Greenwood County Democratic Party (SC)
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Strength in inclusiveness. We are Democrats, uniting and growing in Upstate South Carolina!
Our next Breakfast Meeting will be on Sat, Jan 10 at 9 am. We will feature Demo candidates for State Superintendent of Ed in a first-ever forum for this election cycle! - Lisa Ellis (
www.ellisforsc.com
) - Sylvia Wright (
www.wright2026sc.com
) Please RSVP. No cost to attend!
mobilize.us/s/dAlGpw
about 10 hours ago
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Every warning we've issued in the past year will soon be coming true and hitting Americans regardless of party affiliation or voting history. Your vote does matter. So does sitting out elections at all levels.
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Rep. Jermaine Johnson
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Happy New Year South Carolina! This year we elect a new Governor and begin the process of building a
#NewSC
. I hope this year is everything you prayed for and more. Lets do this together!
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Annie Andrews, MD
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If you told me back in medical school that someday I would be running for the Senate and my campaign slogan would be āItās me or the measlesā I WOULD DEFINITELY NOT HAVE BELIEVED YOU. But here we are. Itās me or the measles. South Carolina, the choice is yours. ššŗšø
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We are saddened to learn of the passing of Charlotte Ross this past weekend. Charlotte was an active member of the Greenwood County Democratic Party and a supporter of Democratic candidates. Read about her life and the mark she left on the community. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.
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Obituary information for Charlotte Anderson Ross
View Charlotte Anderson Ross's obituary, contribute to their memorial, see their funeral service details, and more.
https://www.blythfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Charlotte-Anderson-Ross?obId=46815866
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Our latest email newsletter is OUT. Read all about upcoming meetings, activities and other news of importance in this issue below:
#SouthCarolina
#SCPol
#SCDems
#GreenwoodSC
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#ICE
#PrisonForProfit
www.notus.org/immigration/...
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With Trump in power, Zelensky would be luck if he honored this "guarantee" for 15 minutes, let along 15 years. Have we not seen Trump break nearly every promise he has made?
#Ukraine
thehill.com/policy/inter...
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SNAP cuts are not only going to impact the most needy among us. It will impact ALL of us. Here's why:
#SNAP
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Trumpās threats to SNAP will make things worse for all of us
Weaponizing food assistance is bad policy and bad politics.
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/trumps-threats-to-snap-will-make
7 days ago
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Except for the billionaires, the other fifth are MAGA cultists who are lying.
thehill.com/homenews/adm...
8 days ago
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"...letās focus on just two initiatives to make life safer and fairer for everyday South Carolinians. All it takes in the legislature is for elected officials to muster courage and listen to their hearts, not political nonsense and partisan politics."
#SouthCarolina
#SCPol
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Brack: S.C. lawmakers need to find real courage to lead for all - Statehouse
Our annual pitch at this time of year for the last 16 years has been for South Carolina lawmakers to start making significant progress to help ordinary residents.
https://charlestoncitypaper.com/2025/12/19/brack-s-c-lawmakers-need-to-find-real-courage-to-lead-for-all/
9 days ago
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Blessings to you and your family this Christmas Day!
10 days ago
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This is Trump's government in a nutshell - do nothing for the people unless it involves rounding up people based on the color of their skin or cramming legislation into a woman's uterus. But as for doing anything actually useful? No, that's not the MAGA way.
www.thestate.com/news/local/e...
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Trumpās EPA blasted over failure to stop SC from polluting iconic national parks
South Carolina industries are among those causing air pollution in Smoky Mountain National Park and other protected areas. But critics say the stateās plan to address the issue is too weak.
https://www.thestate.com/news/local/environment/article313807270.html?giftCode=122074a6ce6c74018629cc815b794432257739330b8fcef6b75e43330e84b1e6
11 days ago
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Greenwood County Democratic Party (SC)
Kyle Freeman For Senate
11 days ago
Lindsey Grahamās office was looking a little empty, so I decided to leave a stocking stuffer he won't forget. The gift of a better choice: Kyle Freeman.
#SCPol
#NewYearNewSenator
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Thank you to City Council for joining municipalities and counties across the state for doing what the State Legislature refuses to do. And a special congrats to Dr. Jumelle Brooks for making "good trouble" and speaking to City Council THREE times to bring this issue to their attention!
#HateCrimes
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Greenwood City Council approves ordinance against prejudice-based crime
An ordinance aimed at penalizing criminal conduct motivated by prejudice passed Greenwood City Council on Monday night with little discussion.
https://www.indexjournal.com/news/greenwood-city-council-approves-ordinance-against-prejudice-based-crime/article_3e2f99bf-5d89-4696-b22b-9004db663fe1.html
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All brought to you by... Republicans! "Overall, the average annual out-of-pocket premium payment for people receiving the enhanced subsidies will more than double after they expire, jumping from $888 to about $1,904, according to KFF."
#Healthcare
#HealthInsurance
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Average marketplace health insurance cost on track to double, KFF says - UPI.com
The healthcare policy think tank KFF released the analysis on enhanced health insurance subsidies that have been at the heart of government funding talks.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2025/09/30/marketplace-enhanced-subsidiy-kff/5651759283189/
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āBeing an immigrant right now is terror layered on exhaustion.āSylviaās voice is a plea and a warning: white people, we need you. Not just to care, but to act, to speak, to take the hits so immigrants donāt have to do this alone.
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13 days ago
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Why would China need to mediate a war that Trump already solved? š¤ Give back that soccer peace prize!
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China offers to resolve Thailand-Cambodia rift
Foreign Minister Wang Yi on Thursday called on Cambodia and Thailand to make decisive moves to cease fire, minimize losses promptly and rebuild mutual trust, saying that China will continue to play a ...
https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202512/19/WS6944a70fa310d6866eb2f6f5.html
14 days ago
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Sen Billy Garrett stated last week that Medicare and Medicaid should be eliminated and that everyone utilize private insurance instead. Spoken like a person who hasn't noticed the spike in insurance premiums recently. How out of touch!
#HealthInsurance
#Insurancepremiums
#GreenwoodSC
#SouthCarolina
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Health insurance premiums rose nearly 3x the rate of worker earnings over the past 25 years
While hospital CEO salaries and health insurance premiums have increased, health care quality has not.
https://theconversation.com/health-insurance-premiums-rose-nearly-3x-the-rate-of-worker-earnings-over-the-past-25-years-271450
15 days ago
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Greenwood County Democratic Party (SC)
Rep. Jermaine Johnson
18 days ago
Last night, while addressing a virtual community group I was called a racial slur. Messages like these are an all too common reality for black people everywhere. It makes me sick to think this much hatred could be hiding amongst us...
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Greenwood County Democratic Party (SC)
Annie Andrews, MD
17 days ago
The Trump administration is punishing the American Academy of Pediatrics. I have enough thoughts about this for an entire feature length documentary but here are two minutes of them. (Spoiler alert: you canāt fight bad politics by staying apolitical.)
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If there were ever one thing we agreed with Senator Lindsey Graham on, it was support for Dreamers. But then the other flip-flop dropped.
#Dreamers
#Immigration
#LindseyGraham
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Lindsey Graham Abandons the Dream Act
The Republican senator told NOTUS the U.S. must first ādeal with the millions of people here illegally.ā
https://www.notus.org/immigration/lindsey-graham-dream-act-2025
17 days ago
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1ļøā£ Sen Billy Garrett thinks Medicaid and Medicare should be done away with and everyone move to private insurance. Yet we've all seen our insurance costs with employers rise this year.
#ACA
#HealthInsurance
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ACA Insurers Are Raising Premiums by an Estimated 26%, but Most Enrollees Could See Sharper Increases in What They Pay
The amount health insurers charge for coverage on the ACA Marketplaces is rising 26%, on average, in 2026.... Most enrollees would face even sharper increases in what they pay if they ACAās enhanced p...
https://www.kff.org/quick-take/aca-insurers-are-raising-premiums-by-an-estimated-26-but-most-enrollees-could-see-sharper-increases-in-what-they-pay/
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"Health insurance premiums in the U.S. significantly increased between 1999 and 2024, outpacing the rate of worker earnings by three times, according to our newly published research in the journal JAMA Network Open." We need more than "concepts of a plan"!
www.msn.com/en-us/money/...
19 days ago
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#TrumpTariffs
#tariffs
#higherpices
#Affordability
20 days ago
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1ļøā£ āThe Democrat proposal... is an attempt to disguise the real impact of Obamacareās spiraling health care costs,ā said Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., the majority leader. āIf we extend this three years at a cost of $83 billion to the taxpayers, what happens after three years?ā
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Senate deadlocks on health care, leaving subsidies to expire
By CARL HULSEThe Senate on Thursday deadlocked on competing proposals to avert rising health care premiums, blocking Democratic and Republican alternatives in an outcome that made it all but certain t...
https://www.sanjuandailystar.com/post/senate-deadlocks-on-health-care-leaving-subsidies-to-expire
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MeidasTouch
22 days ago
But Fox News said...
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1ļøā£ You might've seen this in your newsfeed - but don't scroll past it too fast! It's another in a growing pile of surprising Democratic wins in areas that Trump won by large margins in 2024.
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Democrat wins Miami mayorās race for the first time in nearly 30 years
YouTube video by Associated Press
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XAglLmQPx_c
22 days ago
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The Republican supermajority loves to brag about all the people moving into South Carolina. That their oppressive policies which hurt the poor are attracting people from all over. What they won't tell you?
#SouthCarolina
#SCPol
#moving
#population
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South Carolina cracks top 10 states most Americans are moving away from, new study finds
South Carolina cracked the top 10 states with the most outbound moves in the country, with 2025 marking the seventh straight year move people have moved away th
https://abcnews4.com/news/local/south-carolina-cracks-top-10-states-most-americans-are-moving-away-from-new-study-finds
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We all have a choice. And that include those who are caught up in the dehumanizing policies of President Trump. Video courtesy of Women's March.
#ICE
#immigrants
#humanity
#turnback
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1ļøā£ President Trump thinks you're making it up and bellyaching about higher prices just to make him look bad.
www.detroitnews.com/story/busine...
26 days ago
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A Republican woman asked Trump why grocery prices are still sky-high after he promised theyād drop ā and he blew up at her. Instead of answers, she got rage. Families canāt afford food, and Trump canāt handle the truth.
#TrumpAffordabilityCrisis
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Does this legislative gathering reflect the diversity of Greenwood and surrounding counties? Who is ready of representation for and OF the people? (photo credit to the Index Journal, Fri Nov 28)
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#TrumpEconomy
#Trumponomics
#TrumpTariffs
#Affordability
#PricesRising
#Inflation
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
28 days ago
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Make sure to take some time to understand what happened Tuesday night! === The narrow margin gave Democrats cause to celebrate as they fight to retake the House next year. And it spelled trouble for Speaker Mike Johnsonās efforts to retain his slim majority: š§µ
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Despite loss, Democrats overperformed in bright red Tennessee House race
Aftyn Behn is on pace to significantly outperform Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nashville area district Tuesday night.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/02/tennessee-aftyn-behn-matt-van-epps-democrats-00674118
about 1 month ago
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People are realizing that winning elections based on an ideology of censorship, book banning, whitewashing history, and fearmongering doesn't equate to an ability to govern.
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In culture war backlash, Democrats sweep school boards
The party recruited and invested in school board races to oust Republicans. It worked.
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/11/21/culture-war-democrats-school-boards-00663699
about 1 month ago
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$1.6B in fraud against the American people. Spent only a few days in prison out of a years he was sentenced to serve. Does crime mean anything anymore to Republicans?
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Trump commutes prison sentence for former private equity executive David Gentile
President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of a former investment manager convicted of defrauding investors.
https://apnews.com/article/trump-clemency-commutation-david-gentile-fraud-4901d5e2f710b47ee0372a3f0835fa6c
about 1 month ago
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Former GWCDP Chair Bill Kimler introduces Cynthia Halpin Brown, the primary organizer of several rallies here in Greenwood!
#SouthCarolina
#SCPol
#SCDems
#SCDemocrats
#GreenwoodSC
#NoKings
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about 1 month ago
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Greenwood County Democratic Party (SC)
Mrs. Betty Bowers
about 1 month ago
The boats the regime is claiming are going from Venezuela to the US would need to refuel over 20 times to get to Miami. They are lying to us.
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Just pure evil. This isn't immigration enforcement. It's a purge, pure and simple. One that hearkens back decades to similar authoritarian regimes who enacted similar policies that eventually led to pogroms. š§µ
www.ndtv.com/world-news/g...
about 1 month ago
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If this reporting is true, this is HUGE! The last major prediction that Republicans would break en masse to vote to release the Epstein files proved to be true. May this predication here prove likewise to be true!
#MikeJohnson
#MTG
#Trump
#GOP
about 1 month ago
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This is what the Senate Democrats are fighting for! This is what the Republicans call a "Clean Bill" - certain death for thousands of Americans. THIS IS NO GAME!
#healthcare
#healthinsurance
#obamacare
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Health insurance premiums could double for 632K in SC with subsidy cuts
If U.S. lawmakers donāt renew Affordable Care Act subsidies, about 632,000 South Carolinians could see drastic changes to their premiums for next year
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/health-insurance-premiums-could-double-090000040.html
about 1 month ago
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See the results for your own community. Here in Greenwood, this is what Rep Sheri Biggs has delivered to us.
#SouthCarolina
#GreenwoodSC
#Healthcare
#HealthInsurance
#InsurancePremiums
#CantAffordIt
democrats-budget.house.gov/legislation/...
about 1 month ago
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Greenwood County Democratic Party (SC)
Annie Andrews, MD
about 1 month ago
There was a 13 point swing last night in TN-07. If we see a 13 point swing in South Carolina in Nov 2026 Lindsey Graham will be retired and I will be the first ever pediatrician Senator.
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Chair Allen Moore announces Valerie Dansby as the 2025 recipient of the Wanda Moore Community Service award!
#GreenwoodSC
#CommunityService
#Recognition
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about 1 month ago
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1ļøā£ "MAGA-adherents read the Declaration and the Constitutionās Preamble as championing self-interest and the right to do whatever one wishes. Isnāt that what liberty is all about? MAGA adherents always talk about their rights... They see no responsibility towards others."
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What Are American Values?
There are fundamental differences between liberals and conservativesāand certainly MAGA adherentsāon what are āAmerican values.āBut for both liberal and conservative pundits, the term connotes somethi...
https://thefulcrum.us/democracy/what-are-american-values
about 1 month ago
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EXACTLY!!!
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Column: Men like Trump represent what the founders were fighting against
Thomas Paine warned us: 'Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent.'
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-11-22/trump-masculinity-founders-virtue
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#Medicare
#Medicaid
#Healthcare
#HealthInsurance
#RisingCosts
#TaxBreaksForBillionaires
www.aarp.org/medicare/med...
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You will recognize some lovely faces of GWCDP volunteers who assisted Avery Roman, Marandy Woolridge and others for the annual Thanksgiving Meal distribution at The Hut on Tuesday. They work hard every year to solicit donations and they spend days cooking and prepping to give back to the community.
about 1 month ago
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#Thanksgiving
#GreenwoodSC
about 1 month ago
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