Alt USAID/ USAID Forever
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They tried to bury us. They didn't realize we were seeds.
One more interesting point: this spring I sat down with Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes for an extensive interview about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media has unquestionably aided the Trump administration’s cover up here.
Senator Ron Wyden@wyden.senate.gov · 2d agoBombshell new report out from my investigators this morning spanning our four year investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s financial records. This report shows exactly how Wall Street protected Epstein and enabled his sex trafficking for decades. Mega thread following with some key points:
On August 11, 2025, life in D.C. changed overnight. A year later, with the National Guard set to be on our streets until 2029, we want to hear from D.C. residents: What questions do you have about the ongoing occupation of our city? More questions for you in our full survey:
Reflecting on a year under federal occupation
On August 11, 2025, life in D.C. changed overnight as President Trump announced a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department and the deployment of National Guard troops and federal law…
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Just imagine all this money going into DC public schools instead
Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · yesterdayTrump’s plans to keep National Guard troops deployed to D.C. until 2029 will cost an additional $1.4 billion in tax dollars, according to budget estimates
“If you take the deal, you’re going to be exploited. If you don’t take it, you’re going to die,” said attorney Frank Ssekamwa about the U.S. demand to access the health data of millions of Ugandans. “It’s the essence of digital colonialism.”
“Digital Colonialism”: U.S. Demands to Access Africans’ Data Raise Privacy, Sovereignty Concerns
The United States is requiring access to health data as part of lifesaving aid deals with African countries. The U.S. says the data will be aggregated and anonymized, but privacy experts fear the info...
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Wow. 11 polar icebreakers cost more than our entire global Ebola response in 2014. $7 billion could be saving millions of lives today.
The New York Times@nytimes.com · 4d agoPresident Trump decided to buy 11 polar icebreakers, worth almost $7 billion, after a game of golf with Finland’s president. The question, experts say, is how many the U.S. really needs. nyti.ms/4hK355K
Running an effective government is in fact a task that requires complex systems thinking skills. Beyond the level of anyone in the current WH thehill.com/policy/healt...
How USAID’s elimination hit US efforts on cyclospora
When the Trump administration and Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) dismantled the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) last year, it set off a chain of events tha…
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Minnesota’s Superior National Forest received a $10 million grant in 2024 to cover wildfire prevention efforts, then DOGE delayed funding. now, parts of that area are burning. I spoke with a former wildland firefighter who says the cuts made the fire worse. youtu.be/0cbI9_CNZmM?...
Fmr. fire ranger: DOGE DELAYED a $10 million wildfire grant. It ‘would’ve really helped us’
YouTube video by MS NOW
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Don't get too comfortable with this news - Russ Vought and his minions will strip out a billion or more. All the experts needed to manage these funds are gone. DOGE boys at State will make impossible to get the $$ www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/h...
U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme
The amount is still far below what the U.S. spent previously on humanitarian and health aid, but resumes the flow of money for key efforts to fight malnutrition and disease.
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MEDIA PSA: When you call it the $1.8 Billion “anti-weaponization fund” you’re helping Trump sane-wash it It’s an “insurrectionist slush fund” A “heist” or “theft” from taxpayers A “scheme” to enrich himself When you use his words you aren’t a journalist, you’re a stenographer
“Estonians have been able to pay taxes online since 2000. The United States was just getting there last year with IRS Direct File, a Biden-era pilot program that saved users time and money, but Trump killed it after lobbying by tax-prep and software companies.” www.thebulwark.com/p/trump-is-m...
Trump Is Making Government Worse on Purpose
Instead of seeking to simplify and improve citizens’ lives, this administration keeps creating new obstacles and burdens.
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FFS now they're going to demolish the airport that all the international flights use - the entire metro dc area getting trashed www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Trump announces $22bn plan to rebuild Dulles international airport
Planned overhaul forms part of president’s broader pattern of directing changes in Washington after arch and ballroom
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Oh look we're still giving out millions of your taxpayer dollars in foreign aid! But now it's just going to white incels with persecution complexes, not starving children
The Last Mile with USAID@thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · last wk.
Two years ago, we were on track to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030. A historic global achievement within reach. [Trump: want your damn Nobel Prize? Start there] Instead, we walked away from that progress. USAID dismantled, lifesaving programs gutted & we’re now at risk of an HIV/AIDS resurgence.
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World risks HIV resurgence as funding falls 18%, UNAIDS says
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Agreed. On Monday @polphilpod.bsky.social and I explicitly tied Musk USAID cuts to his "belief" that white civilization is embattled and white nations must be saved from invasion to preserve the "West." We argued Musk's "zero died" claim is code to global far right: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
Mark Joseph Stern@mjsdc.bsky.social · last wk.Agree with @jamellebouie.net that it's pretty clear Elon Musk wanted to eviscerate USAID *for the purpose of killing as many African people as possible.* Mass death wasn't an accidental byproduct of his "deep state" paranoia; it was a key mission of DOGE. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/o...
"“You can’t get rid of 30 percent of your staff and expect to be functional,” says Traci DiMartini, the former IRS human capital officer who was one of the first high-ranking officials DOGE pushed out last year. “Things are starting to break.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The IRS is imploding.
The CEO says the agency is proving it's possible to have “less people and better results.”
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Turns out that food companies were only checking their food because the government told them to, which is exactly why we need government regulations.
One-third of the State Dept. offices handed USAID’s surviving programs had no foreign assistance management experience. Thousands of programs were terminated. No one should be surprised. Expertise is treated as expendable. Another reminder of what we have allowed to happen to our country.
Watchdog finds staffing, guidance gaps in transfer of USAID programs
The U.S. State Department's hurried takeover of aid programs from the shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) last year was hampered by staffing shortages, IT issues and delayed gu...
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ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing. From the archives:
The Secret IRS Files: Trove of Never-Before-Seen Records Reveal How the Wealthiest Avoid Income Tax
ProPublica has obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Warren Buffett pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, ev...
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We can't even. "A senior US State Department official displayed a map of Africa that was completely wrong before high-level officials from African nations, including some whose countries had been mislabelled." open.substack.com/pub/emilysba...
The US State Department Redraws the Map of Africa at the AIDS2026 Conference
And rewrites history, too. All before the official opening.
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On some level, fact-checking Musk's "zero died" claim misses the point. He's communicating in a coded race-war trope that his global fascist audience will instantly grasp: Zero people died *who matter.* He sees these USAID cuts as a dry run for much worse to come. newrepublic.com/article/2135...
When Elon Musk says "zero" children died in Africa from his DOGE cuts, he really means zero children died who are *worthy of any concern.* It's vile coded signaling to his global fascist audience. From me and @polphilpod.bsky.social, a deep dive into Musk's fascism: newrepublic.com/article/2135...
The Real Reason Elon Musk Keeps Insisting DOGE Cuts Killed “Zero” Kids
In his explosive interview with The Economist, the SpaceX billionaire inadvertently revealed something darker about his true vision for the future—and about his affinities with global fascism.
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Pregnant women who resorted to eating mud. A man who had to bury his own mother after she died of cholera. Listen to ProPublica reporters Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social discuss the fallout of Trump destroying USAID on “Paper Trail.” (Originally aired on @revealnews.org)
What Happened When Trump Officials Destroyed USAID (From Reveal)
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · July 23 · 34m
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So let me get this straight... The DOGE employees who were tasked with reducing government spending have started a firm to get government contracts??? DOGE was a scam from the very start.
Proposed recipients of human rights grants from the U.S. State Department include a free-speech organization that has fought against bans on “gay conversion therapy” and an Afrikaner group in South Africa that promotes self-governance.
Afrikaner and Right-Wing European Groups Would Gain From Trump’s New Human Rights Funding
Proposed grant recipients have included a free-speech organization that has fought against bans on “gay conversion therapy” and an Afrikaner group that promotes self-governance.
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The legacy this administration is creating heartbreaking.
Sex work or starve: Aid workers in Nepal left jobless by USAID cuts turn to sex work to survive
After the United States slashed its foreign aid funding last year, more than 280,000 aid workers worldwide lost their jobs.
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DOGE promised to cut waste. Instead, USAID workers are paying the price with their livelihoods ... and, for many, their safety. www.dailykos.com/stories/2026...
Thousands desperately turn to sex work after DOGE killed USAID
They’ve been forced into highly dangerous sex work after the agency was killed by the Trump team.
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