It seems that with the endless barrage of horrifying news, the more justifiably anxious and concerned we become about the direction our country is moving.  We know that America needs to wake up and recognize the great betrayal that is happening: Trump and his minions are deceitfully using maneuvers to sidestep the Constitution and the courts, while holding the rest of the country hostage. 

The unraveling of our long-standing alliances and commitments to the global community and a never ending parade of daily unethical actions are purposely designed to overwhelm the citizenry, thus creating a hopeless and defeated atmosphere.

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However, we at The South Shore Democratic Club are not going to let democracy die at the hands of a dangerous and unhinged President, his mouthpiece Elon Musk, his reactionary Vice President, an unqualified cabinet and an army of oligarchs.  We must rise to the occasion and fight!  To that end, we are devising strategies to get the citizenry to take action...and let's take a  moment to celebrate one of our successes to date:  At our February meeting, our Call to Action was phoning the Hillsborough County Commissioners demanding they remove from their agenda Commissioner Cepeda’s request to repeal The Sunshine Law. (The Sunshine Law guarantees transparency when conducting county business.) Due to your action, along with that of other members of the community, the repeal of the Sunshine Law item was removed from the February 19th Commissioners meeting.  Democracy works!

At each meeting we will end with a Call to Action.   However, I have a big “ask” before our meeting this Thursday that I'd like to share with you now. There are special elections April 1st in Congressional Districts 1 and 6.  By supporting the democratic nominees we have a real chance to help flip the House of Representatives to the Democrats!  

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• Gay Valimont  (District 1) https://secure.actblue.com/donate/gay2025kl?t=69iLoL&refcodeSB=b-162477-69iLoL 

• Josh Weil (District 6) https://joshweil.us/get-involved/ 

 

There are events on Mobilize! where you can join a Phone Banking or canvassing event or you can get involved now by donating to their campaigns. We will also discuss this Call to Action at our March 6th meeting. Don't miss it!