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2024: MoveOn’s Year in Petitions

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For many, it’s been a year of hope and heartbreak. We know how deeply every MoveOn member values democracy, freedom, and justice. Millions of MoveOn members took action, supported creative efforts with partners in this movement, and organized in our own communities. Just know that millions of people still share our vision for a better future. A future rooted in community care, where our families can not just scrape by but thrive, where we care for our planet and create a sustainable and joyful path forward for generations to come. …

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The ticking sound you hear is the final days of the fiscal year

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Indecision mixed with turmoil and partisan politics. That’s the familiar brew on Capitol Hill this week. With precisely two weeks until the fiscal year ends, there’s no clear path to any budget deal at the moment. So it’s a busy week as we heard from Bloomberg Government deputy news director Loren Duggan on the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript: Loren Duggan Here we are. Every September, we have to do this dance where we figure out if the government will stay funded going into the new fiscal year.…

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Federal firefighters could see bigger paychecks next year

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House appropriators are taking steps that could give federal firefighters a permanent pay raise. Fiscal 2025 spending legislation advanced this week, and it includes about 300 million dollars to boost pay for firefighters working at the Interior Department and the Forest Service. Although House Democrats opposed many of the GOP’s proposed spending cuts, they came out in favor of the pay raise for the frontline workers. Federal firefighters currently have a temporary pay boost, but many advocates have been pushing to make the raise permanent. (House Appropriations Committee – Fiscal…

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How the government spends a billion dollars a year on advertising

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The federal government is among the biggest spenders on advertising. At about $ 1.3 billion a year, it’s in the top 25 U.S. spenders. The Government Accountability Office has new analysis of which agencies spend the most on advertising, and the companies they spend it with. GAO’s Director of Strategic Issues Jessica Lucas-Judy joins the Federal Drive with Tom Temin. Interview transcript: Tom Temin Jessica Lucas-Judy. Ms. Lucas-Judy, what prompted GAO to look at something that in the grand scheme of things is not that big of a deal? Spending…

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RIP: 13 Men, Women, and Children Whose Lives Were Cut Short by Illegal Immigrants in Past Year

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Over the past 12 months, illegal aliens have been arrested in connection with the deaths of at least 13 Americans. Seven of those victims were minors. “The simple fact is that every crime committed by an illegal alien is one committed by an individual who should not have been at large in the country in the first place,” House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Rep. Mark Green told The Daily Signal.  “While the Left likes to hide behind flawed studies and incomplete data on illegal alien crime, families across our country…

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