Alex Thier

fighting for democracy & rights, climate & equality, peace and justice | happy dad/husband

[Alex Thier @Thieristan]

Thrilled to receive @DohaForum award for our work at @Lapis_group advancing eduation in the world’s most challenging environments. EVERY child deserves the right to learn. No exceptions. No excuses.

Thanks @saadmohseni @EAA_Foundation @BillGates @WorldBank @ADB_HQ @OpenSociety

[Lapis Group @Lapis_group]

Take a look: @Youm_Jadeed is helping to make education more inclusive and accessible to kids with disabilities. 

EVERY child deserves the chance to succeed.

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

More signs of resurging HIV after USAID’s closure. African Neonatal Network reported at IMNCH (a global health conference): HIV+ pregnant women ↑50% & those not on antiretrovirals ↑>300%, year-on-year, across 22 hospitals in 5 nations. @VTOxfordNetwork

[Lapis Group @Lapis_group]

Hello from Syria! We’re in Damascus this week meeting with the Government, UN, and Syrian organizations. Many positive signs of progress but lots of work ahead to ensure access to education, health, and opportunity for all Syrians.
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[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

USAID saved 92 million lives since 2000. It cut deaths of kids 32% & overall 15% in partner countries w 0.3% of the US budget. It was arguably the most effective agency in govt. To no surprise, your destroying it and slashing aid is a human catastrophe. https://t.co/IPsS9PzEkW

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

In decimating USAID, @elonmusk, you also destroyed its vaunted data & auditing systems. It’ll take another year for figures on overall mortality effects in 2025. But with a team of reporters, I’ve so far compiled accounts of >1200 individual deaths like these from what you did.

[Atul Gawande @Atul_Gawande]

Independent analyses estimate that your actions to dismantle USAID and drastically reduce lifesaving foreign aid have already killed 700,000 people. Here are some of those people. 🧵https://t.co/aKdQpk9QTW

[Education Above All Foundation @EAA_Foundation]

Attacks on education are rising at an alarming rate.

The Education Under Attack 2026 report from the @GCPEAtweets reveals that at least 8,566 attacks on education were recorded between 2024 and 2025, a 40% increase compared to 2022–2023, harming more than 10,600 students, teachers, and education personnel.

[Lapis Group @Lapis_group]

Eid Mubarak! The values at the heart of this Eid, including generosity and care for others, sit close to the work we do across the Middle East, South and Central Asia, and Africa. To our partners, communities, and colleagues: we wish you a meaningful Eid with your loved ones.

[UN Development @UNDP]

The latest Socio-Economic Review by @UNDPaf shows 74% of Afghans remain subsistence insecure.

A fragile economy, 2.7M returnees, worsening climate shocks, and declining women’s participation are increasing pressure on livelihoods and services. https://t.co/SfM0je46eX

[Lapis Group @Lapis_group]

He faced the fastest cricketers in the world, but his toughest opponent came before he ever held a bat.

When polio struck, he refused to stay down. He fought his way back to health, and then to representing his nation on the pitch.

[Lapis Group @Lapis_group]

Did you know Elmo speaks Pashto? 

In 2010, Lapis and Tolo partnered with @SesameWorkshop to bring the world-renowned muppets of Sesame Street to Afghanistan. Over 8 seasons, Elmo, Zari (a new little girl character for Afghanistan), Big Bird, and others taught kids to read,

[Alex Thier @Thieristan]

Here’s an amazing innovation. Not crypto-scams. But flipping corruption so that instead of being hidden, back-room, shady deals … it is so brazen, huge and in-your-face people assume it must be normal/allowed.

[Peter Girnus 🦅 @gothburz]

I am a Web3 Ambassador at World Liberty Financial.

There are 12 of us on the team page. 4 are named Trump. 3 are named Witkoff. The page calls us "the passionate minds shaping the future of finance."

600,000 wallets bought our memecoin. They lost $3.87 billion. The family collected $350 million in trading fees. It launched 3 days before the inauguration. 80% of the supply went to CIC Digital LLC and Fight Fight Fight LLC. I did not choose the names. I designed the allocation, the vesting, the timing, and the distance between the product and the President.

The distance is my best work.

I am the reason these events are unrelated.

World Liberty Financial sends 75 cents of every dollar to DT Marks DEFI LLC. That is the family entity. Zero capital contributed. Zero liability assumed. I wrote this into the Gold Paper. Page 14. The lawyers bound it in white leather. The binding cost more than the due diligence.

Justin Sun invested $75 million. He was facing SEC fraud charges. The SEC dropped the case. He is now our advisor. These events are unrelated.

Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty to federal money laundering violations. He received a presidential pardon. The SEC dropped its lawsuit against his exchange the same week we listed our stablecoin. Then the exchange settled a $2 billion deal entirely in that stablecoin. These events are unrelated.

Arthur Hayes, Benjamin Delo, and Samuel Reed of BitMEX pleaded guilty to Bank Secrecy Act violations. All 3 received presidential pardons. Then the company itself was pardoned. $100 million in fines. Gone. An American first. These events are unrelated.

Sheikh Tahnoun of Abu Dhabi paid $500 million for a 49% stake that was never publicly disclosed. Then the administration approved semiconductor exports to his companies over national security objections. These events are unrelated.

Everything is unrelated. I track the unrelatedness on a dashboard I built. The dashboard has 7 columns now. I am proud of the dashboard.

On May 22nd, 220 people paid a combined $148 million to eat dinner with the America First president. Over half were foreign nationals. Justin Sun paid $18.5 million for the first seat. He visited the Executive Office Building the day before. I designed the seating chart. I put it on the Investor Confidence page. That page is doing well.

The team page lists 3 Witkoffs. All 3 are Co-Founders.

Steven Witkoff is the President's Middle East envoy. He testified as a character witness at the President's fraud trial.

His son Zach runs the crypto operation. His son Alex is also a Co-Founder. I have not been told what Alex co-founded.

The father runs the diplomacy. The sons run the platform. The family runs both. That is organizational efficiency.

Barron is 19. His title is Web3 Ambassador. The same as mine. Donald Jr. called the conflicts of interest "complete nonsense." Eric launched a Bitcoin mining company called American Bitcoin. America First. The mining partner is Hut 8. Hut 8 was founded in Canada. America First means the name.

On March 6th, the President signed Executive Order 14233 creating a Strategic Bitcoin Reserve. The order directs the government to hold Bitcoin. The President's family holds billions in Bitcoin. The executive order appreciates the President's assets by presidential decree. I did not write the executive order. I made sure it looked unrelated to the portfolio.

Trump Media put $2 billion of Bitcoin on its balance sheet. The ticker symbol is DJT. His initials. The press secretary said it is absurd to insinuate the President profits off the presidency. Forbes calculated his crypto holdings exceed the combined value of Mar-a-Lago and Trump Tower. I would call that absurd too. That is my job.

600,000 wallets bought in. 1 of them asked why she could not withdraw her funds. I told her the protocol was experiencing dynamic market conditions. She asked what that meant. I sent her the Gold Paper. She said she had read the Gold Paper. I muted her channel. Dynamic means the conditions change. The condition that changed was her access.

A congressman called us the world's most corrupt crypto startup operation. We put it on a coffee mug. Ironic merchandise. $45. The revenue split on the mug is also 75/25.

My own tokens vest on a different schedule. I wrote that schedule. That is not in the Gold Paper.

The memecoin funds the family. The family funds the platform. The platform funds the stablecoin. The stablecoin funds the deals. The deals require the pardons. The pardons free the partners. The partners fund the platform. The President signs the executive orders. The executive orders inflate the assets. The assets fund the family.

I am the reason these events are unrelated.

[Chris Murphy 🟧 @ChrisMurphyCT]

In an age of creeping relativism, a universal moral law still exists.

Threatening to end an entire civilization of 90 million people in order to bend a nation’s conduct to your will is grossly morally wrong. It is evil. And we should say this loudly.

[Alex Thier @Thieristan]

I worked at the UN Rwanda War Crimes Tribunal, reviewing evidence for the prosecution. Such a clear message of intent from a leader like this message from the President would have made trial prep from the prosecution much easier!

[Alex Thier @Thieristan]

The civilization dying may be our own. If every other American leader has agreed on one thing, it’s that America stands for democracy, freedom, justice, human rights, and the rule of law. We build the norms and systems that stop war crimes and mass atrocities, not commit them!

[Lapis Group @Lapis_group]

It takes a village to keep learning going. Youm Jadeed works with local educators, caregivers, community centers, and talented Palestinian artists to make sure children can access education no matter what. We’re grateful for our village!

@EAA_Foundation @OpenSociety

[Lapis Group @Lapis_group]

(1/2) The finish line for polio is in sight.

But the final stretch depends on systems that work. After more than a decade supporting digital and community engagement to eradicate polio in Afghanistan, we know progress depends on sustained engagement with community leaders,

[Alex Thier @Thieristan]

Remember "When these nations become arenas for proxy competition and ideological militancy, the consequences reverberate far beyond their borders." @saadmohseni on Afghanistan, Pakistan, #IranWar in the @FinancialTimes https://t.co/ImDZ4MiLjl

[Lapis Group @Lapis_group]

Eid Mubarak! So many in the communities we live in and work with are facing conflict, uncertainty, and hardship.

We embrace the values at the heart of Eid: compassion, generosity, and care for one another. Wishing peace, resilience, and brighter days to all who are celebrating.

[Melissa Fleming 🇺🇳 @MelissaFleming]

About 45 million more people could be pushed into acute hunger this year if conflict in the Middle East persists.