The World's Richest Man Takes Food and Medicine from the World's Poorest Kids.
trump threatens to annex canada.
The U.S.A. sells out ukraine to putin.
Did anybody Vote for This?
The Berkshire Democratic Brigades is the Democratic Party organization of Berkshire County, Massachusetts, dedicated to electing Democrats in the Berkshires and beyond.
As our nation passes through dangerous times, here you can find ways to get involved politically, sources of information and inspiration, and important recent political writings from various places.
Join the Resistance in Berkshire County! Find a calendar of protests and standouts here.
from protect democracy : 29 actions you can take right now, starting with the basics.
make your voice heard: 5 calls is “the easiest and most effective way to make a political impact.”
more resources here. See also this from Choose Democracy and this from Indivisible.
Take heart! The backlash has begun. Look at Josh Marshall’s list of rocky US House Republican townhalls here. And here is an account in The Hill of spirited opposition at a townhall held on 3/18 by Rep. Mike Flood (R) in Columbus, Nebraska. (His district is R+9 according to Cook’s Partisan Voting Index.) Here’s Josh’s account of “empty chair town halls” in red districts. Here is a fine post on X (apologies) by David Pepper of one such rambunctious event in Middletown, Ohio, in Warren Davidson’s district (OH-8), which is rated R+12 by Cook. Here’s the brilliant touch: the organizers used Chat GPT to try to predict what Davidson would have responded to each of the questions from his constituents. These responses were then fact-checked.
Who are the most vulnerable Republican members of Congress? Go to the blog page and check out the post from February 11. We list eight possible targets and why they should be nervous.