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Oregon farmboy turned NY Times columnist, author with my wife, , of "Tightrope" I'm on IG at and FB at

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    22 Mar 2020

    We may all have more time for reading. If so, check out my book with Sheryl , "Tightrope," about underlying US problems, told through the kids on my old No. 6 school bus. said it was "One of the most important books I've read on the state of our disunion."

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    53 minutes ago

    “I would hope that if any of us came across a single hungry child, we would pause and immediately offer help. But collectively we stroll by 12 million desperate children without stopping.” - a beautiful paean to hope, via

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    2 hours ago

    Agree with about child allowances - in Biden's plan as refundable child tax credit, that could cut child poverty in half: "In the long run, this would do more to advance American equality, opportunity and decency than almost anything else."

    The most exciting part of 's "America Rescue Plan" may be one that gets little attention: It's the most serious effort to reduce child poverty in at least 50 years. It would cut America's disgraceful levels of child poverty by half. My column:
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    4 hours ago

    "Americans are less likely to graduate from high school, more likely to die young, less safe from violence & less able to drink clean water than citizens in many other advanced countries ... Covid-19 magnified these disparities." -

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    6 hours ago

    New: US Capitol Police arrested a Virginia man as he attempted to pass through a police checkpoint in downtown Washington Friday with fake inaugural credentials, a loaded handgun & over 500 rounds of ammunition, CNN reporting.

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    5 hours ago

    "So we think of the United States as No. 1, but America ranks No. 28 worldwide in well-being of citizens, according to the Social Progress Index. And the United States is one of only three countries to have gone backward since the index began in 2011" -

    The most exciting part of 's "America Rescue Plan" may be one that gets little attention: It's the most serious effort to reduce child poverty in at least 50 years. It would cut America's disgraceful levels of child poverty by half. My column:
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  7. 5 hours ago

    So that's why I look at Biden's America Rescue Plan, at this first serious plan in half a century to confront child poverty and think maybe Biden is becoming...Rooseveltian. My column: Please read, and I welcome your thoughts.

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  8. 5 hours ago

    FDR tackled a national crisis in ways that addressed larger problems, thus setting the stage for 35 years of inclusive post-war growth. Biden is similarly trying to address not just the front-burner crisis but also back-burner crises like child poverty that hold America back

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  9. 5 hours ago

    Likewise, Michigan initially had a Black death rate from Covid 3X that of whites. Then Michigan tackled the inequity and the Black death rate from the virus is now lower than for whites. In other words, race gaps and child poverty are our choice; they're not a given.

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  10. 5 hours ago

    Too often we think that child poverty or race gaps are inevitable. They're not. Tony Blair cut British child poverty in half, using child allowances, basically the same strategy as Biden proposes. What we lack isn't resources or methods, but will.

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    The most exciting part of 's "America Rescue Plan" may be one that gets little attention: It's the most serious effort to reduce child poverty in at least 50 years. It would cut America's disgraceful levels of child poverty by half. My column:

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  12. 8 hours ago

    This kind of neighborhood response to crisis is the best!

    My local corner shop has started a pay-it-forward scheme. If you're short of money, you can pay with a post-it note token. If you're doing fine, you can pay to have another token added to the board for use by others. Love it.
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    8 hours ago

    Another Obama admin official, longtime State Department Middle East veteran Phillip Gordon, the author of a recent book chronicling US' disastrous regime change strategies, named deputy National Security Adviser to Kamala Harris

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    18 hours ago

    The death penalty is fundamentally a poor person’s issue. Over nearly 40 years of visiting death row facilities across the United States, I have never met a single person with money or resources. Capital punishment means “those without the capital get the punishment.”

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  15. 11 hours ago

    Interesting essay by about the risks faced by North Korea, and posed by North Korea to the Biden administration. I agree that North Korea will vault this year back to the front burner.

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    12 hours ago

    11 Biden StateDept noms/appts today; for the foreign policy nerds. Wendy Sherman: D Brian McKeon: D/Management Victoria Nuland: P Bonnie Jenkins: T Uzra Zeya: J Derek Chollet: C Salman Ahmed: S/P Suzy George: CoS Jeffrey Prescott: DUSUN Ned Price: spox Jalina Porter: deputy spox

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  17. 23 hours ago

    A bleak analysis of Covid news in a thread from former CDC director , noting huge numbers of infections and tumbling life expectancy. Read the thread.

    Covid Epi Weekly: Could Covid Kill 1 Million Americans? New strains are a shot across the bow. A message from the virus: We outnumber you. We’re more persistent. We change and adapt. It’s up to us: Fight smarter. Collaborate. Protect ourselves and each other better. 1/thread
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    23 hours ago

    Peak 2021

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  19. Jan 15

    Atlanta Prosecutor Appears to Move Closer to Trump Criminal Inquiry for Interfering in the Vote

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  20. Jan 15

    Yahoo is reporting that $500,000 in bitcoin was transferred from a foreign account to right-wing US activists a month before the Capitol riot; authorities reportedly are investigating. via

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  21. Jan 15

    Hmm. North Korea now has more nukes than ever. Iran is closer to nukes than when Trump took office. Saudi Arabia murdered a Wash Post columnist. China is more aggressive. Pompeo can't get a meeting with Luxembourg's foreign minister. Maybe the GOP should stay quiet for a while?

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    How far left will Biden’s foreign policy go? Watch here and find out.
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