President Obama has made fixing our broken background check system a national priority. This is a huge moment and on Monday, you can help us build even more support for keeping guns out of the hands of criminals. But first, if you haven’t already, please sign the Fix Gun Checks petition before we hand-deliver the [...]
Last December, when President Obama made a deal with Republicans to continue the Bush-era tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans, I said there was no shared pain in the agreement. I called it the easy way out for everybody. And I emphasized it’s not fiscally responsible in addressing the deficit, the biggest long-term threat to [...]
Karl Rove announced that he would spend $750,000 in corporate money bashing unions and supporting Governor Walker and the Wisconsin Republicans. Well, we flipped that on its head — smashing Karl Rove with people-power. As Politico reported, Democracy for America and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee “have raised $750,000…for a television campaign against GOP state [...]
Reminder: NEW LOCATION FOR THE DFA-MC MEETING. The next DFA-MC meeting is on Wednesday, May 2nd at 6:30pm. Our speakers TBA. Gourmet House of Hong Kong 1438 E. McDowell Rd. Phoenix, AZ 85006 Visit our website: http://www.dfamc.com Follow us onFacebook and twitter If you can’t get to a meeting check out our ustream: http://www.ustream.tv/broadcaster/new/8728152
TAKE ACTION: SIGN THE PETITION Last Monday, local DFA members hosted a press conference to bring media attention to the fight to save the lives of the 98 Arizonans who need transplants now being denied by Governor Brewer. As it currently stands, Governor Brewer’s cuts to Medicaid will prevent 98 patients from receiving the organ [...]
One of a number of videos from the DFA Rally/Press Conference on 2/28/2011. On YouTube see DFAMaricopaCounty: Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, Rep. Anna Tovar, Dr. Mike Newcomb, and Dr. Jonathan Weisbuch speak to Restore the Funding for Transplant patients.
Randy Parraz, of Citizens for a better Arizona, the group working to recall Russell Pearce will be our speaker at our March meeting. Currently the group is soliciting signatures from residents of LD 18 at the Mesa Public Library, 64 E 1st St, Mesa, AZ from 10 -12 on February 12th. They will also be [...]
This is going to be a big week in our fight to protect middle class families and jobs. First up: we’re launching robo-calls in the districts of five Republican state senators today, asking voters whether they would support recalling their senator from office for supporting Gov. Walker’s war on working families. This is the kind [...]
Thank you to everyone who gathered together to show your support on Monday. Speakers included Senator Kyrsten Sinema, Rep. Anna Tovar, and Dr. Mike Newcomb.
