Our Digital Messages This Week 👇

Leandro’s Promise 💰

Year after year, Republican lawmakers have failed to pass a state budget that actually invests in our kids. This year? Surprise, surprise — they still haven’t got their shit together. The NC GOP are leaving our state — and most importantly, our kids — scraping by while patting themselves on the back. That’s why we are dedicated to using the month of September to bring awareness to Leandro, because investing in our state’s future should be the easiest choice any lawmaker could make. A “sound basic education” should be the floor, not the ceiling.

This year alone, kids are being sent home because their schools don’t have working heat in the winter or air conditioning in the hotter months. This isn’t some problem “over there” — it’s happening in the wealthiest counties and the poorest. Across North Carolina, schools simply don’t have enough money to meet their mission.

Leandro funding can change that. Leandro is a plan designed to make sure every school has the resources it needs. The NC Supreme Court had approved a remedial plan back in November 2022, but a Republican-led court has now reheard the case and — in classic Republican fashion — made a partisan decision to block it. Once again, putting their political agenda above our kids’ future.

In just ONE school, Leandro funding could provide:

• 20 more teaching assistants
• 31 more school support staff
• More than double the funding for teaching materials
• Professional development for teachers we already have
• 51 more preschool slots
• 209 more children in infant-toddler programs
• 362% increase in Smart Start programs

All that extra support isn’t just numbers on a page — it’s teachers with the tools they need to help every child succeed. It’s toddlers getting a real start in life. It’s kids prepared to take on the world with confidence, not falling behind because Republicans couldn’t do their damn jobs.

Leandro is a promise — a promise to the future of this state and a promise Republicans have been spectacularly failing to keep for years.

Justice On The Ballot ⚖️

Y’all, we’ve seen what happens when our courts get stacked against us. They’ve greenlit attacks on voting rights, rubber-stamped power grabs, and put politics over people again and again. Just look at what’s already happened: extremist judges blocked $677 million from reaching our public schools. They went after our only Black Supreme Court Justice, Anita Earls — while letting Justice Phil Berger Jr. rule on cases involving his own father, the Senate leader. Our courts should deliver justice, not corruption. That’s why the 2026 judicial elections are such a big deal. They’re our chance to finally change course.

These three seats are the foundation for taking back the courts in 2028. Without them, the attacks keep coming. With them, we open the door to real change — fair voting maps, fair elections, and courts that actually protect your voice instead of silencing it.

Justice is on the ballot — and so are these Democrats:

• Justice Anita Earls — 30+ years fighting for civil rights, voting rights, and fairness in schools and workplaces. From founding the Southern Coalition for Social Justice to shaping policy at UNC and the DOJ, she’s never stopped standing up for us.
• Judge Toby Hampson — a product of NC public schools who’s spent his career making sure the law actually works for everyone. Since 2018, he’s been on the Court of Appeals, serving with fairness and mentoring future leaders.
• Judge John Arrowood — someone who’s lived real challenges and turned them into a lifetime of service. From Superior Court to the Court of Appeals, he’s fought to keep our courts strong, fair, and rooted in community.

This isn’t just about winning elections. It’s about protecting our democracy, holding the line now, and setting the stage to restore justice to our courts in 2028.

 Three seats. One future. ✨

America The Broken 🇺🇸

More than six months into his second term, Donald Trump’s promise to end wars abroad remains completely unfulfilled. Shocker. Instead of delivering peace, he’s fueling a dangerous obsession with control — from rebranding the Department of Defense as the “Department of War” to tightening his grip on our freedoms here at home.

Even in his own words, Trump hinted that if America were at war at the end of his second term, he could consider canceling elections. Yet another warning straight from the authoritarian playbook. From deploying militarized forces in D.C. to floating threats in Chicago, Trump’s actions aren’t about protecting Americans. They’re about consolidating his power.

While he feeds his strongman fantasy, the people who actually served this country are paying the price. Veterans are seeing benefits cut, care stripped away, and promises tossed aside — all while Trump calls on the military to do his bidding.

America is supposed to be the land of the free —but under Trump, freedoms are shrinking, power is the priority, and real Americans suffer the consequences.

That’s a wrap for this week’s messaging!

We encourage you to take the content from this week’s package and share it across your social media platforms. Remember, your voice has the power to start a movement! This is for you to use in your community, so COPY, PASTE, and SPREAD the word!

See y’all on the internet!

—NCDP Digital

Stories To Boost:

USA Today: Supreme Court said ICE can stop you based on race, accent, job and location. What we know.

Sample Social Post: 

Your skin. Your accent. Your job. That’s all ICE needs to harass you now. Judges just made racism the law of the land and were too cowardly to even sign their names. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2025/09/10/immigration-enforcement-stops-race-language-job/86048527007/

Upcoming:

Next Steps with the Voter Defense Project | September 16th at 6:00PM

Over 80,000 North Carolina voters need to repair their voter registrations. And thanks to you, we’ve already made over 70,000 phone calls to help these voters get their voter files ready for the 2025 election! Join the NC Dems’ Voter Protection Director Cat Lawson for this Zoom to learn more about the next steps and how you can help at-risk voters.

Make Calls For Democrats! | Weekly Event

We can’t build power for Democrats at the precinct and county level without volunteers like you. So, sign up for a few shifts, and let’s flip North Carolina blue by recruiting volunteers to upcoming Project 100 and allied direct voter contact events!

These phone banks will be virtual on Zoom and you will receive the link after signing up.