Author: JC Dufresne – Democratic Party of Kendall County, Texas

Progressive Views: The Insidious Project 2025

Project 2025 (P25) is the published plan for an “ideal” America if a conservative wins the 2024 presidential election; they call it the “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Project.” P25 is spearheaded by the Heritage Foundation and is supported by more than 80 organizations. You need to be aware of P25 because it’s a plan for how the next Republican administration plans to gut our federal institutions and remake the nation into an authoritarian state. To read more about Project 2025 and other important Democratic issues, visit our Talking Points documents on our website at www.kcdems.us.

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July 22, 2024

Broadband / Issues / Medicare/Medicaid / National

Progressive Views: Working for All Americans

Several changes in Medicare and Medicaid services and broadband services have happened in recent months, including minimum staffing requirements for nursing care, capping insulin costs, and reclassifying broadband as a Title II telecommunications service.. These changes underscore the work the Biden-Harris administration is doing to help ALL Americans.

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June 2, 2024

Progressive Views: Two Constitutional Amendments on May 7 Ballot

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Action / Issues / Local / Vote

Progressive Views: Two Constitutional Amendments on May 7 Ballot

by JC Dufresnefor the "Progressive Views" column, Boerne Star, April 22, 2022 "Sanitizing Voting Station" by Kentucky National Guard is licensed under CC-BY 2.0 Not everyone realizes that there are…

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April 26, 2022

Progressive Views: Infrastructure Spending

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Issues / Kendall County

Progressive Views: Infrastructure Spending

Biden recently signed into law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. We all know cities are perpetually underfunded so these funds will have a big impact.

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November 20, 2021

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Issues / Kendall County / Local / National

Guest Column: Sowing Hate

Civil discourse is becoming much more difficult as it seems that our political leaders are more than willing to use our baser instincts to divide us.

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November 10, 2021

Progressive Views: Unintended Consequences: Prop 3 on the November Ballot

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Issues / Local / Politic

Progressive Views: Unintended Consequences: Prop 3 on the November Ballot

The proposed changes to Prop 3 are so broadly-worded that will have huge unintended effects. We must warn people and urge them to vote no.

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October 22, 2021

Guest Column: Safeguarding One’s Neighbors

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Issues / National

Guest Column: Safeguarding One’s Neighbors

"I imagine [Martin Luther] take the same dim view of today’s right-wingers who spread their anti-mask and anti-vaccine vitriol while simultaneously spreading COVID-19 and from time to time dying of it."

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September 13, 2021

Guest Column: “It’s My Right” (to not mask) is Just Wrong

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Issues / National

Guest Column: “It’s My Right” (to not mask) is Just Wrong

Greg Abbott is doing his best to sacrifice the life of your child or grandchild. The "it's my right" argument is selfish, and wrong.

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August 23, 2021

Progressive Views: Perils of Deregulation

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Issues / Party / State

Progressive Views: Perils of Deregulation

Nearly all of the power shortage last week was due to natural gas and nuclear plants being shut down due to the freeze. Governor Abbott lied.

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February 26, 2021

Progressive Views: It’s Time for Vote-By-Mail

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Action / National / Party / Vote

Progressive Views: It’s Time for Vote-By-Mail

There is no evidence that vote-by-mail favors one party over the other and no evidence that vote-by-mail is less secure than in-person. Voting is our right.

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July 31, 2020