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Again and again, what we’ve heard from organizations that do have mostly foreign aid funding, the killer really is uncertainty… The idea of having to lay people off on a USAID-funded project that then have to get hired 60 days later or 90 days later,” Bressan said. “How does that work?"

Just want to give some love to @wired.com reporters for their unwavering persistence in bringing to light the insidious shenanigans of these DOGE nerds.

"Shuttered HIV and TB treatment programs have been told they cannot resume work without written instruction that the waiver applies to them. Few have been able to obtain such clarification because their assigned contacts at USAID have been fired or furloughed..."
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...

NEW: Elon Musk’s attack on USAID has cut HIV/AIDS workers off from medicine and money.

The Trump Administration claims it is allowing “lifesaving” foreign aid to continue, but in reality, DOGE is preventing vital work on HIV and AIDS from saving lives. Read our scoop here:

Big national media outlet still failing.
Headlines suggest some dispute over data access at US AID.
*Not connecting the dots with other DOGE moves.
*Not conveying illegality.
*Not communicating constitutional crisis.

What do we call it when someone who has not been elected takes control of the government inconsistent with any constitutional provision and who claims he’s voiding lawful mandates of the legislature?

The #USAID website has just gone dark, amidst reporting #Trump may try to dissolve it completely.

But #Congress established USAID in statute, and Trump can't unilaterally override a statute by executive order.

Read my latest via @justsecurity.org:

www.justsecurity.org/107267/can-p...

Per @alexward.bsky.social: “Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, the top Dem on the Foreign Relations Committee, tells me the USAID breach by DOGE is "incredibly serious and unprecedented."

Adds that a "bipartisan" group of Senators will discuss what do about it "tomorrow" when Senate comes back.”

Thank you @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social for a small dose of sanity during a harrowing few days for the international development community. I can't recommend these 15 minutes enough: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

#usaid #impactinvesting #democracy

usaid.gov no longer working....👀

Kudos to @devex.com for their coverage of the recent turmoil at #USAID and other American #ForeignAid providers.

One example: This frank, disheartening article from @elissamio.bsky.social: www.devex.com/news/i-don-t...

Thank you for documenting the vast global impacts of these sweeping changes.

Funding Freeze: Impact-focused funders are mobilizing for social enterprises facing cancelled programs, funding shortfalls and layoffs.

We exist to ‘unstick’ capital and capital is very certainly getting stuck," says @openroadimpact.bsky.social's Caroline Bressan.

impactalpha.com/trump-fundin...