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Tipoffs: President Trump & Public Policy Groups Newsletter for 2025-08-26 ( 24 items )  
ACORE Statement on the Stop-Work Order Affecting the Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Project (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The American Council on Renewable Energy issued the following news release: * * * ACORE Statement on the Stop-Work Order Affecting the Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Project Statement from American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE) President & CEO Ray Long on the Stop-Work Order Affecting the Revolution Wind Offshore Wind Project: "The Trump Administration's decision to halt the Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island is an extraordinarily damaging mistake. This is a more PR

AFPI Supports Ending the Abuse of Cashless Bail Policies (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- America First Policies issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2025: * * * AFPI Supports Ending the Abuse of Cashless Bail Policies Today, August 25, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to end cashless bail for individuals whose pending criminal charges or criminal history demonstrate a clear ongoing risk to public safety to protect the American people. AFPI's Position on Cashless Bail The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) strongly oppo more PR

Amidst Energy Prices Rise, Trump Kills Jobs, Cuts Off Renewable Energy (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Amidst Energy Prices Rise, Trump Kills Jobs, Cuts Off Renewable Energy * Washington, D.C. - On Friday, the Trump Administration issued a stop work order to the Revolution Wind project in Rhode Island. The project is already 80 percent completed--with 45 of its 65 wind turbines already installed--and once completed, Revolution Wind would harness enough offshore wind to power 350,000 homes i more PR

CAIR Calls IDF a 'Terrorist Organization' After 'Double Tap' Hospital Attack Kills 20, Including 5 Journalists (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls IDF a 'Terrorist Organization' After 'Double Tap' Hospital Attack Kills 20, Including 5 Journalists * Terror declaration comes as Israeli general says 50 Palestinians must die for every Israeli who died on October 7, 2023, even if they are children The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy more PR

CAIR Condemns George Washington U. Suspension of Anti-Genocide Group Jewish Voice for Peace (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Condemns George Washington U. Suspension of Anti-Genocide Group Jewish Voice for Peace * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned the George Washington University's (GW) suspension of the anti-genocide group Jewish Voice for Peace (JVP), calling the move an unaccepta more PR

CAIR-Florida to Join Family of Palestinian-American Minor Detained in Israel, Call for Immediate Release (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR-Florida to Join Family of Palestinian-American Minor Detained in Israel, Call for Immediate Release * On Tuesday, August 26, the Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida), the state's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization will hold a press conference at 12 p.m. at its Tampa office (8076 N. 56th St., Tampa, FL more PR

Congresswoman Summer Lee and Human Rights First Advocate Yannick Gill Denied Entry to ICE Detention Center During Oversight Visit (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on Aug. 25, 2025: * * * Congresswoman Summer Lee and Human Rights First Advocate Yannick Gill Denied Entry to ICE Detention Center During Oversight Visit PHILIPSBURG, PA - Today, U.S. Congresswoman Summer Lee (PA-12) and human rights advocate Yannick Gill were denied entry by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials when they attempted to conduct an oversight visit at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center, a  more PR

ICYMI: Anti-Abortion Mega Donor Charles Munger Jr. Dumps Millions Into California Redistricting Opposition Efforts (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Anti-Abortion Mega Donor Charles Munger Jr. Dumps Millions Into California Redistricting Opposition Efforts * Last week, the California legislature passed the Election Rigging Response Act (ERRA) to protect and preserve Californians' votes. In November, there will be a new congressional map ballot measure as part of Gov. Newsom's pl more PR

Independent Women Applauds President Trump's Executive Order to Ban Cash Bail (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Political] -- The Independent Women's Forum posted issued the following news release: * * * Independent Women Applauds President Trump's Executive Order to Ban Cash Bail * "We strongly support this Executive Order as a critical step toward restoring deterrence, protecting victims, and upholding the principle that law and order are the foundation of liberty." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Independent Women issued the following statement in response to President Tr more PR

Internal BLM Documents Uncovered by Sierra Club: Americans Refuse to Accept Historical Whitewashing on Public Lands (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Internal BLM Documents Uncovered by Sierra Club: Americans Refuse to Accept Historical Whitewashing on Public Lands * A review of official Trump administration documents obtained by the Sierra Club shows further opposition to Donald Trump's attempt to whitewash history on public lands. Internal documents acquired from the Bureau of Land Management demonstrate that public responses to Tru more PR

Israel's Man-Made Famine and Gaza City Invasion Expose the Full Measure of Its Genocide (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee issued the following news release: * * * Israel's Man-Made Famine and Gaza City Invasion Expose the Full Measure of its Genocide The American Arab Anti Discrimination Committee (ADC) condemns Israel's violent invasion and ground assault on Gaza City and surrounding towns. Tanks and warplanes have pounded neighborhoods including Zeitoun, Shejaiya, and Sabra as Israeli leaders vow to seize the city, even as international age more PR

Lula's Brazil Targets U.S. Tech Giants: DMA-Style Regulations Threaten Innovation (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 [Category: Political] -- Americans for Tax Reform posted the following commentary: * * * Lula's Brazil Targets U.S. Tech Giants: DMA-Style Regulations Threaten Innovation By Caden Hubbs Amid strained talks between U.S. President Donald Trump and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva over trade and free speech, American tech companies have found themselves the target of Brazilian regulators. Last year, the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) was forced to p more PR

MFA statement on SEC Securities Lending and Short Sale rules court decision (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Managed Funds Association posted the following news release: * * * MFA statement on SEC Securities Lending and Short Sale rules court decision * Washington, D.C. - MFA issued the following statement from President and CEO Bryan Corbett regarding the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit's decision on the SEC's Securities Lending and Short Sale Reporting rules: "It is gratifying to see the Court, yet again, remand the Biden Adm more PR

Private Equity Stakeholder Project: Why Hasn't Blackstone Settled the DOJ's RealPage Price-Fixing Suit Like Peers Greystar and Cortland? (10)
CHICAGO, Illinois, Aug. 26 -- The Private Equity Stakeholder Project issued the following news on Aug. 25, 2025: * * * Why hasn't Blackstone settled the DOJ's RealPage price-fixing suit like peers Greystar and Cortland? On August 8, 2025, property manager Greystar settled with the US Department of Justice (DOJ) and several state Attorneys General in their ongoing lawsuit against property management software RealPage (owned by the private equity firm Thoma Bravo) and six major landlords for ut more PR

RV Industry Association: Latest Tariff Developments (10)
HERNDON, Virginia, Aug. 25 [Category: Transportation] -- The RV Industry Association posted the following news: * * * Latest Tariff Developments * View the Tariff Tracker (https://www.rvia.org/tariff-tracker) Tariff Letters and Deals Below is an update of ongoing deals that have been announced so far. It is important to note that there are more details to come on these agreements and we are sharing information as it becomes available. Update-Monday, August 25: Canada is scrapping some r more PR

Sierra Club Connecticut Statement on Revolution Wind Stop Work Order (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The Sierra Club posted the following news release: * * * Sierra Club Connecticut Statement on Revolution Wind Stop Work Order * NEW LONDON, Conn. - The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has issued an order to stop work on the almost complete Revolution Wind Project. This is the latest in a series of attacks by the Trump administration on offshore wind, American jobs, and renewable energy sources that keep our air clean and energy bills lo more PR

TEXAS SENATE PASSES CONGRESSIONAL MAP DILUTING VOTING POWER OF TEXANS OF COLOR (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Stand Up America, an organization was born in 2016 as a digital-first grassroots community working to resist what they say is Donald Trump's corruption, racism and his threats to democracy, issued the following news release: * * * TEXAS SENATE PASSES CONGRESSIONAL MAP DILUTING VOTING POWER OF TEXANS OF COLOR AUSTIN, TX--Today, Republican lawmakers in the Texas Senate voted to pass HB 4, finalizing a mid-decade redistricting scheme that rigs the state's congressional map more PR

The Trump Administration Has Threatened to Sell Off Our Public Lands and Waters Since Day One (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Environment] -- The League of Conservation Voters posted the following news release: * * * The Trump Administration Has Threatened to Sell Off Our Public Lands and Waters Since Day One * FROM: America Fitzpatrick, Conservation Program Director, League of Conservation Voters TO: Interested Parties MEMO: --------------------------------- Trump and his allies in Congress have relentlessly attacked protections for our public lands and waters since day on more PR

Trump Administration Waives Dozens of Laws to Bulldoze Border Wall Through Texas National Wildlife Refuge (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Trump Administration Waives Dozens of Laws to Bulldoze Border Wall Through Texas National Wildlife Refuge * STARR COUNTY, Texas -- The Trump administration today waived 31 environmental and public health laws to speed border wall construction through the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The waivers clear the way for walls across 13 refuge tracts, slicing  more PR

Trump Dangerously Expands Fake Emergency Powers Over D.C. (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Trump Dangerously Expands Fake Emergency Powers Over D.C. * WASHINGTON, D.C. - President Donald Trump just issued another executive order expanding his administration's authoritarian grip on our capital city, under the guise of addressing a manufactured "crime emergency." The order directs multiple departments, including the Department of Defense (which the president is preparing to rename to more PR

U.S. Chamber, Cobb Chamber Host U.S. Representative Barry Loudermilk for Roundtable on Tax Reform (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber, Cobb Chamber Host U.S. Representative Barry Loudermilk for Roundtable on Tax Reform * MARIETTA, GA - Today, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Cobb Chamber of Commerce hosted U.S. Representative Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11) for a roundtable discussion in Marietta, Georgia with local business leaders on the pro-growth business tax provisions in President Trump's One  more PR

Vera Institute of Justice: Trump's 'Cashless Bail' Executive Order Is Dangerous, Baseless, and a Threat to Public Safety (10)
NEW YORK, Aug. 26 -- The Vera Institute of Justice, an organization that says its mission is to end overcriminalization and mass incarceration of people of color, immigrants and people experiencing poverty, issued the following news release: * * * Trump's "Cashless Bail" Executive Order Is Dangerous, Baseless, and a Threat to Public Safety WASHINGTON, DC -- On August 25, President Trump signed an executive order ending the use of "cashless bail" across the country. In response, the Vera Insti more PR

Vermont Farming Family Is Finding Success Growing Specialty Crops and Grain After Phasing Out the Dairy (10)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 25 [Category: Health Care] -- Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine posted the following news release: * * * Vermont Farming Family Is Finding Success Growing Specialty Crops and Grain After Phasing Out the Dairy * ESSEX JUNCTION, Vt.--The Whitcomb family farm in Vermont has phased out the dairy operation, but the sixth and seventh generation farmers are finding success growing specialty crops including pumpkins, butternut squash, apples, and Christmas trees. They al more PR

WINS AND LOSSES IN N.J. OLD TAPPAN FUMBLES ON PERMIT FEE RESOLUTION (10)
BELLEVUE, Washington, Aug. 26 -- The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms issued the following news release: * * * WINS AND LOSSES IN N.J. OLD TAPPAN FUMBLES ON PERMIT FEE RESOLUTION BELLEVUE, WA - The Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is celebrating the continued success of the permit-to-carry fee nullification resolution efforts in New Jersey. Along with their partners, the Committee is pleased to report that there are now six municipalities in four co more PR