We hope you enjoy this issue of our RCDP newsletter, DemNews.    If you have any questions regarding this newsletter, please send your questions or comments to riversidecountydemocraticparty@gmail.com.

Respecfully yours,
Howard Katz
Chairman, Riverside County Democratic Party
Chairman's Corner
JANUARY, 2016  

All around us candidates and their supporters are ramping up their campaigns for the 2016 elections. Local, county, state, and national offices are being contested. And, of course, the most important is the Presidency.

I am sure we will have strong Democratic contenders for each office. I believe you will agree with me that any of our Democratic Presidential candidates is more capable than all of the Republican aspirants together.
 
Truth Bytes
"Truth Bytes" are news items that either refute or correct articles or rumors that have been published or aired and that are either false or include inaccurate facts. We always give the source of the correction.
  • Fracking Goes on Trial For Human Rights Violations.   As convoys of heavy trucks carry fracking equipment into new oil fields in neighborhoods and wildlands around the world, an alliance of human rights organizations is making plans to put the entire practice of hydraulic fracturing on trial. Read more.
  • This WTO Ruling Is Perfect Example of How Big Trade Deals Trump Democracy. NAFTA partners can sue the US for a combined $1 billion annually in retaliatory tariffs over Country of Origin Labels for meat. In a move that waterdogs say presents a "glaring example of how trade agreements can undermine public interest policies," The World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled last month that the US can be forced to pay $1 billion annually by NAFTA partners for its establishment of food safety laws. Read more. 
  • 'I Had Nowhere To Go' - Man Loses Wife and Mother Because another Man Couldn't Wait.  Most of us have done it.  Some of us are still doing it.  Sure, we can say we don't 'text' while driving, but if we answer our phones or try to call someone on the phone, while driving, isn't that pretty much the same thing?  Read more.

--Contributed by Marie McDonald
Did You Know?
The purpose of "Did You Know?" is to bring to your attention a wide selection of articles that represent our Democratic values. It is our hope that you will follow at least one of the links and read one or more of the articles. They will broaden your understanding of current events and strengthen your commitment to our democracy.

  • Advocacy groups in several states are driving forward paid family and medical leave legislation - policies that would help people care for their families and themselves without significant loss of income. Most prominently, Washington, D.C., is currently considering a policy that, if adopted, would be the most progressive paid family leave program in the United States.    Read more. 
  • New Challenge for State and Local Dems; Full Court Press for Mail Voting.   Associated Press reports on a study showing that Utah counties that permit voting by mail are seeing huge increases in turnout:   Read more. 
  • So which measures to reduce income inquality attract the most support? Suzy Khimm reports at The New Republic; "A recent study conducted by economists from Princeton, Harvard and the University of California, Berkeley professor Emmanuel Saez -one of the most prominent researchers on inequality - put the political challenges of the issue in sharper relief.   Read more.

--Contributed by Marie McDonald
The SCOTUS Case That Could Decimate Public Sector Unions; A Guide to 'Friedrichs'
The Supreme Court began hearing arguments today (Jan 11) in  Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association. The plaintiff, California teacher Rebecca Friedrichs, and the organizations on the Right that are behind her are arguing that public sector employers violate individuals' First Amendment rights by compelling employees to pay union fees.
The case could in effect force all public sector unions to operate under "right-to-work" rules and decimate public sector union membership-bad news for an already battered American labor movement.

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More Food For Thought...
That FL CEO Who Said He'd FIRE Everyone if Obama Elected? Guess What Happened...?
"The Queen of Versailles" was a film documentary based on the sleazy time-share mogul, David Siegel, and his wife, Jackie. David had major financial troubles following Bush's 2008 economic crises. He even had to stop work on his private home, dubbed "Versailles", which was to be the largest home in the U.S. Poor guy
Message From Dave Jones  
    
Medical Care should be provided based on what is medically necessary to treat the patient. When medical providers accept bribes and kickbacks for referrals or treatment, patients cannot be sure that they are getting the care they need as opposed to the care that generates the most bribes and kickbacks.
  Read more.   

 
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