Gloucester County Democratic Committee

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Guest speaker update: Jackson Miller of Virginians for Fair Elections will be joining guest speakers Elizabeth Beggs and Salaam Bhatti for CD-1. Mark your calendars!

🆕 update: THREE guest speakers are prepared for the February Membership meeting. Come on out February 16th and chat with Lorita Daniels for US Senate, and Elizabeth Beggs and Salaam Bhatti for CD1.

MONTHLY MEETING
📆February 16
⌚️6:00PM
📍AVFR Squad 3 2676 Hayes Rd Hayes, VA 23072
Guest Speakers: Lorita Daniels for US Senate & Elizabeth Beggs for CD-1

Email info@glodemsva.org for more information including Zoom virtual access

Disclaimer: These events are not sponsored by the Gloucester County Democratic Committee.

Disclaimer: These events are not sponsored by the Gloucester County Democratic Committee.

Help the Democratic Candidates, and maybe support a local business by purchasing something sweet for your sweetheart.💙☕🍩❤️

Help the Gloucester Dems get our candidates on the ballot. Our goal is to collect at least 100 signatures and would appreciate your assistance.

We will be meeting at:

Doodles Donuts and Cafe
4744 George Washington Memorial Highway
Hayes, Va 23072
from 11:00am - 12:30pm on Friday, February 13

Tell Senators Kaine and Warner to Vote NO on the FY2026 DHS Bill & Halt ALL Funding for ICE and CBP

As the only physician serving in the Virginia General Assembly, Delegate Dr. Downey brings a unique and invaluable perspective to Richmond. Thank you to all who worked so hard to help elect Dr. Downey, and congratulations on this exciting milestone!

On Saturday Pam Garner, Chair of the GCDC was able to witness the swearing in of Dr. Mark Downey For Virginia, member of the Virginia House of Delegates from the 69th district. We are thrilled to extend our heartfelt congratulations to Delegate Dr. Downey on behalf of everyone at the GCDC.

Critics pressure Virginia officials to stop plans for ICE mega-warehouse: ‘We are greatly concerned’ Several groups are pressuring Hanover County officials to stop the federal government from buying a mega-warehouse in the county to use as a detention center for undocumented immigrants.

Critics pressure Virginia officials to stop plans for ICE mega-warehouse: ‘We are greatly concerned’ trib.al/CukIxGI

For those who are still arguing with folks about the government’s cover up and lies.

(next to an image of masked ICE agents) NO KINGS MASS CALL EYES ON ICE: DOCUMENT AND RECORD GET THE TOOLS YOU NEED TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS AS FEDERAL AGENTS TERRORIZE OUR COMMUNITIES. MONDAY, JANUARY 26 8PM EST / 5PM PST (No Kings logo)

TONIGHT: Join the mass call on documenting and recording law enforcement encounters. We’ll discuss how you can keep taking action as federal agents terrorize our communities. Using our constitutional right to document and record ICE & CBP is more important than ever: www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

I'm sure a few ICE agents suspect this already, but it seems very clear that DJT, Miller & Bovino WANT an ICE agent to get killed. They need their own martyr. There is a reason they are putting them in increasingly volatile situations.

Remember: If we allow ourselves to fall into fatalism, or wallow in disappointment, or become resigned to what is rather than what should be, we will lose the long game.

The greatest enemy of positive social change is cynicism about what can be changed.

❄️Check on neighbors during the winter storm.
❄️Contact your Senators and tell them to oppose DHS appropriations bill that maintains ICE funding.
❄️Be kind to yourself.
❄️Stay warm.
Sen. Tim Kaine
Richmond: (804)-771-2221
D.C: (202) 224-4024

Sen. Mark Warner
Richmond: (804)-775-2324
D.C: (202)-224-2023

3. Fight the proposed ICE detention facility in Hanover
ICE intends to purchase a massive facility in Hanover County, VA and turn it into a detention facility.
➡️Hanover County Board of Supervisors meeting
Wednesday, January 28 at 5:30pm
7516 County Complex Road
Hanover, VA 23069

Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Then, on January 24, Border Patrol killed Alex Pretti. These deaths were a direct...

2. Support Minnesota communities:
Donate to support on-the-ground organizations providing support to communities impacted by the illegal ICE invasion.
➡️Visit standwithminnesota.com

Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Then, on January 24, Border Patrol killed Alex Pretti. These deaths were a direct...

➡️Visit act.indivisible.org/sign/ice-out... for info and scripts
Contact our senators ⬇️
📧Kaine: www.kaine.senate.gov/contact/shar...
📲Kaine Richmond Phone Number: (804)-771-2221
📧Warner: www.warner.senate.gov/public/index...
📲Warner Richmond Phone Number: (804)-775-2314

Tell your senators to rein in ICE NOW On Wednesday, January 7, Renee Good was killed by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Then, on January 24, Border Patrol killed Alex Pretti. These deaths were a direct...

1. Contact Kaine and Warner
Next week, the Senate is set to vote on a DHS appropriations bill. This bill would provide even more funding for ICE. Call and email Virginia Senators Tim Kaine and Mark Warner to demand they vote NO.

We stand with Minnesota!
🚨Below are ways to take action compiled by the Virginia 50501 Movement and Indivisible Action Project.🚨 a thread

TONIGHT
Join us for a National Faith Call to Action, Sunday, January 25, at 8 pm ET.

Following the tragic killing of Alex Pretti in Minnesota by ICE, people of faith across the country are coming together to lament, pray, and take action.

Sign up now: Bit.ly/nationalfait...

Post from Pete Buttigieg that reads: If there was ever a moment for libertarians and conservatives to step up and join the rest of us, we’re in it. Americans have to unite and stop this descent from a freedom-loving nation into the kind of place where masked, militarized government agents are sent to politically noncompliant areas to roam the streets, terrorize civilians, and deploy violence with impunity.

For those asking where we go from here: Not voting to fund ICE is a great place for us to start.

It's time for a truly massive general strike. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/sunday-thought-enough

Warning: GRAPHIC

Another murder at the hands of Trump’s gestapo.

This line graph illustrates the percentage change in agency staff levels from the previous year for nine major U.S. federal scientific and health organizations between the fiscal years 2016 and 2025. The agencies tracked include the CDC, Department of Energy, EPA, FDA, NASA, NIH, NIST, NOAA, and NSF. For the majority of the timeline between 2016 and 2023, the agencies show relatively stable fluctuations, generally staying within a range of +5% to -5% change per year. However, there is a dramatic and uniform plummet starting in the 2024–25 period. Every agency depicted shows a sharp downward trajectory, with staffing losses ranging from approximately -15% to over -25%. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) shows the most significant decline, dropping to roughly -26%, while the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) shows the least severe but still substantial drop at approximately -15%.

This is the most astonishing graph of what the Trump regime has done to US science. They have destroyed the federal science workforce across the board. The negative impacts on Americans will be felt for generations, and the US might never be the same again.

www.nature.com/immersive/d4...