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Alan Cantor

@alcantor.bsky.social
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Consultant to nonprofits. Writer, speaker, kvetcher. Critic of Wall Street's takeover of the charitable world. Misses Mookie.

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Kai Ryssdal @kairyssdal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Stop stop stop treating this $5k check thing like it’s real. It’s just…not.
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Jess Piper @piperformissouri.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Yuuuuup…
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I'm excited to be moderating a national conversation on private foundations, as part of the Philanthropy Project's Leadership Briefings. I'll be joined by Vu Le, @bdevaan.bsky.social, and Craig Kennedy. Join us! This Thursday at 4:00 ET. And... it's FREE! business.calnonprofits.org/ap/Events/Re...
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Leadership Briefings on Reforming Philanthropy: Private Foundations - Event Registration
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
I simply loved being part of a packed crowd at Harvard Book Store Friday night to hear the remarkable @mollycrabapple.bsky.social speak about "Here Where We Live Is Our Country." Molly is amazing, as is the book!
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
They're stealing billions of your money to pay off violent right-wing psychos while doing everything in their power to spike gas up to $5 a gallon, make groceries into a luxury and hand the country over to the oligarchs who want to permanently replace you.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
This seems exactly right, sadly.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Want to fix the wealth disparity (a bit) and create a system where billionaires start paying taxes again? This excellent article by Ray Madoff provides an elegant and pragmatic solution. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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How to Tax Billionaires
Step one: Abolish the estate tax. No, really.
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Chris Morran @themorrancave.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Saved from having to see Bryce and Schwarber politely eating cold McDonald's as RFK Jr challenges them to chin-up contests in the West Wing supply closet.
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George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
oops. White nationalism is a helluva drug.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
thats an attack ad
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Randi Mayem Singer @rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
They. Are. Concentration. Camps.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
How would you like a job performance review where part of the compensation package is a $200 m. donor-advised fund for you to distribute? This just happened in at a private equity firm. What's going on?! www.alancantorconsulting.com/2026/02/the-...
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The Latest Infuriating Twist on Billionaire Philanthropy – Alan Cantor Consulting
I would say that this was a happy coincidence, but it didn’t make me happy. Angry? Yes. Concerned? You bet. Happy? No.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Oh, @amtrak.com, I want to love you! But why do you take my affection for granted? With 200 people in NYC boarding the 11 a.m. train to Boston, why wasn't there even a single Amtrak staff member directing us to the quiet car? And why was there not a single sign in the quiet car, once it was found?!
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Dan O’Sullivan @osullyville.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Something I am thinking about is, what is the difference between someone like Jerome Powell, and someone like John Roberts. They're both Republicans, both appointed by terrible Republican presidents, and one is defying the most powerful man on Earth while the other provides him complete legal cover
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Good for Jerome Powell for calling out Trump and his henchmen for their unlawful (my word) intimidation of him and the Fed. Would that everyone in that position had Powell's firmness and willingness to speak out!
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 18/12/2025
There isn’t a single Republican watching this and thinking “yep this is great. Exactly what we needed.” GOP congressmen and senators now thinking about hitting the exits
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 18/12/2025
LOLLL Trump claims he’s cutting drug prices by 600 percent, which is not possible
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
What to make of the recent "gift" from billionaires Michael and Susan Dell? www.alancantorconsulting.com/2025/12/char...
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Charity in Lieu of Taxes – Alan Cantor Consulting
This announcement provided the Dells with lots of exposure. It’s also gotten me thinking about just why this kind of “philanthropy” rubs me the wrong way.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Continued philanthropic malpractice by Elon Musk. Thanks, @nytimes.com @teddyschleifer.bsky.social David Fahrenthold www.nytimes.com/2025/12/02/u...
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Elon Musk’s Foundation Grows to $14 Billion, but Gives Little to Outsiders
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Eric Schmeltzer @ericschmeltzer.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk? But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession. But that's just me
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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Finally someone bold enough to ask, is new york ready for a mayor who opposes slavery? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/u...
It wasn’t so much what Zohran Mamdani said. It was how he said it.

“We’re going to stand up for Haiti, because you taught the world about freedom!” the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York exclaimed to an elated crowd at a Haitian music festival in June, fresh off his upset victory in the primary.

Mr. Mamdani pronounced the island nation’s name “AH-ee-tee” — near-perfect Creole elocution.

“When I heard him say that, I smiled,” recalled Brian Purnell, one of Mr. Mamdani’s former professors at Bowdoin College. He also noted that Mr. Mamdani’s reference to freedom was a nod to Haiti’s status as the first republic founded by former slaves.

“That’s straight out of the lessons from the Haitian Revolution that we teach in Africana studies,” said Dr. Purnell, who is now the chair of the Africana studies department at Mr. Mamdani’s alma mater. “I will claim that,” he added with a laugh.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/10/2025
yes
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Trump has a history of defacing historically & artistically significant buildings. Forty-five years before razing the East Wing, he demolished the Bonwit Teller store to build Trump Tower -- after promising to donate the exterior artwork to the Met. (He lies. Always.) news.artnet.com/art-world/do...
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Donald Trump Has a History of Pulverizing Historic Buildings | Artnet News
Read an excerpt from the book 'Art and Crime: The Fight Against Looters, Forgers, and Fraudsters in the High-Stakes Art World.'
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Boho271❌👑 @boho271.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
I despise Trump with all my being. This is NOT his house!
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
This may be the perfect distillation of Trumpism. DJT unilaterally destroys a wing of the White House to build a gaudy addition, tasteless real estate developer that he is. It's called "The People's House," and I, for one, am pissed at the home invasion. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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White House begins demolishing East Wing facade to build Trump’s ballroom
The president had claimed construction of the $250 million ballroom wouldn’t ‘interfere’ with the existing White House structure.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
My sentiments exactly. (The author and I grew up in the same small town in Connecticut, way on the Boston side of the Yankees-Red Sox divide.) www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
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Opinion | I Love Watching Yankees Fans Suffer
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
The author of this op-ed, David Margolick, is from my hometown of Putnam CT. He captures my sentiments perfectly. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/o...
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Opinion | I Love Watching Yankees Fans Suffer
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
If a government tells you that you can’t call it authoritarian, it’s authoritarian.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Damned good piece. www.alternet.org/two-looming-...
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Here's what losers always do — and what Trump has already done
When I was a young man, I never figured that well into my seventh decade on this green and fading earth, I’d need to reiterate that I was a proud anti-fascist, and a veteran who served his country to ...
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Debrianna Mansini-I’m Spartacus @dmansini.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
COLLAPSE THE OLIGARCHY! They need OUR money. when we fight , we win. Tell them it isn't over. #NotGoingBack
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Just Jack @just-jack-1.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
They are NOT the majority. They have billionaires who own mainstream and social media, most of the Supreme Court and half of Congress. Yet, they are NOT the majority. This is why they’re always trying to take away your votes. Because they are NOT the majority. They never will be.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Bill Cohan both raises my alarm at another right-wing billionaire consolidating control of the media and cracks me up for using "mishugas" in an NYT op-ed. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/o...
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Opinion | The Billionaire Trump Supporter Who Will Soon Own the News
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Smart piece by @jamellebouie.net www.nytimes.com/2025/09/13/o...
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Opinion | Charlie Kirk Didn’t Shy Away From Who He Was. We Shouldn’t Either.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
After declaring emergency after emergency to justify his unconstitutional usurpation of power, Trump now has his Reichstag moment in the Kirk assassination, which he'll use to justify yet more executive power grabs.
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
😡😡
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Peggy Stuart @peggystuart.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
LISTEN to Gov. J.B. Pritzker warning: Authoritarians thrive on your silence. Be loud for America.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Exactly right, Hilde Lipson! philanthropyproject.net/maine-fundra...
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A fundraiser asks why nonprofits and foundations aren't speaking out about philanthropic reform - Philanthropy Project
Hilary Crosby, a CPA, speaks out about why DAF rules annoy her so much and the problems with donor-advised fund (DAF) donations.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Wow.
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Goodbye to All That
My resignation from the FBI. 
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/06/2025
the story today is of a profoundly low energy military parade being met with millions of americans in nationwide protests denouncing the dictatorial pretensions of the president
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/06/2025
what i see is a white house whose ambitions outstrip its resources, who did not count on facing mass resistance, and which is scrambling to escalate the situation in hopes that a display of force will make people shut up
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/06/2025
i simply do not understand those of you who look at the white house and say to yourselves, “these are hyper competent people who are executing a sophisticated plan with high odds for success”
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 09/06/2025
i personally do not think the administration is actually prepared for what happens if they are facing mass protests in every major city in the country
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Pleased to be published today in The Philanthropy Project. philanthropyproject.net/who-is-block...
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Who is Blocking DAF Reform? - Philanthropy Project
The walls are caving in on American nonprofits. Alan Cantor explains what needs to happen now to change how DAFs operate.
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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
This kind of clear, direct explanation of what’s happening is basic journalism and yet it’s surprising to hear it stated so forthrightly in this mealy-mouthed era.
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Alan Cantor @alcantor.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
This nails it. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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The Situation: Thanks but No Thanks
I really don’t need this sort of defense from antisemitism.
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Matthew Cheney @melikhovo.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This is a beautiful, illuminating remembrance of David Souter, one of the best people NH ever sent to Washington. (We do not speak of Franklin Pierce, one of the worst.)
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Thomas Gradie @bluesky-99.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
A lovely encomia (my new word), Alan. You call him an acquaintance. But someone who shares with you what’s in his grocery cart must be more than that.
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