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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

9 months

Tomorrow starts the next adventure!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

2 years

A true work highlight!

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4 years

Truly honored to serve as Policy Advisor to the next Vice President, Kamala Harris. The climate crisis is the challenge of our time, and I look forward to continue fighting for climate and environmental justice, the protection of our planet, and an equitable future.

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Husbands. ❤️❤️❤️

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VP Harris in the drivers seat of the electric bus! 🚌⚡️

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4 years

Dreamers are welcome here. Every day. Always.

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4 years

I lost my dad on Monday. He was 60 (wasn’t covid). Our last conversation was on Saturday about planning for my and Steven’s wedding. Loss is a confusing emotion. Love you dad.

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3 years

Her birthday was yesterday but time is relative and so wishing a Happy Birthday to Madam VP, a boss who inspires me every day.

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

Kamala Harris's Living Shorelines Act just passed the Senate Commerce Committee! $50 million/year for investments in natural infrastructure to protect our shoreline communities from storms and sea level rise. Great way to start the morning!

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Climate Twitter: heat pumps have made it! @VP Kamala Harris and Secretary Granholm are talking the importance of cold climate electric heat pumps with @BlocPower ! Reduced emissions, lower energy bills, union jobs!

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The Vice President and Second Gentleman hosted our first all-staff gathering at the residence and it was absolutely wonderful! So thankful for this team!

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Vice President Kamala Harris makes a surprise stop to say hello to students at @_HamptonU

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

You know that $1.5 trillion infrastructure package the House passed yesterday? FIVE Kamala Harris bills are represented in it! Urban parks, affordable housing, climate resilience, sustainable water, electric school buses!

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4 years

Good morning. Today is Rep. Deb Haaland’s confirmation hearing to be Interior Secretary. She is a historic nominee who is historically qualified. And I am so incredibly proud that we have leaders like her willing to lead.

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

🚨Earlier this year Kamala Harris introduced a bill to help address COVID-19 racial and ethnic disparities. Today, she got key elements of that bill added as an amendment to COVID-19 legislation and passed out of the Senate Homeland Security committee on a bi-partisan vote.

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Ike Irby, PhD

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3 years

Fitting that the CA Attorney General who fought against Prop 8 was the first sitting Vice President to march in a pride parade. I love being gay and I love being able to work for someone who once yelled “YOU MUST START THE MARRIAGES IMMEDIATELY!” 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈

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Ike Irby, PhD

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5 years

Sending some Kamala and Newton joy to the #KHive

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

The Vice President loves electric school buses… and now electric school buses are coming to a school near you!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

This Thursday, @SenKamalaHarris will join leaders on water justice and equity to examine America's water crisis and talk about her Water Justice Act, which declares clean water a right and lays out a path to clean, affordable, and sustainable water for all

Kamala Harris to Lead COVID-19-Related Brain Trust on Water Justice, Equity Issues

Sen. Kamala Harris (D), along with the National Wildlife Federation and others aligned with the final installment of the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's Virtual Brain Trust series, will host...

www.washingtoninformer.com

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

5 years

Some personal news: my puppy met my boss today!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

Hello. I get to marry this man today.

Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

The engagement photos are in and fake laughing is our jam. Love him.

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Electric school buses: great for kids and great for the climate! Vice President Harris is touring an electric school bus manufacturer to amplify the American Jobs Plan’s $20 billion for electric school buses!

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@Ike_Irby

3 years

‘We have within our hands…the ability to actually change the course of where we’re headed’ - @VP

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

5 years

Kamala had THREE public lands bills that expand protections for 1 million acres in California pass the House Natural resources committee today. You cant solve the climate crisis without our public lands and Kamala is doing that by teaming up with Reps Huffman, Chu, and Carbajal

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@Ike_Irby

3 years

Vice President Kamala Harris makes the case for bold investments in climate resilience and climate action in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Deal and Build Back Better agenda while visiting Lake Mead.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

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Kamala Harris' Environmental Justice for All Act "would be a game changer for legal battles over federally funded projects in environmental justice communities that are disproportionately affected by air and water contamination and climate impacts"

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

Hello this is an old photo but we are getting married in 20 days and I am so excited!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

Happy #LGBTQSTEMDay ! 🏳️‍🌈 As a gay scientist who left the lab and entered the world of policy and politics, it is a privilege to walk in the front doors of our office (pre-work from home!) each day being welcomed and celebrated.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

Climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate climate all day every day. I love this.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

Tomorrow Vice President Harris will tour an electric school bus manufacturer in North Carolina to amplify the American Jobs Plan’s $20B investment in a new Clean Buses for Kids program.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

6 years

Yallllllllll she’s running! #Kamala2020

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

We are months in to the pandemic & we need concrete plans for how FEMA will respond to a disaster during COVID. Kamala Harris is leading the way, calling for FEMA to address disaster plans, accurate death counts, racial disparities, & targeted resources

Lawmakers Demand New FEMA Response Guidelines Amid Current Pandemic

Kamala Harris wants clear guidelines for disaster response

spectrumnews1.com

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

TOMORROW: Join Kamala Harris for a discussion on water justice and how our fight for environmental justice is a fight for racial justice. Register:

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

One year late in celebrating our engagement in a tiny house in the woods but I get to do it with my two favorite guys so a one year delay is OK with me!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

One of the coolest things in our office is that Senator Harris has a letter from her intern coordinator from that summer thanking her for her service framed and hanging right outside our intern room. And the Senator often walks past there and points it out to all the interns.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

With Senators-elect Kelly and Hickenlooper in AZ and CO, that brings Western Dem Senators to 15: 2-CA, 2-OR, 2-WA, 2-NM, 2-NV, 2-AZ, 2-CO, and 1-MT. This is great news for public lands (the vast majority of which is out West) and climate action via public lands.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

5 years

Kamala Harris is out with her climate plan! Its a plan focused on providing opportunity for communities too often ignored and holding polluters accountable. Its a plan about US leadership and protecting our future. Its a Climate Plan For the People

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

The engagement photos are in and fake laughing is our jam. Love him.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

Each day seems to bring a new set of names of incredible climate and enviro leaders joining the administration! It’s thrilling and inspiring and just feels so good!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

It’s Infrastructure Bill Signing Day! From rural broadband in New Hampshire and electric school buses in North Carolina to clean water in California and climate resilience in Nevada, this bill will help communities across this country.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

11.20.21 was a special day with my favorite person joined by our best friends.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

Starting off Pride month by celebrating the fact that I will be marrying @StevenLovern in 172 days! #pride

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

This photo may have been taken 6 years ago, but I am marrying him in 6 days. Life is crazy and I love it with him.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

7 months

It’s a huge day for climate action! @VP and @EPAMichaelRegan are announcing $20B in a first-of-it’s-kind financing network to get climate projects built across the country—particularly in communities often locked out of accessing capital for projects.

Harris, Regan to roll out $20B EPA climate finance program

The money will go to climate projects in lower-income communities.

www.eenews.net

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

Before Kamala ‘you must start the marriages immediately’ Harris takes the stage tonight, take a minute to watch one of my favorite moments in her career:

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

The climate crisis is here and we must hold ourselves accountable to act! That’s why Joe Biden and Kamala Harris know that: “We need to set time limits!”

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

5 years

Hey twitter - some happy news to distract you: Our vacation may have been canceled and my initial plan scrubbed but I couldn’t let that stop me from asking this man to marry me! @StevenLovern and I are engaged!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

As Chair of the National Space Council, the VP is putting a focus on how we must use our space assets and activities to combat the climate crisis and protect communities.

Harris: Space goals to include climate

Vice President Kamala Harris vowed yesterday that the Biden administration would do a better job of incorporating climate data into the work of agencies

www.eenews.net

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

Is he perfect? Yes.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

4 years ago this month I started working in then-Senator Kamala Harris’s Senate office as a @AAAS_STPF congressional science fellow supported by @theAGU . Good luck to all the new fellows interviewing with Hill offices! It’s a wild ride and you never know where it may take you!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

One year ago today, my puppy met my boss. Can’t wait for him to see her again as Vice President! #BidenHarris2020

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

As we endure the joys and trials of wedding planning, here is one of my favorite pics of us at a wedding. Excited to recreate this joy... but for us.

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

Big, exciting #EarthDay ahead! So I need to do my annual favorite earth quote plug early. This (and every) #EarthDay I am celebrating that 70% of our planet is made up of wondrous, life-sustaining ocean

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

6 months

In 2018, then-Senator Kamala Harris introduced a bill to expand protections for the San Gabriel Mountains that overlook LA and provide access to the outdoors for millions. Six years later, @POTUS has now officially expanded protections for this incredible ecosystem.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

Fantastic write up on some amazing public lands bills -- including the 3 bills in Kamala Harris' PUBLIC Lands Act. These bills would not be possible without the work of amazing advocates on the ground fighting to protect these amazing spaces every day.

These western landscapes and wild rivers may soon get federal protection

The Protecting America's Wilderness Act suffered a setback. But activists in California, Colorado and Washington are determined to get the bill across the finish line.

www.latimes.com

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

😍 “20 or 30 years from now, Americans’ mass adoption of electric vehicles will seem like something that was always going to happen. I can tell you, from where I’m sitting, it’s never felt inevitable before. It feels inevitable now.” ... it’s inevitable... now to make it rapid!!

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

Since early March, Kamala Harris has been sounding the alarm of FEMA not being ready for natural disasters during COVID-19. Her most recent letter to FEMA laid our critical questions as FEMA plans for compounding disasters:

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

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FEMA administrator Gaynor told @SenKamalaHarris at a hearing under oath that the White House never interfered in any of their COVID-19 decision making on where to send resources like testing 🤔

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

Senator Kamala Harris today at remote HSGAC hearing: “Our committee has the responsibility for oversight of FEMA... we must immediately bring in top administration officials to be accountable to the American people.”

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

5 months

'“It’s one thing for a politician to talk about an issue, to orate about it very nicely,” Irby said. “It’s another thing to show up in those spaces; to surround yourself and demonstrate that you have credibility,” as she has done and continues to do.' 🏳️‍🌈

Former out staffers reflect on working for VP Kamala Harris

Tim Silard & Ike Irby, two gay men who have worked for Harris, spoke to the Blade providing insight into her work advancing LGBTQ+ rights

www.losangelesblade.com

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

Our little man is 2 years old today. Happy birthday, Newton!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

Climate change is pushing California and the West into a water scarcity and sustainability crisis and low-income communities and communities of color will be hit first and hardest. Thats why Kamala Harris introduced the Water for Tomorrow Act.

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

I spy a Madam Vice President that is very excited to talk climate and justice with all these climate leaders!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

5 years

"This pandemic is laying bare the realities of health, economic, and environmental injustices that persist and reveals what our future holds if we don’t boldly and equitably address the climate crisis." - @SenKamalaHarris

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

Climate change impacts everyone, but we know it’s impacts will disproportionately impact farm workers. A bill focused on heat might seem silly to you but it is life or death for for the people who ensure you have food on your table.

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@Ike_Irby

3 years

2 months til 💍👨🏻‍❤️‍💋‍👨🏻💍

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

👏🏼 “In our administration, decisions will be informed by the best available science and evidence.” 👏🏼

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

Dad you told me there would be cicadas

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

Fauci testifies that the death toll is higher than the current official count. That is why Kamala Harris has been calling for federal guidelines to ensure an accurate count. This is about govt accountability and identifying where the most need is.

U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris Calls for Accurate COVID-19 Death Count During Pandemic

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

So you’ve heard of a quintet. And you’ve heard of a track team. But have you heard of a tracktet? Proud to support @BowdoinCollege on #BowdoinOneDay and thank some great friends, teammates, and heroes who indulged my love of music and track and helped make some great memories!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

Newton got his blowout and is ready for the wedding.

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

“We know that we cannot achieve health justice, economic justice, racial justice, or educational justice without environmental justice.” - @VP on todays announcement of members of the historic White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

6 years

You know a podcast is good when you are so distracted that you accidentally put toothpaste in your hair while getting ready. Thanks, @rcallimachi and NYT’s The Caliphate

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

"The death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter, and seven others was devastating news for Los Angeles and the entire country...I am proud to join my colleagues in introducing this legislation to prevent accidents like this from occurring again.” - @SenKamalaHarris

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

Fully vaccinated and walked to the bus stop this morning without a mask on. Put my mask on before boarding. Mask up when needed/recommended and get vaccinated! Oh, and take public transit!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

5 years

Some personal news: I am now a dog dad. 👬🐶

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

The climate and environment cabinet that Biden and Harris are building is so incredibly exciting. Can't wait to see this all-of-government team come together to tackle the challenge of our time.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

On #WorldOceanDay I am celebrating that we have ocean scientists in the lab, on the water, in the classroom, in the boardroom, on the climate beat, in advocacy orgs and think tanks, in the halls of government (😉), and everywhere in between!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

Love this! 100 days and 100 great climate policies in the American Jobs Plan! I spy a CES, electric school buses, drought resilience, a new national climate lab at an HBCU, and so many other critical initiatives to create jobs and tackle the climate crisis at the same time!

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

Newton is an influencer

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

President-elect Joseph R. Biden 🇺🇸 Vice President-elect Kamala D. Harris 🇺🇸 It has been a journey... and it feels so so good.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

He loves pillows and I love him.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

Newton showing off his new bob.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

4 years

Reading up for the fight ahead. Astounded by the stellar crew that came together for @allwecansave and so excited to learn from each of them.

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Ike Irby, PhD

@Ike_Irby

3 years

While at the bus stop, group conversations almost never occur, but this morning one of the people waiting started a conversation about being vaccinated and so we all started talking about getting vaccinated! Public transit + breaking down vaccine hesitancy = a great morning!

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

Clean water = good jobs

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3 years

Y’all. ⛰🐞🦫🏕🚣🏼‍♀️🐿🌊🐋☀️🌾🌈🧗🏽🌿🏜🐛🌳

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

Quick Election Day run by the Capitol to remind myself that the Senate is up for grabs! #FlipTheSenate #BidenHarris2020

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@Ike_Irby

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Vice President Kamala Harris and Senator Brown host a roundtable in Cincinnati about the critical investment in public transit that the American Jobs Plan would make. Transportation equity Good jobs Vibrant local economies Access to opportunity Electric vehicles Cleaner air

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4 years

Let’s do this! #BidenHarris2020

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@Ike_Irby

6 years

Kavanaugh hearings have started. #StopKavanaugh

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@Ike_Irby

3 years

VP Harris met with NASA, NOAA, and USGS scientists today about how we are using satellites to address the climate crisis.

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@Ike_Irby

3 years

As Senator back in 2019, Vice President Kamala Harris introduced the Clean School Bus Act. Today, with President Biden signing the bipartisan infrastructure deal into law, clean school buses can become a reality for kids across the nation.

U.S. School Buses May Never Be The Same Thanks to Biden’s Infrastructure Plan

Joe Biden's infrastructure bill is poised to push the U.S. school bus manufacturing industry into making zero-carbon vehicles.

time.com

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@Ike_Irby

4 years

‘It may seem like a minor idea, bundled with other provisions in the plan’s splashy electric vehicle push, but it’s a low-key consequential one.’ Electric school buses: ✅ zero emissions ✅ healthier kids ✅ US manufacturing jobs

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I can’t describe how anxiously excited I am to watch Kamala Harris accept the Dem nomination for Vice President tonight. Senator Harris inspired me to dive headlong into the fight For The People. And now we get to vote for her to be VP For The People. #BidenHarris2020

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“We should be able to move our goods without harming our children. That is why an investment in large electric trucks is an investment in environmental justice. It is an investment in our people.” - @VP Kamala Harris on the importance of electric semi trucks for communities.

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chicken nugget

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🚨🚨’Environmental justice is interconnected with every aspect of our fight for justice. ... we cannot disentangle the environment people live in from the lives they live.’ @SenKamalaHarris has been in this fight for justice her entire career.

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National Pet Day you say? I give you Newton. Puppy Perfection.

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