#Localgov policy expert, teacher & author. Writing for @Forbes & @RouteFifty. F/A Pres. @TulaneMPA. KCMO Mayor, 5/07 to 5/11. GOVERNING Publisher, 3/14 to 8/19.
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Just released our new playbook w #GTYTechnology on how state/local gov can harness purpose-built tech for more equitable, effective government. Now's the time to invest in tools that build local capacity and deliver results for communities. Learn how 👉 rb.gy/z9l6u0
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Is that really the CEO of TikTok sitting next to the next Director of National Intelligence — Tulsi Gabbard — at President Trump’s inauguration?
Evidently, yes.
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Jeffries at the luncheon: "some 250 years later, from Appalachia to Anacostia, Middletown to Mar-a Lago, from the Bayou to Brooklyn, we remain one nation, under God"
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One more selfie for the road. We love you, America.
ALT President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden take a selfie in the West Colonnade.
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Oh my God.
This is what firefighters were up against in the initial hours of the LA wildfires.
There isn’t a water system in the world that could have handled this. Not one.
Wildfires on the inside of a hurricane.
Don’t let anyone spin this shit as “normal.”
It’s apocalyptic.
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books will be written about the psychosexual relationship conservative men have with donald trump
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Most press releases at 5pm on a Friday are a "news dump". The one from Georgia's Agriculture Commissioner @AgCommHarperGA is major.
HPAI (Bird Flu) has been found in a commercial flock in Georgia. ALL POULTRY ACTIVITIES IN GA ARE SUSPENDED.
GA is #1 U.S. chicken producer #gapol
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*Billionaires bought a governor and a state legislature and now they want their school vouchers* maybe the strangest definition of populism I've come across...
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I've now seen 6 reports on Michelle Obama's decision to skip Trump's inauguration -- CNN, NBC, AP, CBS, Politico and The Hill -- and not one mentions that Trump skipped Biden's just 4 years ago. Editors?
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Let’s go, baby! Building on years of advocacy by farmers and right-to-repair advocates, the FTC is suing John Deere for monopolizing the market for repairs on John Deere tractors. The FTC is joined in the lawsuit by the AGs of Illinois and Minnesota. This is what government of the people, by the people, and for the role looks like.
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Berlin has the same metro population as Atlanta and has 211 miles of rapid rail transit, 96 miles of light rail, 13 regional train lines and 33 long distance rail connections.
Atlanta has 48 miles of rapid rail transit and a daily Amtrak connection.
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Biden calls for Constitutional amendment to ban presidential immunity for acts in office in apparent Trump parting shot trib.al/6trKiAQ
Housing is the issue most frequently mentioned in my interviews with local officials. Here's my latest on the crisis.
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They want to condition federal aid to California but not condition aid to Israel.
Absolutely shameful. Think about that.
New — Asked Speaker Johnson about placing conditions on aid to California, and he tells us: “I think there should be conditions on that aid.” Said that’s his personal view before talking with the conference.
Also says “there’s some discussion” within the House GOP about tying the debt limit increase to the aid “but we will see how it goes.”
Aid to rebuild after natural disasters often is approved without any conditions and with significant bipartisan support. But there could be a big fight over the California aid in the coming weeks.
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"Stand with us again": 120 Tribal leaders urge Joe Biden to release Leonard Peltier in final week in office huffpost.com/entry/joe-biden…
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WATCH: A father of a special needs student says @GovBillLee’s voucher scam leaves the most vulnerable kids behind by taking resources from public schools that serve ALL kids👇🏽
(Reminder — this @GovBillLee post implying otherwise was truly shameless: xitter.gq/thetnholler/status/186…)
👇🏽@GovBillLee shares a misleading video of Trump talking to a student with autism to push vouchers
He isn’t only “allowed” to go to public school. They’re the only schools that will serve him. Lee’s vouchers won’t fix that
And Trump doesn’t get it: States do control education
