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Author Archives: RealLifeCharlieBrown
When Sheriffs & Local Law Enforcement Intersect with Immigration
The different ways cooperation with ICE is incentivized or coerced, why this relationship is harmful, and changes we should consider.
It’s Time for Public Banks
Public banks and the holes they can fill.
How Public Utilities Commissions Can Impact You (Now & Later)
What they are, when we notice them, and how they can help in reaching a clean energy grid.
What’s the Deal with Reopening Schools?
Where things stand with schools reopening and COVID-19 in the U.S.
Diving into Biden’s American Rescue Plan
Notes on the rescue plan and what it includes.
A 2021 Policy Primer: Federal Level
Part 1: Some expectations and hopes for policy and legislation in 2021.
Our National Shame
Riots in D.C. Capitol this week were an act of terrorism. What does this say about the U.S.? What can be done?
Chestnuts Roasting on a Dumpster Fire: Best 101PC Posts of 2020 – The Wrap (12/19/20)
This week: A look back at some of this year’s 101PC posts.
Actually *Do* Cry for Us, Argentina – The Wrap (12/12/20)
AGs and FTC call Facebook a monopoly, Congress considers earmarks again, and Biden shares more cabinet picks.