and corporations, especially those that want to ship people’s jobs overseas.That was his record.” 

Jon Favreau on Pod Save America, citing Trump’s actual record as President on issues affecting working Americans.  Trump has attempted to portray himself as a friend to the working class and will make a speech in Detroit on Wednesday, supposedly in solidarity with the striking UAW workers.  Don’t be fooled.


Notes & Quotes

Biden Backs UAW
September 22, 2023

“Over the past decade, auto companies have seen record profits, including the last few years, because of the extraordinary skill and sacrifices of the UAW workers. But those record profits have not been shared fairly, in my view, with those workers…Over generations, auto workers sacrificed so much to keep the industry alive and strong, especially through the economic crisis and the pandemic. Workers deserve a fair share of the benefits they helped create for an enterprise…Record corporate profits — which they have — should be shared by record contracts for the UAW.”

President Biden on the UAW strike