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The California Local Government Documents Collection of @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social (hosted by Internet Archive) is digitizing 10,000+ publications from cities, counties, & regional agencies across California.

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UC Berkeley video about the Institute of Governmental Studies
August 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Forest Service proposes rollback of 25 year rule protecting lands that includes portions of Tahoe
->Tahoe Daily Tribune | #Land #Forest | More info from EcoSearch
Forest Service proposes rollback of 25 year rule protecting lands that includes portions of Tahoe
LAKE TAHOE, Calif./Nev. – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced Monday that the U.S. Department of Agriculture intends to rescind a rule that has prohibited new roads and timber harvest on 30% of National Forest System lands, including...
www.tahoedailytribune.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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wired.com
Five months into Donald Trump’s second presidential term, his executive orders against DEI and LGBT rights have influenced an increasing number of corporate brands to abandon marketing and programming that could be considered too progressive.

Let's get into it:
The Era of ‘Woke’ Brand Activism Is Over
In the wake of Donald Trump’s attacks on DEI and trans Americans, major corporations have pulled out of Pride and Juneteenth. Some are pushing ultra nationalist messages instead.
www.wired.com
June 27, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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motherjones.com
Essential background reading today: Inside the decades-long plot to destroy birthright citizenship.
The plot against birthright citizenship
The incoming Trump administration wants to take away citizenship for the US-born children of undocumented immigrants. Here's how.
www.motherjones.com
June 27, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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cwebbonline.com
What Cory Booker did wasn’t just about breaking a record or standing up for democracy—it hits different for Black folks.

Strom Thurmond spoke for 24 hours to block the Civil Rights Act of 1957.

Cory Booker, a Black man, shattered a segregationist’s legacy—and flipped the script.
@booker.senate.gov
April 5, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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wired.com
In the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace, a federal judge has ruled that DOGE can take over USIP’s $500 million office building—for free.
Federal Judge Allows DOGE to Take Over $500 Million Office Building for Free
It’s the culmination of a weeks-long standoff between Elon Musk’s DOGE team and the United States Institute of Peace.
wrd.cm
April 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Prior to 2019, I have had the privilege of watching many Monarchs cycle through their four stages of life in my gardens. Since then, their visits have been sparse.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Monarch butterflies to be added to threatened species list in the US
US Fish and Wildlife Service extends protections to ‘iconic’ insects, who experts say may not survive climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:24 PM
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Good day overall
A young boy climbs a tree next to a crowd around the Washington monument under a cloudy grey sky
April 5, 2025 at 11:10 PM
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DOJ lawyer who admitted migrant was sent to El Salvador by accident suspended:
Justice Dept. Accuses Top Immigration Lawyer of Failing to Follow Orders
Erez Reuveni conceded in court that the deportation last month of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who had a court order allowing him to stay in the United States, should never have taken place.
www.nytimes.com
April 5, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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Is it bad when Susan Collins is better at recognizing the risks a Trump policy poses to Mainers than Jared Golden?
ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social AccidentalInsightRepeater @ratelimitexceeder.bsky.social · Jan 31
Susan Collins is very casually saying that Trump is about to drop a big economic bomb on her state.
Susan Collins: “The Maine economy is integrated with Canada, our most important trading partner. Certain tariffs will impose a significant burden on many families, manufacturers, the forest products industry, small businesses, lobstermen, and agricultural producers. For example, 95 percent of the heating oil used by most Mainers to heat their homes comes from refineries in Canada. The Air National Guard Base in Bangor depends completely on jet fuel and diesel from Canada. From fisheries to potato farmers to paper mills, these tariffs will have a significant impact on Maine's economy and risk increasing costs for our residents. I am working with the Trump Administration to help its officials better understand the potential ramifications of certain tariffs on Maine and to find out more about their implementation, scope, duration, and other important information, including any exemptions they may make for northern border states, certain industries,”
January 31, 2025 at 11:22 PM
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BREAKING WAPO:

Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin just announced the dismissal of roughly 30 federal prosecutors who worked on Capitol riot cases in the D.C. office over the past four years.

Notifications went out at about 5 p.m. on Friday. www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Interim U.S. attorney fires more than 2 dozen Jan. 6 prosecutors in D.C.
Interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin is dismissing more than two dozen federal prosecutors in his D.C. office who worked on Capitol riot cases over the past four years.
www.washingtonpost.com
January 31, 2025 at 11:10 PM