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· Jul 1
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
The world’s richest person’s cuts of USAID predicted to cause 14 million additional deaths of the world’s poorest people by 2030. Unconscionable. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Backbone apnews.com/article/pent...
Journalists turn in access badges, exit Pentagon rather than agree to new reporting rules
Journalists at the Pentagon turned in access badges and cleaned out their workspaces, the price for refusing to agree to new restrictions on their jobs at the seat of U.S. military power.
apnews.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Backbone apnews.com/article/pent...
"I don't want my past to become anyone else's future." -Elie Wiesel
September 17, 2025 at 7:46 PM
"I don't want my past to become anyone else's future." -Elie Wiesel
Trump, DC wants you to go-go youtu.be/J2uIV8NP-7M?...
Protesters chant 'free DC, free Palestine' as Trump arrives for dinner at restaurant
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtu.be
September 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Trump, DC wants you to go-go youtu.be/J2uIV8NP-7M?...
The Posse Comitatus Act, that vast moth-eaten musical brocade podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/a...
Is The National Guard Coming To Your City?
Podcast Episode · Amicus With Dahlia Lithwick | Law, justice, and the courts · 30/08/2025 · 54m
podcasts.apple.com
August 31, 2025 at 9:31 AM
The Posse Comitatus Act, that vast moth-eaten musical brocade podcasts.apple.com/de/podcast/a...
Kindling for Trump’s Reichstag fire apnews.com/article/wash...
National Guard troops on DC streets for Trump's crackdown will start carrying guns
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered National Guard troops to start carrying firearms while patrolling the streets of Washington for President Donald Trump’s law enforcement crackdown.
apnews.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Kindling for Trump’s Reichstag fire apnews.com/article/wash...
“Taenia solium in an all but unprecedented act of commensalism makes the entire US safe for all viral realms” -David Attenborough apnews.com/article/kenn...
RFK Jr. pulls $500 million in funding for vaccine development
The Department of Health and Human Services plans to cancel contracts and pull funding for some vaccines being developed to fight respiratory viruses like COVID-19 and the flu.
apnews.com
August 7, 2025 at 5:47 AM
“Taenia solium in an all but unprecedented act of commensalism makes the entire US safe for all viral realms” -David Attenborough apnews.com/article/kenn...
“We have always been at war with Eastasia” www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
American history museum removes Trump's name from impeachment exhibit
The Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History has removed explicit reference to President Donald Trump from an exhibit about impeachment, a spokesperson said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
August 1, 2025 at 7:06 AM
“We have always been at war with Eastasia” www.reuters.com/world/us/ame...
The world’s richest person’s cuts of USAID predicted to cause 14 million additional deaths of the world’s poorest people by 2030. Unconscionable. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Evaluating the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projecting the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030: a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis
USAID funding has significantly contributed to the reduction in adult and child mortality
across low-income and middle-income countries over the past two decades. Our estimates
show that, unless the a...
www.thelancet.com
July 1, 2025 at 12:34 PM
The world’s richest person’s cuts of USAID predicted to cause 14 million additional deaths of the world’s poorest people by 2030. Unconscionable. www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Achingly beautiful youtu.be/nOkOn2l6fns?...
Avin Ahmadi plays Iranian Piece 'Gar Tīgh Bārad' by Siamak Aghaei on the Oud
YouTube video by SiccasGuitars
youtu.be
June 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Achingly beautiful youtu.be/nOkOn2l6fns?...
Hero Syndrome - Term to describe individuals who seek praise for valiant acts, especially by creating a harmful situation which they then can resolve. (See JCPOA) www.npr.org/2025/06/24/n...
Trump says early report on damage to Iran's nuclear program was inconclusive
An early intelligence report found U.S. strikes on Iran sites may only have set its nuclear program back "a few months." Trump said it was inconclusive, but believes damage was more severe.
www.npr.org
June 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Hero Syndrome - Term to describe individuals who seek praise for valiant acts, especially by creating a harmful situation which they then can resolve. (See JCPOA) www.npr.org/2025/06/24/n...
Hoping the US sees the calibration and doesn’t escalate
BREAKING: Iran says it launched an attack on U.S. forces at Qatar's Al Udeid Air Base.
Live updates: Alarm grows after the US inserts itself into Israel's war against Iran
The U.S. military’s strike on three sites in Iran raised urgent questions about what remains of Tehran’s nuclear program and how its weakened military might respond.
bit.ly
June 23, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hoping the US sees the calibration and doesn’t escalate
Brownshirts
Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE.
This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.
June 17, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Brownshirts
No Kings's Berlin! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS Berlin, Germany · No Kings
This event is from 2-4pm CEST behind the U.S. Embassy on Ebert Strasse at Behren Strasse on the Tiergarten side of the street
When signing up to attend this event, you must us a United States ZIP cod...
www.mobilize.us
June 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
No Kings's Berlin! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
I’ve the feeling 10 U.S.C. §892 (Article 92, UCMJ) will soon be tested.
June 8, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I’ve the feeling 10 U.S.C. §892 (Article 92, UCMJ) will soon be tested.
Hear that sucking sound? hkust.edu.hk/news/hkust-o...
HKUST Opens Doors to Harvard Students Amid Global Academic Shifts | The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today announced an open invitation to international undergraduate and postgraduate students currently enrolled at Harvard University, as well...
hkust.edu.hk
May 23, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Hear that sucking sound? hkust.edu.hk/news/hkust-o...
Gesetz gegen die Überfüllung deutscher Schulen und Hochschulen
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Homeland Security blocking Harvard’s ability to enroll international students
U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has revoked Harvard University's ability to enroll international students, the Department of Homeland Security said on Thursday.
www.reuters.com
May 22, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Gesetz gegen die Überfüllung deutscher Schulen und Hochschulen
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
26th element of A028871
May 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
26th element of A028871
“Use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it.” -Maya Angelou
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
ICE Deports 3 U.S. Citizen Children Held Incommunicado Prior to the Deportation | American Civil Liberties Union
Families disappeared and isolated without legal access; one child with cancer deported without medication and pregnant mother deported as well
www.aclu.org
April 26, 2025 at 11:07 AM
“Use that anger. You write it. You paint it. You dance it. You march it. You vote it. You do everything about it.” -Maya Angelou
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
www.aclu.org/press-releas...
Chris Van Hollen, fighting the good fight www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
Abrego Garcia Told Chris Van Hollen He Had Been In Isolation in El Salvador Prison (Gift Article)
Senator Chris Van Hollen said that Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia,who was deported and incarcerated in El Salvador, reported having been transferred after weeks in a maximum-security prison.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Chris Van Hollen, fighting the good fight www.nytimes.com/2025/04/18/u...
Good! Hopefully the decision will not be ignored www.reuters.com/legal/us-sup...
US Supreme Court upholds order to facilitate return of deportee sent to El Salvador in error
The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Thursday to block a judge's order requiring President Donald Trump's administration to facilitate the return to the United States a Salvadoran man who the government has acknowledged was deported in error to El Salvador.
www.reuters.com
April 11, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Good! Hopefully the decision will not be ignored www.reuters.com/legal/us-sup...
Congress, abdicated. Supreme Court, abdicated. The only guardrail, the electorate www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...
US facing Monday deadline to return wrongly deported Maryland man from El Salvador
The Trump administration is facing a Monday deadline to comply with a court order to return to the United States a Maryland man who was wrongly deported to El Salvador, although the administration has asked an appeals court to intervene.
www.reuters.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Congress, abdicated. Supreme Court, abdicated. The only guardrail, the electorate www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...