Marcia Wong
@mkwong.bsky.social
Angry as hell humanitarian, recovering diplomat, former State Dept/USAID/USIP/@ICRC. Tolerated by two loving sons. Views my own - expect a little noise. (smoking girl by Yoshitomo Nara).
Just bought - I hope -
An inflatable frog, 🐸
and unicorn costumes. 🦄
Happy wearing,
whoever gets it.
Make good noise. 🎺 🥁
#OperationInflation
#NoKingsDayOct18th
An inflatable frog, 🐸
and unicorn costumes. 🦄
Happy wearing,
whoever gets it.
Make good noise. 🎺 🥁
#OperationInflation
#NoKingsDayOct18th
October 16, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Just bought - I hope -
An inflatable frog, 🐸
and unicorn costumes. 🦄
Happy wearing,
whoever gets it.
Make good noise. 🎺 🥁
#OperationInflation
#NoKingsDayOct18th
An inflatable frog, 🐸
and unicorn costumes. 🦄
Happy wearing,
whoever gets it.
Make good noise. 🎺 🥁
#OperationInflation
#NoKingsDayOct18th
Sitting in airport for flight to Detroit as part of my “see America” effort.
And it’s homecoming weekend for Michigan (#GoBlue)…
And I’m having fun, pretending
I’m an Ohio State parent.
Heh.
And it’s homecoming weekend for Michigan (#GoBlue)…
And I’m having fun, pretending
I’m an Ohio State parent.
Heh.
October 3, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Sitting in airport for flight to Detroit as part of my “see America” effort.
And it’s homecoming weekend for Michigan (#GoBlue)…
And I’m having fun, pretending
I’m an Ohio State parent.
Heh.
And it’s homecoming weekend for Michigan (#GoBlue)…
And I’m having fun, pretending
I’m an Ohio State parent.
Heh.
Another moment for the Republicans in Congress to show some spine and reassert the role of congressional oversight…
Hmmm. What are the odds?
Anyone want to put money on it?
#GrowASpine
Hmmm. What are the odds?
Anyone want to put money on it?
#GrowASpine
White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power.
White House declares $4.9B in foreign aid unilaterally canceled in end-run around Congress' funding power
The administration is setting up clash with Capitol Hill over its use of the "pocket rescission."
www.politico.com
August 29, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Another moment for the Republicans in Congress to show some spine and reassert the role of congressional oversight…
Hmmm. What are the odds?
Anyone want to put money on it?
#GrowASpine
Hmmm. What are the odds?
Anyone want to put money on it?
#GrowASpine
Reposted by Marcia Wong
Worth reading the full resignation letter from the head of center for immunization. "I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health."
x.com
August 28, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Worth reading the full resignation letter from the head of center for immunization. "I am unable to serve in an environment that treats CDC as a tool to generate policies and materials that do not reflect scientific reality and are designed to hurt rather than to improve the public’s health."
Children saving children by covering their friends with their own bodies while a shooter sprayed a church with gunfire.
When children are protecting lives more than our politicians…
Stop being cowards.
#GunControlNow
When children are protecting lives more than our politicians…
Stop being cowards.
#GunControlNow
August 29, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Children saving children by covering their friends with their own bodies while a shooter sprayed a church with gunfire.
When children are protecting lives more than our politicians…
Stop being cowards.
#GunControlNow
When children are protecting lives more than our politicians…
Stop being cowards.
#GunControlNow
Yeah. My mood.
You got a problem
with dis?
You got a problem
with dis?
August 27, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Yeah. My mood.
You got a problem
with dis?
You got a problem
with dis?
Journalists
Innocent civilians
Health workers
Humanitarian responders…
They are #NotATarget
How many times must we say this?
How many times is this ignored?
Innocent civilians
Health workers
Humanitarian responders…
They are #NotATarget
How many times must we say this?
How many times is this ignored?
Israel, which does not allow foreign journalists into Gaza…has killed 237 journalists since the war started, according to Gaza’s government media office.
The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict.
apple.news/At7CSM72NQWe...
The Committee to Protect Journalists said at least 186 journalists have been killed in the Gaza conflict.
apple.news/At7CSM72NQWe...
Anas al-Sharif, prominent Al Jazeera correspondent, among five journalists killed in Israeli airstrike on Gaza — The Guardian
Israel admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospital
apple.news
August 12, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Journalists
Innocent civilians
Health workers
Humanitarian responders…
They are #NotATarget
How many times must we say this?
How many times is this ignored?
Innocent civilians
Health workers
Humanitarian responders…
They are #NotATarget
How many times must we say this?
How many times is this ignored?
Attacks on data & climate info continue.
president fires people because he doesn't like the data. Health officials want one-think.
It’s America First, alright.
First thru the door to the Dark Ages.
Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
president fires people because he doesn't like the data. Health officials want one-think.
It’s America First, alright.
First thru the door to the Dark Ages.
Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts
www.nytimes.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Attacks on data & climate info continue.
president fires people because he doesn't like the data. Health officials want one-think.
It’s America First, alright.
First thru the door to the Dark Ages.
Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
president fires people because he doesn't like the data. Health officials want one-think.
It’s America First, alright.
First thru the door to the Dark Ages.
Popular E.P.A. Database Is in Limbo Amid Science Cuts www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/c...
Waste?✅
Abuse? ✅
Cruelty ✅✅
They rather burn medicines and contraceptives than provide already-bought materials to women in need.
As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
Abuse? ✅
Cruelty ✅✅
They rather burn medicines and contraceptives than provide already-bought materials to women in need.
As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed
www.nytimes.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Waste?✅
Abuse? ✅
Cruelty ✅✅
They rather burn medicines and contraceptives than provide already-bought materials to women in need.
As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
Abuse? ✅
Cruelty ✅✅
They rather burn medicines and contraceptives than provide already-bought materials to women in need.
As Trump Administration Plans to Burn Contraceptives, Europeans Are Alarmed www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/w...
Add your voice to ours:
talk to your reps in Congress, your friends, family, communities abt the harm to intl stability, to vulnerable peoples, to America’s formerly-trusted leadership…
Lives have already been lost.
Human suffering only grows.
How does this make “America First?”
talk to your reps in Congress, your friends, family, communities abt the harm to intl stability, to vulnerable peoples, to America’s formerly-trusted leadership…
Lives have already been lost.
Human suffering only grows.
How does this make “America First?”
🚨BREAKING: Almost 200 former senior-level U.S. government officials released a letter to Congressional leaders today calling on them to act urgently to avert a total collapse in U.S. humanitarian and refugee leadership.
Read the full letter here:
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
Read the full letter here:
www.refugeesinternational.org/statements-a...
Former Senior U.S. Officials Call on Congress to Avert Total Collapse of U.S. Humanitarian and Refugee Leadership - Refugees International
These actions leave the U.S. government without any meaningful operational or diplomatic tools to address displacement and humanitarian crises overseas.
www.refugeesinternational.org
July 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Add your voice to ours:
talk to your reps in Congress, your friends, family, communities abt the harm to intl stability, to vulnerable peoples, to America’s formerly-trusted leadership…
Lives have already been lost.
Human suffering only grows.
How does this make “America First?”
talk to your reps in Congress, your friends, family, communities abt the harm to intl stability, to vulnerable peoples, to America’s formerly-trusted leadership…
Lives have already been lost.
Human suffering only grows.
How does this make “America First?”
Buying these in bulk.
July 16, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Buying these in bulk.
July 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Reposted by Marcia Wong
This
Is
Important 👇🏽
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
Thank you 🙏 @lawfaremedia.org @zftwarning.bsky.social @anticorruption.bsky.social
Is
Important 👇🏽
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
Thank you 🙏 @lawfaremedia.org @zftwarning.bsky.social @anticorruption.bsky.social
Goodbye to All That
My resignation from the FBI.
www.lawfaremedia.org
July 6, 2025 at 9:53 AM
This
Is
Important 👇🏽
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
Thank you 🙏 @lawfaremedia.org @zftwarning.bsky.social @anticorruption.bsky.social
Is
Important 👇🏽
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good...
Thank you 🙏 @lawfaremedia.org @zftwarning.bsky.social @anticorruption.bsky.social
Coming into San Francisco from DC.
Already feeling like there’s more oxygen.
Already feeling like there’s more oxygen.
June 18, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Coming into San Francisco from DC.
Already feeling like there’s more oxygen.
Already feeling like there’s more oxygen.
Stand strong, California.
June 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Stand strong, California.
June 6, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Last year, we witnessed enormous loss of lives of humanitarian workers -
This year, we are again seeing violations of IHL, lack of protection and respect for humanitarian and civilians alike.
Must stop this trajectory.
They are Not A Target.
This year, we are again seeing violations of IHL, lack of protection and respect for humanitarian and civilians alike.
Must stop this trajectory.
They are Not A Target.
📍 Sudan | Five humanitarian workers from WFP and UNICEF lost their lives while carrying out humanitarian work.
Our profound condolences go out to their family, friends, and colleagues.
Humanitarian workers must be protected, without excuses.
Our profound condolences go out to their family, friends, and colleagues.
Humanitarian workers must be protected, without excuses.
June 4, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Last year, we witnessed enormous loss of lives of humanitarian workers -
This year, we are again seeing violations of IHL, lack of protection and respect for humanitarian and civilians alike.
Must stop this trajectory.
They are Not A Target.
This year, we are again seeing violations of IHL, lack of protection and respect for humanitarian and civilians alike.
Must stop this trajectory.
They are Not A Target.
Absurd, dangerous action by this Administration.
It’s as if they don’t live
On the same planet as the rest of us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/c...
It’s as if they don’t live
On the same planet as the rest of us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/c...
Documents Show E.P.A. Wants to Erase Greenhouse Gas Limits on Power Plants
www.nytimes.com
May 26, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Absurd, dangerous action by this Administration.
It’s as if they don’t live
On the same planet as the rest of us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/c...
It’s as if they don’t live
On the same planet as the rest of us.
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/c...
Rule of law and due process.
See, DOGE: You cannot just dismiss,
Disregard,
and try to drive
a Tesla through it.
See, DOGE: You cannot just dismiss,
Disregard,
and try to drive
a Tesla through it.
JUST IN: Judge Howell rules that the Trump/DOGE takeover of the U.S. Institute of Peace was illegal and should be treated as null and void.
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
ecf.dcd.uscourts.gov/cgi-bin/show...
May 19, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Rule of law and due process.
See, DOGE: You cannot just dismiss,
Disregard,
and try to drive
a Tesla through it.
See, DOGE: You cannot just dismiss,
Disregard,
and try to drive
a Tesla through it.
Reposted by Marcia Wong
'Israel has blocked any food, medicine or fresh water from entering Gaza for the last two and half months, pushing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into starvation, a UN panel said earlier this week.'
#Gaza #Israel
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#Gaza #Israel
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Israel expands Gaza ground offensive after days of air strikes
Defence minister claims fresh fighting puts pressure on Hamas as latest round of talks begins in Qatar
www.ft.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
'Israel has blocked any food, medicine or fresh water from entering Gaza for the last two and half months, pushing hundreds of thousands of Palestinians into starvation, a UN panel said earlier this week.'
#Gaza #Israel
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#Gaza #Israel
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Trump mug shot.
Abraham Lincoln.
President of the United States.
Who wore it better?
Abraham Lincoln.
President of the United States.
Who wore it better?
May 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Trump mug shot.
Abraham Lincoln.
President of the United States.
Who wore it better?
Abraham Lincoln.
President of the United States.
Who wore it better?