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Kimberly Hardy (center) with volunteers from multiple precincts at the Navassa Homecoming Parade. BCDP precinct leaders and volunteers are working hard to get out the vote for Democrats this fall. Check out some of their July events and projects. Way to go, Brunswick Forest/Belville 1 Precinct Cluster (Chair Joanne Levitan, Vice Chair Frank Cole, and Secretary Ann Marie Carbone) for hosting: a postcard writing party, candidate Rick Combes for NC General Assembly Senate, and N

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 07.23.26 Jimmy Buffett thought he was born too late. “Yes, I am a pirate,” he sang, “200 years too late. The cannons don’t thunder, there’s nothin’ to plunder, I’m an over-40 victim of fate.” Jimmy wasn’t born too late — he died too soon. One-fifth of the world’s oil and one-third of its fertilizer passes through the Strait of Hormuz. When Trump broke off negotiations and attacked Iran in February, he accomplished something seven other

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 07.23.26 In 1950, Republican senator Joe McCarthy claimed, “I have in my hand a list” of communists in government. McCarthy expanded his baseless accusations until some 10,000 law-abiding Americans were blacklisted, including actor Orson Welles, playwright Arthur Miller and composer Aaron Copland. “McCarthyism” became a synonym for unsubstantiated smears. McCarthy was censured by the Senate, spent his last years in disgrace, and died o

THANK YOU to all who showed up on July 14 at the Brunswick County Board of Elections meeting to support expansive early voting for ALL our citizens. Thanks also to our two Democratic Board of Elections (BOE) members, Paula Clarity and Ed Lewis, for pushing for all-day Saturday AND Sunday voting. The GOP, from the three local Republican BOE members, to the MAGA-controlled state BOE, to Trump’s national MAGA party, is determined to make voting less accessible (especially for th

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 07.16.26 In 2000, Trump told Fortune magazine, “It’s very possible I could be the first presidential candidate to run and make money on it.” In 2019 Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, told a House Committee: “Donald Trump ran for office to make his brand great, not to make our country great, to market himself and build his wealth and power. He would often say this campaign was going to be the greatest infomercial in political history.” Six

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 07.16.26 Hot enough for you? This summer may go down as the hottest on record. There have been at least 44 heat-related deaths in the USA this summer. And, considering global warming, this is just the beginning of what can be expected every year! 97% to 99.9% of scientists believe global warming is a fact. Yet Donald Trump calls global warming a “hoax” and a “scam.” His administration has caused a massive rollback of domestic environme

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 07.16.26 North Carolina’s water supply is under growing strain, and a major reason is the policy direction chosen by our state legislature. Lawmakers have repeatedly advanced bills that encourage rapid growth, weaken oversight and prioritize corporate expansion over the basic needs of North Carolina families. First, the legislature continues to push aggressive development without requiring the infrastructure needed to support it. Citie

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 07.16.26 In 1950, Republican senator Joe McCarthy gained power by falsely claiming the government was full of communists. McCarthy’s Red Scare left some 10,000 law-abiding Americans blacklisted, including actor Orson Welles, playwright Arthur Miller and composer Aaron Copland. “McCarthyism” became a synonym for unsubstantiated smears. McCarthy was censured by the Senate. He spent his last years in disgrace and died of alcoholism at age

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 07.09.26 Campaigning in 2024, Trump called inflation a “nightmare” and a “disaster” when it averaged just 2.9%. Fast forward to today, with Trump’s name in gold leaf outside the Oval Office. Trump’s inflation rate for May surged to 4.2% — the highest in over three years. Incredibly, here’s what Trump said about his ballooning inflation rate: “You know what I really love? I love the inflation.” “No, I love it,” Trump said when asked if

Letter to the editor: Brunswick Beacon, 07.09.26 Trump works hard at insulting people. Here’s Trump explaining how he created his newest insult: “I take the ‘b’ off because most people don’t know that dumb ends with a ‘b.’ I switch the ‘e’ with a ‘u’ and you have a Dumocrat.” Political adversaries are one thing. But Trump told our Gulf ally Oman to behave, or “we’ll have to blow them up.” He even insults allies who fought and died for us in Afghanistan after 9/11. Trump threa

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 07.09.26 On June 17 Trump explained why he ended the Iran War. “I didn’t want to see economic catastrophe. So rather than going into a depression, rather than having your favorite president be Herbert Hoover — he was always the one I didn’t want to be.” “If we didn’t do this deal,” Trump added, “You would never have the Strait of Hormuz open. If we were going to drop bombs, let’s say we went another month, another two, three months — w

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 07.09.26 June 8 was another day ending in “Y.” I woke to my clock radio flashing “6:00 AM,” Sonny and Cher singing, “I got you, Babe” — and Trump promising “We’re in the final throes of what will be a very, very good deal” with Iran. I felt like Bill Murray, reliving the same day again and again — as the media ignored our problems to cover an overfed rodent whose sole purpose in life is contemplating his own shadow. It wasn’t just me.

July 13th, 2026 Contact: Mallory Payne, press@ncdp.org Republicans Slam Michael Whatley For Saying He Was Campaigning in Spotsylvania County – A Virginia County Just Outside of DC DC insider and Big Oil lobbyist Michael Whatley is getting slammed by his own party for his latest campaign blunder exposing how out of touch with North Carolina he is – this time saying he was heading to “Spotsylvania County.” There’s no Spotsylvania County in North Carolina…but there is one ju

On Tuesday, July 14 (6 - 7 p.m.), the Brunswick County Board of Elections will finalize the early voting schedule and locations for the midterms, including whether there will be any additional Saturday and Sunday hours. We know that the MAGA General Assembly and NC state elections board are working hard to suppress the midterm vote, especially via the recently passed House Bill 958 (which now heads to the NC Senate for consideration). We must keep up the pressure at the local

We’re still a few months away from Election Day. But it’s not too soon to join our excellent candidates as they work their way along the campaign trail. Each of our candidates is doing well. There’s a sense, fully supported by recent polls, that excitement about the Democratic Party is building. We noticed the increased fervor at Kimberly Hardy’s Brunswick County stop on her town hall tour. And we saw it during Roy Cooper’s June visit to Brunswick County (clearly, we’re a p

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 07.02.26 On America’s 250th birthday, we should all be proud. We began as 13 small colonies hugging a coast at the world’s edge, ruled by the whims of a distant king. Today, we are the world’s richest nation and third largest in size and population. Our military is the strongest in history. We lead in science and technology — Americans are the only people to walk on the moon. We should also be proud of the religious freedom enshrined i

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 06.25.26 On June 7’s “Meet the Press,” Trump said, “I didn’t guarantee ‘no war.’ ” Except he did. On Aug. 14, 2024, Trump promised NC, “No more wars.” On Aug. 17, 2024, he pledged, “Under Trump, we will have no more wars.” Why would Trump lie about a promise Americans relied on when they elected him? Consider this. In 2015 President Obama negotiated the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), known as the Iran Nuclear Deal. In 2018

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 06.25.26 On May 29, 2019, Special Counsel Robert Mueller condemned Russia’s “sweeping and systemic” attack on the 2016 election to help Trump win. On May 29, 2024, jurors weighed charges that, just days before the 2016 election, Trump paid porn star Stormy Daniels $130,000 to hide his adultery. They convicted Trump on all 34 felony charges, making him the only U.S. president ever convicted of a crime. May 29, 2026, brought still more,

Video courtesy Art Nelson. Dr. Kimberly Hardy, our outstanding candidate for US House of Representatives, held a Town Hall in Brunswick County earlier this month, part of her eight Town Halls in eight days tour of the eight counties in our congressional district. David Rouzer, her incumbent opponent, has held ZERO Town Hall in eight YEARS. He avoids the public like the plague, and appears concerned only with bowing to Trump and answering to corporate lobbyists. Dr. Hardy spok

First published in the Brunswick Beacon, 06.18.26 Being our congressman has worked out well for David Rouzer. For us, not so much. In 2023, Rouzer’s investments gained 105.6%. He was the fourth biggest winner in Congress. Did you double your money in 2023? Me neither. In 2024, Rouzer’s investments soared 149% — he was the #1 winner among all 535 senators and representatives. The Daily Haymaker called him North Carolina’s very own “Wolf of Wall Street.” What did Rouzer know? W