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LarryGarber @haveelections.bsky.social · Apr 3
This eight minute clip with Jake Tapper interviewing a USAID official illustrates the Trump Adminitration's animus and cruelty toward USAID employees, and belies whatever pro-life/pro-family rhetoric the Administration expresses. Shame!

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USAID worker feels her country abandoned her & her family | CNN
Charlee Doom joins The Lead
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My latest J Street policy piece on the post-ceasefire, humanitarian situation in Gaza. jstreetdotorg.substack.com/p/immediate-...
Humanitarian Priorities in Post-Ceasefire Gaza
Addressing Gaza’s humanitarian crisis will require an operations center, additional crossing points, and staffing key ministries in Gaza.
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October 22, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My latest J Street explainer: Palestinian Authority Reform, jstreet.org/explainer-pa...
Explainer: Palestinian Authority Reform - J Street
What is meant by Palestinian Authority (PA) reform, and why is it necessary?
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September 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
My latest article on the dire situation in Gaza. While I had hope that Trump would pressure Netanyahu to ease the situation, the public reporting suggests that has not occurred and the number of Palestinian civilians is rising daily.

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Can Gaza’s humanitarian catastrophe be reversed? It’s up to Trump
The humanitarian facts in Gaza are dire. People are starving and being shot as they seek food. With Netanyahu's visit, Trump must step in.
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July 11, 2025 at 7:05 PM
My latest op-ed in Haaretz newspaper on the situation in Gaza. www.haaretz.com/opinion/2025...
Without the UN, Israel's approach to Gaza aid is doomed | Opinion
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June 10, 2025 at 9:56 PM
My J Street Explainer on the New Gaza Humanitarian Foundation Mechanism for Aid Delivery. jstreet.org/explainer-ne...
EXPLAINER: NEW GAZA HUMANITARIAN FOUNDATION MECHANISM FOR AID DELIVERY - J Street
The Gaza humanitarian crisis has reached catastrophic levels. On May 30, a UN official described Gaza “as the hungriest place on earth” and “the only defined territory in the world where the entire po...
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June 4, 2025 at 9:54 PM
How the death of USAID will haunt Israel, Gaza and Trump
May 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The tragic consequences of Trump's cuts to foreign assistance as they are playing out in Sudan.

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Trump’s Aid Cuts Hit the Hungry in a City of Shellfire and Starvation (Gift Article)
The stark consequences of the rollback are evident in few places as clearly as in Sudan, where a brutal civil war has combined with a staggering humanitarian catastrophe.
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April 21, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Wonderful article by Hisham Jabi, a Palestinian who first came to the United States on a USAID-funded scholarship, became a citizen, and is now a successful entrepreneur.

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Why the Rule of Law Matters
This morning, I took the metro to a meeting on Capitol Hill. I often choose the metro over driving—it gives me time to read, listen to music, and observe the quiet choreography of life in Washington, ...
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April 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
This eight minute clip with Jake Tapper interviewing a USAID official illustrates the Trump Adminitration's animus and cruelty toward USAID employees, and belies whatever pro-life/pro-family rhetoric the Administration expresses. Shame!

www.cnn.com/2025/04/02/w...
USAID worker feels her country abandoned her & her family | CNN
Charlee Doom joins The Lead
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April 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Excellent summary of current state of play with respect to assault on democracy in US and what needs to be done.

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Defending Democracy in America
It’s time to take action.
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March 24, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Great analysis ofnisduesnin Khalil case. open.substack.com/pub/stevevla...
131. Five Questions About the Khalil Case
The government's arrest and detention of a pro-Palestinian Columbia student (and green card holder) raises difficult questions about both technical immigration statutes and the First Amendment.
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March 11, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Muhannad Hadi, on the halt to the entry of humanitarian supplies into Gaza | United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - Occupie...
Statement by the Humanitarian Coordinator, Mr. Muhannad Hadi, on the halt to the entry of humanitarian supplies into Gaza
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March 10, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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10. And if Trump really cared about fighting antisemitism, he wouldn’t be trying to defund the Department of Education, which plays such an essential role in fighting antisemitism on campus.
March 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
What the Last Four Weeks have Wrought
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My friend Max Stier’s take on the Trump/Musk dismantling of the federal government (with more to come).
What the Last Four Weeks have Wrought
Max Stier reminds us of the damage done to the federal workforce and the cost we will pay
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February 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The consequences of the Trump Administration's actions overseas are dire, but Musk and his team don't seem to care. And sadly, even those who know better amond Republican politicos are unwilling to speak out.

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As federal workers and aid recipients reel, Trump’s team is unmoved
“They get the one starving kid in Sudan that isn’t going to have a USAID bottle and they make everything DOGE has done about the starving kid in Sudan,” a White House official said.
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February 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Nice to have Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, and Mark Green make the case for the important role that USAID plays in supporting US foreign policy and enhancing our national security.
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February 12, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Yes, Gaza must be rebuild, but let's forthrightly understand the challenges and organize a coalition that is willing to undertake such a task. This article posted by the Middle East Institute reflect my thoughts on what such an effort would look like.

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Rebuilding Gaza will not be easy, but we must try
Despite a few hiccups, the cease-fire between Israel and Hamas has achieved its initial milestones. Much will depend on the upcoming negotiations regarding the next phases of the agreement. Yet for no...
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February 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
My take on the dismantling of USAID and the harm it is doing to U.S. interests around the globe. Even if the macro decisions are reveresed or partially pulled back, the damage has already done.

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The Cost of the Trump Administration’s Foreign Aid Debacle
An overzealous effort at reforming the U.S. Agency for International Development will dismantle programs that enhance U.S. security, save lives, and boost United States’ image around the globe.
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February 7, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Having worked as USAID’s Mission Director in Palestine for 5 years, Tuesday was truly a bad day. Between the mindless decapitation of USAID and Trump’s endorsement of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, I suffered a double gut punch. And this only day 15 of a 4 year term - I fear what may come next.
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February 5, 2025 at 5:39 AM
Important op ed by my colleague Kevin Johnson, Executive Director of Election Reformers Network.

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To Counter Trump’s Election Denial, We Need Nonpartisan Reform
January 20 marked the 26th time in U.S. history that the ultimate position of power in the country transferred from one party to another. This is an awesome and unparalleled track record. The peaceful...
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February 3, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Under what authority does DOGE staff, who are not federal employees, enter a federal building, in this case USAID, over the objections of USAID's head of security. And why does an Acting Administrator fire his security chief in obesiance to an order from a body established without any safeguards.
February 2, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Humanitarian workers now have to decide whether to continue providing life-saving assistance or adhere to the immoral stop work orders issued by newly-ensconced Trump officials. Hopefully, their moral compasses will provide them with guidance.

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“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
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February 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
As millions go without treatment - the latest on USAID and the dismantlement of the USG foreign assistance agency.

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Trump ally Peter Marocco behind evisceration of USAid: ‘He’s a destroyer’
Campaign ally sowed trail of enmity during first Trump presidency and allegedly was present at January 6 riot
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February 2, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I heard the news yesterday of President Carter’ death while visiting an exhibit on Haitian art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, which somehow seemed appropriate given Carter’s long involvement with that troubled country….

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December 31, 2024 at 4:55 AM

My reminiscences on the death of President Carter.

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