Jon Funabiki

Applying a social justice lens to journalism, philanthropy and academia.

[Jon Funabiki @funabiki]

Nominations open ...

[Atsuko Okatsuka @AtsukoComedy]

FYI there are more of us that said no to the Riyadh comedy festival in Saudi Arabia. Here’s the offer I got back in July

[Maura DragonHeart 🍀🇺🇸🇮🇪🇮🇹 🌛🌝🌜💙 @maura_resister]

Since our government failed to give her any respect

[Protect Kamala Harris ✊ @DisavowTrump20]

Three months ago today, Rep. Melissa Hortman was murdered by a right-wing extremist.

RETWEET to honor her life 💙

[Jon Funabiki @funabiki]

South Korean attitudes toward the U.S. turn ICE-y. No surprise. https://t.co/YcemWhgwgM

[Jon Funabiki @funabiki]

Even sticky notes face erasure in these times. https://t.co/hcAR3IVHnn

[Jon Funabiki @funabiki]

Now you see it, now you don't. https://t.co/JdarqELFTi

[Gavin Newsom @GavinNewsom]

.@SenAlexPadilla is one of the most decent people I know.

This is outrageous, dictatorial, and shameful.

Trump and his shock troops are out of control.

This must end now.

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

This just happened in the United States of America. Not Russia. Not Venezuela.
A U.S. Senator, manhandled by uniformed officers of the U.S. government, for challenging the Homeland Security director about what's happening in LA.
Every one of his colleagues, Republican and Democrat, should speak out NOW!

[Jon Funabiki @funabiki]

GOP Sen. Joni Ernst ...

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Rahm Emanuel on President Trump commuting the federal sentence of Chicago gang co-founder Larry Hoover: “This is a notorious gang leader who had many, many people killed…I always thought, when I was growing up in politics, that the Republican Party was supposed to be the party of law and order.”

[John Harwood @JohnJHarwood]

"The administration has terminated more than 80% of USAID grants.

"A BU global health professor estimated these cuts have already resulted in about 300,000 deaths, most of them of children.

"That is what Musk’s foray into politics accomplished."

https://t.co/5zmBKzxiJU

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

BREAKING: At the Harvard Graduation Ceremony moments ago, Harvard President Alan M. Garber just got a standing ovation after taking a subtle shot at President Trump.

"To the class of 2025, from down the street, across the country and around the world. AROUND THE WORLD! JUST AS IT SHOULD BE!”

[Jon Funabiki @funabiki]

Meet George Lee: Asian pioneer in ballet and on Broadway | Ten Times Better … 50K views in three weeks! https://t.co/pWjy5NSL5U via @YouTube

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

It's noteworthy that the same folks in Congress who were clamoring ceaselessly about the "Biden crime family" would sit silently while a president pulls off the most audacious schemes ever to monetize the office for his personal gain.
#phonies
https://t.co/mc0Kr2XK8Y via @NYTimes

[Jon Funabiki @funabiki]

Pinch me! PBS American Masters is now streaming Ten Times Better, the surprising and previously untold story of George Lee, a teenaged Chinese refugee who leapt to fame in George Balanchine's The Nutcracker and the groundbreaking Flower Drum Song. https://t.co/I6ddX7YsUH

[Jon Funabiki @funabiki]

We're so excited that Ten Times Better, the extraordinary story of Chinese American dance pioneer George Lee, is now being streamed by PBS American Masters ... https://t.co/9CO8Ig3zNP

[amna @IAmAmnaNawaz]

"More than a thousand people gathered at Powder House Square near the Tufts University campus Wednesday evening to protest the arrest and possible deportation of graduate student Rumeysa Ozturk."

https://t.co/JWvnUZSGeF