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Ep 141 The Federal Budget Cuts: A widow and single mother speaks out.
Manage episode 474347097 series 2846705
Laura Longinotti is worried and angry about the Trump Administration’s chainsaw approach to cutting federal funding and the federal government workforce. As a widow and single mother with a young child with special needs, she is fearful the cuts will harm her family. Laura has decided to speak out and encourages other moms with similar fears to join her.
Read: https://nieman.harvard.edu/mark-trahant-wins-the-2025-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/
Read: https://www.24thstreet.org/blog/2025/1/17/letting-go
Read:https://www.amazon.com/Harbingers-January-Charlottesville-American-Democracy/dp/1586424017
Read: https://www.mapresearch.org/2024-dei-report "Dismantling DEI: A Coordinated Attack on American Values"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/07/these-companies-have-rolled-back-dei-policies-mcdonalds-is-latest-to-abandon-diversity-standards/
https://www.chronicle.com/package/the-assault-on-dei Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/bios/?fa=scbios.display_file&fileID=gonzalez
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/chinatown-international-district-activist-matt-chan-dead-at-71/
Hear Rick Shenkman on the BBC Radio Program Sideways:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdg0
Read: https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-stuck-with-nixon-heres-why-science-said-i-did-it
Read: https://www.washcog.org/in-the-news/your-right-to-know
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-legislatures-sunshine-committee-has-fallen-into-darkness/
Read: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/feb/29/weakening-of-state-public-records-act-affects-your-right-to-know-every-day/
Read: https://www.futuromediagroup.org/suave-pulitzer-priz...
147 episodes
Manage episode 474347097 series 2846705
Laura Longinotti is worried and angry about the Trump Administration’s chainsaw approach to cutting federal funding and the federal government workforce. As a widow and single mother with a young child with special needs, she is fearful the cuts will harm her family. Laura has decided to speak out and encourages other moms with similar fears to join her.
Read: https://nieman.harvard.edu/mark-trahant-wins-the-2025-i-f-stone-medal-for-journalistic-independence/
Read: https://www.24thstreet.org/blog/2025/1/17/letting-go
Read:https://www.amazon.com/Harbingers-January-Charlottesville-American-Democracy/dp/1586424017
Read: https://www.mapresearch.org/2024-dei-report "Dismantling DEI: A Coordinated Attack on American Values"
https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/01/07/these-companies-have-rolled-back-dei-policies-mcdonalds-is-latest-to-abandon-diversity-standards/
https://www.chronicle.com/package/the-assault-on-dei Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/supreme/bios/?fa=scbios.display_file&fileID=gonzalez
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/obituaries/chinatown-international-district-activist-matt-chan-dead-at-71/
Hear Rick Shenkman on the BBC Radio Program Sideways:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001xdg0
Read: https://www.thedailybeast.com/i-stuck-with-nixon-heres-why-science-said-i-did-it
Read: https://www.washcog.org/in-the-news/your-right-to-know
Read: https://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/the-legislatures-sunshine-committee-has-fallen-into-darkness/
Read: https://www.cascadiadaily.com/2024/feb/29/weakening-of-state-public-records-act-affects-your-right-to-know-every-day/
Read: https://www.futuromediagroup.org/suave-pulitzer-priz...
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