Three Wins Today: June 29, 2025
Thank you so everyone for the lovely birthday messages! I can’t respond to everyone, but I did try to like them all. You are the sweetest!
Anyway, it’s late so let’s get started!
Thurs June 26 - Harvard Kennedy School announced contingency plans if any of their international students, which are 56% of their school, can’t get a visa to come back for next year or are deported. New and returning students can take online classes and then in person classes will happen every so often in various places around the world. And some returning students will be able to continue their studies at University of Toronto, working with both Harvard and U of T professors. In Harvard Magazine, Jonathan Shaw wrote:
“With these contingency plans in place,” Weinstein said in a statement, “HKS will be able to continue to provide a world-class public policy education to all of our students, even if they cannot make it to our campus this year.” Munk School founding dean Janice Stein—noting that “these are exceptional times”—added that the Canadian school “looks forward to providing shared academic and co-curricular experiences for students from both our schools.”
Other schools in Harvard will be following suit. but Kennedy is the first to announce their plans.
Fri June 27 - Little Lobbyists tried to hit Thom Tillis with some compassion. Alexis Stabler showed up at his office with her daughter to remind him she literally wouldn’t survive if it wasn’t for Medicaid. I don’t know if that’s the straw that was the tipping point for him to vote against proceeding with the vote, and then announcing his retirement, but I’m sure it helped.
Wed June 25 - Oregon’s Community Safety Firearms Act is headed to Governor Tina Kotek’s desk. It will limit the use of rapid fire add ons like bump stocks and make it easier to restrict concealed carry across the entire state. Congrats Oregon!
So those are three of today’s wins. I hope they help you fight harder!
Our voices are our superpower, but only when we use them!
Happy belated birthday!