Ben Walker
@Sam_Ben_Walker
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Ridgeline I Enterprise Technology I NatSec
San Francisco, CA
Joined March 2014
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It was a pleasure speaking with @rebecca_szkutak @TechCrunch about our $52M Fund I announcement! @mcmahoad @Sam_Ben_Walker
Why a Memphis VC is betting $52M on startups selling to complex orgs https://t.co/YFrmvfdCKD by @rebecca_szkutak
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If you're going to try to influence policy by pushing for a controversial measure, I think it's your duty to a) be clear and b) engage the best counterarguments to your proposal, and, if relevant, c) offer some new ideas or specifics on how to proceed. Assertion won't cut it.
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Here is a recording of Sunday night @TwitterSpaces discussion and expert analysis of war in Ukraine w/ @KofmanMichael and @RALee85 Based on the demand we are thinking of doing another update this coming Sunday. Stay tuned! CC @SpaceDownloader
https://t.co/Bz3dmVNHKv
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To those at Reagan National Defense Forum #RNDF, if thereās one BLUF you take away from the weekend, you should know: Time is running out with Silicon Valley.
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Today our team took out a full page ad in the @washingtonpost in support of a #PriceOnCarbon. An efficient, fast, and just transition will be much easier when we price carbon pollution, and give the proceeds back to the people.
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"Ever worry that your horrifying case of gout is causing unsightly ankles and swollen lower legs? Never fear! Juche Tailors of Pyongyang has the custom-cut, gout-tailored suits you've come to expect as father of the nation."
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Eight innocent people were killed in Atlanta yesterday at the hands of a white supremacist terrorist. Please consider donating to Asian Americans Advancing Justice as they support those who were impacted. Link in comments. #StopAsianHate
We are shaken by the violence in our city that has left 8 ppl dead, including members of the Asian American community. We are gathering info about what happened & the needs of directly impacted are. Now is the time to hold the victims & their families in our hearts & with light
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A lot of the coverage of GA's Senate races has focused on the wealthier northern ATL suburbs, but if both Dems win tonight, they'll have the much more African-American southern ATL suburbs to thank. #GASEN
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With new votes joining the tally, we are on a strong path. But even while we wait for more, letās celebrate the extraordinary organizers, volunteers, canvassers & tireless groups that havenāt stopped going since Nov. Across our state, we roared. A few miles to go...but well done!
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Republicans, now is the time to defend American democracy. History will remember what you do in this moment of crisis. Speak up or stay silent. Both are a choice and a statement.
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What she did in GA is replicable across the country.
Either way this goes in Georgia, we owe @staceyabrams our greatest gratitude and respect. Rarely does one person deserve such disproportionate credit for major progress and change.
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Jared and Ivanka have always been entitled, out-of-touch bullies who have never given the slightest indication they have any regard for the American people. We plan on showing them the same level of respect. Our full statement:
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āOhhh no. Iām sorry. The answer we were looking for was āOne soldier lost is too many and I will find out what happened. Thank you to our intelligence agencies for protecting those who defend our freedom.ā You lose control of the presidency.ā
Nobody briefed or told me, @VP Pence, or Chief of Staff @MarkMeadows about the so-called attacks on our troops in Afghanistan by Russians, as reported through an āanonymous sourceā by the Fake News @nytimes. Everybody is denying it & there have not been many attacks on us.....
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This is an example of the kind of moral courage we need from our leaders, in uniform and out. The ability to admit a mistake, a clear assertion of some very basic principles, and a willingness to get crosswise with this president while doing so. @thejointstaff
General Mark Milley apologizes for taking part in Trumpās Bible photo op outside the White House: āI should not have been there...It was a mistake.ā
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This drone footage shows a long line of voters waiting to cast ballots in Atlanta on Tuesday. Georgia election officials, poll workers and voters have reported major trouble with voting in Atlanta and elsewhere. Read the latest. https://t.co/wRnW8f5tng
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It is a mark of how extraordinary - how appalling - the times are, that ADM Mike Mullen, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has written this. It is, in a way, a smaller breach of a norm in order to protect much larger norms.
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Weād be a lot better off if people understood the difference between saying someone is: - a āRussian asset/operative/agentā (e.g. Ames, Hanssen, Hiss) vs. - a āuseful idiotā (e.g. Gabbard) vs. - an easy, incidental means for a foreign power to sew chaos.
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āFirefallā at Horsetail Fall in Yosemite National Park, California, looks like a scene from a fantasy movie. But, it is an ordinary waterfall, which is illuminated by the sunset, that gives it a fiery glow.
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1. Iāve had a chance to check in with sources, including two US officials who had intelligence briefings after the strike on Suleimani. Here is what Iāve learned. According to them, the evidence suggesting there was to be an imminent attack on American targets is ārazor thinā.
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