Not necessarily in order of importance…
Every part of this is my favorite, but my FAVORITE favorite part is that @HarperChildrens is donating some of the proceeds from our new book to a charity aiding immigrant children. https://t.co/GHWBWlaDEn
— Jill Twiss (@jilltwiss) January 16, 2019
… Writer Jill Twiss and illustrator EG Keller are collaborating on “The Someone New,” HarperCollins Children’s Books announced Wednesday. Scheduled for June 4, the book is a parable about welcoming outsiders. It tells of a forest in which a chipmunk worries that the entrance of a snail will ruin the world he knows. The publisher will donate some proceeds to a charity aiding immigrant children.
Twiss is a staff writer for John Oliver’s HBO program. She and Keller worked on “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents a Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo,” which spoofs a picture story by the wife and daughter of Vice President Mike Pence by making Bundo a gay rabbit…
Nancy Pelosi knows Elijah Cummings is an excellent mentor for young firebrands…
4 members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ro Khanna, Ayanna Pressley, and Rashida Tlaib — have reportedly been named to the House Oversight Committee. https://t.co/M0FspIgB9s
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) January 23, 2019
Big news on the Ebola vaccine from Congo: "the evidence the WHO has been gathering in North Kivu — where nearly 64,000 doses have been administered — point to the vaccine being 'highly, highly efficacious.'" @statnews https://t.co/qdxtPnTFmO
— Atul Gawande (@Atul_Gawande) January 22, 2019
1?: Read our resource on the #TrumpShutdown: https://t.co/H1mfWkSlPA
2?: Call your Senators and tell them to reopen the government and end the shutdown without $1 more for Trump’s racist wall: 1-844-236-2373
3?: Call again and again… until the government is reopened. pic.twitter.com/gSIuwZ8z6h
— Indivisible Guide (@IndivisibleTeam) January 22, 2019
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