@julphill.bsky.social
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“USAID is not a perfect agency,” writes @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social, the president of Refugees International. “No government institution is. But from the Green Revolution to humanitarian relief to the fight against HIV, it has built a more stable world while advancing U.S. interests.”
Opinion | ‘We’re Just Keeping Everybody Alive’: The Damage Done by the U.S.A.I.D. Freeze
Testimonials from around the world show that Trump’s foreign aid funding freeze has been damaging and chaotic.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:10 PM
“USAID is not a perfect agency,” writes @jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social, the president of Refugees International. “No government institution is. But from the Green Revolution to humanitarian relief to the fight against HIV, it has built a more stable world while advancing U.S. interests.”
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📣 Attention terminated CDC employees! "I was a fed" on Instagram shares stories of affected federal employees. We want to amplify CDC voices too (anonymously)! Our platform reaches ~100K.
📣 Send your story to our tip line. Let's help people understand the impact. #SeeCDC #fedstrong
📣 Send your story to our tip line. Let's help people understand the impact. #SeeCDC #fedstrong
February 21, 2025 at 1:16 PM
📣 Attention terminated CDC employees! "I was a fed" on Instagram shares stories of affected federal employees. We want to amplify CDC voices too (anonymously)! Our platform reaches ~100K.
📣 Send your story to our tip line. Let's help people understand the impact. #SeeCDC #fedstrong
📣 Send your story to our tip line. Let's help people understand the impact. #SeeCDC #fedstrong
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Also, this is the LOWEST Gallup approval rating for a new president at this point in his term EVER. Only Trump 1.0 comes close, but he’s already underwater. This matters! Keep the pressure on.
February 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Also, this is the LOWEST Gallup approval rating for a new president at this point in his term EVER. Only Trump 1.0 comes close, but he’s already underwater. This matters! Keep the pressure on.
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One of Elon Musk’s closest friends, a billionaire co-founder of Airbnb, is taking a role in President Trump’s administration to help Musk carry out his drive to slash the federal bureaucracy, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
Billionaire Airbnb Co-Founder Is Said to Take Role in Musk’s Government Initiative
Joe Gebbia is a board member at Tesla and is close to Elon Musk, the company’s C.E.O.
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2025 at 5:46 AM
One of Elon Musk’s closest friends, a billionaire co-founder of Airbnb, is taking a role in President Trump’s administration to help Musk carry out his drive to slash the federal bureaucracy, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.
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This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.
February 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This week, approximately 200,000 federal workers have been let go.
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I cannot tell you how absolutely devastating this will be to scientific discovery.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately
The move halts a large slice of money for most universities and research institutions virtually overnight, imperiling vital research in everything from cancer to heart disease.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 8, 2025 at 3:16 PM
I cannot tell you how absolutely devastating this will be to scientific discovery.
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
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For all GA voters. Time to call your representatives. Even if you don’t know or understand the differences in indirect and direct costs for federally funded research, this massive attack on research will hurt every Georgian.
In Georgia-
NIH FUNDING:
$780 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
11,816
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.18 B
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH FUNDING:
$780 M
JOBS SUPPORTED:
11,816
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY SUPPORTED:
$2.18 B
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...
NIH In Your State - United For Medical Research
Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America.
www.unitedformedicalresearch.org
February 8, 2025 at 7:46 PM
For all GA voters. Time to call your representatives. Even if you don’t know or understand the differences in indirect and direct costs for federally funded research, this massive attack on research will hurt every Georgian.
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February 7, 2025
February 7, 2024
Maya Miller of the New York Times reported today that the congressional phone system has been jammed with tens of millions of calls from outraged constituents contacting their representatives to deman...
open.substack.com
February 8, 2025 at 5:04 AM
February 7, 2025
Welcome to my Bluesky page. It’s under construction!! 😅
November 15, 2024 at 6:09 PM
Welcome to my Bluesky page. It’s under construction!! 😅