demobrats
demobrats
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Join your favorite female Salem Democrats, Virginia Stapleton, Vik Schaaf, and friends as they discuss local political happenings in Salem and Keizer, Oregon, and across the nation. We promise to entertain, inform, and make you laugh. For more follow us on tiktok: virginiastapleton , instagram, and facebook.
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Episodes focus on a variety of local and national political topics including local activism, community involvement, and city council decisions, exemplified by discussions on the Marion County Democrats' initiatives and the implications of the Salem Payroll Tax failure. The show also emphasizes resistance against perceived systemic issues affecting community governance.

Join your favorite female Salem Democrats, Virginia Stapleton, Vik Schaaf, and friends as they discuss local political happenings in Salem and Keizer, Oregon, and across the nation. We promise to entertain, inform, and make you laugh. For more follow us on tiktok: virginiastapleton , instagram, and facebook.
Representative Willy Chotzen (Portland), joins us in the studio to talk all about his work as a public defender, legislator, and generally awesome human. The Oregon prison system is imperfect and we know there is room for improvement. We talk more about how Measure 11 has disproportionally impacted people of color and how we might use practices of restorative justice to improve our society and prison system as a whole.
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