My goal with these posts is to highlight some of what Democrats around the country are doing, and saying about the actions of this awful administration. Please feel free to share correspondence or other social media posts that you’ve seen from Democrats.
Also, I encourage you to check out Lpeacocks Thursday posts about the Congressional Black Congress and what they’ve been doing and saying in the past week. Those diaries go into more detail than mine, and are worth the time to read, and comment.
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The Agriculture Secretary just called this now-canceled USDA program that helped feed kids AND support our farmers "non-essential."
You read that right - the Trump administration thinks both our children and our farmers are "non-essential."
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— Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester (@bluntrochester.senate.gov) March 11, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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It’s obvious that Trump and Musk – who likely never set foot in a public school and don’t care about civil rights - are waging war on public education. What a devastating turn for the United States of America.
— Suzanne Bonamici (@repbonamici.bsky.social) March 11, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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This will force more dedicated civil servants with invaluable institutional knowledge out of the federal government. And they will be replaced with political appointees who answer only to Trump and Musk.
These public servants, and the students they serve, deserved better.
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— Congressman Bobby Scott (@bobbyscott.house.gov) March 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This last one is close to my heart. Native fishing rights were finally restored in 1974, with a landmark ruling by Judge Boldt. I grew up near Mr. Frank’s tribe, as well as several others. That decision was a huge victory and big, big news.
Find out more about it, here, from an excellent story by a northwest PBS newsroom.
“While the lawsuit dealt with fishing rights, the Boldt Decision was more far-reaching in that it also affirmed the notion of tribal sovereignty.”
