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I'm excited to be moderating a national conversation on private foundations, as part of the Philanthropy Project's Leadership Briefings. I'll be joined by Vu Le, @bdevaan.bsky.social, and Craig Kennedy. Join us! This Thursday at 4:00 ET. And... it's FREE! business.calnonprofits.org/ap/Events/Re...

I simply loved being part of a packed crowd at Harvard Book Store Friday night to hear the remarkable @mollycrabapple.bsky.social speak about "Here Where We Live Is Our Country." Molly is amazing, as is the book!

They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.

This seems exactly right, sadly.

Want to fix the wealth disparity (a bit) and create a system where billionaires start paying taxes again? This excellent article by Ray Madoff provides an elegant and pragmatic solution. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Saved from having to see Bryce and Schwarber politely eating cold McDonald's as RFK Jr challenges them to chin-up contests in the West Wing supply closet.

oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.

thats an attack ad

They. Are. Concentration. Camps.

How would you like a job performance review where part of the compensation package is a $200 m. donor-advised fund for you to distribute? This just happened in at a private equity firm. What's going on?! www.alancantorconsulting.com/2026/02/the-...

Oh, @amtrak.com, I want to love you! But why do you take my affection for granted? With 200 people in NYC boarding the 11 a.m. train to Boston, why wasn't there even a single Amtrak staff member directing us to the quiet car? And why was there not a single sign in the quiet car, once it was found?!

Something I am thinking about is, what is the difference between someone like Jerome Powell, and someone like John Roberts. They're both Republicans, both appointed by terrible Republican presidents, and one is defying the most powerful man on Earth while the other provides him complete legal cover

Good for Jerome Powell for calling out Trump and his henchmen for their unlawful (my word) intimidation of him and the Fed. Would that everyone in that position had Powell's firmness and willingness to speak out!

There isn’t a single Republican watching this and thinking “yep this is great. Exactly what we needed.” GOP congressmen and senators now thinking about hitting the exits

LOLLL Trump claims he’s cutting drug prices by 600 percent, which is not possible

What to make of the recent "gift" from billionaires Michael and Susan Dell? www.alancantorconsulting.com/2025/12/char...

Continued philanthropic malpractice by Elon Musk. Thanks, @nytimes.com @teddyschleifer.bsky.social David Fahrenthold www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...

I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk? But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession. But that's just me

Finally someone bold enough to ask, is new york ready for a mayor who opposes slavery? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...

yes

Trump has a history of defacing historically & artistically significant buildings. Forty-five years before razing the East Wing, he demolished the Bonwit Teller store to build Trump Tower -- after promising to donate the exterior artwork to the Met. (He lies. Always.) news.artnet.com/art-world/do...

I despise Trump with all my being. This is NOT his house!

This may be the perfect distillation of Trumpism. DJT unilaterally destroys a wing of the White House to build a gaudy addition, tasteless real estate developer that he is. It's called "The People's House," and I, for one, am pissed at the home invasion. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

My sentiments exactly. (The author and I grew up in the same small town in Connecticut, way on the Boston side of the Yankees-Red Sox divide.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

The author of this op-ed, David Margolick, is from my hometown of Putnam CT. He captures my sentiments perfectly. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...

If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.

Damned good piece. www.alternet.org/two-looming-...

COLLAPSE THE OLIGARCHY! They need OUR money. when we fight , we win. Tell them it isn't over. #NotGoingBack

They are NOT the majority. They have billionaires who own mainstream and social media, most of the Supreme Court and half of Congress. Yet, they are NOT the majority. This is why they’re always trying to take away your votes. Because they are NOT the majority. They never will be.

Bill Cohan both raises my alarm at another right-wing billionaire consolidating control of the media and cracks me up for using "mishugas" in an NYT op-ed. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...

Smart piece by @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...

After declaring emergency after emergency to justify his unconstitutional usurpation of power, Trump now has his Reichstag moment in the Kirk assassination, which he'll use to justify yet more executive power grabs.

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LISTEN to Gov. J.B. Pritzker warning: Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America.

Exactly right, Hilde Lipson! philanthropyproject.net/maine-fundra...

Wow.

the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president

what i see is a white house whose ambitions outstrip its resources, who did not count on facing mass resistance, and which is scrambling to escalate the situation in hopes that a display of force will make people shut up

i simply do not understand those of you who look at the white house and say to yourselves, “these are hyper competent people who are executing a sophisticated plan with high odds for success”

i personally do not think the administration is actually prepared for what happens if they are facing mass protests in every major city in the country

Pleased to be published today in The Philanthropy Project. philanthropyproject.net/who-is-block...

This kind of clear, direct explanation of what’s happening is basic journalism and yet it’s surprising to hear it stated so forthrightly in this mealy-mouthed era.

This nails it. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

This is a beautiful, illuminating remembrance of David Souter, one of the best people NH ever sent to Washington. (We do not speak of Franklin Pierce, one of the worst.)

A lovely encomia (my new word), Alan. You call him an acquaintance. But someone who shares with you what’s in his grocery cart must be more than that.