Donna Chaffee

Author - “First Great Sorrow: My Years with Robert F. Kennedy”; former Financial Mgr/ former Senate Staffer for Robert Kennedy/ B.A., UC Berkeley

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Available for preorder at Amazon now — my memoir about Senator Robert F. Kennedy: “First Great Sorrow, My Years with Robert F. Kennedy”

#RobertFKennedy

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My live chat yesterday with Joan Esposito about Robert F.Kennedy on WCPT, Chicago.

https://t.co/CJEhDsJ2HV

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My interview with the L.A. Times on the 50th anniversary of Senator Robert F. Kennedy's assassination. Click on the link (https://t.co/QGVVxLGRdt) for the full story and video interview. Unfortunately, cut to about a minute from 2 hours! #RFK

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I'm excited to announce that I've signed a deal for the publication of my memoir about the years I worked on Robert F. Kennedy's Senate staff. It should be available for purchase on June 6, 2026.

Here’s the announcement from the “Deal Report” in Publishers Marketplace.

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@billmaher @KidRock 🤮

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@Dodgers 🤮

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I’ve never been so ashamed of our country

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@WhiteHouse

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@Vijendra1Verma @varungandhi80 Asiatic cheetahs, NOT African cheetahs! https://t.co/T10JgE0pdD

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@Shalimartowns @varungandhi80 Do the math…$11 million!!

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@SanjeevArcot @varungandhi80 @narendramodi How many cheetahs have to die?

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@venkatan_k @varungandhi80 @Swamy39 The solution is to keep them in Africa where they belong!

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@jitendra233333 @varungandhi80 The main causes of cheetah deaths in Africa are predation and human conflict. These cheetah deaths were preventable!

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@k_ra_mr @varungandhi80 The main causes of cheetah deaths in Africa are predation and human conflict. These cheetah deaths were preventable!

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@Narenaushyd @varungandhi80 That was over a period of 26 years going back to the 1960’s when less was known about cheetah conservation. Now, fewer than 7,000 wild cheetahs are left. How many more deaths are acceptable to you? And 4 what? To create safari parks for tourists as is being proposed in Kuno?

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@Catchysac @varungandhi80 How many more cheetahs have to die while this experiment goes on?

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@intoxillecture @varungandhi80 https://t.co/T10JgE0pdD

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@Roshan_Karia @IshitaYadav @JyothishNPillai @varungandhi80 https://t.co/T10JgE0pdD

[Donna Chaffee @dmchaffee]

Bravo, Mr. Gandhi — stop this senseless and inhumane experiment!

[Varun Gandhi @varungandhi80]

Importing cheetahs from Africa and allowing nine of them to die in a foreign land is not just cruelty, it's an appalling display of negligence.

We should focus on conserving our own endangered species and habitats rather than contributing to the suffering of these magnificent creatures.

This reckless pursuit of exotic animals must end immediately, and we should prioritise the welfare of our native wildlife instead.

[Donna Chaffee @dmchaffee]

@varungandhi80 Thank you for speaking out on behalf of wildlife that can’t speak for themselves. The Project Cheetah experiment should be stopped — no more African cheetahs should die on Indian soil. The funds should instead go to support native Indian species. ❤️