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Economic development, bicycling and music. Former member of the Obama and Biden Administrations @ USAID. Views are my own.

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Probing what did not work is never as much fun as celebrating success. But in my many years working in economic development, I have come to appreciate the critical role it plays in one's ability to amplify what does work. One organization doing this well is @Generation, a global

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employment nonprofit that trains and places people into jobs in 17 countries. I serve as a member of their board, and Generation is continually looking at data, uncovering hard truths, and improving their work. As a result, their impact is deep and lasting — more than

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Sofia is counting down till the Giro d'Italia starts in Bulgaria in under three weeks -get psyched! @giroditalia @vismaleaseabike @INEOSGrenadiers @ChristianVDV @RBH_ProCycling @JoseBeenTV @Vaughters @TeamEmiratesUAE

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Even in our small town of Bennington 500-750 people came out for No Kings

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Absolutely terrible @SecRubio @HouseForeignGOP @SenateForeign The Russians are giving Iran targeting info on Americans, killing Ukrainians who want their own independent country, and you loosen sanctions on Russian oil. Shame on you!

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Big congrats to @WilmerHale @JennerBlockLLP @SusmanGodfrey @PerkinsCoieLLP for standing up to the bullies!! Shame on @PaulWeissLLP @LathamAndWatkin and the others who caved - putting paychecks ahead of democracy.

Justice Dept. abandons ..
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We may not be able to measure it, but we will all pay a price for this! https://t.co/OL5bsU9OJh

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An important summary by my former colleague @JeremyKonyndyk of how Donald Trump, Elon Musk and their henchmen have ruined lives all over the world and put America on the road to being friendless (inc getting booed at the Olympics).

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New @McDonalds design has worsened McD's excessive use of plastic. Now if you want to fill your H2O bottle with ice and H2O there is no dispenser - they fill a plastic cup in the back & give it to you. And if you have 2 to fill, you can't reuse the cup, you get a 2nd cup. Boo!

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Yet another example of the stupid actions being taken by @elonmusk and @POTUS .... They are cancelling the lease of the USGS office in #Anchorage where experts monitor potential volcanic eruptions that could threaten the city and Pacific flight routes

https://t.co/1EfctDPB6p

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For a real life example of how President Trump is killing Canadian orders from US manufacturers, go to https://t.co/MMKo8XCwnM

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Hopefully just the start of people realizing all the stupid things being done and then speaking out about it....

[Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @JoshEakle]

This is shocking footage from a Republican Town Hall in a deep red district in Texas.

Republicans and Democrats from across the country oppose Musk's DOGE power grab and are PISSED.

Sound on. 🔊

[CNN News Central @NewsCentralCNN]

"USAID now is not capable of deploying any kind of disaster response teams, because of the destruction is ongoing."

Fmr USAID official, who led the Ebola response under President Obama, joins @brikeilarcnn to react to Musk's claims Ebola prevention efforts have been restored without interruption.

[Senator Chris Coons @ChrisCoons]

Cancelling a program that helps prevent the spread of a horrific and contagious disease isn’t an “oops”, it’s a potentially catastrophic mistake.

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If "The United States would also commit to supporting Ukraine’s future economic development," then the Trump Administration will need #USAID @usaidstopwork.bsky.social and the #USDFC to do that! But of course @elonmusk hasn't done his homework to know that

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Ukraine agreed to turn over the revenue from some of its minerals to the U.S., a Ukrainian official said, after an intense pressure campaign from President Trump that included insults and threats. https://t.co/AQRYrzf6nD

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

BREAKING: Judge Ali has *granted* the motion to enforce his restraining order against the State/USAID spending freeze. He has ordered the Trump administration to pay "all invoices and letter of credit drawdown requests" for work done prior to Feb. 13 — by 11:59pm tomorrow night.

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@elonmusk @realDonaldTrump Do you want things like this coming to the US? "Unknown disease that can kill within days leaves 53 dead"
https://t.co/XvUT47DZbZ
Without #USAID and @CDCgov America has no front-line defenses! Reforming USAID is fair game but not getting rid of it!