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MoveOn: Biden’s State of the Union a “Bold, People-First Playbook to Finish the Job and Deliver for the American People”

February 14, 2023 PeopleFirst, state, People, American, finish, Union, Deliver, Biden's, playbook', Bold, MoveOn0 comment

Washington, D.C. – Statement from MoveOn Executive Director Rahna Epting on tonight’s State of the Union address by President Biden: “Tonight, the American people heard President Biden detail the hard-fought progress of the last two years to build an economy that works for everyone, defend our democracy, lower unemployment, and rebuild our nation from the pandemic. On everything from making health care more affordable to fighting climate change and protecting Social Security and Medicare, the president shared a bold, people-first playbook to finish the job and deliver for the American…

U.S. military shoots down ‘high altitude object’ near Alaska

February 10, 2023 U.S., down, high, military, near, Alaska, object, shoots, altitude0 comment

U.S. fighter aircraft shot down a “high altitude object” in U.S. airspace near Alaska on Friday afternoon, the White House confirmed. The Washington Times stories: White House

‘OPM sent a signal’: Still no final regulations on 2017 administrative leave law

February 10, 2023 still, Final, leave, sent, signal, 2017, regulations, ‘OPM, administrative0 comment

After six years, agencies are still missing the final regulations they need to make significant changes to federal administrative leave policy. Congress gave the Office of Personnel Management 270 days to implement new federal leave regulations under the Administrative Leave Act, a provision included in the fiscal 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. But OPM has missed that deadline by far — at least for some of the more complicated changes to the leave policy. Congress passed the Administrative Leave Act to create three categories of administrative leave, or paid leave…

Feisty Joe Biden Is Back

February 10, 2023 Feisty, Biden, back0 comment

It was a raucous, interactive, and argumentative State of the Union like no other. And when it was over, President Joe Biden had provided a clear signal of how he plans to contest the 2024 presidential election. Leaning hard into his populist “Scranton Joe” persona, an energetic and feisty Biden sparred with congressional Republicans heckling him from the audience as he previewed what will likely be key themes of the reelection campaign that he’s expected to announce within months, if not weeks. Biden’s speech showed him continuing to formulate an…

EXCLUSIVE: The Daily Signal Demands Documents on FBI Targeting ‘Radical Traditional Catholics’

February 10, 2023 Demands, signal, Targeting, documents, 'Radical, Catholics, Traditional, Daily, EXCLUSIVE0 comment

FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL — The Daily Signal filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request this week demanding that the FBI turn over all documents related to “radical traditional Catholics” and the Southern Poverty Law Center, as news broke that the FBI had published an internal memo about “radical traditional Catholics” citing the SPLC, which brands mainstream conservative and Christian nonprofits “hate groups,” putting them on a map with the Ku Klux Klan. Although the FBI has since rescinded the memo, the FOIA request, submitted by the Heritage…

George Santos Must Resign Petition Delivery

February 10, 2023 must, George, resign, Petition, delivery, Santos0 comment

Last week, MoveOn members and constituents of George Santos made huge waves by hosting the “largest rally against Santos yet,” delivering more than 100,000 petition signatures calling for his resignation directly to his district office. With television coverage by ABC, NBC, CBS, WPIX, and many others (even Fox!), this people-powered action put MoveOn members front and center in a huge national story while creating real pressure on this lying, corrupt MAGA Republican. Take a look at some of the images from this event! If you’ve not signed the petition yet,…