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WordPress

• WordPress 5.2 Beta 3 April 12, 2019
  WordPress 5.2 Beta 3 is now available! This software is still in development, so we don’t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with the new version. There are two ways to test the latest WordPress 5.2 beta: try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want […]
• WordPress 5.2 Beta 2 April 8, 2019
  WordPress 5.2 Beta 2 is now available! This software is still in development, so we don’t recommend you run it on a production site. Consider setting up a test site to play with the new version. There are two ways to test the WordPress 5.2 beta: try the WordPress Beta Tester plugin (you’ll want to […]
• Minimum PHP Version update April 1, 2019
  WordPress 5.2 is targeted for release at the end of this month, and with it comes an update to the minimum required version of PHP. WordPress will now require a minimum of PHP 5.6.20. Beginning in WordPress 5.1, users running PHP versions below 5.6 have had a notification in their dashboard that includes information to […]

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

• Marijuana Legalization is a Racial Justice Issue
  When it comes to legalizing weed, economic justice for communities of color must be our guiding principle. Marijuana has been a key driver of mass criminalization in this country and hundreds of thousands of people, the majority of whom are Black or Latinx, have their lives impacted by a marijuana arrest each year. But the […]
• We Sued to End the Evils of Cash Bail in Michigan
  Money bail traps people of color in a maze that is not justice, and perpetuates mass incarceration and its racial disparities. Imagine being poor and being arrested by the police in Detroit.  You are supposed to be innocent until proven guilty, but with no money, you will remain in jail for up to 3 days […]
• Georgia Police Made Me Remove a Protest Button Because it Had the Word "Fuck" On it
  I have a First Amendment right to express my anger about Georgia's proposed abortion ban through peaceful protest. As a concerned citizen, I have visited the Georgia capitol many times to talk with our lawmakers about various issues. While recently advocating against a particularly harmful piece of legislation — House Bill 481, which would, if […]

Taxpayers for Common Sense

• Valuation RuleCourt Decision on Royalty Rule a Win for TaxpayersAfter years of wrangling, the 2016 Federal Oil, Gas, and Coal Valuation Rule is reinstated
  In a decision made public on Friday, U.S. District Court Judge for Northern California Saundra Brown Armstrong ruled that the Department of the Interior (DOI) had violated the Administrative Procedures Act when it repealed the Federal Oil, Gas, and Coal Valuation Rule in August 2017. Judge Armstrong asserted DOI had acted arbitrarily and capriciously, and […]
• Weekly WastebasketEaster Eggs and Passover PlaguesSome Good Budget and Policy Issues and Some Not-so-good
  In a holiday-themed review, here are some good budget and policy issues (Easter Eggs) and some not-so-good ones (Passover Plagues) we have noticed over the last few months. Easter Eggs: No More MOX is an Early Easter Treat Construction of the Mixed-Oxide (MOX) Fuel Fabrication Facility at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina has […]
• Weekly WastebasketTax Day Thoughts on BudgetingThe federal tax filing deadline is approaching
  The federal tax filing deadline of April 15, April 17 for any of you procrastinating residents of Massachusetts or Maine, is an opportunity to reflect on the cost and returns of government. With a federal debt standing at $22 trillion and the approach of trillion dollar annual deficits, this reflection is needed. Yet instead of […]