Wisconsin Republicans’ all-out assault on unions and middle-class families has nothing to do with fixing the budget deficit — for them, it’s just about winning. They pretty much admitted it this weekend. Check out this quote from Sunday’s New York Times: “Scott Walker and I and my brother [Speaker Jeff Fitzgerald] went into this session [...]
I’d like to introduce you to my mom, Dee. As a speech pathologist with the Milwaukee Public Schools, she helps kids learn how to talk. Sometimes these kids struggle because of a birth defect, sometimes it’s because the kids have special developmental needs. In more than 35 years, my mom’s helped over 700 kids, devoting [...]
In Arizona, state-sponsored corporate indulgence has become normal. Corporate tax exemptions for personal services like dog grooming already cost the state $10 billion a year — $10 billion that could go towards schools, health care and job creation. Yet, on top of all this money given to CEOs, Gov. Brewer could not continue to provide [...]
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 [...]
On February 28th we will be holding a “Restore The Funding” Rally/Press Conference at the State Capitol at 11:30am. It is our goal to get the legislature to restore the funding for transplants. Bills will be presented in the House by Rep. Anna Tovar and in the Senate by Senator Kyrsten Sinema. Current speakers include [...]
As part of DFA-MC plans for the next year (or two) to help take Arizona back is a messaging program – a plan to get out the Democratic message, our beliefs and hopes for the future. Unfortunately we don’t think enough Arizonans heard about where we stand prior to the mid-term elections and we have [...]
Either House Majority Leader Eric Cantor doesn’t understand how Social Security works or he doesn’t care. Just hours after President Obama said that Social Security cuts and privatization are off the table, Cantor said that Social Security had to be cut to balance the budget. But here’s the thing: Social Security does not and never [...]
America is a community. We look out for each other as a nation. We build schools for our children, fund police for our safety and provide a secure retirement for our grandparents. We don’t toss aside our seniors when they need our help the most. Instead, each generation of American workers invests in the Social [...]
We’ve come a long way together over the years. We’ve had many victories and our share of setbacks. The next few years aren’t going to be easy either. It’s going to be a fight to stop right-wing Republicans from rolling back progress and forcing gridlock in Congress. We’ll need to work harder than ever to [...]
You and DFA members nationwide did incredible work trying to save Democrats from themselves. You deserve the credit for never giving up and fighting all the way to the end. Together, we raised over one million dollars for progressives candidates, made over one million phone calls in 16 tight races, and delivered over 250,000 volunteer [...]
