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WordPress

• People of WordPress: Ugyen Dorji July 12, 2019
  You’ve probably heard that WordPress is open source software, and may know that it’s created and run by volunteers. WordPress enthusiasts share many examples of how WordPress changed people’s lives for the better. This monthly series shares some of those lesser-known, amazing stories. Meet Ugyen Dorji from Bhutan Ugyen lives in Bhutan, a landlocked country […]
• The Month in WordPress: June 2019 July 1, 2019
  June has certainly been a busy month in the WordPress community — aside from holding the largest WordPress event ever, the project has hit a number of significant milestones and published some big announcements this past month. A Wrap for WordCamp Europe 2019 WordCamp Europe 2019 took place on June 20-22. It was the largest […]
• 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 […]

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

• Arkansas Wants to Make Sure You Know ‘Almonds Don’t Lactate’
  An Arkansas law censoring plant-based products isn't just absurd and unnecessary, it's unconstitutional. The state of Arkansas thinks you’re confused about whether a veggie burger comes from a cow. In fact, it thinks you’re so confused that it passed a law making it illegal for companies to use words like “meat,” “roast,” and “sausage” to […]
• Washington, D.C. Residents Deserve the Full Benefits of Citizenship
  Those against statehood for D.C. support denying civil liberties to their fellow Americans. Five years ago, I left the state of Idaho to become a resident of Washington, D.C. I now live in a vibrant community with people who work hard, not just as federal workers but also as teachers, doctors, mechanics, and small business […]
• Pompeo’s New 'Human Rights' Commission is Up To No Good
  The Trump administration appears to be trying to find new moral footing for the president’s discriminatory policies. This week, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo formally announced the creation of a “Commission on Unalienable Rights.” Its stated purpose, according to a notice published in the Federal Register in May, is to provide “fresh thinking about human […]

Taxpayers for Common Sense

• In The NewsCould coastal mansions become eligible for disaster aid?
  OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. (AP) — On an exclusive Connecticut peninsula, where signs warn outsiders to stay off private roads, eight multimillion-dollar homes with sprawling yards along the Long Island Sound are poised to become eligible for taxpayer-funded disaster aid. That’s despite the fact that the Fenwick neighborhood of Old Saybrook is in a potentially perilous […]
• Friday news from the USDANews flash: it’s not pretty
  Hear ye, hear ye. At the USDA, taxpayer dollars are given to trade associations via the Agricultural Trade Promotion Program to help exporters develop new markets. Even though exporters were doing quite fine before the Trump Administration started this folly of a trade war. As part of the administration’s efforts to stem the economic bleeding […]
• Weekly WastebasketSome Common Sense Served Up With A Side Dish of ParochialismBackdoor earmarks persist.
  Last week the House passed the National Defense Authorization legislation for Fiscal Year 2020. As it is every year, this is a huge bill.  And because it is one of the few remaining bills that reliably passes year in and year out, it always attracts hundreds of amendments covering just as many topics. Because we […]