Leanne Williams
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February 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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BREAKING: Judge Carl Nichols - a Trump appointee - announced he will pause Trump’s effort to gut USAID. www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
Judge to pause Trump administration effort to gut USAID's workforce by thousands
Two labor groups had sued the Trump administration after it said that thousands of USAID employees would be placed on administrative leave starting at 11:59 p.m. Friday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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This is a fabulous tool.
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I logged in at 5:07pm & by 5:13pm I had left 2 voicemails & tried the third, but his mailbox was full.

It *really* helps me to know that it only took me 6 mins!

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5 Calls
Spend 5 minutes. Make 5 calls. Make your voice heard.
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February 5, 2025 at 7:06 PM
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NEW: Meet two of the key lawyers fighting for trans people's lives against Trump's anti-trans attacks. Chase Strangio and Shannon Minter talk with Law Dork in a new video discussion. www.lawdork.com/p/trump-anti...
Meet two lawyers fighting for trans people's lives against Trump's anti-trans attacks
Chase Strangio and Shannon Minter talk with Law Dork. "How this story comes out does depend to a great degree on what we do right now."
www.lawdork.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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I've got to say, the guy who accidentally became the Director of the FBI does 100% look like the guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI in a mid-2000s comedy about a guy who accidentally becomes the Director of the FBI
February 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
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As i work on my next piece, a reminder that exploitative practices that not only fuel immigration, but cause resource scarcity, exacerbate poverty, and change the national identity in other countries.

www.thegazette.com/staff-column...

#immigration #Brazil #environment #climatechange
Opinion: Butterfly effect
Small innovations can change a global economy and people’s lives
www.thegazette.com
February 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM