Reading all the post-election punditry, it would be easy to conclude that voters didn’t buy into President Biden’s post-neoliberal economic ideas—or, by extension, his vision of an economy where care is a public good and the government plays a meaningful role in ensuring access to it. Yet that would be the wrong conclusion. It would…
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE Representative James Allen Tipton Week In Review: House continues advancing legislation as regular session enters final days The legislature is scheduled to adjourn the 2025 regular session by midnight, March 28. As this date now draws closer, the House has continued its passage of many key measures related to education, Medicaid, criminal justice,…
With case studies also by: Laura Zommer and Kian Vesteinsson Graphic for CDT report, entitled “Adaptation and Innovation: The Civic Space Response to AI-Infused Elections.” Illustration of a transparent ballot box, surrounded by a swirling “information environment” of papers, social media posts, and ballots, hovering above earth. Ominous digital thunderstorms (clouds and lightning) float around the…
“Where’s Jack?” It’s become something of a rallying cry for Traverse Indivisible, the advocacy group pressuring northern Michigan’s Congressional officials to visit Traverse City for in-person town hall events. The group’s goal is to provide an arena where local constituents can voice whatever concerns they have about sweeping federal government changes since President Trump took…
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Bill Gates funds a climate change policy group called Breakthrough Energy aimed at reducing carbon emissions. The group seems to combine investments in clean energy tech as well as lobbying for public policy. This pitch for the group was posted four years ago. Advertisement But as of today, Gates appears to be pulling back pretty…
Now, it should be clarified that the actual claim takes different forms. One is that Trump is literally an ‘intelligence agent’, who has been recruited by Russia, by fair means or foul, and is willingly doing its bidding. Another is that Trump is an ‘asset’ who has not been formally recruited, but is still serving…
An island of 57,000 people just sent a very clear message to Donald Trump. Greenland took to the polls on Tuesday in a closely watched election thrust under global spotlight thanks to the US President’s repeated threats to take over the resource-rich Danish controlled territory. Greenland’s centre-right opposition Demokraatit party, which has criticised Mr Trump’s takeover…
Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella organization funded by Bill Gates that works on a sprawling range of climate issues, announced deep cuts to its operations in an internal memo Tuesday. Dozens of staff members were cut, including Breakthrough Energy’s unit in Europe, its team in the United States working on public policy issues, and most of…
LEESBURG, VA — The spending bill fight threatens to divide congressional Democrats despite House lawmakers insisting they are “united” in protecting working-class people from President Donald Trump and standing up to GOP policies. House Democrats almost unanimously rejected the Republican-led continuing resolution on Tuesday, and leadership is hopeful Senate Democrats will do the same. “We’re…