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'It's About Time': ALG Praises House Passage Of Sunshine Protection Act, Urges Senate Passage
FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 13 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Americans for Limited Government posted the following news release:
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'It's About Time': ALG Praises House Passage Of Sunshine Protection Act, Urges Senate Passage
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July 15, 2026, Fairfax, Va.-Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement praising the House for passing the Sunshine Protection Act and urged the Senate to do the same:
"The House has finally passed legislation that will end standard time once and for all. No more sunsets in the middle of the
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FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 13 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Americans for Limited Government posted the following news release:
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'It's About Time': ALG Praises House Passage Of Sunshine Protection Act, Urges Senate Passage
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July 15, 2026, Fairfax, Va.-Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement praising the House for passing the Sunshine Protection Act and urged the Senate to do the same:
"The House has finally passed legislation that will end standard time once and for all. No more sunsets in the middle of theafternoon. It's about time. Nobody likes the constant clock changes. The fact is that under current law, there was never a way to opt out of standard time whereas states were permitted to opt out of daylight savings time if they really wanted to, as Arizona and Hawaii do. School districts can always have starting bells later to compensate if there is concern about later sunrises during the winter months, although it's worth noting almost all districts are already on Christmas vacation during the shortest days. Clearly, based on the House vote, and unanimous passage of practically identical legislation by the Senate in 2022, and the President's support, daylight savings time is far more popular. But really, it's just let's pick a time and stick with it. Compromise if needs be: shave a half hour off standard time. Anything's better than the clock changes, and the early sunsets in the winter are frankly depressing. But the bill's fine the way it is. It is time for the Senate to immediately take up this common sense, bipartisan legislation, stop switching the clocks and let the sun shine into the evening for good."
For media availability contact Americans for Limited Government at media@limitgov.org.
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Original text here: https://getliberty.org/2026/07/its-about-time-alg-praises-house-passage-of-sunshine-protection-act-urges-senate-passage/
UN Finds Little Progress on Justice in Sri Lanka
NEW YORK, Sept. 7 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news:
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UN Finds Little Progress on Justice in Sri Lanka
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Seventeen years after the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, the latest report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, updates the current human rights situation in the country.
The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office in September 2024, promising justice for past rights violations. Yet, as the high commissioner's September 3 report concludes, beyond progress in a few important cases, "there has
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NEW YORK, Sept. 7 [Category: International] -- Human Rights Watch issued the following news:
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UN Finds Little Progress on Justice in Sri Lanka
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Seventeen years after the end of Sri Lanka's civil war, the latest report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, updates the current human rights situation in the country.
The government of President Anura Kumara Dissanayake took office in September 2024, promising justice for past rights violations. Yet, as the high commissioner's September 3 report concludes, beyond progress in a few important cases, "there hasbeen no recognition or accountability for crimes under international law, gross human rights violations, and serious violations of international humanitarian law committed by all parties" during the war with the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, which ended in 2009.
Human Rights Watch raised similar concerns in its September 1 report, which documented limited progress in some emblematic cases, but no movement in cases dealing with enforced disappearances, the killing of aid workers, or the targeting of journalists. The government has failed to follow through on its promise to establish an independent public prosecutor's office, or undertake legal or structural reforms needed for accountability. The Dissanayake government has also not accepted the Sri Lanka Accountability Project, established by the UN Human Rights Council to collect evidence of serious rights abuses.
The Sri Lankan government still uses the repressive Prevention of Terrorism Act to harass and arrest human rights defenders, journalists, and families of victims. They face surveillance and questioning by state intelligence agencies, particularly in northern and eastern Sri Lanka. The high commissioner's report calls on the government to impose a moratorium on using the law pending its repeal, and to release people long detained under it.
The Sri Lankan government needs to urgently institute long-pending legal and structural reforms, repeal repressive laws, undertake comprehensive security sector reform, and take steps toward genuine reconciliation, or it risks further entrenching impunity and the trust deficit among victims.
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights should continue to monitor the Sri Lankan government's progress on accountability for international crimes. UN member states at the Human Rights Council and other countries should press the Dissanayake government to follow through on its commitments to ensure truth and justice. Two decades on, the families of victims are still waiting.
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Original text here: https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/09/07/un-finds-little-progress-on-justice-in-sri-lanka
Pacific climate advocates condemn Australian coal project extension, call out climate hypocrisy
BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 7 [Category: Energy] -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release:
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Pacific climate advocates condemn Australian coal project extension, call out climate hypocrisy
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350.org Pacific and the Pacific Climate Warriors condemn the Australian Government's decision to expand the Saraji coal mine, extending operations by 30 years and emitting a further 120 million tonnes of climate pollution. The extension was announced as Australian Prime Minister Albanese met with
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BOSTON, Massachusetts, Sept. 7 [Category: Energy] -- 350.org, an organization that works to end the age of fossil fuels and build a community-led renewable energy, posted the following news release:
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Pacific climate advocates condemn Australian coal project extension, call out climate hypocrisy
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350.org Pacific and the Pacific Climate Warriors condemn the Australian Government's decision to expand the Saraji coal mine, extending operations by 30 years and emitting a further 120 million tonnes of climate pollution. The extension was announced as Australian Prime Minister Albanese met withPacific leaders who maintain that climate change is the "single greatest threat to the livelihoods, security and wellbeing of Pacific people and communities."
The open-cut Saraji coal mine, owned by the BHP Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA), will dig and export a further 55 million tonnes of coal between now and 2055, solidifying Australia's position as the major fossil fuel polluter of the Pacific region, and the largest coal exporter in the world.
Fenton Lutunatabua, 350.org Pacific and Caribbean Program Lead said:
"It is infuriating. We just learned that the world will breach the 1.5degC limit by the end of the decade, and Australia has again used their geopolitical power to claim that the Pacific does not object to their fossil fuel expansions. We absolutely do object. News of a global overshoot should have lit the fire of urgency to phase out fossil fuels, instead we are watching an extra 55 million tonnes of coal be extracted, exported and burned at the cost of our survival.
We will always maintain that the lives of everyday Pacific people should take priority over the profits of coal and gas CEOs. BMA already announced record profits for the last financial year. Are we willing to risk the survival of small island states to further line their pockets?"
At the Pacific Forum Leaders Meeting in Palau, leaders underscored the urgency of ambitious global climate action consistent with the best available science. UNEP's latest report confirms any long-lived, high-emission infrastructure would lock us into a trajectory that makes future emissions reductions extremely difficult and denies us a chance at returning to the 1.5degC limit.
Jacynta Fa'amau, 350.org Campaigner said:
"Earlier this year, I stood at the foot of the Saraji mine and listened to the plight of First Nations custodians whose lands, streams and cultural heritage were plundered to make way for BMA's coal expansion. These coal mines wreak havoc on people and the planet, both at the point of extraction in Australia, and at the point of climate impact in the Pacific. Our frustration at this extension is as much for our Aboriginal and First Nations brothers and sisters, as it is for our own people.
BMA can absolutely afford to decarbonise their operations but insist on fuelling climate chaos with their coal expansion plans. That the Australian government is enabling them, while on the other hand claiming climate leadership at the Pacific Leaders Meeting, is baffling."
The Saraji coal mine sits on Barada Barna/Wirdi traditional country and is one of 48 active coal mines in the Bowen Basin, in Central Queensland. BMA also has tentative plans to extend its Peak Downs mine in the Bowen Basin to the year 2119 - 70 years past the world's net zero deadline.
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Original text here: https://350.org/press-release/pacific-climate-advocates-condemn-australian-coal-project-extension-call-out-climate-hypocrisy/
From Treatment Center to Laboratory - Safely Transporting Ebola Samples
SANTA BARBARA, California, Sept. 7 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news:
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From Treatment Center to Laboratory - Safely Transporting Ebola Samples
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Editor's note: This article was first published here by VillageReach, a Direct Relief partner organization responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. All photographs by Josue Kumbi.
During an Ebola outbreak, every hour matters. Rapid laboratory confirmation helps health authorities isolate cases, trace contacts, and respond quickly to stop further transmission.
Early in the Ebola outbreak
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SANTA BARBARA, California, Sept. 7 [Category: Health Care] -- Direct Relief posted the following news:
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From Treatment Center to Laboratory - Safely Transporting Ebola Samples
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Editor's note: This article was first published here by VillageReach, a Direct Relief partner organization responding to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo. All photographs by Josue Kumbi.
During an Ebola outbreak, every hour matters. Rapid laboratory confirmation helps health authorities isolate cases, trace contacts, and respond quickly to stop further transmission.
Early in the Ebola outbreakin Ituri Province, samples collected for diagnosis often experienced backlogs while awaiting transfer to satellite laboratories for testing. To help address this challenge, VillageReach supported the government by deploying a dedicated vehicle as an emergency adaptation to strengthen the Ebola response.
The vehicle enabled the safe and timely transfer of specimens from treatment centers such as Rwampara, located nearly 20 kilometers from the provincial laboratory, with multiple collection rounds conducted each day to support rapid testing and diagnosis.
This photo essay highlights the people, processes, and partnerships behind that journey.
#On the Front Lines of Outbreak Response
Ebola treatment centers are often the first point of contact for people with suspected infection. Here, health workers identify potential cases and begin the process that can lead to lifesaving laboratory confirmation.
#Preparing to Work Safely
Before entering clinical areas, health workers carefully put on personal protective equipment, or PPE, according to established protocols for the collection and handling of Ebola samples. Every step helps protect staff, patients, and communities while ensuring specimens can be collected safely.
#Protecting Every Specimen
Once collected, blood samples are labeled, documented, and packed in approved containers. Proper handling preserves sample quality and helps ensure accurate test results.
#The Journey Begins
After collection and packaging, specimens are carefully transported out of the treatment center and prepared for delivery to the provincial laboratory.
#Passing the Baton
Safe specimen transport depends on coordination. Once samples are ready, trained transport personnel take responsibility for maintaining biosafety and ensuring timely delivery.
#Ready for the Road
Samples are loaded into a dedicated vehicle that connects treatment centers with laboratory services, helping speed diagnosis and public health action.
#Bridging Distance and Diagnosis
Transport teams travel between treatment centers and laboratories, ensuring specimens can reach testing facilities quickly and safely, even across challenging terrain.
#Connecting Patients to Answers
Every timely delivery helps laboratories process specimens sooner, enabling faster confirmation of cases and supporting outbreak response efforts.
#Maintaining Traceability
Before testing begins, laboratory staff verify documentation and record each specimen, ensuring every sample can be tracked accurately throughout the diagnostic process.
#From Transport to Testing
With the specimen safely delivered, laboratory teams can begin testing, generating the information needed to guide patient care and public health decisions.
While this photo essay focuses on Ebola specimen transport in Ituri Province, it reflects a broader effort to strengthen disease surveillance and outbreak response across the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Working with health authorities in 11 provinces, VillageReach has helped build networks of local transporters who safely move patient specimens to laboratories for testing. Their work supports faster diagnosis, treatment, and containment of outbreak-prone diseases such as Ebola, cholera, polio, measles, and yellow fever, helping communities and health systems respond more quickly to public health threats. Learn more.
Direct Relief has provided more than 21 tons of medical support to health organizations, including VillageReach, in response to the current Ebola outbreak in DRC.
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Original text here: https://www.directrelief.org/2026/09/from-treatment-center-to-laboratory-safely-transporting-ebola-samples/
Election Month Ruling By Supreme Court Regrettable
FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Americans for Limited Government posted the following news release:
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Election Month Ruling By Supreme Court Regrettable
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June 29, 2026, Fairfax, Va.-Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in Watson v. Republican National Committee:
"In an apparent bid to avert Democrats' threatened Supreme Court packing scheme, Republican-appointed justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett have apparently opted to just give Democrats
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FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Americans for Limited Government posted the following news release:
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Election Month Ruling By Supreme Court Regrettable
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June 29, 2026, Fairfax, Va.-Americans for Limited Government Executive Director Robert Romano today issued the following statement on the Supreme Court's ruling in Watson v. Republican National Committee:
"In an apparent bid to avert Democrats' threatened Supreme Court packing scheme, Republican-appointed justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett have apparently opted to just give Democratseverything they want including an election month voting where ballots are counted no matter how late they arrive after Election Day. Arguing there is no prohibition against late ballots, the nation's highest court has effectively made Election Day a dead letter. Now, the only resort for the American people who want to restore same-day voting is for Congress to pass another statute to clarify what federal law has already stated for more than a century was 'the day for the election...' This ruling is regrettable and will prove Stalin's maxim that it is not those who vote, but those who count the ballots that decide everything."
For media availability contact Americans for Limited Government at media@limitgov.org.
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Original text here: https://getliberty.org/2026/06/election-month-ruling-by-supreme-court-regrettable/
Campaign Legal Center and ACLU Call on U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Missouri Supreme Court Ruling and Let Voters Decide on Gerrymandered Map
WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release:
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Campaign Legal Center and ACLU Call on U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Missouri Supreme Court Ruling and Let Voters Decide on Gerrymandered Map
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WASHINGTON -On September 7, 2026, Campaign Legal Center, the ACLU of Missouri, and the ACLU Voting Rights Project (VRP) filed an amicus brief in Hoskins v. Von Glahn, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a last-minute effort by the Missouri secretary of state to reinstate an unlawful gerrymandered congressional map. Last week, the Missouri
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 [Category: Political] -- The Campaign Legal Center posted the following news release:
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Campaign Legal Center and ACLU Call on U.S. Supreme Court to Uphold Missouri Supreme Court Ruling and Let Voters Decide on Gerrymandered Map
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WASHINGTON -On September 7, 2026, Campaign Legal Center, the ACLU of Missouri, and the ACLU Voting Rights Project (VRP) filed an amicus brief in Hoskins v. Von Glahn, urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject a last-minute effort by the Missouri secretary of state to reinstate an unlawful gerrymandered congressional map. Last week, the MissouriSupreme Court unanimously upheld Missourians' rights to hold a referendum on the state's new gerrymandered congressional map, and held that until that map is voted on, the prior congressional map must remain in effect.
"Voters in Missouri collected twice as many signatures as needed to put the new gerrymandered map to a vote. Voters deserve to have their voices heard, not to be subject to a politician using delay tactics to force through a map that takes away their ability to be fairly represented," said Mark Gaber, senior director of redistricting at Campaign Legal Center. "We urge the Court to uphold the Missouri Supreme Court's ruling and protect Missouri voters."
"Throughout this process, politicians neglected every path to provide Missourians with clarity and resolution, instead choosing intentional and unnecessary delay as their tactic to force an illegal map to thumb the scale of partisanship," said Gillian Wilcox, director of litigation and policy for the ACLU of Missouri. "Hoskins held the people's referendum in limbo for eight months only to then declare it insufficient based on a legal theory he assumed from day one. The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously rejected his claims, and the United States Supreme Court should do the same."
The Missouri Supreme Court had ruled on September 3 that the congressional map enacted in 2022 is the lawful map in Missouri, rather than the blatantly gerrymandered map passed in September 2025 by Missouri lawmakers after President Trump encouraged Republican states to redraw their congressional maps. After the legislature passed the mid-decade map, Missouri voters collected petition signatures to put the new map to a vote. The Missouri Constitution gives voters the power to vote to approve any law via referendum, and because of the referendum petition, the new map should have been put on pause until a vote occurred to approve it.
Instead, Secretary of State Denny Hoskins refused to certify the signatures submitted for the referendum and engaged in a campaign of intentional delay to run out the clock. The Missouri Supreme Court unanimously rejected this effort, holding that the 2025 map "is not the law and has never been the law." Secretary Hoskins is now asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn the Missouri Supreme Court and allow him to conduct the 2026 election under an unlawful map.
The amicus brief points out that the U.S. Supreme Court's precedent for more than a century has made clear that the Elections Clause of the U.S. Constitution gives power to the states to draw maps according to the laws of the state. That includes guaranteeing states the right for their citizens to vote on those maps in the form of referenda, if their state constitution permits it, as Missouri's does. In fact, it is the secretary's request to hold the 2026 election under an unlawful map that would violate the Elections Clause, not the unanimous ruling of the Missouri Supreme Court.
The brief also argues that Secretary Hoskins engaged in a cynical strategy of delay to avoid judicial review and claim it was too late for Missouri to use a lawful map, and the U.S. Supreme Court should not condone this scheme.
Follow the latest updates via Campaign Legal Center's case page.
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Original text here: https://campaignlegal.org/press-releases/campaign-legal-center-and-aclu-call-us-supreme-court-uphold-missouri-supreme-court
ALG Hosts Discussion At GOP Midterm Convention On Sept. 10 On Lawfare, Dark Money And Foreign Influence
FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Americans for Limited Government posted the following news release:
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ALG Hosts Discussion At GOP Midterm Convention On Sept. 10 On Lawfare, Dark Money And Foreign Influence
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Sept. 3, 2026, Fairfax, Va.-Americans for Limited Government today announced a discussion on lawfare, dark money and foreign influence targeting U.S. economic infrastructure critical to national security at the Dallas, Texas GOP Midterm Convention on Sept. 10 at 10 a.m.:
GOP MIDTERM CONVENTION
LAWFARE * DARK MONEY * FOREIGN INFLUENCE * POLITICAL
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FAIRFAX, Virginia, Sept. 7 [Category: Government/Public Administration] -- Americans for Limited Government posted the following news release:
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ALG Hosts Discussion At GOP Midterm Convention On Sept. 10 On Lawfare, Dark Money And Foreign Influence
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Sept. 3, 2026, Fairfax, Va.-Americans for Limited Government today announced a discussion on lawfare, dark money and foreign influence targeting U.S. economic infrastructure critical to national security at the Dallas, Texas GOP Midterm Convention on Sept. 10 at 10 a.m.:
GOP MIDTERM CONVENTION
LAWFARE * DARK MONEY * FOREIGN INFLUENCE * POLITICALABUSE
Join Americans for Limited Government for a timely discussion on the growing use of lawfare, dark money, and politically motivated abuses by foreign adversaries like China, progressive politicians and activist organizations to target critical infrastructure, data centers, manufacturing, power plants, rare earth minerals and energy development including oil, shale and natural gas.
As the 2026 midterm elections approach, this event will examine how foreign actors, political opponents and other well-funded outside groups are using the legal system, nonprofit organizations, litigation, and dark-money networks to influence elections, target political adversaries, and advance progressive political agendas that are targeting critical aspects of the U.S. economy vital to national security as President Trump engages in reindustrialization.
The Protecting Our Courts from Foreign Manipulation Act, H.R. 2675, would prohibit or require disclosure of certain foreign-backed litigation funding arrangements. The Litigation Transparency Act, H.R. 1109, would require parties in federal civil cases to disclose when outside financiers have a financial stake in litigation. In addition, President Donald Trump could issue an executive order under the Corporate Transparency Act for the Treasury Department to designate litigation funders as entities required to report their beneficial owners and also under the Bank Secrecy Act to trigger additional reporting requirements -rooting out foreign influence in American courts.
KEY TOPICS
* Lawfare and politically motivated litigation
* Dark-money networks and progressive funding
* Abuses of government and political power
* The role of foreign actors, activist NGOs and outside organizations targeting economy and endangering national security
* What these tactics mean for the 2026 midterm elections
* Strategies for greater transparency and accountability as Congress and the President consider action
EVENT DETAILS
Hosted by:
Americans for Limited Government
Location:
The Henry Dallas
2301 N Akard St.
Dallas, TX 75201
Time:
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
GOP MIDTERM CONVENTION
Join fellow conservative leaders, activists, policymakers, and concerned citizens for an important conversation about protecting political freedom, economic and national security, transparency and the rule of law. Breakfast will be served.
RSVP: robert@getliberty.org
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Original text here: https://getliberty.org/2026/09/alg-hosts-discussion-at-gop-midterm-convention-on-sept-10-on-lawfare-dark-money-and-foreign-influence/
