Big Moves in Little Rock & Sonoma Speech
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Good evening,
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Quick Thoughts
Support and follow the work of IWF’s Center for Energy and Conservation today if you haven’t already.
Poland and the Baltics will exit the Ottawa Convention.
28 energy developers call for nixing Inflation Reduction Act green subsidies.
Deferred installment payments for food deliveries? Oooof.
Flights were temporarily disrupted at London’s Heathrow Airport today.
That’s all for now. Stay tuned for next Friday’s dispatch.
A Busy March
Last Sunday, I celebrated my 34th birthday. I’m confident the best is yet to come. This will be a very exciting year ahead, I just know it.
After my birthday I traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas, to testify in support of a bill to create a voluntary portable benefits account for the state’s 650,000+ independent contractors. While the bill didn’t advance beyond committee, the momentum for this policy reform is building in other states like Tennessee and Alabama.
This state legislative testimony was very different than other ones I’ve participated in before. I got to hold $600,000 in petty cash in a vault within the State Treasurer’s office, ate some delicious BBQ at Wright’s Barbecue, and visited Little Rock Central Park High School National Historic Site.
As I write this dispatch, I’m back home in Virginia. But I’m on the move, again, next week for my first spring ‘25 campus speech.
I’m heading to Sonoma State University on Thursday, March 27th, to give a talk on the Second Amendment. Here’s an accompanying flier with all room details.
Please share this event to any and all interested folks. I’d be grateful if you did.
And stay tuned for my bear den study report and accompanying video, and more original reporting.
Hello Spring Equinox! And for fellow Beltway denizens: may you (soon) enjoy peak cherry blossom bloom.
2025 Spring Speaking Tour
Do you live near these universities? Come hear me present on the direction U.S. energy policy is taking. Room and time details to follow. (Note: Sonoma State will be a lecture on the Second Amendment.)
Please help me spread the word!
ICYMI
Articles/commentary/media appearances/videos from the past week.
MEDIA MENTIONS
Thanks for plugging my birthday, POLITICO Playbook!
I joined the Dana Loesch Radio program to express my concerns with affordable housing on federal lands. (Listen here too.)
ARTICLES/BLOGS
IWF: EPA Does Spring Cleaning With 30+ Actions
RealClear World: Trump Must Consider a Stronger Lithuanian Partnership
District of Conservation
Catch up on District of Conservation episodes below.
And check out a new episodes of The Sportswoman Show with Maple Farmer Nikki Boxler.
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—Gabriella