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Tipoffs: President Trump & Public Policy Groups Newsletter for 2025-09-24 ( 32 items )  
"Nothing Short of Reckless" 350.org: Trump Administration Push to Expand World Bank Fossil Fuel Lending (10)
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 22 [Category: Energy]-- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release: * * * "Nothing Short of Reckless" 350.org: Trump Administration Push to Expand World Bank Fossil Fuel Lending * Just days before the UN Climate Summit, reports have surfaced that the Trump administration is pressuring the World Bank and other multilateral development banks to finance new fossil f more PR

Action Alert: Urge Your Members of Congress to Find Common Ground, Avoid a Shutdown! (10)
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Action Alert: Urge Your Members of Congress to Find Common Ground, Avoid a Shutdown! * Visit NARFE's Legislative Action Center to send a message to your lawmakers urging them to f ind common grou nd, protect their constituents, and avert a shutdown! As the end of September approaches, the deadline to pass a continuing re more PR

AFPI Responds: President Trump's UN Address (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * AFPI Responds: President Trump's UN Address The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) commends President Donald Trump for his bold and candid address to the United Nations General Assembly on September 23, 2025. President Trump's address to the United Nations reinforces what AFPI has always championed: advancing a vision that puts the American people first while promoting strong, principled gl more PR

Alarmist Trump Administration Rhetoric about Autism and Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy is a Disservice to Physicians and Pregnant Patients (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Alarmist Trump Administration Rhetoric about Autism and Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy is a Disservice to Physicians and Pregnant Patients * WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is changing the label for acetaminophen (Tylenol and related products) "to reflect evidence suggesting that the use of acetaminophen by pregnant women may be associated with an increased more PR

America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Ohio Northern University for Unlawful Discrimination in Hiring and Admissions Processes (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Political] -- America First Legal, a civil rights organization, posted the following news release: * * * America First Legal Files Federal Civil Rights Complaint Against Ohio Northern University for Unlawful Discrimination in Hiring and Admissions Processes * Today, America First Legal (AFL) filed a federal civil rights complaint with the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR), requesting a federal investigation into Ohio Northern Univers more PR

America First Policy Institute Applauds Trump Administration for Progress in Uncovering the Root Causes of Autism (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- America First Policies issued the following news release: * * * America First Policy Institute Applauds Trump Administration for Progress in Uncovering the Root Causes of Autism The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) commends the Trump administration for advancing gold-standard science with their work toward uncovering the root causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Autism affects about 1 in 31 children in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department of Health and more PR

America First Policy Institute Applauds Trump Administration for Progress in Uncovering the Root Causes of Autism (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The America First Policy Institute issued the following news release: * * * America First Policy Institute Applauds Trump Administration for Progress in Uncovering the Root Causes of Autism The America First Policy Institute (AFPI) commends the Trump administration for advancing gold-standard science with their work toward uncovering the root causes of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Autism affects about 1 in 31 children in the U.S., according to the U.S. Department o more PR

Animal Wellness Groups to Defend California's Anti-Cruelty Laws (10)
LOS ANGELES, California, Sept. 24 [Category: Animals] -- The Center for a Humane Economy posted the following news release on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Animal Wellness Groups to Defend California's Anti-Cruelty Laws Federal Judge Grants Animal Wellness Action and the Center for a Humane Economy "Intervenor" Status in Baseless DOJ Case Attacking California's Landmark, Broadly Supported Cage-Free Animal Welfare Laws * Animal Wellness Action (AWA) and the Center for a Humane Economy (CHE) announce more PR

CAIR Calls End of Temporary Protected Status for Syrians 'Premature,' Urges Extension Until Rebuilding and Safety Make Returns Possible (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls End of Temporary Protected Status for Syrians 'Premature,' Urges Extension Until Rebuilding and Safety Make Returns Possible * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today opposed the Department of Homeland Security's decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) f more PR

CAIR Calls Fearmongering About Sharia in London a 'Baseless Claim' Meant to Distract from Gaza Genocide (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Sociological] -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release: * * * CAIR Calls Fearmongering About Sharia in London a 'Baseless Claim' Meant to Distract from Gaza Genocide * The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today said President Trump's claim at the United Nations General Assembly that London wants to "go to Sharia law " and a resurgence in other more PR

Capital Research Center: Race Forward is Taking Us Backwards (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- The Capital Research Center issued the following commentary on Sept. 22, 2025: * * * Race Forward is taking us backwards Race Forward insists that America cannot succeed without more race-based policies. But does this move us forward, or does it cement a permanent cycle of grievance and dependency? By Kali Fontanilla Conservatives have had to endure a week of leftists screaming that "Charlie Kirk is a racist!" The evidence? The same three quotes (and that term is use more PR

Court Finds Mass Firing of Probationary Employees Unlawful (10)
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia, Sept. 23 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- The National Active and Retired Federal Employees Association issued the following news: * * * Court Finds Mass Firing of Probationary Employees Unlawful * L ast week, a federal court ruled that President Trump's mass firing of probationary employees at the beginning of this year was unlawful. Earlier in the year, roughly 25,000 probationary employees across the federal government were fired from their positions b more PR

Defending Rights & Dissent: Trump's Antifa Designation - What Does It Mean? (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Defending Rights and Dissent issued the following news: * * * Trump's Antifa Designation: What Does It Mean? On September 22, Donald Trump issued an Executive Order declaring "Antifa" to be a "Domestic Terrorist Organization." There is no such group known as Antifa. And under U.S. law, there's no such designation for domestic groups. Yet, Trump's designation is clearly a green light to law enforcement and intelligence agencies to spy on and investigate left-wing politi more PR

EDF and Partners Vigorously Oppose Trump Administration Attacks on Endangerment Finding and Clean Car Standards (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Environmental Defense Fund posted the following news release: * * * EDF and Partners Vigorously Oppose Trump Administration Attacks on Endangerment Finding and Clean Car Standards * (WASHINGTON - September 23, 2025) Environmental Defense Fund this week filed comments strongly opposing U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin's proposed repeals of the foundational scientific finding that climate-altering pollution endangers people's health and every  more PR

Editorial Memo: Fighting for Health Care in the Government Spending Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release: * * * Editorial Memo: Fighting for Health Care in the Government Spending Bill * Donald Trump and Congressional Republicans are driving the federal government toward an entirely avoidable shutdown on October 1. As the fiscal year comes to a close, Republicans could come to the table to negotiate a bipartisan spending bill that ensures the government stays open and meets the needs of the American more PR

En Masse Departure of EPA's Top Scientists (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Environment] -- Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility posted the following news release: * * * En Masse Departure of EPA's Top Scientists * Washington, DC -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is experiencing a mass exodus of some of its most valuable scientists, according to Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER). EPA plans to end its focus on basic scientific research, thereby prompting some of its top experts in fie more PR

Goldwater Institute: Americans Gain New Protections Against 'Debanking' (10)
PHOENIX, Arizona, Sept. 24 -- The Goldwater Institute issued the following commentary on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Americans Gain New Protections Against "Debanking" By Taylor Walker For years, some Americans have lived with the uneasy possibility that their access to banking could be revoked, not for breaking the law but for holding the wrong politics. That practice--known as debanking--has quietly expanded the power of unelected regulators, turning banks into tools for political control. But a more PR

Human Rights First: Trump Peddles Anti-Immigrant Falsehoods at the United Nations (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Human Rights First issued the following news on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Trump Peddles Anti-Immigrant Falsehoods at the United Nations New York - In remarks this morning at the United Nations, President Trump demonstrated his shortsightedness and fomented division on the most important global issues while attempting to export his anti-immigrant agenda to the rest of the world. "President Trump tried to position himself as heralding a golden era," said Human Rights First  more PR

ICYMI: Manufacturers' Q3 Outlook Survey Shows Increased Optimism After Tax Bill, Highlights Top Challenges (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Business] -- The National Association of Manufacturers issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Manufacturers' Q3 Outlook Survey Shows Increased Optimism After Tax Bill, Highlights Top Challenges * Washington, D.C. - Last week, the National Association of Manufacturers released its quarterly Outlook Survey. The Q3 2025 Outlook Survey--the first to be administered after the passage of this year's landmark tax legislation--shows markedly improved optimism more PR

Manhattan Institute Issues Commentary to Dispatch: Trump Can't Fix the Deficit by Attacking the Federal Reserve (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 24 -- The Manhattan Institute issued the following excerpts of a commentary on Sept. 23, 2025, to The Dispatch: * * * Trump Can't Fix the Deficit by Attacking the Federal Reserve By Jessica Riedl The president claims lower interest rates would save us $1 trillion annually. He's wrong. President Trump has declared war on the prized independence of the Federal Reserve in an attempt to essentially run monetary policy out of the White House. He has attempted--illegally and on du more PR

MFA urges CFTC to eliminate redundant registration requirements (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Financial Services] -- The Managed Funds Association posted the following news release: * * * MFA urges CFTC to eliminate redundant registration requirements * Dual registration with the SEC and CFTC imposes unnecessary costs on private fund managers and their investors Washington, D.C. - MFA urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to eliminate redundant dual registration requirements for private fund managers in a letter submitted yesterday. M more PR

National Parks Conservation Association: Ongoing Staffing Crisis and Looming Government Shutdown Create More Risks to National Parks, Visitors and Communities Nationwide (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The National Parks Conservation Association issued the following news release: * * * Ongoing Staffing Crisis and Looming Government Shutdown Create More Risks to National Parks, Visitors and Communities Nationwide With Congress still at an impasse on passing a spending bill that includes funding for the Department of the Interior, our national parks face an increasingly difficult situation. If lawmakers fail to reach a funding deal by October 1, a government shutdown c more PR

New Bipartisan Legislation Will Help Address Construction Workforce Shortages That Are The Leading Cause Of Project Delays (10)
ARLINGTON, Virginia, Sept. 23 [Category: Construction] -- Associated General Contractors of America posted the following news release: * * * New Bipartisan Legislation Will Help Address Construction Workforce Shortages That Are The Leading Cause Of Project Delays * Tue, 09/23/2025 - 14:39 Construction Officials Say New Legislation from Congressman Lloyd Smucker Establishing a Visa Program for Construction Industry Offers a Good Short-Term Solution to Severe Workforce Shortages The Associ more PR

NRDC Rebuts Trump EPA's Bid to Brush Off Climate (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * NRDC Rebuts Trump EPA's Bid to Brush Off Climate * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In hundreds of pages of detailed comments filed with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), NRDC (Natural Resources Defense Council) and its partners detailed the myriad legal and technical flaws with the Trump administration's plan to rescind the determination that climate change poses a th more PR

NRDC: The World Knows Climate Change Is Real (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 [Category: Environment] -- The Natural Resources Defense Council posted the following news release: * * * NRDC: The World Knows Climate Change Is Real * WASHINGTON, D.C. - In his speech to the United Nations today, President Trump offered a tirade aimed at climate change and renewable energy. While people around the world are experiencing the impact of hotter heat waves, stronger storms, and other extreme weather events, Trump tried to dismiss this crisis as a "con job."  more PR

Oil Change International Response to Trump's U.N General Assembly Speech (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Energy] -- Oil Change International posted the following news release: * * * Oil Change International Response to Trump's U.N General Assembly Speech * NEW YORK CITY- In response to Donald Trump's Speech at the 80th United Nationals General Assembly, Allie Rosenbluth, Oil Change International U.S. Campaign Manager, said: "Trump's speech at the U.N. General Assembly was a disturbing display of a white nationalist agenda, tying anti-immigrant racism to climat more PR

Proposal to Scrap Roadless Rule Draws Public Outcry (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 23 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Proposal to Scrap Roadless Rule Draws Public Outcry * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins' plan to repeal the Roadless Rule -- which would open the door to widespread destruction of cherished national forestlands -- is proving to be extremely unpopular. With the agency reporting on Monday that it had received 625,737 comments at the close of a publi more PR

Ten Terrible Things About Tom Tiffany (10)
MONONA, Wisconsin, Sept. 23 [Category: Economics] -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news release: * * * Ten Terrible Things About Tom Tiffany * MADISON, Wis. -- Longtime right-wing politician, current U.S. Representative, and now Wisconsin gubernatorial wanna-be Tom Tiffany has said a lot of unseemly things and cast many bad votes over the years. A Better Wisconsin Together Deputy Director Mike Browne commen more PR

Trump's EPA Plan Would Downplay the Dangers of Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Products (10)
SAN FRANCISCO, California, Sept. 23 [Category: Environment] -- Earthjustice posted the following news release: * * * Trump's EPA Plan Would Downplay the Dangers of Toxic Chemicals in Everyday Products * Washington, D.C. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed fundamental shifts to how it conducts risk evaluations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemicals already in use and already on the market. TSCA, the nation's main chemical safety law, requires EPA to more PR

Trump's views on Tylenol shouldn't supersede doctor advice (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: ThinkTank] -- The Competitive Enterprise Institute posted the following news release: * * * Trump's views on Tylenol shouldn't supersede doctor advice * President Trump railed against Tylenol (acetaminophen) in a press conference this week, imploring, in particular, pregnant women and babies to not take (or be administered) Tylenol, citing risk of autism. CEI Senior Fellow & Economist Jeremy Nighohossian says people should continue to consult with their phys more PR

U.S. Chamber Applauds Reintroduction of the Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 [Category: Business] -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Chamber Applauds Reintroduction of the Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act * WASHINGTON, D.C.-- U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Vice President and Chief Policy Officer Neil Bradley released the following statement today applauding the bipartisan reintroduction of the Essential Workers for Economic Advancement Act by Representatives Lloyd Smucker (R-PA) and a b more PR

US/Africa: Expulsion Deals Flout Rights (10)
NEW YORK, Sept. 23 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch posted the following news: * * * US/Africa: Expulsion Deals Flout Rights * (Johannesburg) - The United States' recent expulsions of third-country nationals to Eswatini, Ghana, Rwanda, and South Sudan have exposed several hundred people to a risk of arbitrary detention, ill-treatment, and refoulement, Human Rights Watch said today. The opaque deals that facilitate these transfers, at least some of which include US financial  more PR