Table showing economic and geopolitical impacts of Trump’s Iran War

The OBBB strikes again- got a 19% increase in my Medicare supplement premium.

WHY?
Insurance Company- “…required to fill the gap as Medicare deductibles, higher medical costs and daily coinsurance amounts unavoidably increase.”

RIP Jesse Jackson. Well done good and faithful servant.

“We are too blue in our knees to be red in our politics.” Seen here just before the 2019 Democratic Party State Convention in Columbia, SC.

Prophetic prose amidst the atrocities of ICE in our country.

Trying, yes: he’s requesting people and corporations make financial DONATIONS to food banks.

Enough? No: despite SC’s $1.8 billion surplus for FY2025-26, no funds will come from the state except to pay the S.C. State Guard to assist the food banks. SC got $104 million from the feds in Sept alone.

Table showing number of people with SNAP benefits in S.C. by age group and percentage of of each age group.

Over ONE in FOUR (27%) of all kids under 11 in South Carolina are at risk losing SNAP benefits on Nov 1. Call your 3 !!
#scpol #SNAP

Not an alternative fact…

Stand firm with The First Amendment, New York Times. Please do not cave.

💍 Changed your name since last Election Day?
Make sure your voter registration reflects it! 🗳️
#NationalVoterRegistrationDay is the perfect time to update and get #VoteReady.

Register now: SCVotes.org

Call your 3 - object to DOJ’s attempts to interfere with fair elections.

Totally agree with LWV

More Important Than Ever..

Disgraceful. Hateful. Immoral.

Study finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950 A new study says climate change has tripled the frequency of atmospheric wave events linked to extreme summer weather in the last 75 years.

apnews.com/article/extr... finds planetary waves linked to wild summer weather have tripled since 1950

Karoline Leavitt calls reporter's question 'stupid,' says Trump 'supports peaceful protests' YouTube video by Associated Press

Q: How do you spell HYPOCRISY?
A: Jan 6

“The president absolutely supports peaceful protests …he does not support violence of any kind. He does not support assaulting law enforcement officers who are simply trying to do their job."

- Karoline Leavitt, 6.11.2025

youtu.be/hVJ4dcU7QEk?...

#lies

Several thousand showed up in Columbia SC today for the “No Kings” rally!
#nokings

Horrible!!!

This isn’t a political disagreement, this is an attack on democracy itself. The League of Women Voters is mobilizing 8.5 M voters between now and the 2026 midterms - the number it takes make a difference. (LWV takes guys, too).

www.instagram.com/reel/DKxzdkm...

Get on a street with a sign.

DEMAND BETTER OF YOUR GOVERNMENT......

WHY?
✔️Because YOUR government is failing.

✔️YOUR benefits are being cut.

✔️Your money is shrinking.

We knew what he was about … yet he still got reelected.

Lessons from Poland.

@50501-sc.bsky.social
MAYDAY- Columbia,SC showed up! Protesting Trump administration’s authoritarianism, damaging our democracy, federal institutions, due process, and threats to vital programs: Medicaid, SS, Medicare…

Let’s hear it for the League of Women Voters and their fight to preserve our democracy!

I totally agree!

Amen - and very sobering.

#scpol #50501SC #HandsOff #FiftyFiftyOne #ResistSC #USProtest #ProtestSC #ColumbiaSC @maddow.msnbc.com

Today 1000+ in Columbia, SC protested the Trump administration's flagrant disregard for Due Process, Rule of Law, Checks & Balances, Health, Science, Civil & Human Rights - democracy itself!

Yes, we are in a Constitutional CRISIS. April 17, 2025.

It took only 87 days into the Trump administration for the nonpartisan League of Women Voters to declare it so. Brooks and Capehart discussed the LWV announcement on PBS News Hour, 4.18.25.

We must NOT let up.

youtu.be/OPvoaEWSFGs?...

Amen!