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What happens when you do surgery with a chainsaw www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
Hundreds of Thousands Will Die
The writer, surgeon, and former U.S.A.I.D. administrator Atul Gawande on the Trump Administration’s decimation of foreign aid and the consequences around the world.
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March 15, 2025 at 3:21 PM
What happens when you do surgery with a chainsaw www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-...
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NYU economist Bill Easterly, the leading free-market critic of foreign aid, was asked about Musk’s and Trump’s assault on USAID: “It’s illegal and it’s undemocratic,” he said. “Even if I like the idea of moving away from aid, I cannot condone this horrific way to go about it.”
Elon Musk and Donald Trump Are Not Fixing U.S. Foreign Aid but Destroying It
The new Administration’s move to shutter U.S.A.I.D. has halted vital aid programs around the world and left thousands of development workers in a state of limbo.
www.newyorker.com
February 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
NYU economist Bill Easterly, the leading free-market critic of foreign aid, was asked about Musk’s and Trump’s assault on USAID: “It’s illegal and it’s undemocratic,” he said. “Even if I like the idea of moving away from aid, I cannot condone this horrific way to go about it.”
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"As it was fifty years ago, so it is today: The fact that the Constitution’s enemies now include the president of the United States does not relieve members of Congress of their responsibility to that oath."
More Dangerous than Watergate
It’s like every past constitutional crisis rolled into one.
www.thebulwark.com
February 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"As it was fifty years ago, so it is today: The fact that the Constitution’s enemies now include the president of the United States does not relieve members of Congress of their responsibility to that oath."
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Musk and Trump are engaged in a vicious witch hunt against women and people of color in the military and civil service: the former Coast Guard chief was just evicted from her home with 3 hours notice.
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Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader from her house with 3 hours notice
Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Musk and Trump are engaged in a vicious witch hunt against women and people of color in the military and civil service: the former Coast Guard chief was just evicted from her home with 3 hours notice.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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DEI programs and people with disabilities did not cause the midair collision in DC. Trump gutting the FAA did that.
But the DEI program Trump is trying to blame was started in 2019 — by Trump.
But the DEI program Trump is trying to blame was started in 2019 — by Trump.
January 31, 2025 at 5:02 AM
DEI programs and people with disabilities did not cause the midair collision in DC. Trump gutting the FAA did that.
But the DEI program Trump is trying to blame was started in 2019 — by Trump.
But the DEI program Trump is trying to blame was started in 2019 — by Trump.