Standing with The Six! No to harrassement, Intimidation, Truth Social late night postings..

Just bought - I hope - An inflatable frog, 🐸 and unicorn costumes. 🦄 Happy wearing, whoever gets it. Make good noise. 🎺 🥁 #OperationInflation #NoKingsDayOct18th

No words needed.

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.

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

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

Yeah. My mood. 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?

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...

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...

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?”

Buying these in bulk.

In hallways and offices throughout the State Department. #Resist #FightFascism

This Is Important 👇🏽 www.lawfaremedia.org/article/good... Thank you 🙏 @lawfaremedia.org @zftwarning.bsky.social @anticorruption.bsky.social

Mood.

Coming into San Francisco from DC. Already feeling like there’s more oxygen.

See you this weekend

Stand strong, California.

How I see a DOGE-run “rehiring” process…. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

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.

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...

Rule of law and due process. See, DOGE: You cannot just dismiss, Disregard, and try to drive a Tesla through it.

'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 on.ft.com/3Fnvca2

Trump mug shot. Abraham Lincoln. President of the United States. Who wore it better?

Score one for climate information!

Someone explain this to me slowly how this is supposed to be “waste, fraud, abuse” savings? This is insane

Firing data scientists, shutting down health research, weather forecasting, Weakening consumer safety efforts, dismantling FEMA, worsening economic conditions… ….all affecting Americans. It’s not America First. It’s Trump First and America, go to the back of the line.

There’s many points to be applauded in Bill Gates’ remarks. And here’s one for you: “USAID people, along with the military, are the most heroic people working for the U.S. government.. “ Thank you, Mr Gates. www.gatesfoundation.org/video/25th-a...

100 days of swindle-tude Coming to a theater near you.

“For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there's something stronger, something better, pushing right back.” ~Albert Camus

April 30, Fifty years ago. Dad evacuated from Embassy #Saigon, thrown on a helo by Marines (#SemperFi ) Home that summer. A quiet conversation with Mom. He disappears one day, And returns with 3 Vietnamese #refugees Crammed in his VW beetle.

Enough with these Friday night face slaps. Can’t America have at least one peaceful weekend? t.co/gGIq7TLkkT

A statesman, leader, Mentor to many, Reliable deliverer of strategic insight, candor, motivation and humor to help get through the roughest times. A giant indeed. Thank you, Mr. Armitage. armitageinternational.com/news/remembe...

What gives us “anxiety” is this Administration’s disregard and dismissal of fact, research, data and evidence. The “dumbing down” of America continues with global implications.

The devastation is real. The loss is real. Earthquakes don’t hit everyone equally—they hit the poorest hardest. They lack the resources to survive and to rebuild their lives. We need the world to be on the side of the communities I met in Myanmar.

This work deserves championing. Clean energy. Sustainability. Lifesaving aid.

Speaks volumes to the crude, calloused treatment by this Administration of dedicated public servants. USAID three person team deployed to Burma, w/o any hesitation to provide humanitarian aid, access needs receives while on the ground, notice of their imminent job terminations.

So penguins too? Cutting FEMA, FDA, HHS, slashing services to Americans across the country made me wonder why does this WH hate us so much. And now, 🐧 They will stop at nothing.

Great. One more reason to lay awake at night, staring at the ceiling. What could possibly Go wrong?

Statement on UNOPS colleague killed at UNOPS premises in #Gaza: bit.ly/3FOuTVC

This is thug tactics. USIP hosted its traditional “Pass the Baton” convening, where incoming WH NSA Walz joined his predecessor on stage. Seems like the baton is now being wielded by DOGE thugs. USIP had both Democratic and Republican champions on the Hill. Where are they now?

What is the metric for measuring whether Make America Great Again has succeeded? —aviation disasters? —measles? —job losses? —tanking stock market? —illegal threats against allies? —repression for speech? —attacking scientific research? —gutting the Constitution? www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

Call on UN agencies, INGOs, local orgs, “ecosystem” shapers - Put your best people on it, those who can shed agency “uniforms”, work collaboratively to reform/improve response, can put the uncomfortable and provocative out there. Development actors: pay attention. You’re part of this.

Cuts to NIH. Terminating R&D on health, agriculture, climate impacts. Firing scientists/experts from NOAA, CDC et al. Why does anyone think these moves make America safer? They don’t make us any smarter… www.wsj.com/health/healt...

And because so many posts are gloom and doom, here’s one to brighten your day. Check out OAR in the Nats post game concert. (Cousin on lead guitar! At least Someone in the family has talent!)

We enter a data desert: the USG shutters key collecting/analytic efforts like FEWSNET, terminates efforts to improve data-reinforced decision making. The data streams that underpin humanitarian response are about to collapse: www.thenewhumanitarian.org/opinion/2025... (@newhumanitarian.bsky.social)

When we are talking about life-saving efforts, risk to American jobs, and the clumsy, cruel Efforts by this Administration to shut down aid, denying needed food to children with severe malnutrition - this is what we are talking about. youtube.com/watch?v=WDAw... CBS Saturday Morning

When at State Dept, worked /USAID around the world and saw value of work close up. When I worked at USAID, it was an honor to work shoulder by shoulder w/dedicated public servants. Thank you all for speaking up. Keep the heat on. t.co/95j1HiwPgz