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Texas Freedom Network Education Fund and the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Launch $500,000 Challenge Grant
AUSTIN, Texas, May 23 -- The Texas Freedom Network issued the following news release on May 21, 2026:

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Texas Freedom Network Education Fund and the Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation Launch $500,000 Challenge Grant

The Throwdown Fund will have the largest challenge fund in TFNEF's history

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Texas Freedom Network Education Fund (TFNEF) today announced the launch of the Throwdown Fund, an initiative to raise $500,000 to organize, mobilize, and empower Texans advocating for strong public schools, religious freedom, and advancing democracy. The Jacob and Terese Hershey Foundation is fueling ... Show Full Article

Policy Matters Ohio: Data Center Tax Break Costs Ohio 12x What State Forecast for 2025
COLUMBUS, Ohio, May 23 -- Policy Matters Ohio, a nonpartisan policy research institute, posted the following news release:

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Repeal overdue: Data center tax break costs Ohio 12x what state forecast for 2025

New reporting by Signal Ohio's Jake Zuckerman reveals that Ohio's data center sales tax exemption cost the state more than $1.5 billion in 2025, far exceeding earlier projections and confirming longstanding concerns from Policy Matters Ohio that the true cost of the subsidy has been significantly understated.

"These numbers confirm that lawmakers were working with wildly inaccurate information," ... Show Full Article

Food and Water Watch: Hudson Valley Residents Rally Against Massive Data Center Proposal in East Fishkill
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Food and Water Watch posted the following news release:

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Hudson Valley Residents Rally Against Massive Data Center Proposal in East Fishkill

Impacted residents from three communities urge local and state leaders to pass moratoria on new data centers

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Hopewell Junction, NY -- Dozens of Hudson Valley residents and community leaders gathered today outside East Fishkill's Town Hall to demand the Town Board enact a local moratorium mirrored off of the minimum three-year data center pause proposed in New York State Senate (S9144A) and Assembly (A10141).

Impacted ... Show Full Article

CAIR-NJ Announces Release of NJ Resident Amrou Ibrahim From Israeli Custody
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release:

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CAIR-NJ Announces Release of NJ Resident Amrou Ibrahim from Israeli Custody

The New Jersey chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NJ) confirms the release of Nutley resident, Amrou Ibrahim, from Israeli custody. He is currently in Turkey, receiving medical treatment.

READ: Gaza flotilla activists deported from Israel as backlash over treatment grows (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9d3v2d6p1eo).

Amrou is among hundreds of activists who were attempting to deliver aid ... Show Full Article

CAIR-FL Commends Rep. Castor, 25 Other U.S. Reps Calling for Justice for FL Resident, Other Americans Killed by Settler Violence in West Bank
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on May 21, 2026:

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CAIR-FL Commends Rep. Castor, 25 Other U.S. Reps Calling for Justice for FL Resident, Other Americans Killed by Settler Violence in West Bank

The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Florida) today commends U.S. Representative Kathy Castor (D-FL) for leading a congressional letter addressed to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, and U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. The letter demands accountability and ... Show Full Article

CAIR Calls on Congress, Trump Admin to Act After Allegations That Gaza Flotilla Activists Were Subject to Sexual Violence by Israel
WASHINGTON, May 23 -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations posted the following news release on May 22, 2026:

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CAIR Calls on Congress, Trump Admin to Act After Allegations that Gaza Flotilla Activists Were Subject to Sexual Violence by Israel

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today called on Congress and the Trump administration to act following allegations that activists on a humanitarian aid flotilla to Gaza kidnapped in international waters by Israel were subjected to sexual assault, violence and ... Show Full Article

A Better Wisconsin Together: Paying More for Gas and Food This Holiday Weekend? Thank Tom Tiffany
MONONA, Wisconsin, May 23 -- A Better Wisconsin Together, a state-based research and communications hub for progressives, posted the following news:

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Paying More for Gas and Food This Holiday Weekend? Thank Tom Tiffany

Tiffany cast the deciding vote to allow Trump's unpopular and costly war of choice in Iran to continue with no added oversight

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Recent reporting shows that over 800,000 Wisconsinites will travel at least 50 miles for Memorial Day this year, which is a decrease from 2025.

But it doesn't take much digging to uncover the likely culprit behind the sudden drop in Wisconsinites' ... Show Full Article