Thomas Derr

Strategic communications specialist. Writer. Monitoring the points where finance & public policy intersect. (And often collide...)

[Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System @PennSERS]

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[Pennsylvania State Employees' Retirement System @PennSERS]

Due to strong investment performance and shared gain provisions, the Commonwealth’s Independent Fiscal Office projects that @PennSERS members will save $15 million and @PA_PSERS members $41 million each year for the next 3 years. See the IFO Report at: https://t.co/6sXKLZ2dfz

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What’s the best inheritance? Some say a healthy respect for money. (i.e., “Give a man a fish and he eats for a day; teach a man to fish, and he’ll eat for a lifetime.”) These golden rules can help teach your children about money, no matter their age. https://t.co/AzcunvqvyK

[Thomas Derr @ThDerr]

Customers Bancorp CEO Jay Sidhu to step down, son Sam to take helm - Philadelphia Business Journal https://t.co/X6GV9PYS2W via @PHLBizJournal

[Jo @JoJoFromJerz]

Holy shit, this “American girl” ad from @senecaprojectus is amazing!!!
Hard to see the letters I’m typing through the tears streaming down my face though.

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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the celebrity therapist who passed away in July at the age of 96, often cited the phrase “tikkun olam,” Hebrew for “repairing the world," as a guiding principle for how people can create a happy life. Here are some of her best tips: https://t.co/tHptF4DsMn

[Mueller, She Wrote @MuellerSheWrote]

Everyone seems to be focusing on the short list of congressional dems who have asked Biden to bow out. So I made a list of the 85% who have NOT:

Abigail Spanberger
Adriano Espaillat
Al Green
Alex Padilla
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Alma Adams
Ami Bera
Amy Klobuchar
André Carson
Andrea Salinas
Andrew Kim
Angus King
Anna Eshoo
Annie Kuster
Ayanna Pressley
Barbara Lee
Becca Balint
Ben Cardin
Ben Ray Luján
Bennie Thompson
Bernie Sanders
Bill Foster
Bill Keating
Bill Pascrell
Bob Casey Jr.
Bob Menendez
Bonnie Watson Coleman
Brad Sherman
Brendan Boyle
Brian E. Schatz
Catherine Cortez Masto
Chellie Pingree
Chris Coons
Chris Deluzio
Chris Pappas
Chris Van Hollen
Chrissy Houlahan
Christopher S. Murphy
Chuck Schumer
Colin Allred
Cori Bush
Cory Booker
D. Adam Smith
Dan Kildee
Daniel Goldman
Danny K. Davis
Darren Soto
David Scott
David Trone
Dean Phillips
Debbie Dingell
Debbie Stabenow
Debbie Wasserman Schultz
Deborah Ross
Delia Ramirez
Derek Kilmer
Diana DeGette
Dick Durbin
Dina Titus
Donald Davis
Donald Norcross
Donald Sternoff Beyer Jr.
Doris Matsui
Dutch Ruppersberger
Dwight Evans
Edward J. Markey
Eleanor Holmes Norton
Elissa Slotkin
Elizabeth Warren
Emanuel Cleaver
Emilia Sykes
Eric Swalwell
Frank Mrvan
Frank Pallone Jr.
Frederica S. Wilson
Gabe Amo
Gary Peters
Gerald Edward Connolly
Glenn Ivey
Grace Meng
Grace Napolitano
Greg Casar
Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan
Gregory W. Meeks
Gwen Moore
Hakeem Jeffries
Haley Stevens
Hank Johnson
Henry Cuellar
Ilhan Omar
Jack Reed
Jacky Rosen
Jahana Hayes
Jake Auchincloss
Jamaal Bowman
James Clyburn
Jan Schakowsky
Jared Evan Moskowitz
Jared Golden
Jasmine Crockett
Jason Crow
Jeanne Shaheen
Jeff Jackson
Jeff Merkley
Jennifer McClellan
Jennifer Wexton
Jerrold Nadler
Jill Tokuda
Jim Costa
Jim McGovern
Jimmy Gomez
Jimmy Panetta
Joaquin Castro
Joe Courtney
Joe Manchin III
Joe Neguse
John Fetterman
John Garamendi
John Hickenlooper
John Larson
John Sarbanes
Jon Ossoff
Jonathan Jackson
Joseph Morelle
Josh Gottheimer
Josh Harder
Joyce Beatty
Juan Vargas
Judy Chu
Julia Brownley
Katherine Clark
Kathy Manning
Katie Porter
Kevin Mullin
Kim Schrier
Kirsten Gillibrand
Kweisi Mfume
Kyrsten Sinema
Laphonza Butler
Lauren Underwood
Linda Sánchez
Lisa Blunt Rochester
Lizzie Pannill Fletcher
Lois Frankel
Lori Trahan
Lou Correa
Lucy McBath
Madeleine Dean
Maggie Hassan
Marcy Kaptur
Maria Cantwell
Marilyn Strickland
Mark DeSaulnier
Mark Kelly
Mark Warner
Mary Gay Scanlon
Mary Peltola
Matt Cartwright
Maxine Waters
Maxwell Alejandro Frost
Mazie K. Hirono
Melanie Ann Stansbury
Michael Bennet
Mike Thompson
Nancy Pelosi
Nanette Barragán
Nikema Williams
Nikki Budzinski
Norma Torres
Nydia Velazquez
Patty Murray
Paul Tonko
Pete Aguilar
Pramila Jayapal
Raja Krishnamoorthi
Raphael Warnock
Rashida Tlaib
Raul Ruiz
Richard Blumenthal
Richard Neal
Rick Larsen
Ritchie Torres
Ro Khanna
Robert C. Scott
Robert Garcia
Robert Menendez Jr.
Robin Kelly
Ron Wyden
Rosa L. DeLauro
Ruben Gallego
Salud Carbajal
Sanford Bishop Jr.
Sara Jacobs
Sean Casten
Seth Magaziner
Sharice Davids
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick
Sheila Jackson Lee (Rest in power)
Sheldon Whitehouse
Shontel Brown
Shri Thanedar
Stacey Plaskett
Steny Hoyer
Stephen Lynch
Steve Cohen
Steven Horsford
Summer Lee
Susan Wild
Susie LeeSuzan DelBene
Suzanne Bonamici
Sydney Kamlager-Dove
Sylvia Garcia
Tammy Baldwin
Tammy Duckworth
Ted Lieu
Teresa Leger Fernandez
Terri Sewell
Tim Kaine
Timothy M. Kennedy
Tina Smith
Tom Carper
Tom Suozzi
Tony Cárdenas
Troy Carter
Val Hoyle
Valerie Foushee
Veronica Escobar
Vicente Gonzalez Jr.
Wiley Nickel
Yadira Caraveo
Yvette D. Clarke

[Jasmine Crockett @JasmineForUS]

For some this still won’t be enough because there’s nothing he can do to turn back the hands of time, but one day I’ll have to tell y’all about all the people that told me I couldn’t win my state house race… not only did I win it, outspent, and underestimated in the middle of a pandemic… I went on to then become the 4th black woman elected to Congress from Texas, two years later.

My President just knocked it out the MF park! Don’t tell me what can’t be done, tell me HOW to get it done! #LetsGoJoe

[Jasmine Crockett @JasmineForUS]

If Dems found half as much energy to attack MAGA, the real threat, then we’d be good.

For all the geniuses out there who think someone else would be better,
1) explain to me who it is,
2) how they get on the ballot in all 50 states,
3) how they get the money and apparatus together to get this done in 4 months (the over 100 million Biden has on hand doesn’t transfer)
4) how we explain that a random person has been selected… subverting the votes that were casts, because of bad polls.

Dems spend all their time seeking perfection, while Republicans focus on their disastrous agenda & could care less so long as they rig the system in their favor!

USE YOUR ENERGY ADDRESSING PROJECT 2025 & the fact that this Supreme Court has laid the foundation to finalize the full destruction of our democracy!

[Penn State Football @PennStateFball]

🦅🦅🦅 @Saquon

[Ed Krassenstein @EdKrassen]

I have no idea where this video is from. I found it on Reddit, but this explains humanity so well.

This man walks into a Chinese Restaurant for takeout. He immediately begins speaking perfect Chinese, with a perfect accent.

He has a conversation with the staff, who calls him "one of us," and then they proceed to give him his food for free.

This is humanity. Everyone should take a chance to learn about others, identify with others, and empathize with others. We often see more racist people in small towns rather than in large cities. This isn't necessarily their faults.

This is because racism is mostly built on "the unknown" and people tend to fear the unknown. Once you get to know people and befriend people from other races, religions, sexual orientations, gender ideologies, and ethnicities, you have a tendency to better understand where they come from.

This is why learning about other cultures, religions, and even languages is so important. It's why studying history, and sociology are important.

Reach out to someone you don't identify well with and try to learn about them today. It will help humanity tomorrow.

[Black Shoe Diaries @BSDtweet]

HELLOOOOOOOO

[Leaders @LeadersBest]

A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.
—Lao Tzu

[Thomas Derr @ThDerr]

Great idea: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Black stories in Philadelphia https://t.co/vRRXPYflFB

[Time Trip @TimeTriping]

@fasc1nate The Beatles' final performance, 1969

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Happy Leap Day! Leap Day isn’t just a 4-year time correction. Per Irish Legend, in the 5th C, St Brigid asked St Patrick to let women propose to men, as they tired of waiting for their beaus to propose. Patrick allowed this to happen one day every 4 years. https://t.co/DcR4aFcvgz

[Joanna Gosling @joannagtweets]

From horror show to triumph! This is the moment when pianist Maria Joao Pires realises - as the orchestra starts to play - that she has learned the wrong piece for a concert. With no sheet music to fall back on, she has to keep calm and carry on. She is AMAZING. As is conductor Riccardo Chailly, who shows he’s surely the cheerleader we all want in our corner. Belief and bravery in action! Mozart’s Piano Concerto in D minor, my Stop the Clock piece @ClassicFM today…

[John Cleese @JohnCleese]

The Ministry of Silly Walks would like to remind you that today is #InternationalSillyWalksDay. Public displays of Silly Walking are strongly encouraged. Post your #SillyWalks for grant consideration and beware of any walks that are not particularly silly. 🎩 🧐

[Thomas Derr @ThDerr]

@gardnerakayla Well deserved - congratulations!