Jim R
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Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
February 6, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Rubio claims that @USAID lifesaving assistance for health and humanitarian needs will continue. But his team just communicated that the entire agency will be imminently reduced from 14,000 to 294 people. Just 12 in Africa.
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House Oversight Republicans spent two years subpoenaing and deposing every person who ever had a cup of coffee with Hunter Biden over the last 20 years, but now oppose a subpoena to hear from the person really running the government who hasn’t even had a confirmation hearing.
February 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
House Oversight Republicans spent two years subpoenaing and deposing every person who ever had a cup of coffee with Hunter Biden over the last 20 years, but now oppose a subpoena to hear from the person really running the government who hasn’t even had a confirmation hearing.
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Any time a lawmaker or a policymaker says "I'm glad you asked that...", they're not.
February 6, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Any time a lawmaker or a policymaker says "I'm glad you asked that...", they're not.
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The sudden and illegal elimination of all US aid personnel worldwide immediately reduces US soft power. It makes Americans less secure, everywhere.
Economists have shown that pro- and anti-American attitudes are directly shaped by aid given in time of need.
Economists have shown that pro- and anti-American attitudes are directly shaped by aid given in time of need.
In Aid We Trust: Hearts and Minds and the Pakistan Earthquake of 2005
Abstract. In 2005 an earthquake in northern Pakistan led to a significant inflow of international relief groups. Four years later, trust in Europeans and Americans was markedly higher among those expo...
doi.org
February 5, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The sudden and illegal elimination of all US aid personnel worldwide immediately reduces US soft power. It makes Americans less secure, everywhere.
Economists have shown that pro- and anti-American attitudes are directly shaped by aid given in time of need.
Economists have shown that pro- and anti-American attitudes are directly shaped by aid given in time of need.
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There goes “Rule of Law”. This isn’t the first, but we’re officially a Banana Republic and if the “Enemies of the State” will be punished…
The once-vigorous Project Veritas investigation concerning the theft of Ashley Biden’s diary, which collected two guilty pleas from culpable individuals, has ended without charges against James O’Keefe or the right-wing organization.
Previously: www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/u...
Previously: www.nytimes.com/2023/09/22/u...
February 5, 2025 at 9:44 PM
There goes “Rule of Law”. This isn’t the first, but we’re officially a Banana Republic and if the “Enemies of the State” will be punished…
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Raising my spirits: The Onion buying InfoWars
November 14, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Raising my spirits: The Onion buying InfoWars
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I think to key to surviving 4 years with RFK Jr as our Health Czar is for nobody to get sick.
November 14, 2024 at 10:16 PM
I think to key to surviving 4 years with RFK Jr as our Health Czar is for nobody to get sick.