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Tipoffs: President Trump & Public Policy Groups Newsletter for 2025-09-19 ( 34 items )  
After ABC Cancels Kimmel, Knight Institute Condemns Trump's "Brazen" Attacks on Free Speech (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 [Category: Media] -- The Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University issued the following news release: * * * After ABC Cancels Kimmel, Knight Institute Condemns Trump's "Brazen" Attacks on Free Speech * NEW YORK--Last night, hours after the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Brendan Carr, threatened to take action against the ABC television network because of remarks made by Jimmy Kimmel on his late-night show, the network announced it was "ind more PR

America First Legal Files Brief Supporting the Trump Administration's Actions to Ensure Public Safety in Washington, D.C. (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Files Brief Supporting the Trump Administration's Actions to Ensure Public Safety in Washington, D.C. * WASHINGTON, D.C. - America First Legal (AFL), with co-counsel Trent McCotter with Boyden Gray PLLC, has filed an amicus brief in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, urging the court to reject D.C. Attorney General Bri more PR

America First Legal Submits Public Comments Supporting the Trump Administration's Proposed Rule to End Race- and Sex-Based Discrimination in Federal Contracting (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Submits Public Comments Supporting the Trump Administration's Proposed Rule to End Race- and Sex-Based Discrimination in Federal Contracting * Today, America First Legal (AFL) submitted public comments to the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) in support of the proposed rule " Rescission of Executive Order 11246 Imple more PR

Business Leaders Increase Pressure on N.C. Governor to Curb Duke Energy's Fossil Fuel Expansion (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * Business Leaders Increase Pressure on N.C. Governor to Curb Duke Energy's Fossil Fuel Expansion * DURHAM, N.C.-- More than 200 businesses and nonprofit groups have joined prominent climate scientists in pressing North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein to challenge Duke Energy's huge expansion of fossil fuels. In a letter sent to Stein today, the groups said Trump administration p more PR

Civil Liberties Organization Challenge Trump Administration's Campaign Against Mahmoud Khalil (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * Civil Liberties Organization Challenge Trump Administration's Campaign Against Mahmoud Khalil * (NEW YORK)-PEN America condemns the Trump administration's unconstitutional retaliation campaign against Mahmoud Khalil for his pro-Palestinian speech, most recently evidenced by an immigrati more PR

Dismantling DEI - Goldwater Launches Podcast Series (10)
PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 19 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following news: * * * Dismantling DEI - Goldwater Launches Podcast Series Is DEI in America finally defeated? Not even close. Dismantling DEI, a new podcast and video series from the Goldwater Institute, shows that this toxic ideology remains entrenched in society--and why it must be dismantled. Dismantling DEI exposes how diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) continues to shape our institutions, especially universities, to th more PR

Environmental Protection Network: 'Our Drinking Water is Still at Risk' - Safe Drinking Water Scientist Responds to Zeldin PFAS Announcement (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Environmental Protection Network issued the following news release: * * * "Our Drinking Water is Still at Risk": Safe Drinking Water Scientist Responds to Zeldin PFAS Announcement EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin yesterday announced he will keep a 2024 rule in place that holds polluters accountable for cleaning up PFAS contamination. PFAS chemicals, also known as "forever chemicals" due to their persistence in the environment and human body, accumulate in drinking water an more PR

FCC Threats Mark a "Dark New Level of Capitulation" and Escalation of Government-Instigated Censorship Over Jimmy Kimmel, PEN America Warns (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 [Category: Media] -- PEN America, an organization that says it stands at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect free expression, posted the following news release: * * * FCC Threats Mark a "Dark New Level of Capitulation" and Escalation of Government-Instigated Censorship Over Jimmy Kimmel, PEN America Warns * (WASHINGTON)-- PEN America warned today of a significant escalation of threats to free speech after Disney-owned ABC indefinitely pulled "Jimmy K more PR

Following Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension, Democracy Forward Seeks Records to Investigate Trump-Vance Administration's Attempts to Police Speech (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Following Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension, Democracy Forward Seeks Records to Investigate Trump-Vance Administration's Attempts to Police Speech * Washington, D.C. -- Democracy Forward today filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Fed more PR

Heritage Experts: A 'Halfway' TikTok Deal Would Leave Americans Exposed (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2025: * * * Heritage Experts: A 'Halfway' TikTok Deal Would Leave Americans Exposed Leading technology and China experts at The Heritage Foundation released a joint statement today warning of the dangers of a potential deal with China that allows the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to retain any control of the popular application TikTok. The Heritage statement addresses a reported framework agreement  more PR

Heritage Foundation Applauds Deal Between Puerto Rico and New Fortress Energy (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Heritage Foundation issued the following news release: * * * Heritage Foundation Applauds Deal Between Puerto Rico and New Fortress Energy The Heritage Foundation congratulates Puerto Rico and New Fortress Energy for reaching an agreement to provide up to 75 trillion British thermal units a year (TBtu) of natural gas for seven years to Puerto Rico. Diana Furchtgott-Roth, director of the Center for Energy, Climate, and Environment and Joyce Morgan Fellow in Energy more PR

Jamestown Foundation Issues Commentary to Eurasia Daily Monitor: First Joint Russian-PRC Submarine Exercise Patrols Pacific (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The Jamestown Foundation issued the following commentary on Sept. 18, 2025, in its Eurasia Daily Monitor: * * * First Joint Russian-PRC Submarine Exercise Patrols Pacific By John C. K. Daly Executive Summary: * Russia and the People's Republic of China (PRC) held the joint Maritime Interaction-2025 naval drills on August 1-5 in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea, coordinating submarine operations for the first time. * These drills demonstrate a new level of interop more PR

Jimmy Kimmel Suspended by ABC After Threats from FCC Chairman; People For the American Way Denounces Complicity in Trump War on Free Speech and Media Freedom (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 [Category: Political] -- People for the American Way posted the following news release: * * * Jimmy Kimmel Suspended by ABC After Threats from FCC Chairman; People For the American Way Denounces Complicity in Trump War on Free Speech and Media Freedom * Late night comedian Jimmy Kimmel's show was indefinitely suspended by ABC Wednesday. The action came after Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr threatened reprisals against ABC, Disney, and local stations  more PR

Just One Year of Tax Breaks for the Ultra-wealthy Amounts to Twice as Much as Trump Administration's Cuts to Humanitarian and Development Aid, Oxfam Analysis Finds (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 19 (TNSxrep) - Oxfam America issued the following news release: * * * Just one year of tax breaks for the ultra-wealthy amounts to twice as much as Trump administration's cuts to humanitarian and development aid, Oxfam analysis finds President Trump and Republicans in Congress are working to slash $31.7 billion in foreign aid spending. Meanwhile, the ultra-wealthy are set to receive roughly twice that amount--$60.3 billion--in just one year of tax breaks. As Pres more PR

Lawsuit Challenges Trump-Vance Administration Attack on Crucial Lifeline for Tens of Thousands of Older Americans (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Political] -- Democracy Forward, an organization that says it advances democracy and social progress through litigation, policy and public education and regulatory engagement, issued the following news release: * * * Lawsuit Challenges Trump-Vance Administration Attack on Crucial Lifeline for Tens of Thousands of Older Americans * Class Action Complaint Seeks to Reverse Unlawful Funding Freeze for Senior Community Service Employment Program Massachusetts - D more PR

Meet the journalists fighting to save Voice of America (10)
PARIS, France, Sept. 18 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * Meet the journalists fighting to save Voice of America * The shutdown of US-based international broadcaster Voice of America (VOA) has left a hole in the news environment for people all over the world, especially those living in countries with limited or no press freedom. On March 14, 2025, Donald Trump signed an executive order to dismantle the country's international public media, settin more PR

NCBA and PLC Congratulate USDA, Interior, and Environmental Nominees on Confirmation (10)
CENTENNIAL, Colorado, Sept. 18 [Category: Agriculture] -- The National Cattlemen's Beef Association posted the following news release: * * * NCBA and PLC Congratulate USDA, Interior, and Environmental Nominees on Confirmation * Commend Senate for Swifty Filling Vacancies Across Key Agencies WASHINGTON (September 18, 2025) - Today, the National Cattlemen's Beef Association (NCBA) and the Public Lands Council (PLC) congratulated a slate of nominees confirmed by the U.S. Senate who will take more PR

New Data Show Trump Administration's Illegal, Targeted Withholding of Funds (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: ThinkTank] (TNSrpt) -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * New Data Show Trump Administration's Illegal, Targeted Withholding of Funds * Newly released federal data provide evidence of the Trump Administration's illegal withholding of fiscal year 2025 funding that Congress approved and the President signed into law in March, ahead of a critical September 30 deadline to use these funds. Since taking office, the Admi more PR

New EPI Report Shows Employers Have Greatly Increased Usage of the H-2B Visa Program--and Warns Against Expanding It to Year-round Jobs Like Meatpacking (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 (TNSrep) -- The Economic Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * New EPI report shows employers have greatly increased usage of the H-2B visa program--and warns against expanding it to year-round jobs like meatpacking A new Economic Policy Institute report (https://www.epi.org/publication/the-h-2b-visa-program-has-ballooned-without-being-fixed-expanding-it-to-year-round-jobs-like-meatpacking-would-lower-wages-and-revenue/) finds that employer usage of th more PR

NY PSC Approves Bad Energy Plan; Decision Still Rests with Hochul on Controversial Williams NESE Pipeline (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Science] -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release: * * * NY PSC Approves Bad Energy Plan; Decision Still Rests with Hochul on Controversial Williams NESE Pipeline * Advocates call on Hochul to stand up to Trump, block dangerous fracked gas project New York - Today the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a long-term energy plan from National Grid that includes new fracked gas infrastructure like the highly controversia more PR

Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn Responds to Disney ABC's Decision to Pull Kimmel (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Business] -- Open Markets Institute posted the following news release: * * * Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn Responds to Disney ABC's Decision to Pull Kimmel * Open Markets Executive Director Barry Lynn today responded to news that Disney's ABC is indefinitely pulling down "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" The announcement comes just weeks after Paramount Skydance (CBS) cancelled "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" under similar pressure from the Trump administ more PR

Over 580 Leading Nonprofit Organizations Stand Together to Oppose Threats by Trump Administration After Kirk Assassination (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Over 580 Leading Nonprofit Organizations Stand Together to Oppose Threats by Trump Administration After Kirk Assassination * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Over 580 organizations called on the federal government to cease the targeting of nonprofit organizations following the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. The letter emphasizes that the federal government should not use this moment of pol more PR

Public Confidence in U.S. Health Agencies Slides, Fueled by Declines Among Democrats (10)
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, Sept. 18 [Category: Media] -- The Annenberg Public Policy Center issued the following news release: * * * Public Confidence in U.S. Health Agencies Slides, Fueled by Declines Among Democrats * Public confidence in the trustworthiness of U.S. health and science agencies has dropped across the board since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, driven by sharp declines among Democrats, according to a new survey by the Annenberg Public Policy Center (APPC) of the more PR

Public Knowledge Condemns Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Media] -- Public Knowledge issued the following news release: * * * Public Knowledge Condemns Censorship of Jimmy Kimmel * Yesterday, ABC abruptly pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live" off the air, following backlash from conservatives in response to Kimmel's statements about the reaction to the killing of right-wing activist and media personality Charlie Kirk. ABC's decision came shortly after one of its affiliate local broadcasting groups, Nexstar, announced that it wo more PR

Reproductive Freedom for All Condemns Governor Greg Abbott for Signing Bounty-Hunter Abortion Ban Into Law (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Political] -- Reproductive Freedom for All (formerly the NARAL Pro-Choice America) posted the following news release: * * * Reproductive Freedom for All Condemns Governor Greg Abbott for Signing Bounty-Hunter Abortion Ban Into Law Austin, TX -- Yesterday, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed HB 7 into law, cementing a cruel bounty-hunter abortion ban that will allow Texans to sue manufacturers, distributors, or providers of medication abortion and receive a minimu more PR

Secretary McMahon, AFPI, TPUSA, & Partners Launch New Civics Coalition (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release on Sept. 17, 2025: * * * Secretary McMahon, AFPI, TPUSA, & Partners Launch New Civics Coalition U.S. Department of Education in Partnership with America First Policy Institute, Turning Point USA, Hillsdale College and Over 40 National and State Organizations Launch "America 250 Civics Education Coalition" to Lead Patriotic and Civic Revitalization * The U.S. Department of Education (the Department), more PR

Seventy-One Percent of Registered Voters Want Congress to Increase NIH Budget, Federal Spending on Medical Research: New National Poll (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- The American Society of Hematology issued the following news release: * * * Seventy-One Percent of Registered Voters Want Congress to Increase NIH Budget, Federal Spending on Medical Research: New National Poll Nearly 3 in 5 registered voters say they'd vote to replace their Member of Congress if they backed cuts to medical research * Seventy-one percent of registered voters believe federal funding for medical research on cures for cancer and other debilitating healt more PR

The Trump Administration Takes Credit for the Longstanding Global Health Programs it Decimated (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * The Trump Administration Takes Credit for the Longstanding Global Health Programs it Decimated * WASHINGTON, D.C. --The State Department will release its new "America First Global Health Strategy" today, according to news outlets briefed on the report. Public Citizen's Access to Medicines Director Peter Maybarduk issued the following statement: "This so-called strategy is another cover f more PR

Trump Crypto Venture WLFl Sold Tokens To Entities Tied to North Korea, Iran & a Notorious Money Laundering Platform (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Accountable.US, an organization that says it conduct investigations to expose conflicts of interest, issued the following news release: * * * REPORT: Trump Crypto Venture WLFl Sold Tokens To Entities Tied to North Korea, Iran & a Notorious Money Laundering Platform * Donald Trump's most recent financial disclosure revealed that the president personally made over $57 million off his crypto venture, World Liberty Financial In more PR

U.S. Will Turn the Lights On for Afterschool on October 23 (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Afterschool Alliance issued the following news release on Sept. 18, 2025: * * * U.S. Will Turn the Lights On for Afterschool on October 23 One Million People Expected to Join 26th Annual Rally for Afterschool Programs * At more than 8,000 local events across the nation, students, parents, educators, lawmakers, community and business leaders, faith leaders, and others will turn the lights on for afterschool on or around Thursday, October 23. Organized by the Afterscho more PR

UCS Experts at New York City Climate Week 2025, Available for Interviews (10)
CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, Sept. 18 [Category: Environment] -- The Union of Concerned Scientists posted the following news release: * * * UCS Experts at New York City Climate Week 2025, Available for Interviews * In conjunction with the 80th United Nations' General Assembly and in the lead up to the U.N. climate talks happening this November in Belem, Brazil, experts from the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) are speaking at multiple events during New York City Climate Week. UCS will have more PR

UnidosUS and Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress to Exercise Constitutional Duty to Check Executive Overreach (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 [Category: Sociological] -- UnidosUS posted the following news release: * * * UnidosUS and Civil Rights Groups Urge Congress to Exercise Constitutional Duty to Check Executive Overreach * Deploying military forces in cities is undermining trust, tearing families apart and inflicting lasting harm on communities and local economies. Washington, D.C. -- UnidosUS, joined by 43 leading civil rights and advocacy organizations, today released a letter calling on Congressional more PR

US: Maritime Strikes Amount to Extrajudicial Killings (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 18 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * US: Maritime Strikes Amount to Extrajudicial Killings * (Washington, DC, September 18, 2025) - United States military strikes against two boats allegedly carrying drug traffickers, which the Trump administration said killed at least 14 people, were unlawful extrajudicial killings, Human Rights Watch said today. The strikes come amid efforts by the White House to secure broad new authority to t more PR

USA: 100 days of detention for journalist Mario Guevara (10)
PARIS, France, Sept. 18 [Category: Media] -- Reporters Without Borders issued the following news: * * * USA: 100 days of detention for journalist Mario Guevara * Mario Guevara, a Spanish-language reporter originally from El Salvador, has been held in US custody since June 14, 2025. His arrest and ongoing legal battle signal a dangerous new development in the Trump administration's crackdown on the media: the deportation of international journalists due to their work. Reporters Without Border more PR