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Senate rulekeeper blocks public lands sales — including in Colorado — from Republican budget bill https://trib.al/TsyzQ1U
Senate rulekeeper blocks public lands sales — including in Colorado — from Republican budget bill
A GOP budget bill provision that would mandate the sale of federal public lands across the West — including in Colorado — doesn’t meet reconciliation rules, the Senate rulekeeper …
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June 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Senate rulekeeper blocks public lands sales — including in Colorado — from Republican budget bill https://trib.al/TsyzQ1U
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📚✨ No gatekeeping here! The Freedom to Read Foundation is on a mission to protect your right to read, think, and explore. #uniteagainstbookbans #readbannedbooks #bookbans #bannedbooks #stopbanningbooks #stopcensorship #FreedomToRead #StopCensorship #IntellectualFreedom #InclusiveLiterature
April 1, 2025 at 7:03 PM
📚✨ No gatekeeping here! The Freedom to Read Foundation is on a mission to protect your right to read, think, and explore. #uniteagainstbookbans #readbannedbooks #bookbans #bannedbooks #stopbanningbooks #stopcensorship #FreedomToRead #StopCensorship #IntellectualFreedom #InclusiveLiterature
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Your voice matters! Contact your representative today and tell Congress to fund IMLS and keep libraries open for students, seniors, job seekers, and everyone who relies on them. Click the link to take action now! oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edi...
#uniteagainstbookbans
#uniteagainstbookbans
March 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Your voice matters! Contact your representative today and tell Congress to fund IMLS and keep libraries open for students, seniors, job seekers, and everyone who relies on them. Click the link to take action now! oneclickpolitics.global.ssl.fastly.net/messages/edi...
#uniteagainstbookbans
#uniteagainstbookbans
February 26, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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USAID did not actually spend taxpayer money to send celebrities to show solidarity with Ukraine under Russian attack.
But Trump's companies did charge the Secret Service and US taxpayer at least $1.4 million to defend the Trump family 2017-2021. apnews.com/article/trav...
But Trump's companies did charge the Secret Service and US taxpayer at least $1.4 million to defend the Trump family 2017-2021. apnews.com/article/trav...
House panel: Trump's bills to Secret Service 'exorbitant'
Donald Trump’s private company arranged for the Secret Service to pay for rooms at his properties in excess of government-approved rates at least 40 times — including two charges for more than $1,100 ...
apnews.com
February 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
USAID did not actually spend taxpayer money to send celebrities to show solidarity with Ukraine under Russian attack.
But Trump's companies did charge the Secret Service and US taxpayer at least $1.4 million to defend the Trump family 2017-2021. apnews.com/article/trav...
But Trump's companies did charge the Secret Service and US taxpayer at least $1.4 million to defend the Trump family 2017-2021. apnews.com/article/trav...
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Eggs are not getting cheaper
February 4, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Eggs are not getting cheaper
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They have already blown past their own authority. The courts must enjoin them now.
February 4, 2025 at 11:30 PM
They have already blown past their own authority. The courts must enjoin them now.
Feel like you are drinking from a fire house of unthinkable executive orders?
Then you are right where the current administration wants you. That is the way authoritarians win power and submission. They “flood the zone” with noise and confusion. They paralyze you with bad news.
What to do?
Then you are right where the current administration wants you. That is the way authoritarians win power and submission. They “flood the zone” with noise and confusion. They paralyze you with bad news.
What to do?
January 29, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Feel like you are drinking from a fire house of unthinkable executive orders?
Then you are right where the current administration wants you. That is the way authoritarians win power and submission. They “flood the zone” with noise and confusion. They paralyze you with bad news.
What to do?
Then you are right where the current administration wants you. That is the way authoritarians win power and submission. They “flood the zone” with noise and confusion. They paralyze you with bad news.
What to do?
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They are taking away the basis to challenge it legally and planning to do it anyway. It’s an attempt to avoid having their actions scrutinized by a judge and potentially having a ruling they don’t like.
In other words, an end-run around the law
In other words, an end-run around the law
BREAKING: Trump administration has rescinded the federal funding freeze
*five minutes pass*
BREAKING: A different part of the Trump administration has rescinded the previous rescission
*five minutes pass*
BREAKING: A different part of the Trump administration has rescinded the previous rescission
January 29, 2025 at 7:28 PM
They are taking away the basis to challenge it legally and planning to do it anyway. It’s an attempt to avoid having their actions scrutinized by a judge and potentially having a ruling they don’t like.
In other words, an end-run around the law
In other words, an end-run around the law
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Colorado schools commit to protecting students ahead of potential mass deportation
Colorado schools commit to protecting students ahead of potential mass deportation
“We will take care of you,” one Denver Public Schools board member said during a recent work session as he promised to keep immigrant students safe
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November 18, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Colorado schools commit to protecting students ahead of potential mass deportation
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Important information for #philanthropy as a whole -- get on the phone w/your Reps. and Senators, particularly if you're a donor.
I'll be covering tonight House Rules Committee vote on HB 9495, which would allow (Trump's) Treasury secretary to unilaterally strip nonprofit of its status if deemed to be a "terrorism-supporting" org. If passed, it moves to House floor (Thurs?). Then would go to Senate. #nonprofitsky #polisky
November 18, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Important information for #philanthropy as a whole -- get on the phone w/your Reps. and Senators, particularly if you're a donor.
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November 16, 2024 at 3:00 AM
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Democracy & LGBTQ rights are inextricably linked, so this move by the Gill Foundation is a welcome development. For @insidephilanthropy.com #philanthropy
The Gill Foundation, an LGBTQ Powerhouse, Dives Into Pro-Democracy Funding | Inside Philanthropy
One of the country’s largest LGBTQ funders is giving $4.3 million to
democracy nonprofits in the lead-up to the 2024 election. It’s the latest
example of a key, cause-focused philanthropy embracing ...
www.insidephilanthropy.com
May 13, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Democracy & LGBTQ rights are inextricably linked, so this move by the Gill Foundation is a welcome development. For @insidephilanthropy.com #philanthropy