Doesn’t someone normally get arrested when they steal 300 classified documents, steals top secret nuclear documents, hides stolen government documents in magazines, tries to over throw the government, gets cops killed, asks FBI agents to rise up against the agency & other crimes

“Typically, people will fix their house, buy a cow, manure for the fields, connect to electricity, dig a latrine, sign up to government health insurance. It’s amazing, the transformation to people’s lives, with quite a small amount of financial assistance.”

Every single Republican member of Congress voted against the support for law enforcement in the American Rescue Plan. Every single one.

The cost of college has skyrocketed. Over the last 20 years the cost of public college has gone up almost 180%. I pursued the American Dream. For today’s Americans to do the same, we need to bring down the cost of college. educationdata.org/average-cost-o…

Good morning. If Republicans win this fall they are going to pass a national abortion ban, eliminate the $2,000 Medicare cap on drug prices, and put a sunset on Social Security. You know why I know this? Because they keep telling us.

"Villagers say their lives transformed overnight when they received $1,000 on their mobile money accounts." - from @_Will_Brown's dispatch from southern Kenya on GiveDirectly💸 w Rory Stewart telegraph.co.uk/global-health/…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home Monday in a truck driven by his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, to avoid being served a subpoena, according to an affidavit filed in federal court. bit.ly/3BQ5G7C

your reminder that Reality Winner took one document and spent four years in prison. she didn't get to go running to her favorite corrupt Supreme Court Justice for help. one document. four years.

"Nowadays, I swear, we can't afford flour," Umm Hani says. reuters.com/world/middle-e…

📰GiveDirectly💸 helping to administer Cook County Promise - one of the largest guaranteed income pilots in US history.

I’m running for world-class public schools. Instead of attacking our teachers, we'll have their backs. Instead of defunding our kids’ classrooms, we'll fully fund them. The future of public education is on the ballot. Go vote.

At the very least--but shouldnt have to be assaulted in order to have access to abortion healthcare. And survivors of sexual assault shouldnt be retraumatized by being forced to report. Most assaults not reported--most perpetrated by family member or someone victim knows. #txlege

Greg Abbott chose to allow people to carry guns in public without a background check, training, or permit. Now the number of mass shootings in Texas is up by more than 60% and gun violence is the leading cause of death for kids and teens. Abbott makes us less safe.

88% of evangelical Christians voted for Herschel Walker, not Warnock, the candidate who has devoted his adult life to Jesus Christ. Let that sink in.

“We have a lot of people in this village, who if it had not been for GiveDirectly, would have gone to their graves without ever touching $50.”

We lost fewer seats in the House of Representatives than any Democratic president’s first midterm election in at least 40 years. And we had the best midterms for Governors since 1986. The American people spoke.

21 people were slaughtered in Uvalde Some kids were decapitated One used her dead friend’s blood to play dead Greg Abbott flew on a private jet to a fundraiser the same day He offered DNA kits as a solution to gun violence He STILL beat Beto 60.27% to 31.55% in Uvalde WTAF

"Maybe just give money directly" Vox #GivingTuesday piece on the best ways to give highlights GiveDirectly💸 ⤵️vox.com/future-perfect…

Spoke w/ Kate Andrews about GiveDirectly💸, the extraordinary benefits of cash transfers, and the need to support the world's poorest people. Listen here:

📰 by Peter Coy for the NYT on cash transfers and GiveDirectly💸 including what the research says and what cash meant for a recipient Josephy Amosi Kamanga in Malawi