Patrick Gaspard
@patrickgaspard
@amprog. Forever @OpenSociety Former Amb South Africa. Obama alum. UNION! Owner of views. “I sound my barbaric yawp over the roofs of the world.” - Whitman
I took this photo in Cape Town when I hosted Cong John Lewis on his return to South Africa. He and Archbishop Tutu couldn’t wait to embrace one another. Brothers in struggle. Benders of the arc of justice. Joined in eternity. They’ve done the hard work and leave the rest to us
You voted to take SNAP benefits away from 22 million Americans.
Had some deep dish pizza. Pepperoni and cheese and Canadian bacon and pineapple. You can feed a small family for a week w one of these
It’s impossible to enjoy this holiday wknd without persistent thoughts of those precious children in texas and their families. Hoping and praying for more rescues. The scale of the tragedy is overwhelming.
Nothing should shock still but I’m stunned that we are just watching Gazans starve to death. On our dime. A year ago our “leaders” admonished us for daring to call for a “Ceasefire”. Remember how that was the red line in our politics? Ridiculous. All we warned has come to pass
This right here is why I was such a fan and had mad respect for Malcom-Jamal Warner and followed him on every platform, the intellect and respect that he had for the culture ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾
A man of deep goodness, warmth, talent, and charm. He challenged himself in music, art, cinema, spoken word and writing. We did Shakespeare together, crime drama and played dear friends on TV at one point. Art imitating life. Forever youthful, he had a huge capacity for joy but…
Socialism is when a Democratic mayor wants to do free buses. Capitalism is when a Republican president wants to put in place an artificial earnings cap for one specific group of people so they don't get too uppity.
Deport Rosie? Imprison Obama? Demand the Redskins name come back? He's playing all the hits
“Sometimes the tiniest detail really exposes the soul” @timkaine on Trump Admin burning food aid for children rather than distributing it. These people have shrunken souls. youtube.com/shorts/eYmZXSW… via @YouTube
The recession package being voted on today cuts the 100mil in bipartisan support for the UNICEF general fund which feeds starving kids. This is wrong. More:
"We can come up with $45 billion for an archipelago of immigrant prisons." And we still have to cut every penny of aid for starving kids? @Timodc talks possible UNICEF cuts:
“I’m a New Yorker bone on bone. We’re tough people, but I saw cowards…” Youman Wilder, veteran youth baseball coach and founder of the Harlem Baseball Hitting Academy who happens to have a master’s degree in law became a hero for his kids during their July 3rd practice.…
You can see the jump in inflation in June. Some key imports are starting to spike in price. Price hikes in June alone: Durable goods +0.5% Linens +5.9% Oranges +4.7% Olives +4.4% Cookware +4% Audio equipment +2.9% Major appliances +2.4% Coffee +2.2% Sports equipment +1.8%…
Call this what it is - The Trump Tax on working families. And it’s gonna get a whole lot worse. All the things we said
And there it is. The prices on everything from eggs to gas have exploded because of Trump’s reckless policies that have been rubber stamped by his Republican toadies: U.S. Inflation Accelerated in June as Trump’s Tariffs Pushed Up Prices nytimes.com/2025/07/15/bus… via @NYTimes
And there it is. The prices on everything from eggs to gas have exploded because of Trump’s reckless policies that have been rubber stamped by his Republican toadies: U.S. Inflation Accelerated in June as Trump’s Tariffs Pushed Up Prices nytimes.com/2025/07/15/bus… via @NYTimes
I can’t believe that my daughter has turned me into the Haitian dad gearing up for the finale of Love Island with That look on my face…
Did Trump just compliment the Liberian President for his "good English?" English is the official language of Liberia. But that's not even it...did no one tell him how Liberia was founded? Freed slaves? Freed African Americans? American Colonization Society? Liberia and America?…
🚨BREAKING: In a completely embarrassing moment, Donald Trump told the Liberian President “you speak such beautiful English…where did you learn to speak so beautifully” - even though English is the NATIONAL LANGUAGE OF LIBERIA. The world is watching America humiliate itself. 🤡
Trump to the President of Liberia: "Such good English. Where did you learn to speak so beautifully?" English is the official language of Liberia...
This is Yasir. He’s 21 yo. He fled Sudan after he was kidnapped & tortured by the RSF (he’s Zaghawa, a group that is systematically targeted). Thanks to his legal team from @Door_NYC he walked safely out of his ICE check-in today (unlike way too many others). I consider it the…
To say that the loss of the Oloffson in Haiti is devastating would be a radical understatement. There are no words really. The creatures who did this are soulless ghouls. A Hotel Made Famous by Graham Greene Is a Victim of Haiti’s Violence nytimes.com/2025/07/07/wor… via @NYTimes
Black voters will likely dismiss the recent chatter as noisy foolishness. @ZohranKMamdani, born in Uganda and named after Nkrumah, majored in Africana studies, worked as a rapper and easily carried Harlem and Bed-Stuy in the primary. Dude is obviously welcome at the cookout.