Southeast Volusia County for Democracy

06/09/2026

06/08/2026

The House has advanced a budget bill that cuts $200 million in funding for WIC, a program that provides healthy foods to millions of pregnant women, new moms and their young children. 🔗⬇️

06/08/2026

When politicians rewrite history, students pay the price.

After reviewing Florida's new state-funded U.S. history course, the 14,000-member American Historical Association delivered a blunt assessment:

"𝘽𝙮 𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙖𝙡𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙥, 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙪𝙩𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙪𝙣𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙮 𝙤𝙛 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖'𝙨 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨."

Students deserve classrooms guided by educators, historians, and academic standards, not political agendas.

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06/07/2026

Starting July 1, Florida will begin rolling out a major change to driver's licenses and state ID cards: your citizenship status will now be printed directly on the card.

The change is part of HB 991, Florida's version of the SAVE America Act, which Governor DeSantis signed in April. Beginning next month, new licenses and renewals will indicate whether the holder is a U.S. citizen or holds another legal immigration status. Current license holders will not need to make a special trip to the DMV, as the change will be applied automatically at their next renewal or replacement. Anyone who becomes a U.S. citizen can get a free updated card reflecting their new status.

The broader law also eliminates student IDs, retirement community IDs, debit cards, and public assistance IDs as acceptable forms of voter identification. Candidates running for federal office must now disclose whether they intend to trade stocks while in office, and all candidates must affirm U.S. citizenship and disclose any dual citizenship. The full suite of voter registration and election code changes takes effect January 1, 2027, though the driver's license provision kicks in next month 📋.
Critics say the law will disproportionately burden naturalized citizens and legally present immigrants, while supporters call it a common-sense modernization of identification standards.

06/07/2026

The Obama Presidential Center has recently been completed in Chicago’s Jackson Park, ahead of its public opening on June 19, 2026.

Designed by Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, the nearly 20-acre campus is centered around a 225-foot museum tower and includes a forum, public library branch, athletic center, gardens, and civic spaces. The privately funded project has cost around $850 million.

Unlike a traditional presidential library, the center is designed as a civic campus, combining museum spaces, public programming, landscape architecture, and community facilities on Chicago’s South Side.

At the center of the campus, the faceted stone tower houses exhibition spaces, an Oval Office replica, and a sky room overlooking the city.

06/07/2026

Team New Smyrna Beach you are a part of History! In May for campaign and White House staff were able to visit the Obama Presidential Library. Well, I came upon a poster and there you all were! Take a bow, not many can say they have an artifact in a History Making Presidential Library & Museum!