From the stroke of noon on Inauguration Day 2025, and continuing all year, the returning administration has unleashed a “Shock-and-Awe 2.0 blitz” of political manifestos and orders turning America upside down. No segment of society has been left untouched.
The
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How a State AG Can Short-Circuit A Fed Executive Order
It’s been a grueling twelve months since Election Day 2024.
Certainly, there was warning ahead of the presidential election there would be major upheavals on the agenda, but even the 900-page roadmap posted online earlier in the campaign was inadequate
The Charitable-Sector Pushback Against the Administration: One Year Post-Election
There have been standouts throughout 2025 in the pushback against the relentless wave of assaults by the second Trump administration.
For the charitable sector, highlights have included most notably: (a) the National Council of Nonprofits under the inspired leadership of
Recent Takedowns of Multi-State Charity Fraud Schemes
In the fog of federal-government chaos of 2025, “… the status quo can evaporate in a flash …” by sudden and draconian funding cuts, by whiplash-inducing (180-degree) changes of national policy or priorities, by threatened or partially effected elimination or
Going After Charitable-Solicitation Violators: Then and Now
The 1590s in England were a period of severe “social stress: plague, poverty, inflation, malnutrition, property crimes, riots and – of course – religious upheaval.”
For that matter, the entire sixteenth century was a turbulent enough time that
Another Headache for America’s Charities
It’s a news story that should have been uncovered months ago, but perhaps everyone was too distracted and overwhelmed by the daily chaos from Washington, D.C.
[Update:] Thursday, October 23, 2025, 10:25 am PDT: I uploaded this post late yesterday
Bold New People-Centered Initiative on AI Launched by Major Foundations
“Artificial intelligence is a matter of design — not destiny.”
That’s the message behind Humanity AI: an ambitious new initiative formally announced on Tuesday, August 14, 2025, by a core coalition of ten of America’s leading philanthropic foundations.
New CA Law Safeguards Access to State Grants if IRS Revokes Exemption
Midnight yesterday was the CA governor’s last chance to sign or veto legislation this year.
As usual, the legislative load was heavy. Lawmakers sent him a total of 917 bills to review. He signed 794 of them, but vetoed 123
More Thoughts on Presidential National Security Memorandum-7
It’s been just under two weeks since West Wing officials on September 25, 2025, uploaded National Security Presidential Memorandum 7 [NSPM-7] on the White House website.
The document’s cryptically vague title is Countering Domestic Terrorism and Organized Political