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A recording reveals a Utah GOP Senator saying legislative leaders deliberately changed media credential rules to target one journalist.

"They don't think he's particularly honest. I think the legislative leadership is showing who's the boss."

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utah-gop-sen...
Utah GOP Senator: Media rule change shows journalist "Who's the boss"
Recording reveals Utah Sen. Todd Weiler suggesting the legislature changed media credential rules to target a specific journalist, saying they were "showing who's the boss."
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news
March 24, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will *stop paywalling* articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.
Wired is dropping paywalls for FOIA-based reporting. Others should follow
As the administration does its best to hide public records from the public, Wired magazine is stepping up to help stem the secrecy
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March 18, 2025 at 1:11 PM
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🎙️ New podcast:

- Sen. Daniel Thatcher on why he left the GOP.
- Lawmakers pick a fight over office space...and lose.
- Why killing a bill won't stop legislative leaders from doing what they want anyway.

Listen and subscribe at the link.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/podcast-geor...
Podcast: George Orwell warned us
In this week's episode of Special Session: A conversation with Sen. Daniel Thatcher. He announced Friday that he was leaving the Republican Party to join the Utah Forward Party. Thatcher says the Rep...
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news
March 10, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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When did booking airline tickets become an inaccessible mess again? I thought they were collectively sued over that years ago?

A Grimm preview of how the internet will function for screenreader users over the next few years 😞
March 10, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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March 7, 2025 at 5:05 PM
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Epic Sunsets Mazatlan Mexico. Just hang around, it always gets better. Jan 2020

#mazatlan #mexico #sunset #photography #travel #tf_photography #tf_photoscapes #tf_photoescapes #landscape
March 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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Good morning everyone.
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March 7, 2025 at 11:25 AM
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March 7, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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March 7, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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Utah GOP Senator Daniel Thatcher is leaving the Republican Party to join the Forward Party for his last year in office.

"The public is being treated with contempt," he says.

"I can't be a part of that anymore."

Story: www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/sen-daniel-t...
Sen. Daniel Thatcher leaves GOP, joins Utah Forward Party
Utah Senator Daniel Thatcher leaves the Republican Party for the Utah Forward Party, citing contempt for voters and broken caucus system. "I can't be a part of that anymore."
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news
March 7, 2025 at 6:49 PM
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All four of Utah's representatives voted to censure Democratic Rep. Al Green of Texas for disrupting President Trump's address to Congress on Tuesday night.
March 6, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Nothing to see here. Just a federal employee trying to dictate the curriculum at a private law school.

Totally cool and completely normal.
The Post Millennial published a letter that Ed Martin, the acting U.S. attorney in DC, sent to the dean of Georgetown Law.

“It has come to my attention reliably that Georgetown Law School continues to teach and promote DEI. This is unacceptable. I have begun an inquiry into this…”

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March 6, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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March 6, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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To quote FDR: "I ask you to judge me by the enemies I have made."
March 6, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Email list for all DOGE employees
Please ReSkeet!
March 7, 2025 at 1:40 AM
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This is fun...

The Polity Project, which categorizes governments worldwide, says the United States is no longer a democracy and is "at the cusp of autocracy."

www.systemicpeace.org
index
www.systemicpeace.org
March 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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March 6, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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Again: what happens here in Tennessee is coming your way next. Pay attention.

They openly say they want this to end up at the Supreme Court.
tennesseelookout.com/2025/03/06/t...
March 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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Bribes. They’re known as bribes.
March 6, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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"No" apparently doesn't mean "no" in the Utah Legislature.

Despite committee rejection, legislative leaders are using a budget maneuver to move forward with a plan to have the state take over pre-election political debates.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/legislative-...
Utah Legislative leaders push debate takeover plan using budget loophole
Utah legislative leaders are circumventing normal procedures to fund a $600,000 politician-controlled debate committee, despite the bill being rejected by a House committee.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news
March 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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Legislative land grab: Part-time lawmakers vote to boot Utah's full-time state auditor Tina Cannon from the Capitol to expand their own office space.

www.utahpoliticalwatch.news/utahs-first-...
Utah's first female auditor booted from Capitol in legislative land grab
Utah lawmakers made a last-minute change to evict State Auditor Tina Cannon, the first Republican woman elected to statewide office, from the Capitol building to expand their own offices.
www.utahpoliticalwatch.news
March 7, 2025 at 5:53 AM