"You're asking me about something that the president just said... He's never going to implement it... We should talk instead about what he's doing... Every time we get distracted by what he talks about rather than what he does... he destroys and he redistributes to the rich."
WCK trucks loaded with food and cooking fuel have been ready at the Gaza border since early March. Additional food and equipment are ready to be shipped to the border from Jordan and Egypt. Our vital work cannot continue without permission from Israel for this aid to enter. #ChefsForGaza (3/5)
➡️ Large-scale WCK Field Kitchens have run out of the ingredients needed to prepare daily meals.
➡️ Our mobile bakery—recently the last working bakery in Gaza—has no flour left.
➡️ More than 80% of community kitchens have run out of WCK-provided stock. Without ingredients or fuel, these kitchens cannot feed families who rely on them.
#ChefsForGaza (2/5)
After serving more than 130 million total meals and 26 million loaves of bread over the past 18 months, World Central Kitchen no longer has the supplies to cook meals or bake bread in Gaza. #ChefsForGaza (1/5)
Big thank you to @AliVelshi for giving me a good chunk of air time to explain the Econ 101 of bilateral trade deficits. It matters because this is the intellectual foundation for the President's trade war.
"Why are US taxpayers funding Harvard?"
These grants aren't charity. They're highly competitive contracts where the US government determines Harvard is the best institution for conducting specific research, and then pays Harvard for services rendered to US taxpayers.
Actually posted a profile photo at the other place. Guess I've committed now. But not leaving here at this time. There's no sheep on the azure skies--yet.