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• Empowering Generations of Digital Natives October 16, 2019
  Technology is changing faster each year. Digital literacy can vary between ages but there are lots of ways different generations can work together and empower each as digital citizens. No matter whether you’re a parent or caregiver, teacher or mentor, it’s hard to know the best way to teach younger generations the skills needed to […]
• WordPress 5.3 Release Candidate October 15, 2019
  The first release candidate for WordPress 5.3 is now available! This is an important milestone as we progress toward the WordPress 5.3 release date. “Release Candidate” means that the new version is ready for release, but with millions of users and thousands of plugins and themes, it’s possible something was missed. WordPress 5.3 is currently […]
• Responsible Participation In Online Communities October 15, 2019
  In our first article in this series, we highlighted the WordPress mission to democratize publishing. WordPress introduced a tool to independent and small publishers who did not have the resources of the larger publishing platforms. Access to a free content management system to create websites has empowered thousands of people to find their voice online. […]

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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

• Trump Cabinet Officials Double Down on Religious Favoritism
  Last Friday was a banner day for religious favoritism in the Trump administration. In Nashville, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivered a “speech” that was — for all intents and purposes — a Christian sermon. Addressing an association of Christian counselors, Secretary Pompeo discussed how to be a good Christian leader, quoting scripture and urging […]
• Trump Administration’s New Rule Will Slam Door to Fair Housing
  Fifty years after the enactment of the Fair Housing Act (FHA), housing discrimination remains a national disgrace in the United States. Across the country, a growing tide of housing providers, perhaps emboldened by Trump’s anti-“other” rhetoric, discriminate against the very communities the FHA was designed to protect. In 2017 alone, there were nearly 29,000 reported […]
• Amber Guyger’s Sentence Doesn’t Highlight a More Empathetic Criminal Legal System
  “I’m sorry, I can’t explain that.” That’s what prosecutor Jason Hermus said to Botham Jean’s parents after the jury gave Amber Guyger a 10-year sentence for intentionally murdering their son. Jean’s father shook Hermus’ hand and said, “You fought a good fight.” Jean’s brother hugged Guyger, saying he did not want her to go to […]

Taxpayers for Common Sense

• StatementForest Service Plan to Allow More Roads in the Tongass Will Cost TaxpayersA Roadless exemption would mean more roads and more money-losing timber sales in the Tongass
  On Tuesday, the U.S. Forest Service announced it would release a Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) evaluating six options to exempt the Tongass National Forest in Alaska from the 2001 Roadless Rule to varying degrees. In the press release, the Forest Service stated its preferred alternative is to exempt the Tongass from the Roadless Rule […]
• Weekly WastebasketThe Much Misunderstood Tariffs And Trade WarPaid by Americans, tariffs hurt the economy.
  The rapidly evolving impeachment saga risks overshadowing important developments in other issues, including the president’s various trade wars. The Chinese government trade delegation is in Washington this week for the 13th round of negotiations. Stakes are high, as another set of tit-for-tat tariff increases between the U.S. and China are scheduled for October 15. The […]
• Common Sense ConversationsCommon Sense Conversations – October 2019The Antideficiency Act, Congressional appropriations for Ukraine, and "FUGLRA"
  It's been an eventful and busy month in Washington. But there's enough going on behind the scenes that we nearly ran out of time in this month's installment of Common Sense Conversations. We covered the Antideficiency Act, Congressional appropriations for Ukraine, the CR, the cost of shutdowns (it's a lot of lost dollars and The […]