Van Jones
@VanJones68
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DAD // @CNN // 3X NYT bestseller // @magiclabsmedia🎙 podcast #UncommonGround https://t.co/EGmJeknGsz
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Joined April 2010
I can't help but notice: @reidhoffman always talks like an innocent person who has absolutely nothing to fear. #ReleaseTheFiles
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Almost everyone says they believe in “equality,” in principle. But in reality — true equality is quite rare. Some people have advantages that others don’t. Ironically, exponential technologies like A.I. could potentially level the playing field. After all — even acknowledging
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At @mastersofscale Summit, @reidhoffman sat down with @VanJones68, @aileenlee, and @sbp04 to explore what it takes to succeed within today’s systems at this time of rapid change. Reid's message to leaders? Don't limit yourself. Watch: https://t.co/BAIE8CBLlE
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It hurts that Democrats were unable to force Trump to fix Obamacare. But Democrats still got more out of this shutdown than any prior shutdown, going back decades. The sad truth is that most government closures DO end with proponents of the shutdown coming up short regarding
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Democrats are squabbling among ourselves over the end of the shutdown. But we shouldn’t overlook THE most important fact that this whole drama exposed: Trump and the Republicans REALLY don’t care about everyday Americans — at all. Bottom line: Trump and the GOP were willing to
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Before going live on CNN, I spoke with young New Yorkers — some who were all-in for Mamdani, others who were more skeptical. His election night speech landed powerfully for his existing supporters. Unfortunately, it pushed some skeptics further away. I don’t think it had to be
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WATCH THIS: I’m already seeing the Mamdani we've come to know again — the one from the campaign trail. Calm, clear, confident. This guy is one of the best communicators on the American political scene right now. If he misses the mark in any speech or interview, I will always say
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ABOUT THE SPEECH: First of all: let’s all give Zohran Mamdani his due. He just did the impossible — beat Democratic royalty (the Cuomos), beat the money, beat the machine and then pushed past Trump himself to become the first Muslim mayor of America’s biggest city. That’s a huge
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The young people who elected Mamdani aren’t lazy kids looking for handouts. They’re hard workers doing everything right — college, jobs, side hustles — and still stuck. That’s not apathy. That’s exhaustion. And it’s driving a new kind of politics.
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Buyer's remorse is real. Independents gave Republicans a shot. Latinos gave Republicans a shot. Black men gave Republicans a shot. They all tried it — and now they’re coming home. Tonight's elections prove that people are tired of the status quo. At the end of the day, people’s
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New York City! I am excited to moderate a conversation with my friend @TiffanyHaddish on Thursday at 6pm at PAC NYC as a part of the PAC NYC ICONS OF CULTURE FESTIVAL. This will be a fun, heartwarming, and important conversation about defying the odds, philanthropy, and, of
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Much love and respect to Ben and Felicia Horowitz! Their annual @paidinfullorg event in Vegas raises money for the hip hop originators who never got the paycheck they deserved. The event this weekend was the most fun I have had since Prince died, nearly a decade ago. It was so
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FAKE NEWS ALERT: This story is totally bogus. I agreed to give a one-hour, one-time talk to a handful of journalists next year — for free. I give more than 100 talks a year, covering all topics — speaking to people of all races, faiths and backgrounds. And I will continue to do
⚡️Breaking: CNN’s Van Jones is among 16 mainstream journalists—including two New York Times reporters—serving as mentors in a new journalism fellowship explicitly created to help Israel win its “information war.” Drop Site’s Sharif Abdel Kouddous reports that Jacki Karsh, who
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I made a comment on Real Time with Bill Maher about the war in Gaza that was insensitive and hurtful. I apologize.  The suffering of the people of Gaza — especially the children — is not a punch line. I’m deeply sorry it came across that way. What’s happening to children in Gaza
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Yeah, I messed up on this one. And I’m sorry. I was trying to raise awareness about foreign adversaries creating chaos online - which is undermining democracy everywhere. But what I said was easily misunderstood, and the way I said it was flat-out insensitive. Babies are dying
Truly disgraceful and vile @VanJones68. I’m sorry dead Gaza babies bother you so much. Maybe tell the people paying you to put lipstick on a genocide to stop killing them.
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Our nation’s young people face a dual crisis: growing mental health challenges AND limited access to care. The Youth Mental Health Corps (YMHC) is responding with a scalable solution and Dream Machine Innovation Lab is proud to support this nationwide effort. In Year 2, YMHC is
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