Extending TicToc and pardoning Jan. 6 criminals/hostages are two orders that have had lots of media exposure. The others briefly discussed, not so much. For example, 78 Biden actions, orders, and memoranda have been nullified. The cluster of border orders
2025 Action Alert 1
The League of Women Voters of Wyoming is following and monitoring bills that meet our criteria for priority areas. Elections and Voting Rights is one of them. Today at noon, the legislators will vote to add HB 156 and 157
The Congressional Review Act used in 2018. Again now?
The Congressional Review Act was passed under President Clinton. The law gives an in-coming president considerable latitude to repeal regulations passed in the last 60 days of the previous administration. During the first presidency, Trump used the act 20 times.
1973 at Wounded Knee: Biden pardoned Leonard Peltier
In 1953, the Federal government delisted 100 tribes (the Termination Policy) in an effort to break up reservatios. The American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded in a jail in 1968, and AIM decided to take their complaints directly to the
Presidential Inauguration Speeches: brief history
Every president has given an inaugural speech. Washington’s speech had seven paragraphs, the second being gratitude and pledges to his God. That aspect has become a trait for all new presidents. Another predictable trait is the hope to unify. These
Is 10% a mandate? Opinion Rep. Provenza (D-Albany)
Ms. Provenza shares data and processes to conclude that: 73 percent of Wyoming adults did not choose any candidate in the primaries 43,000 cast ballots for a Freedom Caucus candidate 9% of those of age population of Wyoming voted for
Religious schools: How they became a $billion drain on public schools
This New Yorker article is a 42-minute audio tape. The story claims to offer the beginning of this change with email exchanges about Ohio schools. Listeno more.
Religious schools: How they became a $billion drain on public education
NYT editorial board: Their idea on the immigration mess
This essay, shared the Google Groups “LWVUS Immigration Discussion Group,” offers convincing data. The first example is Japan: since 2009, their population is dropping. We seldom see or hear more. Read about the extreme impact! Another compares two states. Alabama
21 become newest WY citizens
21 people from around the world took their oath of citizenship on Monday in Casper. The ceremony consisted of remarks on the US armed forces, recorded messages from dignitaries such as President Biden, and the new citizens telling of personal