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Looming on the Horizon

Congress reconvenes from their recess next Monday. Nineteen working days later –  at midnight, March 14 – the federal government runs out of money. Without new funding, major domestic services and programs will shut down (military & police will continue).

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Trump’s Attorney General Pam Bondi is defunding the police

We were more than a little bit surprised to see Trump’s new attorney general, Pam Bondi, take action to defund local police this week, as part of the Administration’s ideological crusade against sanctuary cities like San Francisco. This isn’t quite what defunding proponents wanted, and we certainly won’t hail her as a racial-justice hero for an action motivated by anti-immigrant ideology. Nonetheless, her move to withhold federal funding for public safety in sanctuary cities does count as defunding local police—an interesting move from someone nominally in law enforcement.

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Get used to reusing plastic bags… while you still can

Next year, 2025, will be the last year in which you can get cheap plastic shopping bags from your local grocery store. A state law passed this year is closing the loophole that allows thicker “reusable” bags to take the place of the old, flimsy, single-use bags.

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Trump Can Be Prosecuted for January 6th

While the Supreme Court ruled that Trump can, in fact, be prosecuted for his part in the conspiracy that led to the January 6, 2021, insurrection on our nation’s Capitol is good news, the bad news is, that the ruling creates a radical new doctrine with ominous implications that will imperil our freedoms.

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We are America

July 4, the birth date of our nation, is this week. We take this occasion to remind ourselves of the vision of our country that we’re working toward.

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