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WordPress

• WordPress 5.2.2 Maintenance Release June 18, 2019
  WordPress 5.2.2 is now available! This maintenance release fixes 13 bugs and adds a little bit of polish to the Site Health feature that made its debut in 5.2. For more info, browse the full list of changes on Trac or check out the Version 5.2.2 documentation page. WordPress 5.2.2 is a short-cycle maintenance release. The next […]
• The Month in WordPress: May 2019 June 4, 2019
  This month saw the 16th anniversary since the launch of the first release of WordPress. A significant milestone to be sure and one that speaks to the strength and stability of the project as a whole. In this anniversary month, we saw a new major release of WordPress, some exciting new development work, and a […]
• WordPress 5.2.1 Maintenance Release May 21, 2019
  WordPress 5.2.1 is now available! This maintenance release fixes 33 bugs, including improvements to the block editor, accessibility, internationalization, and the Site Health feature introduced in 5.2. You can browse the full list of changes on Trac. WordPress 5.2.1 is a short-cycle maintenance release. Version 5.2.2 is expected to follow in approximately two weeks. You can download […]

HCFAMA

Code Pink

• Jes is building a Bridge of Hearts
  Dear CodePink Friends,Please check out my website: bridgeofhearts.orgIf you're on Facebook, I'd love to be your friend!I'll be using Facebook to set up house parties for a tour of the U.S. this summer,and I'll be showing a personal documentary on Iran, featuring footage from my last two trips.If you're interested in hosting a house party, […]
• Questionnaire for Tea Party
  Dear Tea Party members, In an effort to better understand the sentiments of your group and see where we, in the peace movement, might find common ground, we would appreciate it if you would answer a few questions. Thank you for your time.o The Cold War has been over for 20 years, yet we maintain […]
• There Are No Goodbyes
  I just wanted to briefly abuse my posting privileges here and say goodbye to the Pink House. I will never forget that great space full of joy, love, action, energy and creativity. A big thanks and hug to Des for being my surrogate mama when I was in DC, and to everybody I met who […]

ACLU

• Children Continue to Die in Government Custody, and DHS is Dodging Accountability
  The death toll continues to climb as the government argues against following legal guidelines. In recent months, at least seven children have either died in custody or after being detained by federal immigration agencies at the border. These children came to the United States desperate for shelter and safety, but found inhumanity and suffering, under […]
• As Trump Tweets Hateful Threats, States are Protecting Immigrant Rights
  In the midst of the extreme rhetoric and reality, people across the country, and state legislatures, are finding common ground on immigration. This week, President Trump kicked off his re-election campaign by tweeting a threat to deport millions of immigrants, apparently referring to his administration’s plans for mass raids on families across the country. Meanwhile, […]
• Supreme Court Undermines Religious Neutrality In Permitting Giant Governmental Cross
  The decision ignores our constitutional commitment to official religious neutrality. Today, the Supreme Court announced that a governmental display of a 40-foot-tall Latin cross as a war memorial for all veterans does not violate the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment. The decision ignores our constitutional commitment to official religious neutrality and is a slap […]

Taxpayers for Common Sense

• Crop InsuranceHouse Aggies Seek More SubsidiesBecause apparently $13 billion isn’t enough.
  Yesterday’s House Agriculture Committee hearing entitled “How Farm Policy Helps Farmers in Adverse Conditions” underlines how the goal of federal farm policy for many lawmakers is not to create a cost-effective safety net that helps farmers and ranchers manage risks they are incapable of managing on their own. Instead federal farm policy has become a […]
• Statement, TongassStatement on Passage of Amendment Number 136 to the FY2020 Interior Appropriations BillCongress Votes to Stop Wasteful Spending in the Tongass National Forest
  The following is a statement from Ms. Ryan Alexander, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, on the Passage of Amendment Number 136 to the FY 2020 Interior Appropriations Bill: Tonight, Congress approved an Amendment offered to the Department of Interior Appropriations Bill to prohibit taxpayer funding for roadbuilding in Alaska’s Tongass, the nation’s largest national forest. […]
• Weekly WastebasketLet’s Make a Budget DealThrowing the nation’s budgetary hands in the air this early is not only preposterous, it’s lazy.
  It’s spending season in Washington. While all the players are jamming away, none are singing from the same sheet. The House is busy adopting huge megabus packages of Fiscal Year 2020 spending bills in a rush to meet their self-imposed July recess deadline for adopting the dozen bills that fund the government. Over in The […]