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Thank you to all of our wonderful volunteers who brought schools supplies to our county convention last Saturday! We received LOTS of boxes of crayons, colored pencils, composition and spiral notebooks, folders, loose-leaf paper, tissues, dry erase markers, pens and pencils, glue sticks, magic markers, and more. We're confident your generous infusion of new supplies will help students and teachers at three area schools get through the rest of this academic year with the mater

On Thursday March 26, we unexpectedly lost one of our most beloved and dedicated members, Emma Myles.  Emma was our rock in the Southport 2 precinct, serving as chair there for many years. She was also the co-president of the Brunswick County Democratic Women (BCDW) during the previous term of office. She always  showed up for the Brunswick County Democratic Party and for her community. Emma missed little and did much, from tirelessly poll greeting during elections, to regist

Editor’s note: Those who attended No Kings protests and rallies across the U.S. had a lot to say about why they were there. Mike Houston, a member of the BCDP Communications Team, talked with some of the attendees at the March 28 protest in Shallotte. An on-duty officer with the Shallotte Police Department estimated 3,500 protesters were in attendance. Here's Mike's report: Of the more than 3,500 protesters who gathered in Shallotte on March 28 for the latest “No Kings” rall

For those of you who couldn’t attend the BCDP County Convention on March 28, the following is a (lightly edited) report from Chair Shelley Allen: Greetings Brunswick County Democrats and left-leaning allies! Are you feeling discouraged, alarmed, angry about the state of our country?  Take heart and remember, in 2024, North Carolina elected a Democratic governor (Josh Stein), lieutenant governor (Rachel Hunt), attorney general (Jeff Jackson), secretary of state (Elaine Marshal

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 03.26.26 Drip ... drip ... drip ... Trump has been stripping away our rights since his first term, but with the backing of the Heritage Foundation’s more ruthlessly updated “Project 2026,” this blueprint is “designed to rebuild a country where women, LGBTQ and anyone outside their ‘ideal family’ have fewer rights, under the guise of ‘protecting the unborn.’” (If that was true, they wouldn’t have wrestled school lunches, SNAP and ACA c

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 03.26.26 Trump ran as the “Peace President.” He called the Iraq War “a big, fat mistake” and said it would have been “wonderful” if Bush had been impeached for it. He claimed Obama would “start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate.” But it was Trump, not Obama, who sabotaged ongoing negotiations by attacking Iran in coordination with Israel. What caused Trump’s 180? Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) suggested

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 03.26.26 Venezuela, Cuba and Iran have two things in common. Trump promised to rebuild them — and they’re not the United States. Trump spent billions removing Venezuela’s president Maduro, then said, “I’m Venezuela’s biggest fan. We’re working with them to improve a disastrous situation. We will make Venezuela strong again.” Trump’s Department of Energy pledged to: “improve the electricity grid, which is essential to increasing oil pr

The March 17 monthly Brunswick County Commissioner meeting in Bolivia featured a full house of residents (including many BCDP members), most advocating for clean water for their neighbors who are still on toxic, PFAs-ridden well water. Check out WWAY"s coverage of the meeting HERE . See also Earth Rights International's efforts on behalf of people of our county in collaboration with Brunswick County's NAACP HERE .

PRESS RELEASE Contact: Lon Anderson For Immediate Release, March 20, 2026    The Brunswick County Democratic Party is hosting its third “No Kings” protest on Saturday, March 28 from 1:30-3 p.m. at Main Street and Smith Avenue in Shallotte.  “We’re expecting a large turnout given that close to 2,000 concerned citizens joined us last fall to peacefully voice their strong opposition to the policies of the Trump Administration,” said Shelley Allen, chair of the Brunswick County D

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 03.19.26 On Feb. 28, hours after Trump took America to war, an Iranian girls’ elementary school was bombed, killing 168 young girls and 14 teachers. On March 7, offering no proof, Trump said, “That was done by Iran. They’re very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions.” Two days later, a reporter asked Trump about video footage showing that an American-made Tomahawk missile destroyed the school. Trump replied: “Iran also has som

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 03.19.26 On Feb. 21, 2025, one month after Trump’s inauguration, Fox News host John Roberts interviewed Attorney General Pam Bondi. He asked if Bondi would release “the list of Jeffrey Epstein’s clients.” Bondi replied, “It’s sitting on my desk right now to review.” That’s why Americans reacted with shock and disbelief when Bondi released an unsigned two-page memo on July 7, 2025, saying the FBI had “combed through” over “ten thousand

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 03.19.26 Trump’s tariffs are costing jobs. February’s jobs report showed 92,000 jobs lost and revised January and December downward by another 69,000. Fox News called them “massive job losses.” Markets plummeted, putting an exclamation point on Trump’s disastrous jobs record one year into his second term. “Well, that was ugly,” wrote Bankrate’s Mark Hamrick. How ugly? The Federal Reserve says the economy needs about 153,000 new jobs e

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 03.12.26 Marjorie Taylor Greene was one of Trump’s fiercest defenders. When she first ran for Congress, Trump tweeted, “Congratulations to future Republican Star Marjorie Taylor Greene. Marjorie is strong on everything and never gives up — a real WINNER!” When Greene ran for reelection in 2022, Trump called her “a fantastic person. She’s been with me in good times and bad times.”  Then Trump dismissed the Epstein case as a “hoax.” He

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 03.12.26 Trump’s Iran war has killed six U.S. soldiers. Americans deserve to know why. Trump claimed Iran posed a nuclear threat, despite boasting that he “completely and totally obliterated” its nuclear program last year. And, Secretary of State Rubio said, “They’re not enriching right now.”  Trump said he wanted “freedom” for Iran. He called regime change “the best thing that could happen,” despite promising never to engage in “nati

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 03.05.26 Before his inauguration, Trump claimed he would pardon Jan. 6 rioters on a “case-by-case” basis. JD Vance said violent offenders “shouldn’t be pardoned.”  But they were. On Inauguration Day, Trump pardoned all 1,600 Jan. 6 attackers — including those who injured 140 police officers. He called them “great people” who “protested peacefully,” adding, “I call them the J-6 patriots.” He discussed compensating them for being prosec

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 03.05.26 Americans eat the cost of Trump’s unconstitutional tariffs. In three recent studies, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (FRBNY), the Congressional Budget Office and the Kiel Institute all found that YOU pay Trump’s tariffs. Kiel concluded, “The claim that foreign countries pay these tariffs is a myth. Americans are footing the bill.” FRBNY reported that, in Trump’s first term, “Foreign exporters did not lower their prices a

Last year was an important time for the Brunswick County Democrat Party. We began 2025 committed to leading Democrats forward after the 2024 election. We also needed to prepare for that year’s municipal elections and the battle we knew was brewing over the crucial 2026 midterms. We succeeded beyond our expectations. By the end of the year, Democrats in Brunswick County were mobilizing support for the growing resistance. Our social media presence blossomed, our bank account gr

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 02.26.26 In his last speech as president, Ronald Reagan welcomed “new arrivals to this land of opportunity.” He warned, “If we ever close the door to new Americans, our leadership in the world would soon be lost.” Reagan cherished “the torch of Lady Liberty,” saying it “symbolizes our freedom and represents our heritage. It is that Lady who gives us our great and special place in the world.” France gave us the Statue of Liberty to cel

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 02.26.26 After federal agents shot and killed concealed-carry permitholder Alex Pretti, Trump officials took aim at your Second Amendment rights. FBI Director Kash Patel announced a radical new policy: “You cannot bring a firearm to any sort of protest. You can’t break the law and incite violence.” Multiple videos and sworn eyewitness affidavits prove Pretti didn’t point his gun at anyone. He kept it holstered beneath his jacket — unt

First published in the Brunswick Beacon , 02.19.26 Google “2007 Jeffrey Epstein indictment,” then read the chilling account of how prominent people systematically molested children with the help of the man a judge called “the most infamous pedophile in American history.” Steve Bannon appears numerous times in the files, and never misses an opportunity to take credit for Trump’s trademark technique of “flooding the zone.” To divert attention from damaging facts, Trump swamps t