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"When you know better you do better, so seek to know more...."
Former USAID, RPCV
Former USAID, RPCV
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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Sen. Van Hollen: They're intentionally trying to impose pain so that we won't keep up the fight for healthcare.
October 31, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Sen. Van Hollen: They're intentionally trying to impose pain so that we won't keep up the fight for healthcare.
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After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
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NEW: After over two hours of oral argument in a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting case, the Supreme Court seems ready to scrap fair elections and hand red states the power to freely draw electoral maps that eviscerate the political power of minority voters.
SCOTUS Seems Ready to Scrap Fair Elections, Greenlight Racial Discrimination and Hand House Control to GOP
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
October 15, 2025 at 7:14 PM
NEW: After over two hours of oral argument in a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting case, the Supreme Court seems ready to scrap fair elections and hand red states the power to freely draw electoral maps that eviscerate the political power of minority voters.
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Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it.
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What Extreme Poverty Looks Like
Ten percent of humanity struggles to live on under $2 a day. That, and the gap between the extremely poor and the more privileged, is important to see.
classroom.ricksteves.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it.
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Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…
September 4, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…
Please call you senators right now and tell them to vote 'no' on the rescission package! 5calls.org makes it easy
🚨 URGENT — JULY 18 VOTE 🚨
This rescission could eliminate or gut:
• NPR & PBS
• PEPFAR
• USAID
• Housing, Health, Education
We must stop it.
🟥 This is about who we are as Americans.
🟦 It’s about accountability.
🟨 It’s about survival.
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It’s too important not to.
This rescission could eliminate or gut:
• NPR & PBS
• PEPFAR
• USAID
• Housing, Health, Education
We must stop it.
🟥 This is about who we are as Americans.
🟦 It’s about accountability.
🟨 It’s about survival.
Repost (please 🙏). Like. Share.
It’s too important not to.
July 15, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Please call you senators right now and tell them to vote 'no' on the rescission package! 5calls.org makes it easy
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Trump destroyed 60 years of American generosity—
aid that fed families, kept girls in school, saved 26 million from AIDS, and now puts 14 million lives at risk.
He wants your tax dollars for raids, cages and terrorizing our communities.
If you mean it, don’t just like it.
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aid that fed families, kept girls in school, saved 26 million from AIDS, and now puts 14 million lives at risk.
He wants your tax dollars for raids, cages and terrorizing our communities.
If you mean it, don’t just like it.
Repost it!
July 14, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Trump destroyed 60 years of American generosity—
aid that fed families, kept girls in school, saved 26 million from AIDS, and now puts 14 million lives at risk.
He wants your tax dollars for raids, cages and terrorizing our communities.
If you mean it, don’t just like it.
Repost it!
aid that fed families, kept girls in school, saved 26 million from AIDS, and now puts 14 million lives at risk.
He wants your tax dollars for raids, cages and terrorizing our communities.
If you mean it, don’t just like it.
Repost it!
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“It is up to all of us to fix this.”
July 12, 2025 at 1:40 AM
“It is up to all of us to fix this.”
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My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
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This is so important! @5calls.org please update your scripts to include this!
Hey @5calls.org: Please update your app to include this script to vote “no” on rescissions, especially for #foreignaid!
🚨🚨Critical call to action from OneAID's partners, AID on the Hill: Call your Senators to vote NO on rescissions/budget cuts to foreign aid!
Find you reps using this link: www.congress.gov/members/find...
#usaid #foreignaid
Find you reps using this link: www.congress.gov/members/find...
#usaid #foreignaid
June 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
This is so important! @5calls.org please update your scripts to include this!
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20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
April 14, 2025 at 1:25 AM
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world.
A better world is possible.
A better world is possible.
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Yesterday, we sent a historically big message to Trump, Musk, and the GOP — and we also sent a signal to all those who agree with us but have spent the last few months feeling shaken, hopeless, and afraid. #handsoff
April 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Yesterday, we sent a historically big message to Trump, Musk, and the GOP — and we also sent a signal to all those who agree with us but have spent the last few months feeling shaken, hopeless, and afraid. #handsoff
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THANKS dear colleagues at USAID Stop Work, Friends of USAID and all those contributing stories, data and analysis to continue to track impact of the Trump/Musk war on humanity. We will need all of your skills once we bring them to justice for their crimes. 12/END 🧵
www.usaidstopwork.com/globalimpact
www.usaidstopwork.com/globalimpact
Global Impact — USAIDStopWork
How to make the most of the upcoming Congressional recess!
Mark your calendars: your representatives will be in town February 17th - 21st, 2025. Ensure your representative knows that reinstating USAID...
www.usaidstopwork.com
March 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
THANKS dear colleagues at USAID Stop Work, Friends of USAID and all those contributing stories, data and analysis to continue to track impact of the Trump/Musk war on humanity. We will need all of your skills once we bring them to justice for their crimes. 12/END 🧵
www.usaidstopwork.com/globalimpact
www.usaidstopwork.com/globalimpact
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Programs promised waivers were terminated. We are grateful to our friends at @cgdev.org for actually doing some quick math on the LONG LIST of terminated programs and providing a summary of the damage 5/
www.cgdev.org/blog/usaid-c...
www.cgdev.org/blog/usaid-c...
USAID Cuts: New Estimates at the Country Level
Last week, we published an estimate of cuts to USAID programs at the sectoral level based on two leaked documents covering cancelled and retained awards. Since then, a new version of the terminated an...
www.cgdev.org
March 29, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Programs promised waivers were terminated. We are grateful to our friends at @cgdev.org for actually doing some quick math on the LONG LIST of terminated programs and providing a summary of the damage 5/
www.cgdev.org/blog/usaid-c...
www.cgdev.org/blog/usaid-c...
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WE HAVE POWER
This was a hell of a moment to witness. You could see the shift—the moment this constituent realized her voice had power. She spoke louder, stood taller, and owned that room. 🔥
Republican Rep Victoria Spartz’s SignalGate response did not land well with the crowd.
This was a hell of a moment to witness. You could see the shift—the moment this constituent realized her voice had power. She spoke louder, stood taller, and owned that room. 🔥
Republican Rep Victoria Spartz’s SignalGate response did not land well with the crowd.
March 29, 2025 at 3:47 AM
WE HAVE POWER
This was a hell of a moment to witness. You could see the shift—the moment this constituent realized her voice had power. She spoke louder, stood taller, and owned that room. 🔥
Republican Rep Victoria Spartz’s SignalGate response did not land well with the crowd.
This was a hell of a moment to witness. You could see the shift—the moment this constituent realized her voice had power. She spoke louder, stood taller, and owned that room. 🔥
Republican Rep Victoria Spartz’s SignalGate response did not land well with the crowd.
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And here’s a gift link to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social's latest for those who don’t subscribe. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
www.theatlantic.com
March 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
And here’s a gift link to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social's latest for those who don’t subscribe. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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FACT: Trump has fired more veterans than any President in American history 👇
Read more here: bit.ly/4c1O0rp
#TraitorTrump
Read more here: bit.ly/4c1O0rp
#TraitorTrump
March 24, 2025 at 10:11 AM
FACT: Trump has fired more veterans than any President in American history 👇
Read more here: bit.ly/4c1O0rp
#TraitorTrump
Read more here: bit.ly/4c1O0rp
#TraitorTrump
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All you need to know about Twitter
March 23, 2025 at 7:07 PM
All you need to know about Twitter