South of the Broad
Democratic Club
BECOME A VOLUNTEER
There are many ways to volunteer during the elections and beyond.
HOST A HOUSE PARTY
Please consider hosting a "Dining with Dems" fundraiser at your home.
BECOME A MEMBER
Become a member and join with other progressive individuals for our future.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Keep Moving Forward
As we step into 2025, we find ourselves navigating the challenges posed by the new Trump administration. It's easy to feel overwhelmed by the magnitude of the moment, but this is not the time to retreat.
Instead, it’s a time to come together, dig deep, and refocus on what truly matters. Whether through humor that helps us process these difficult times, or targeted, impactful actions that amplify our values, we will find ways to persevere. As a community, we are stronger together, and by leaning on one another, we can weather this storm with resilience and determination.
The South of the Broad Democratic Club's hope for 2025 is not just to endure but to build momentum toward a brighter future. This means engaging with purpose—at the ballot box, in community organizing, and through conversations that inspire change. Every phone call, meeting, and small act of resistance matters.
Together, we can push back against policies that harm our communities and advocate for the inclusive, compassionate future we believe in. Now is not the time to give up; it’s the time to rise. Let’s face this year with courage, creativity, and an unyielding belief that better days lie ahead.
How to Deal
Trump's first week had us all looking for solace. Since November we had been hoping we were wrong about him. We were not. We are sharing some of our favorite writer's thoughts about how to get through this.
"10. Keep the faith. Do not give up on America. Remember, Trump won the popular vote by only 1.5 points. By any historical measure, this was a squeaker. In the House, the Republicans' five-seat lead is the smallest since the Great Depression. In the Senate, Republicans lost half the of 2024's competitive Senate races, including in four states Trump won."
Robert Reich
That quote is from an article by Rober Reich. You can read the entire article here.
David Litt on Substack
A former Obama speechwriter on Trump’s week-one rhetorical strategy—and how you can help beat it.
Norman Eisen on The Contraian
A two-week summary of Trump's illegal power grabs and the response from pro-democracy forces.
Project 2025
What is Project 2025?
Project 2025 is a 920-page document published in April 2023 from a series of meetings and forums conducted by the Heritage Foundation and partner organizations. Hundreds of authors contributed to the document, most prominently former Trump administration officials.
Project 2025 is intended to serve as the boilerplate for the transition of the next Trump Presidency. The project is built on four pillars that collectively put in place a plan including a policy agenda, personnel, training, and a 180-day playbook.
Policy Agenda of Project 2025
Most people have been focused on the policy agenda outlined and detailed in the document. And agree, it is very scary. Project 2025 describes the utopian world as seen by MAGA. Its purpose is to “unite the conservative movement and the American people against elite rule and woke cultural warriors.” Any laws gained in the past decades focused on equality, civil rights, social justice, or fairness would be overturned, rescinded, and replaced with policies advocated by the hard right religious agenda. Examples include:
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Eliminating all DEI programs
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Revoking FDA approval of abortion drug mifepristone
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Promoting oil and natural gas over green energy and ending research and promotion of climate change
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Eliminating the Department of Education and focusing on school choice over public school by giving vouchers to parents to use to educate their children
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Ending student loan relief programs
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Significant cuts/changes to Medicare and Medicaid
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Restructuring the tax code to, in essence, a flat tax with a higher tax burden on low-wage earners and a reduction in corporate taxes
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Pulling out of any international agreement or organization that they feel is contrary to their agenda including the Paris Climate Accords and the World Health Organization
The Real Danger of Project 2025
Although the policy agenda of Project 2025 is enough to curl one’s toes, the proposal to concentrate the power on the President is the scariest. Project 2025 is about personnel over policy. It would reinstate something called Schedule F – a proposal unveiled by the Trump Administration but repealed by President Biden – that would shift 50,000 current career government employee positions into political appointees and give them “confidential, policy-determining, policymaking, or policy-advocating positions.” In other words, the Executive Branch would be comprised of loyalists to the President instead of nonpartisan career civil servants. These loyalists would be invested with the power to change laws and policy.
This new personnel structure is not an idle dream, but rather a reality ready to go. What is not included in the published version of Project 2025 is a MAGA LinkedIn computer program that has identified Trump Loyalists for these government positions. If Trump is elected, these individuals will be swiftly appointed, quickly trained, and placed in power before most people are aware of what has happened. Leaked training videos talk about the need to seize political control of all administrative agencies. If this happens, the federal government would be permanently altered and turned into a monolithic support group for the policies of the President of the United States. Most checks and balances will be gone.
Action Needed
How do we stop Project 2025 – we work to ensure that the next President of the United States is not beholden to this working document of the MAGA party. We work to ensure that our policy-making bodies – from the U.S. Congress to the state legislatures to our Town Councils include elected officials who are interested in democracy and protecting the tenants of our Constitution. Never has an election been so important.
TAKING ACTION NOW!
Information about voting in Beaufort County includes how to register to vote, how to vote in person on election day, vote early or absentee by mail.
Several months before each election, the League of Women Voters website, VOTE411.org, assembles excellent information about all candidates in national and local elections. You can compare the candidates' positions on a variety of issues and build a personalized sample ballot.
DINING WITH DEMS
WE NEED HOSTS!
We need to start fundraising to ger ready for the next election! Dining With Dems is a lot of fun and a very important piece of our fundraising. You can help by volunteering to host a Dining With Dems event at your home. If you are interested, please use our Contact Form and we will contact you.
We would really love to host some of these events in Bluffton. If you are one of our Bluffton supporters, we hope you will consider volunteering.