Dem Debates Round 2

Thursday, August 1, 2019, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace) 

Our Thursday meeting will focus on the Round 2 of the Dem Debates, which will occur tonight and tomorrow night. I will gather videos from the debate for our meeting. Here is a pretty good video which explains what we can expect from all 20 candidates:

• 2nd Democratic Debate Lineups and Predictions

--------------------------------- Updated 8/1/19 -------------------------------------

Here are the videos shown at the meeting:

• Democratic candidates debate issues in Detroit
• Sanders and Warren aim to keep progressive lane wide
• Key takeaways from first night of second Democratic presidential debate
• You Will Lose Voters With Free Healthcare for Undocumented Immigrants
• 10 more Democratic candidates debate in Detroit
• Winners and losers of the 2nd round of Democratic debates
• Moderators performances during the Democratic presidential debate
• Remember, You're Running Against President Donald Trump

Anticipating Mueller

Thursday, July 25, 2019, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

Robert Mueller will finally testify tomorrow before Congress about his investigation on Trump. This could be a big breakthrough or a big dud. So for the next meeting, we will talk about the Mueller testimony for as long as people want to talk about it. Then we will open the meeting for anything else people may want to talk about.

Here is a video for anyone that needs a refresher on the Mueller testimony:

• Anticipation Builds for Robert Mueller Testimony on July 24th

------------------------------------- Updated 7/25/19 ------------------------------------------------

Here are the videos shown at the meeting:

• Robert Mueller takes questions for 7 hours from 2 committees
• Democrats haven't ruled out impeachment in wake of Mueller hearings
• Robert Mueller Makes Strong Warning on 2020 Russian Interference
• Melber: Robert Mueller Swung a 2x4
• Trey Gowdy breaks down Mueller's marathon hearings
• The Mueller Hearings: The Movie

Climate Emergency

Thursday, July 18, 2019, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

With Hurricane Barry as a backdrop, AOC and Bernie introduced resolutions in the House and Senate to declare a climate emergency. While mostly symbolic, such action is need to to keep media attention on climate change for the upcoming debates in two weeks.

Here are some of the videos for the meeting:

• Fossil Fuel Stooges
• Climate change could become a national emergency
• How 2020 Democrats plan to address climate change

Growing Divisions

Thursday, July 11, 2019, 10am to 11:30 in the Meeting Room (behind the fireplace)

This year the Forth of July became a symbol of national division instead of national unity, especially at the southern border. For our next meeting, we will discuss our disunity and the border crisis as shown in this video:

• July Fourth Holiday Saw Growing Divisions

----------------------------------- Updated 7/11/19 -----------------------------------------------

Here are the other videos shown at the meeting:

• Reports of "scabies, shingles and chickenpox" at border facility
• Trump's 'Salute to America' goes on despite heat and rain storms
• DOJ can't change lawyers in census case
• How the U.S. Women's World Cup win became political
• UK ambassador to US resigns as diplomatic crisis deepens
• Why can't AOC and Nancy Pelosi just get along?
• Amash teases 2020 run

The Debates

No Thursday meeting due to the Fourth of July holiday

The first Democrat Presidential debates have come and gone. But we cannot discuss it at our Thursday meeting because of the holiday, and by next week it will all be old news.

Nevertheless, I have gathers some videos about the debate blog. Please feel free to comment on any of these videos, or anything else about the debate.

• Which candidates clashed during the 1st 2020 Democratic debate
• Which candidates clashed during the 2nd 2020 Democratic debate
• Debates Showed America Still Doesn't Know How To Talk About Climate Change
• Tulsi Gabbard sounds off on 'clear bias' during her debate
• Andrew Yang Accuses NBC of Cutting Microphone
• Seth MacFarlane on Dem Debates
• America Does Not Want To Witness A Food Fight
• After The Debates: Biden Looks Vulnerable
• Ex-RNC Chair Michael Steele weighs in on Democratic debates
• Bullock qualifies for Dem prez debate in July, but no guarantee of spot