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@ArnoldVentures VP of Criminal Justice Advocacy; formerly president of @FAMMFoundation; #girldad; @SyracuseU.

Washington, DC
Joined May 2009
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I feel like I’m living in an alternate universe sometimes.
Replying to @realjusthuman
"The Court’s sentence must deter Mr. Bolton and, perhaps even more importantly, send a general deterrence message to the millions of U.S. security clearance holders that courts will not tolerate the willful mishandling of national defense information."
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To see what is in front of one's nose needs a constant struggle. Two stories within 24 hours:
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How it started. How it’s going.
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"Show me the man and I will show you the crime," is one of those quotes you only see people post when their tribe is out of power.
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Sleeper election story: Indiana and Tennessee are about to join Texas in passing constitutional amendments that eliminate or reduce reliance on cash bail for serious offenses. Very red states rejecting notion that cash somehow equals safety.
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I saw "You Can See Everything." Won't change your life but it's more interesting than 99 percent of all movies.
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Philanthropy at its best.
Preliminary evidence suggests GLP-1 drugs may reduce cravings for addictive substances, but stronger evidence is needed to support broader access. We @Arnold_Ventures are proud to fund the most rigorous study ever of effect of GLP-1s on alcohol/opioid use and downstream impacts.
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Made this chart which doesn’t seem to help any narrative.
Interesting that A: Crime declined even while the number of officers also fell B: Causal evidence suggests that more officers reduce crime rates (depends on the details, but generally)
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Kevin Ring retweeted
Two Weeks Left to Apply: Shapiro-Davis Administration Investing $3.5 Million to Help Police Departments Solve More Crimes and Improve Crime Reporting pa.gov/agencies/pccd/newsroo…
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“US homicide rose roughly forty percent between 2019 and 2021 and returned to its pre-pandemic level by 2024, a reversal widely credited to the American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) $350 billion in State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF). Linking the complete Treasury…
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spending record for 570 metropolitan cities to crime and budget data, I find that neither the amount a city received nor how it spent the money predicts its homicide decline, and the estimates are precise enough to rule out any SLFRF effect large enough to account…
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Kevin Ring retweeted
Happy 42nd anniversary to the greatest SNL short ever made! Men's Synchronized Swimming.
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Greatest SNL musical performance of all time.
happy 37 year anniversary to this insanity
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