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Former U.S. House of Representatives candidate. Writer. CEO advocate for children of neglect, abuse, and abandonment. Politics junkie. Chess geek. INTP. Enneagram 5w4. Mediterranean cook. Beer and Hymns bassist. UCLA. Philosophy.

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My “I Decided To Starve Myself” Diet.
LGBT, LGBTQ, LGBTQRSTUVWTF?
I Let My Son Go To Camp Flog Gnaw.
Making America White Again
When Christian Leaders Went Mean
About
Coming Out Of The Closet On The Limits Of Faith
Do Teenagers Need Adult Supervision?
You Will Not Sway Me.
Church And What Silo Do You Live in?

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RT @POTUS: I can’t believe this has to be said, but a teacher shouldn’t pay a higher tax rate than a hedge fund manager.
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@Billbrowder Yes!
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@MonicaOBrien331 @GustavoArellano No!
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@themitchellfink Thank you acknowledging that we still exist. ❤️
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@NickKristof @GavinNewsom Plus…Jesus told me (a California resident and native and Christian and REPUBLICAN) to car… https://t.co/Na7EtIHhKI
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Dear fellow Christians living in my home state of California and my county, Orange County: Jesus told us to care f… https://t.co/TZwSwZ7FDH
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@madrid_mike Word
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RT @madrid_mike: This has all been much ado about nothing folks.
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As a Christian living in Orange County — so perplexed by all the…Christians who would rather move out of the state… https://t.co/E9ha1evopa
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Someone just said, “I eat here a lot.” #often #paulosophia
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RT @FiveThirtyEight: More than two-thirds of recall voters feel like the state’s coronavirus situation is getting better or staying the sam…
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Do you pronounce the word “drink” more like… Drink or Jrink? Why? #pronouncingthingsincorrectly
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@annnurock @Billbrowder @TheJewishReport My role model for all my advocacy work. #billbrowder
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RT @annnurock: Remarkable interview with @Billbrowder on the @TheJewishReport webinar. A truly inspirational human being #billbrowder
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@ForumAtheist You appear quite fascinated by it. 🙌🏽
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Good to be back in so cal. #beach @leica #leica

Good to be back in so cal. #beach @leica #leica

My master — the late Rabbi, and sage, Edwin Frie

My master — the late Rabbi, and sage, Edwin Friedman. #wisdom #paulosophia #leadership #quote

#lincoln #paragon

#lincoln #paragon

Honored to be advocating for our nation’s childr

Honored to be advocating for our nation’s children with my friend and co-worker, the amazing @gymtiff! #forthechildren

I deeply care for the sanctity of all human lives

I deeply care for the sanctity of all human lives — as a Christian ethicist, I ask those who share my view to kindly consider these powerful words. #abortion

Off to the east coast tomorrow and can’t fit all

Off to the east coast tomorrow and can’t fit all of these in my carry on and don’t do #kindle

Why are fine kitchen tools my passion, and my #lei

Why are fine kitchen tools my passion, and my #leica? @lecreuset @staub_usa @leica_camera

It’s true. Thank you @mollyjongfast

It’s true. Thank you @mollyjongfast

The survivors of sexual assault. The survivors of

The survivors of sexual assault. The survivors of family-induced childhood trauma. The survivors of bullying. The survivors of hate crimes. The survivors of domestic violence. The survivors of sexual harassment. The survivors religious persecution. The survivors of physical abuse. The survivors of emotional abuse. ALL the survivors. Believe them. All of them. #believethesurvivors #paulosophia

God I miss her. #beautiful #mom

God I miss her. #beautiful #mom

Wear it for others, to save lives. #wearamask

Wear it for others, to save lives. #wearamask

Some men refuel on a weekend with golf and games o

Some men refuel on a weekend with golf and games or tv or dirt bikes, and nothing wrong with that. I find old, eclectic, cafés, and bring my books, and my #leica. #paulosophia #pic #camus

“Man cannot do without beauty, and this is what

“Man cannot do without beauty, and this is what our era pretends to want to disregard.” Albert #Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus

Antivaxers. For the sake of the countless children

Antivaxers. For the sake of the countless children locked in homes with their abusers — and the thousands dying — there is no secret being kept by the, er, TENS OF THOUSAND of scientists (Epidemiologists), medical doctors, our current and former Presidents. The National Institutes of Health, the American Medical Association, the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization — through hard scientific research have concluded, UNANIMOUSLY, that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe, and would bring us back to health. Tens of thousands, including Christians and Republicans (e.g., Dr. Francis Collins, head of the NIH, Senator Lindsey Graham) are unified in these brute facts. For the sake of the innocent, kindly quit your fringe “sources,” anecdotal stories, and conspiracy theories, believe in science, and get vaccinated. Failure to do so is killing people. #think #antivax

I have to take a second to brag about @breeeelizab

I have to take a second to brag about @breeeelizabeth. Just finished her graduate degree in genetics from Columbia and today is her first day at a "real" job. She is working in genetics at Children's Hospital in Boston, a Harvard Medical School teaching hospital, under a Harvard professor. She will study the causes of genetic death in children, under the age of three, and work with their families. I am proud of Bree and her two brothers. But today is her day! Congratulations, Bree. (And we have the best texting banter ever!)

A false dualism, yet pretty much everything #paulo

A false dualism, yet pretty much everything #paulocoelho says. 🙌🏽

Struggling. Trying to find the words for her eulog

Struggling. Trying to find the words for her eulogy. Words, insufficient. #mom #mother

Eight year old Faris Nunn was sitting at a Nationa

Eight year old Faris Nunn was sitting at a National’s baseball game with her family when shots rang out. “It was my second shooting so I was kind of prepared…I am always expecting something to happen.” Imagine. Nearly 300 mass shootings in the our country THIS YEAR, making us BY FAR the most violent nation on the planet. But we CAN stop this. Please text ACT to 644-33. Follow @shannonrwatts and @momsdemand and @everytown.

One year ago, John Lewis passed. He was a role mod

One year ago, John Lewis passed. He was a role model to me, and to millions. Never forget this quotation, which stays with me daily in my battle for the rights of children: “Nothing can stop the power of a committed and determined people to make a difference in our society. Why? Because human beings are the most dynamic link to the divine on this planet. #johnlewis

“I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will

“I have no idea what's awaiting me, or what will happen when this all ends. For the moment I know this: there are sick people and they need curing.” - Albert Camus, The Plague #camus #pic

Elated… for my people. #italy🇮🇹 #euro2021

Elated… for my people. #italy🇮🇹 #euro2021

Two weeks later, no place like home. #nicoise #lei

Two weeks later, no place like home. #nicoise #leica

I caught two smallmouth bass on my birthday eve. O

I caught two smallmouth bass on my birthday eve. On a kayak. #leica

Yesterday we launched a national public relations

Long may she wave. Happy #4thofjuly everyone. 🇺

Long may she wave. Happy #4thofjuly everyone. 🇺🇸

In my business when “business is booming it’s

Loved every last bite! I like food, a lot. We all

Loved every last bite! I like food, a lot. We all do, but not all like octopi. Do you? #octopus #pictureoftheday #foodie #foodphotography

Branzino: A European bass, primarily ocean-going,

Branzino: A European bass, primarily ocean-going, native to the waters off Europe's western and southern and Africa's northern coasts, though it can also be found in shallow coastal waters and river mouths during the summer months. #foodporn

I love visiting our For The Children mentoring pro

I love visiting our For The Children mentoring programs and intervention camps. Because as CEO, I’m in many board meetings and finance meetings and staff meetings and government meetings— so many meetings… These meetings are crucial of course. But when I’m interacting with children and our remarkable volunteers, I come alive. (Can you see it on my face?) I hear the real stories of transformation. It puts wind in my sails to watch and hear these children of trauma laughing and playing and building self-esteem. Here, I’m with a new friend I met last week from our chapter near Phoenix, Arizona. When I learned of DJ's tragic story of neglect, it broke my heart. But when he told me how our intervention camps “changed my life” as an 8 and 9 year old, I was in tears. And then hearing how he has now volunteered over the past few years at over a DOZEN Royal Family KIDS camps as a counselor, I just have no words… Over the years, thousands of RFK "alumni" like DJ have returned — not as children to receive love, structure and stability, but as young adults, to give back. @__forthechildren #forthechildren

“That was when the world wasn't so big... It was

“That was when the world wasn't so big... It was when my father was a hero and not a human.” (Markus Zusak) Happy Father’s Day, Dad. @markuszusak

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