Congratulations to @MarkJCarney - a visionary leader.
By the way America...you do realize that in North America we have one neighbor, Canada, with a key leader on #climatefinance as the incoming PM and another, Mexico, led by a #climatescientist.
Think about that...I sure am.
Diana, our family: without your support, I wouldn’t be standing here. Without your examples, I wouldn’t have a purpose. Without your love, I wouldn’t have the strength for what lies ahead.
The US is intent of finding ways to marginalize itself. This step - and there will soon be many more - is bad for all, and is misguided even if your goal is solely to exert American influence.
Tonight I had the honor of taking my dad, Bijan (we call him Beej) as my date to a White House reception with President Biden for new Members of Congress — as a gift for his 70th birthday.
My dad immigrated to the United States to study engineering at the University of Oregon. He grew up in a working class family in Iran, and spent the first summer in the US cleaning dorm rooms to make extra money. After graduating, he spent 17 years working at the public works department of a county in Washington State. Later in life, he worked himself through business school at nights and started his own company. If that’s not the American Dream, I don’t know what is.
What I hate most about politics is the amount of lies I’ve had to endure about my family and our story. I’m so proud to have the hardest working parents who sacrificed everything — fleeing a brutal, theocratic regime during their home country’s revolution — to give their future kids a better life and opportunity. My dad is the most patriotic American I know, and I’m so grateful he encouraged me to pursue my lifelong passion for public service.
On top of that, he’s my best friend, my biggest supporter, and the funniest person I’ve ever known. Happy birthday Beej. Thank you for everything ❤️
Breaking news: Jimmy Carter, a no-frills and steel-willed Southern governor who was elected president in 1976, died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, according to his son. He was 100 and the oldest living U.S. president of all time. https://t.co/5YJxOgGeC7
A legend. My son played little league at the Oakland park where Rickey played.
Insult to injury for Oakland’s proud baseball tradition after the departure of the A’s.
🇺🇸 Just In: Trump announces Massad Boulos as Senior Advisor on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs. Boulos, a businessman and Tiffany Trump’s father-in-law, helped build ties with the Arab American community and supports Middle East peace efforts.
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@josephpowell Well done Joe. My family had this experience in California last year, and it was a blessing. The rules here are very similar to those in the bill before Parliament. They work, and they are humane. Many families will be better able to make decisions thoughtfully & with dignity.
Not really posting here anymore, but I did want to make this important point: please come over and follow me at https://t.co/0Oifq5jWpK.
Lots going on in the world and there's a lot going on over there.
This is a story that needs attention. The candidate's serial misrepresentations about #climate and the environment are not as lurid as many others, but they are exceptionally important to our shared future in a rapidly warming and volatile world.