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Housing Crisis Task Force – winding down, getting focused

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Apologies to Homeless Solutions Observers who did not get a notice of the meeting this month. It dropped off my list. We missed you if you didn’t get there. The meeting happened Weds May 21. There were interesting things that happened on this next-to-last meeting of this iteration of the task force. The group was small this time. Most of the developers were absent. I’m sure they had reasons, but its interesting that now as the work is shifting to actually helping people who need help several of them don’t seem to be interested anymore. There were presentations this time […]

What does the president’s budget do to housing and homelessness funding?

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Keeps funding short-term assistance for workers / throws permanent supportive housing, elderly, disabled and families under the bus. The President’s Budget would not only end assistance for hundreds of thousands of people, placing them at risk of losing their housing, but it would also decimate the resources currently available to states and local governments to address homelessness. A claim is made that funds would be moved to a block grant somewhere. But then in another line it ends block grants. It’s a betrayal of people all over the country who need this help from their government. To read for yourself […]

How Congress Can REALLY Help Homelessness

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There are ways to end homelessness. But this budget has it all wrong. The National Alliance to End Homelessness has been working for years to address the problem effectively, and they present a real and comprehensive budget suggestion to move in the right direction.Take a look, and see what real solutions might look like: Grants-How-Congress-Can-Help-Solve-Homelessness You Can Help Big Time! Meals for homeless people through the Gateway ProjectThe crazy situation from Washington DC has us all unsettled. It’s not going to get better anytime soon. Omni Center’s Gateway Village is starting a new project to help 7hill Shelter provide meals […]

Global electricity – 40% generated without fossil fuels in 2024!

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More than 40 percent of the world’s electricity was generated without burning fossil fuels in 2024. All other things being equal, this would have resulted in a drop in emissions. However global electricity demand has continued to rise, significantly because hotter temperatures are leading to a greater demand for electricity for cooling. Some predict that emissions could start to fall next year as renewable generation of electricity continues to grow. A contribution from the Reevaluation Counseling Community

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #230, MAY 21 , 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett. https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-230-may-21.html Alice Slater.  “8 Steps Most Likely to Lead to [Nuclear] Peace on Earth.”Jill Stein Expanding the New Deal. 8 “STEPS MOST LIKELY TO LEAD TO PEACE ON EARTH” Alice Slater.  “Change the Conversation from Doomsday to Peace Day.”  Planet&Peace News (VfP, Spring 2025).  First published by World Beyond War. “There’s little doubt that Russia and China would be willing partners in these initiatives.  They have been proposing them to the United States and voting on them in the U.N. for more than 10 years.” Because nuclear weapons are utterly immoral and thanks to the Treaty completely […]

OMNI CLIMATE MEMO MONDAYS #231, MAY 19, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/05/omni-climate-memo-mondays-231-may-19.html Inside Climate News (ICN)ICN AND SIERRA CLUB v. FOSSIL FUELS COMPANIES Diana B. Henriques.   …The Old Guard, the New Deal, and FDR’s Fight to Regulate American Capitalism.  [A compendium applicable to the resistance of ff plutocrats today.  –D] Inside Climate News (ICN) Looking for More Climate News?   Visit our website for the latest. Sign up for more newsletters, including our twice-weekly Today’s Climate and Thursday’s Inside Clean Energy. FOSSIL FUELS INDUSTRY v. Democracy and PlanetICN AND SIERRA CLUB v. FFICN:   Go behind the scenes with executive editor Vernon Loeb and reporter Martha Pskowski as they discuss what the oil […]

TRUMP AUTHORITARIAN, TOTALITARIAN, AUTOCRACY, FASCISM, NAZISM ANTHOLOGY #3, May 16, 2025

 in Dick's Newsletter 2025

Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace, Justice, and Ecology https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/05/omni-trump-authoritarian-totalitarian.html What’s at Stake:  For over a hundred years the people of the United States of America have struggled to realize the idea of democracy initiated by its revolution against the King of England.  It was a bare beginning:  blacks and women were excluded from the vote.  The Constitution has been amended 27 times.   “The Supreme Court typically decides around 80 cases each year, with a significant portion of those cases involving constitutional interpretation“ (google).     People who dislike learning and hate even the idea of democracy, hate the […]

OMNI WAR WATCH WEDNESDAYS, #229, MAY 14, 2025

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Compiled by Dick Bennett.   https://jamesrichardbennett.blogspot.com/2025/05/omni-war-watch-wednesdays-229-may-14.html May 16. Nakba Remembrance, 5:30 Friday. Caitlin Johnstone.  Resisting State Propaganda and Control. MIPPCIMATTC.  May 16th: Join Us for the Nakba Remembrance and ProtestFriendsofpalestinenwaWe invite you to stand in solidarity with the Palestinian people and join us on Friday, May 16th, from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM at Washington County Courthouse for a protest in remembrance of the Nakba.       On May 15th, 1948, Palestinian communities were violently displaced, marking the beginning of the mass destruction of their land and the ongoing trauma they have endured. This event, known as the Nakba, continues to resonate today as violence and displacement persist.   In solidarity,  Friends […]