Hands Off : The Villages

 Saturday April 19, 2025

April 19 was another national day of protest.

Voices against what Trump's administration is doing to our country.

Locals display their signs in this 'Hands Off' event.

Hands Off - The Villages Video

Welcome to the Club.

Meet TVDC president and other newbies on Sunday, May 4

Come to our monthly orientation, Sunday at

Colony Cottage Recreation Center

 510 Colony Blvd.

starting at 2 p.m.

RSVP to Club President Bill Knudson:bill.knudson@yahoo.com

May 10 Member's Monthly Meeting

 Colony Cottage 

 510 Colony Blvd.

Doors open at 9 a.m.; the meeting begins at 10

The Villages Democratic Club held its April meeting

at the Colony Rec Center.

Florida House member Anna Eskamani from Orlando came in on Zoom with an update on the awful legislation Republicans are pushing in the Legislature's current session.

Club Treasurer Ash Marwah presented on the economy's sad

performance since Trump took office again.

Democratic Women's Club of The Villages President Sue Dubman

presented details on worrisome bills we should be fighting.

Slide Show of the Meeting

Video of the Meeting

CHANCES TO DO SOMETHING THIS WEEK AND BEYOND

We're rounding up petitions for Barbie

and a Medicaid ballot measure

Barbie for Congress website

All of Sumter County is in Congressional District 11 and we are collecting 

Barbie Harden Hall petitions to get her on the ballot again for 2026.

We also are actively collecting petitions for a Florida Constitutional Amendment to expand Medicaid. 

You can find information and request a petition form at

https://floridadecideshealthcare.org/

Turn completed forms in the Sumter Democratic HQ on Wednesday afternoons or Saturday mornings.

You also can pick up the forms at the headquarters.

EDITOR'S NOTE: It's been a horrific month of MAGA madness.

We must find ways to fight back, for ourselves and the future of our nation.

Oppose, oppose, oppose. And do it loudly.

Don't despair and don't appease

Source: Paul Krugman, New York University professor of economics

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Oops, you've got to do it again!

Thanks to Florida Republicans trying everything they can to suppress our votes,

we all must reapply for Vote By Mail ballots.

What will it take? How many of us, regardless of party, still care about truth and democracy?

Source: Joyce Vance, Civil Discourse

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Scores of legal actions have been filed to block and challenge President Trump, Elon Musk, and others in the administration. Here's a one-stop nonprofit site, Just Security, where you can keep track.

Trump litigation tracker

Food pantry donations are always welcome

The Club and its generous members support multiple local food pantries. The preferred donations include food in cans, boxes, and jars, toiletries, and laundry and cleaning supplies.

View Club President Bill Knudson's analysis of economic data and policies

Economics in Perspective