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42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton and Business Icon Steve Forbes Discuss Post-Pandemic Resiliency During Day One of Everbridge COVID-19: Road to Recovery (R2R) Executive Summit

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Thursday, May 27, 2021
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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210527005548/en/
    42nd President of the U.S. Bill Clinton and Business Icon Steve Forbes Discuss Post-Pandemic Resiliency During Day One of Everbridge COVID-19: Road to Recovery (R2R) Executive Summit (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Yesterdays Day One sessions included a keynote address from 42nd President of the United States Bill Clinton on leadership in a time of critical events, and another from Chairman & Editor-In-Chief of Forbes Media Steve Forbes on the future of work and business.
  • First-day panels also featured discussions with C-level business executives from Salesforce.com, Lululemon, Major League Baseball (MLB), Volkswagen, Philips Digital Appliances, athenahealth, and many more.
  • The very fact of how well so many businesses responded and did things, in a way that even they wouldn't have thought possible.
  • All Everbridge products are trademarks of Everbridge, Inc. in the USA and other countries.

Taft Communications Promotes Sheila Cort to Senior Director

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Monday, May 24, 2021
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LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Taft Communications announced that veteran communications coach and corporate communications counselor Sheila Cort has been promoted to senior director.

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  • LAWRENCEVILLE, N.J., May 24, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Taft Communications announced that veteran communications coach and corporate communications counselor Sheila Cort has been promoted to senior director.
  • She has always brought skill, drive and integrity to everything she does," said Ted Deutsch, Taft CEO.
  • "I have a passion for people, coaching and empathetic leadership which fuels my purpose-focused work at Taft and Taft ClearPoint," said Cort.
  • Among her experiences before joining Taft, Cort was vice president of corporate communications at Jackson Hewitt and a vice president, consultant for a major diversity in business publisher.

Biden administration ignores the science as it seeks to punish medical professionals, says Family Research Council

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Tuesday, May 11, 2021
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The Obama administration first adopted a similar definition in 2016, six years after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, but it was blocked by federal courts.

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  • The Obama administration first adopted a similar definition in 2016, six years after the Affordable Care Act was signed into law, but it was blocked by federal courts.
  • In 2020, the Trump administration restored the original, plain, historical meaning of "sex" in the law.
  • Now, the Biden administration wants to punish medical professionals for recognizing this fact.
  • Gender transition procedures are not fully embraced within the medical community because of their severe, negative, psychological, and physical impacts.

Press Leaders Want Answers on Subpoena for Reporters' Records

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Saturday, May 8, 2021
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b'WASHINGTON, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leaders of the National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute issued the following statement in response to a news report that the Justice Department subpoenaed phone records of three Washington Post reporters.\nThe Post reporters in question had been reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election, including classified intercepts showing contacts in 2016 between Jeff Sessions, then a Trump campaign official, and Russia\'s ambassador to the United States.\nNPC President Lisa Nicole Matthews and NPCJI President Angela Greiling Keane said:\n"This is yet another deeply disturbing example in a series of violations by the Trump administration of America\'s trust in government and an outright assault against the press and the First Amendment.

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  • b'WASHINGTON, May 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Leaders of the National Press Club and National Press Club Journalism Institute issued the following statement in response to a news report that the Justice Department subpoenaed phone records of three Washington Post reporters.\nThe Post reporters in question had been reporting on Russian interference in the 2016 election, including classified intercepts showing contacts in 2016 between Jeff Sessions, then a Trump campaign official, and Russia\'s ambassador to the United States.\nNPC President Lisa Nicole Matthews and NPCJI President Angela Greiling Keane said:\n"This is yet another deeply disturbing example in a series of violations by the Trump administration of America\'s trust in government and an outright assault against the press and the First Amendment.
  • While the government has a right to probe leaks of classified information, it must take great care to avoid a harm that could prove more serious: chilling the flow of information to the free press.The motives behind the Trump administration\'s subpoenas are not known, but their timing and circumstances raise the possibility that officials may have been more interested in punishing the source of embarrassing leaks than protecting national security.\nFounded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world\'s leading professional organization for journalists.
  • The Club has 3,000 members representing nearly every major news organization and is a leading voice for press freedom in the United States and around the world.\nThe National Press Club Journalism Institute, the Club\'s non-profit affiliate, promotes an engaged global citizenry through an independent and free press and equips journalists with skills and standards to inform the public in ways that inspire civic engagement.\nContact: John M. Donnelly, Chairman, NPC Press Freedom Team: [email protected] ; 202 650 6738.\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/press-leaders-want-answers-on-su...\n'

Hundreds of U.S. Manufacturing Companies Ask President Biden to Terminate Section 232 Steel & Aluminum Tariffs

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Thursday, May 6, 2021
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b'A group of over 300 businesses manufacturing in the U.S.\xe2\x80\x94from family-owned metalforming shops to nationally branded companies\xe2\x80\x94sent a letter to President Joe Biden today requesting the immediate termination of the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs that were initiated three years ago under the Trump administration.

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  • b'A group of over 300 businesses manufacturing in the U.S.\xe2\x80\x94from family-owned metalforming shops to nationally branded companies\xe2\x80\x94sent a letter to President Joe Biden today requesting the immediate termination of the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs that were initiated three years ago under the Trump administration.
  • Many of us are accustomed to four to six-week delivery times for common steel products.
  • President, we support a strong and thriving steel and aluminum industry, but producers today simply cannot meet demand and the tariffs create a tax that only manufacturers in the U.S. must pay.
  • The Coalition was formed to oppose the Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs which threaten American jobs and global competitiveness.

New Study: Most Voters Report 2020 Voting Was Easy and Believe Their Vote Was Counted Accurately

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Monday, May 3, 2021
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Key findings from the survey, conducted online from November 13\xe2\x80\x93December 7, 2020 by YouGov, include the following:\nA vast majority of voters said voting was easy, despite dramatic changes in how people voted.

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  • Key findings from the survey, conducted online from November 13\xe2\x80\x93December 7, 2020 by YouGov, include the following:\nA vast majority of voters said voting was easy, despite dramatic changes in how people voted.
  • Seventy-three percent of voters said they were confident their vote was accurately counted, although there was a chasm in vote confidence between Trump and Biden voters.\nVoters were more confident that their own vote and votes in their community were accurately counted than they were about votes across the United States.
  • \xe2\x80\x9cThe percentage of voters choosing to vote by mail increased from 25% in 2016 to nearly half (45%) in 2020.
  • Research and analysis from Voter Study Group members can be found at www.voterstudygroup.org and on Twitter @democracyfund .\nView source version on businesswire.com: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210503005589/en/\n'

MedMinder Appoints David J. Shulkin, M.D. Chairman of the Board of Directors

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Wednesday, April 28, 2021
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as Chairman of the Board of Directors (the \xe2\x80\x9cBoard\xe2\x80\x9d).\nThis press release features multimedia.

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  • as Chairman of the Board of Directors (the \xe2\x80\x9cBoard\xe2\x80\x9d).\nThis press release features multimedia.
  • Appointed Chairman of the Board of MedMinder Systems Inc. (Photo: Business Wire)\nA well-respected American physician and government official, Dr. Shulkin previously served as U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs and Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health in the Trump and Obama Administrations, respectively.
  • With a customer-first approach, MedMinder is continually innovating to improve and meet the evolving needs of patients, caregivers, practitioners and payors.
  • Since 2009, Accelmed has deployed over $400 million into companies spanning medical devices, diagnostics, digital health and technology-enabled healthcare services.

Civil Rights Groups, Civic Organizations, Tribal and Local Governments Secure Broad Resolution in Census Lawsuit

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Friday, April 23, 2021
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"We thank the Department of Justice for its efforts, throughout the last few months, to bring this case to an appropriate resolution.

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  • "We thank the Department of Justice for its efforts, throughout the last few months, to bring this case to an appropriate resolution.
  • "\n"From the very start of the 2020 Census, we needed good data, not fast data.
  • The Trump administration flipped the census on its head, attempting to rush both the Bureau\'s counting and data-processing operations for unconstitutional ends.
  • The first U.S. Census, which counted African Americans as only three-fifths of a person, cast a long shadow of oppression over the nation\'s history.

FAIR: Biden Border Action is an "I Told You So" Moment for Trump and His Immigration Policies

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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"Nevertheless, the Biden administration\'s efforts to restore the pre-inauguration status quo is an acknowledgement that conditions at our southern border are in a state of crisis, that their policies have failed, and that more deterrent policies are necessary," Stein said.\nThe Biden administration does not need to reinvent the wheel.

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  • "Nevertheless, the Biden administration\'s efforts to restore the pre-inauguration status quo is an acknowledgement that conditions at our southern border are in a state of crisis, that their policies have failed, and that more deterrent policies are necessary," Stein said.\nThe Biden administration does not need to reinvent the wheel.
  • Restoring agreements with the Northern Triangle would be an important step in the right direction, but the Biden administration still has much more to do if it\'s serious about ending the migration crisis it created," concluded Stein.\nFounded in 1979, FAIR is the country\'s largest immigration reform group.
  • With over 3 million members and supporters nationwide, FAIR fights for immigration policies that serve national interests, not special interests.
  • FAIR believes that immigration reform must enhance national security, improve the economy, protect jobs, preserve our environment, and establish a rule of law that is recognized and enforced.\nView original content to download multimedia: http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/fair-biden-border-action-is-an-i...\n'

MagnaCare Spotlights Labor Union Voices with LaborStrong.Live

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Wednesday, April 14, 2021
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b'NEW YORK, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MagnaCare, a third-party administrator with a long history of serving the healthcare benefits needs of organized labor groups, today announced the launch of a new online video community for labor.

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  • b'NEW YORK, April 14, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- MagnaCare, a third-party administrator with a long history of serving the healthcare benefits needs of organized labor groups, today announced the launch of a new online video community for labor.
  • The site, LaborStrong.Live , gives union leaders, labor members and supporters, including celebrity guests impacted by labor, a stage to voice their perspectives on timely labor topics.
  • Labor has so many powerful stories and important lessons that need to be heard," said Michelle Zettergren, President of Labor at MagnaCare.
  • Visit LaborStrong.Live for the latest content.\nFor nearly three decades,New York-based MagnaCare has been building healthy communities together with Taft-Hartley trusts, TPAs, carriers, and workers\' compensation and no-fault payors.