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Breaking News: The Trump administration is laying off nearly the entire staff of USAID, people with knowledge of the plans said. Follow live updates.
Trump Administration Live Updates: Nearly All USAID Jobs Are Said to Be Cut
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Breaking News: The Trump administration is laying off nearly the entire staff of USAID, people with knowledge of the plans said. Follow live updates.
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“I am shocked by the gleeful assault perpetrated by our own government against U.S.A.I.D.’s programs and the public servants who work on them,” writes Samantha Power, the former head of the agency.
Opinion | Samantha Power: Killing U.S.A.I.D. Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere
The attacks on the agency are cruel and counterproductive.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:14 AM
“I am shocked by the gleeful assault perpetrated by our own government against U.S.A.I.D.’s programs and the public servants who work on them,” writes Samantha Power, the former head of the agency.
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Shutting off USAID payments is bad, but it's not just that: if someone (Trump, Musk, a lackey, whoever) can unilaterally shut off Congressionally-appropriated payments, they can shut off anything. Medicare payments to certain hospitals. Social Security checks to selected voters. Sky's the limit.
CNN with an absolutely gigantic story:
"Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using the department’s own ultra-sensitive payment processing system."
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/p...
"Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using the department’s own ultra-sensitive payment processing system."
edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/p...
Musk associates sought to use critical Treasury payment system to shut down USAID spending, emails show | CNN Politics
Four days after Donald Trump’s inauguration, Elon Musk’s top lieutenants at the Treasury Department asked its acting secretary, a career civil servant, to immediately shut off all USAID payments using...
edition.cnn.com
February 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Shutting off USAID payments is bad, but it's not just that: if someone (Trump, Musk, a lackey, whoever) can unilaterally shut off Congressionally-appropriated payments, they can shut off anything. Medicare payments to certain hospitals. Social Security checks to selected voters. Sky's the limit.
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The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
The Logic of Destruction
And how to resist it
snyder.substack.com
February 2, 2025 at 6:50 PM
The logic of the coup that is going on now. And how to resist it.
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
snyder.substack.com/p/the-logic-...
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Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
Of course it’s a coup
Miss the obvious, lose your republic
open.substack.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Of course it’s a coup. Miss the obvious, lose your republic.
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Rep Raskin making sense on Musk’s attempted coup. More of this please.
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
Transcript: Jamie Raskin’s Brutal Takedown of Elon Musk Hits the Mark
An interview with election law expert Andy Craig, who digs into Raskin’s warnings about Musk’s lawlessness, explains the threat Musk poses the constitutional order, and assesses what Dem resistance ca...
newrepublic.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Rep Raskin making sense on Musk’s attempted coup. More of this please.
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
newrepublic.com/article/1911...
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Take the time to read this important analysis. We are in exactly the situation that laws, Constitutin and basic common sense should prevent. And yet.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
The 24-Hour Reality Check: Musk’s Impossible Power Grab And America’s Crisis
There are twenty-four hours in a day. This isn’t a matter of political opinion or technological disruption—it’s as immutable as the fact that two plus two equals four. No amount of geni…
www.techdirt.com
February 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Take the time to read this important analysis. We are in exactly the situation that laws, Constitutin and basic common sense should prevent. And yet.
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
www.techdirt.com/2025/02/05/t...
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It’s hard to overhype how dangerous this moment is. This a naked attempt to seize government by the right wing billionaire class so they can steal from the American people.
February 3, 2025 at 4:12 PM
It’s hard to overhype how dangerous this moment is. This a naked attempt to seize government by the right wing billionaire class so they can steal from the American people.
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USAID’s programs, like all our foreign assistance, play a central role in combating extremism, promoting stability and protecting our homeland. #saveforeignaid
Opinion | Trump’s attack on USAID is an assault on Americans’ safety
Our foreign assistance wins us friends, establishes our leadership, and neutralizes distant threats.
wapo.st
February 4, 2025 at 12:26 AM
USAID’s programs, like all our foreign assistance, play a central role in combating extremism, promoting stability and protecting our homeland. #saveforeignaid
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These programs make invaluable contributions to US national security and global stability. #saveforeignaid
Feeding Resilience: The National Security Imperative of USAID’s Food Security Programs - The Council on Strategic Risks
Amid multiplying threats, food security initiatives like Feed the Future and FEWS NET are essential to national security.
councilonstrategicrisks.org
February 4, 2025 at 12:20 PM
These programs make invaluable contributions to US national security and global stability. #saveforeignaid
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Mergers are associated with dips in aid effectiveness and budget cuts that undermine development agendas and related security goals. #saveforeignaid #natsec
Merging USAID and State Could Make the U.S. Less Secure
Similar attempts to combine development and diplomacy worldwide have had mixed results.
foreignpolicy.com
February 5, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Mergers are associated with dips in aid effectiveness and budget cuts that undermine development agendas and related security goals. #saveforeignaid #natsec
Musk swept away a federal agency in a week. What's his next target? Our education system? Direct assistance? Your health care? #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
February 6, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Musk swept away a federal agency in a week. What's his next target? Our education system? Direct assistance? Your health care? #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
JFK created #USAID to help solve the world’s biggest problems: “For all history shows that the effort to win progress represents the most determined and steadfast aspirations of man.” Don’t let Elon Musk destroy it. #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
February 6, 2025 at 2:28 AM
JFK created #USAID to help solve the world’s biggest problems: “For all history shows that the effort to win progress represents the most determined and steadfast aspirations of man.” Don’t let Elon Musk destroy it. #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
Why USAID Matters:
When we lift people around the world out of poverty, we create an America with fewer threats from violent extremism, disease, narcotics & climate change. #ForeignAid isn’t just from the American people. It’s FOR the American people. #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
When we lift people around the world out of poverty, we create an America with fewer threats from violent extremism, disease, narcotics & climate change. #ForeignAid isn’t just from the American people. It’s FOR the American people. #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
February 5, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Why USAID Matters:
When we lift people around the world out of poverty, we create an America with fewer threats from violent extremism, disease, narcotics & climate change. #ForeignAid isn’t just from the American people. It’s FOR the American people. #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
When we lift people around the world out of poverty, we create an America with fewer threats from violent extremism, disease, narcotics & climate change. #ForeignAid isn’t just from the American people. It’s FOR the American people. #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
Why USAID Matters:
USAID represents the best of America. Its mission represents the best of humanity. THIS is #USAID vimeo.com/1052680025 #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
USAID represents the best of America. Its mission represents the best of humanity. THIS is #USAID vimeo.com/1052680025 #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
Save USAID: The Greatest Agency You Never Knew
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) was created by President Kennedy in 1961 in a spirit of optimism and global collaboration and as a…
vimeo.com
February 5, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Why USAID Matters:
USAID represents the best of America. Its mission represents the best of humanity. THIS is #USAID vimeo.com/1052680025 #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID
USAID represents the best of America. Its mission represents the best of humanity. THIS is #USAID vimeo.com/1052680025 #SaveForeignAid #StandwithUSAID