Pam Bloom: Willful Ignorance
I recently had a good friend use the term willful ignorance. Seemed like a descriptive term for 2025 to replace “sticking your head in the sand” or “turning a blind…
The Ides of Trump Postcard Party: Friday, March 14th
The Ides Of Trump is approaching! - Drop by on Friday, March 14th from 2-3:30 pm at Rowan County Democratic HQ to write postcards together! Let's overwhelm the "Would Be King" with the…
Make Calls: Help Available!
With Trump 2025 it's more important than ever to personally contact your state and national representatives. There are many organizations available to help you find your elected officials, to identify…
Rep. Al Green: A righteous incivility; I am prepared to suffer the consequences
"As a result of my behavior, I have been censored... I am not contesting the procedure... I did disrupt... I recalled what happened in the 60s... because when the POTUS…
March Breakfast: Saturday, March 8th, 10 am
Got weekend plans? Now you do! Join us for our potluck breakfast at headquarters this Saturday and hear from our Chairman, Geoffrey Hoy on how to organize - not agonize!…
Donna Prunkl: The Call
For us and for many thousands of families the government cutbacks are personal. Many stellar young people will be in the job market. No doubt some held frivolous government positions,…
Local News & Opinions: Support Democracy – Read Your Local Paper
"I think local reporting is hugely, hugely important for democracy. I think it is still vastly underrecognized. But I also think it's a problem that can be solved." Timothy Snyder Our take - Support local papers! Local papers regularly provide pertinent articles about our community as does our local paper, the Salisbury Post. It's…
We’re Watching: David Brooks – How the Elite Rigged Society
Brooks speaks some hard truths to the audience, including this: "us elites have rigged the system... the educated elite produced Trump... the key factor is not that they are pro-conservative,…
Music Break: Rodney Crowell – You Can’t Turn Back
"Democracy won't work (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah) if we're asleep (Wake up, wake up, wake up, wake up)That kind of freedom is a vigil you must keep - Yeah, you've…