John Palfrey

John Palfrey @jpalfrey

RT @phillipsacademy: Graduating from Andover is just the beginning. 2💙2💙 is now part of a global alumni community for the rest of their liv… — PolitiTweet.org

John Palfrey @jpalfrey

@oscarthinks And I should clarify: in my view "criticism" is far from a "bad" thing or even necessarily opposed! Criticism is an essential part of democracy and we surely need journalists to apply it to all of us, as you have to our announcement. — PolitiTweet.org

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@oscarthinks All good! My apologies for reading in further than I should have. I think the facts you present are all ones we should grapple with during what I hope is a period of meaningful transition. Thx for your replies and clarification. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ABLImpact @macfound All good. Thanks. I hope we can at a minimum stir things up with this announcement--and the conversation can only help get to a better place if it is open and candid, IMO. People can interpret the facts lots of ways and come out with different conclusions and approaches. — PolitiTweet.org

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@oscarthinks Perhaps I just read it that way! Apologies if I got the punchline wrong. Completely glad to hear it if you agree with the decision to issue these bonds to increase payout at this time. I inferred the opposite--my bad. — PolitiTweet.org

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Holding up a critical POV on our announcement yesterday that we will increase charitable spending by $125 million @macfound via a bond issue. — PolitiTweet.org

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@oscarthinks Helpful discourse and critique here; thx. Hard truths embedded in the thread. As a white foundation exec @macfound involved in this decision, aware of my past and present role in being part of the problem, I hear you. (Obviously, I also have a different POV on this announcement.) — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MellodyHobson: How many of us have been to this movie before? 😂 https://t.co/8eBjxGUvum — PolitiTweet.org

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@JulieScelfo @ProfessorEA @FordFoundation @darrenwalker @WK_Kellogg_Fdn @LaJuneTabron @DorisDukeFdn @macfound I borrow one from @darrenwalker @ProfessorEA or @LaJuneTabron if a cape is required for the occasion. — PolitiTweet.org

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Love this art from @DPLA and can't wait to be part of this conversation with the brilliant @TracieDHall1 on 6/26 -- thanks @jsb and friends. — PolitiTweet.org

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The intergenerational elements laid bare in this moment, highlighted in this pece by David Axelrod ("child during the Sixties") are really important and fascinating https://t.co/nW2mOoJOpY — PolitiTweet.org

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@LaJuneTabron Hooray, La June! So proud to be YOUR partner in this historic effort. — PolitiTweet.org

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@ProfessorEA @FordFoundation @darrenwalker @WK_Kellogg_Fdn @LaJuneTabron @DorisDukeFdn @macfound So proud to be YOUR partner, @ProfessorEA! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @MindaHarts: I have some big news that I can finally share. There will be a book number 2. My next book will be called Pack Light. The d… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @LaSharah: The reimagined @UMKnightWallace Fellowship is an excellent opportunity for *ALL* journalists looking to focus on long-term re… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @CandidDotOrg: Nonprofits are working on big issues. This week, we’re featuring platinum transparency seal holders focused on racial jus… — PolitiTweet.org

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@yvettethijm @macfound Hey @yvettethijm and friends @witnessorg -- thanks and let's keep disrupting. — PolitiTweet.org

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Commentary: ‘We are all pawns in a fixed game’ — a Korean American’s view after his family’s Chatham store was destroyed https://t.co/wztxCzhwtg — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @DanRather: So. Let's set the stage... President Trump has chosen as the venue for his first rally in months, Tulsa, Oklahoma, site of… — PolitiTweet.org

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Congrats to @dsallentess and her co-chairs on this important commission on the future of democracy @americanacad — PolitiTweet.org

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@Admissions01810 @phillipsacademy @PABoysBball @real_PAbaseball Two amazing coaches, amazing teachers! — PolitiTweet.org

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@JenniferFearing @macfound Not by public law but perpetuity is in our charter, so effectively, yes -- we are bound to honor donor intent. So @macfound could not spend down. More complex than Twitter allows of course. — PolitiTweet.org

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@JenniferFearing @macfound Thanks, Jennifer--not sure exactly. @macfound is at $6 bn+ in endowment assets, for instance. We are committing an additional $125 m raised through bonds above our payout that will be a little over 7% this year for charitable purposes. So gets us btwn 8-10% payout likely. — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @darrenwalker: I couldn’t be prouder to take this bold step for #philanthropy with @MellonFdn’s @ProfessorEA, @WK_Kellogg_Fdn’s @LaJuneT… — PolitiTweet.org

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We are proud @macfound to join four partner foundations: together, we commit $1.7+ billion to nonprofit organizations in wake of pandemic, to bring about a more just and equitable recovery https://t.co/oFI0WanV3R — PolitiTweet.org

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@robreich @DanielJHemel @mirandaperrygrl @jeffraikes Thanks! Happy to be included--and excited to be doing this. (Not sure what the question is though?) — PolitiTweet.org

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Leading Foundations Pledge to Give More, Hoping to Upend Philanthropy https://t.co/iA70bX9u66 — PolitiTweet.org