Kp
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#resist This is not just about USAID. It's about every citizen's right to government by the people, of the people and for the people. Musk is not our king.
apnews.com/article/usai... The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave
The Trump administration is firing 2,000 USAID workers and putting thousands of others on leave
The Trump administration says it's eliminating 2,000 posts at the U.S. Agency for International Development and placing all but a fraction of others worldwide on leave.
apnews.com
February 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
#resist This is not just about USAID. It's about every citizen's right to government by the people, of the people and for the people. Musk is not our king.
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People have already literally died because of Trump's ham-fisted shut down of USAID funds. The comment is not in the slightest bit "dramatic".
February 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
People have already literally died because of Trump's ham-fisted shut down of USAID funds. The comment is not in the slightest bit "dramatic".
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“One humanitarian official said Thursday that her organization has 22 metric tons of USAID nutrition supplies—peanut paste and high-energy biscuits—waiting in a warehouse in Tigray, Ethiopia, with more than 5,000 highly vulnerable children just 30 miles away.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
A judge ordered foreign aid to resume. Aid groups say it’s not happening.
With immediate aid still held up and future food procurements in limbo, a former USAID official warns of “a global catastrophe.”
www.washingtonpost.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:06 PM
“One humanitarian official said Thursday that her organization has 22 metric tons of USAID nutrition supplies—peanut paste and high-energy biscuits—waiting in a warehouse in Tigray, Ethiopia, with more than 5,000 highly vulnerable children just 30 miles away.” www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...
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🚨Tracker Update🚨
Case Update:
- Judge Carl Nichols denied a premlinary injunction and dissolved the TRO in the suit of the dismantling of USAID.
Cases added:
- Project of Government Oversight sued the Trump administration to ensure DOGE's compliance with FOIA.
Case Update:
- Judge Carl Nichols denied a premlinary injunction and dissolved the TRO in the suit of the dismantling of USAID.
Cases added:
- Project of Government Oversight sued the Trump administration to ensure DOGE's compliance with FOIA.
Tracking Trump Administration Litigation
Find legal challenges to executive orders and actions from the Trump administration.
www.lawfaremedia.org
February 21, 2025 at 9:07 PM
🚨Tracker Update🚨
Case Update:
- Judge Carl Nichols denied a premlinary injunction and dissolved the TRO in the suit of the dismantling of USAID.
Cases added:
- Project of Government Oversight sued the Trump administration to ensure DOGE's compliance with FOIA.
Case Update:
- Judge Carl Nichols denied a premlinary injunction and dissolved the TRO in the suit of the dismantling of USAID.
Cases added:
- Project of Government Oversight sued the Trump administration to ensure DOGE's compliance with FOIA.
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BREAKING: Judge Nichols DENIES TRO and lifts his hold on USAID putting thousands of workers on paid administrative leave.
Nichols says the govt. has "convinced the Court that plaintiffs’ initial assertions of harm were overstated."
Previous: www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Nichols says the govt. has "convinced the Court that plaintiffs’ initial assertions of harm were overstated."
Previous: www.wusa9.com/article/news...
February 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
BREAKING: Judge Nichols DENIES TRO and lifts his hold on USAID putting thousands of workers on paid administrative leave.
Nichols says the govt. has "convinced the Court that plaintiffs’ initial assertions of harm were overstated."
Previous: www.wusa9.com/article/news...
Nichols says the govt. has "convinced the Court that plaintiffs’ initial assertions of harm were overstated."
Previous: www.wusa9.com/article/news...
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Now: DC fed judge denied a preliminary injunction in suit over Trump admin's efforts to wind down operations at USAID, which means a TRO that had paused placing thousands of workers on paid leave is no longer in effect https://buff.ly/3EOXAkY
February 21, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Now: DC fed judge denied a preliminary injunction in suit over Trump admin's efforts to wind down operations at USAID, which means a TRO that had paused placing thousands of workers on paid leave is no longer in effect https://buff.ly/3EOXAkY
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BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked the Trump administration from canceling foreign aid contracts/awards that were in place prior to Trump's inauguration. t.co/2OBoBANkxW](s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...)
February 14, 2025 at 2:54 AM
BREAKING: A federal judge just blocked the Trump administration from canceling foreign aid contracts/awards that were in place prior to Trump's inauguration. t.co/2OBoBANkxW](s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...)
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OK, time to bust another @USAID myth.
Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon have made the same accusation.
FALSE. They're either ignorant of how USAID spends money, or willfully lying about it. Or...
Anyway, caffeinate and read on.
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Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon have made the same accusation.
FALSE. They're either ignorant of how USAID spends money, or willfully lying about it. Or...
Anyway, caffeinate and read on.
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a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
ALT: a little girl is asking why not both while standing in a kitchen .
media.tenor.com
February 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
OK, time to bust another @USAID myth.
Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon have made the same accusation.
FALSE. They're either ignorant of how USAID spends money, or willfully lying about it. Or...
Anyway, caffeinate and read on.
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Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon have made the same accusation.
FALSE. They're either ignorant of how USAID spends money, or willfully lying about it. Or...
Anyway, caffeinate and read on.
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One of these days we're gonna have to reckon with the fact that "money that I spend which does not directly benefit me is a waste" is a popular sentiment.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
February 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
One of these days we're gonna have to reckon with the fact that "money that I spend which does not directly benefit me is a waste" is a popular sentiment.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
I think we should state plainly that this is selfish on its face.
And stupid when you have awareness which extends beyond your nose.
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The United States has reneged on $4 billion in pledges it had made to the Green Climate Fund, marking the first time such a pledge has been rescinded for the fund.
Trump reneges on $4B in Green Climate Fund financing
www.devex.com
February 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The United States has reneged on $4 billion in pledges it had made to the Green Climate Fund, marking the first time such a pledge has been rescinded for the fund.
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Farmers slammed. “American farms… supply about about 41 percent of the food aid that the agency sends around the world.” And “hundreds of tons of American-grown wheat stranded in Houston alone.”
wapo.st/3WSo7nI
wapo.st/3WSo7nI
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
wapo.st
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Farmers slammed. “American farms… supply about about 41 percent of the food aid that the agency sends around the world.” And “hundreds of tons of American-grown wheat stranded in Houston alone.”
wapo.st/3WSo7nI
wapo.st/3WSo7nI
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BREAKING: Senator Mitch McConnell
February 6, 2025 at 12:22 AM
BREAKING: Senator Mitch McConnell
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All our personnel around the world are getting notices right now telling them to pack up their families and move back to US immediately. For those who reported this was a 'pause' to 'review' #USAID programs, you've been had. The money stays with Musk and Marocco. #StopTheSteal #SaveUSAID
February 5, 2025 at 2:22 AM
All our personnel around the world are getting notices right now telling them to pack up their families and move back to US immediately. For those who reported this was a 'pause' to 'review' #USAID programs, you've been had. The money stays with Musk and Marocco. #StopTheSteal #SaveUSAID
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Musk's claim that just 10% of US aid reaches recipients is absurd. @cgdev lays out the facts:
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
No, 90 Percent of Aid Is Not Skimmed Off Before Reaching Target Communities
A viral claim, spread and amplified by Elon Musk, suggests that only 10 percent of USAID money reaches its intended beneficiaries. This is a wildly incorrect and misleading interpretation of a differe...
www.cgdev.org
February 4, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Musk's claim that just 10% of US aid reaches recipients is absurd. @cgdev lays out the facts:
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
- US gov costs are just 10%
- Rest reaches recipients mostly thru US corps/nonprofits + multilateral agencies
- ~10% goes thru foreign organizations
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
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THANKS @cgdev.org! USAID disburses 11 percent of aid directly thru local orgs or local governments. But "the other 89 percent of aid is chock full of some of our most effective, flagship programs, reaching hundreds of millions of people on the ground."
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
No, 90 Percent of Aid Is Not Skimmed Off Before Reaching Target Communities
A viral claim, spread and amplified by Elon Musk, suggests that only 10 percent of USAID money reaches its intended beneficiaries. This is a wildly incorrect and misleading interpretation of a differe...
www.cgdev.org
February 4, 2025 at 1:10 PM
THANKS @cgdev.org! USAID disburses 11 percent of aid directly thru local orgs or local governments. But "the other 89 percent of aid is chock full of some of our most effective, flagship programs, reaching hundreds of millions of people on the ground."
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...
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Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.
Federal Workers Sue to Disconnect DOGE Server
Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.
www.wired.com
February 4, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Two federal workers, citing reports that Elon Musk’s associates are operating an illegally connected email server at OPM, seek a restraining order.
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One USAID staffer referred to the move as a “pre-emptive gutting of USAID’s ground presence while defying Congress.” www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...
Scoop: USAID missions ‘urgently’ required to tally number of US staff
One USAID staffer referred to the move as a “pre-emptive gutting of USAID’s ground presence while defying Congress.”
www.devex.com
February 4, 2025 at 6:35 PM
One USAID staffer referred to the move as a “pre-emptive gutting of USAID’s ground presence while defying Congress.” www.devex.com/news/scoop-u...
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Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.
February 3, 2025 at 3:29 AM
Education Department employees have been placed on leave for attending diversity training. Meanwhile, Republicans have introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education.
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When you read Musk's timeline (which I've just done, taking one for the team), he says #USAID cuts are bcs it's a program of, for, & run by lefties, & that he's woodchipping it. He keeps repeating that word. Turning it into woodchips. That is the thought & level of conversation going on right now.
February 4, 2025 at 8:10 AM
When you read Musk's timeline (which I've just done, taking one for the team), he says #USAID cuts are bcs it's a program of, for, & run by lefties, & that he's woodchipping it. He keeps repeating that word. Turning it into woodchips. That is the thought & level of conversation going on right now.
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I love BlueSky so much more than X.
That’s it. That’s the skeet.
That’s it. That’s the skeet.
February 3, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I love BlueSky so much more than X.
That’s it. That’s the skeet.
That’s it. That’s the skeet.
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Imagine saying this about an agency that has helped millions of people around the world avoid malaria, obtain clean water, and gain access to food & health care. Especially when you’re the world’s richest man & your net worth is something like 20 times this agency’s annual budget. What a foul soul.
February 3, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Imagine saying this about an agency that has helped millions of people around the world avoid malaria, obtain clean water, and gain access to food & health care. Especially when you’re the world’s richest man & your net worth is something like 20 times this agency’s annual budget. What a foul soul.
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Today's news:
-USAID workers directed to stay out of the agency's D.C. headquarters
-Trump agreed USAID needs to be "shut down," Musk claims
-More than 700 killed, 2800 wounded in east DRC fighting since last Sunday: UN
-Syria's al-Sharaa visits Saudi Arabia
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www.justsecurity.org/107280/early...
-USAID workers directed to stay out of the agency's D.C. headquarters
-Trump agreed USAID needs to be "shut down," Musk claims
-More than 700 killed, 2800 wounded in east DRC fighting since last Sunday: UN
-Syria's al-Sharaa visits Saudi Arabia
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www.justsecurity.org/107280/early...
Early Edition: February 3, 2025
A curated weekday guide to major news and developments over the weekend.
www.justsecurity.org
February 3, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Today's news:
-USAID workers directed to stay out of the agency's D.C. headquarters
-Trump agreed USAID needs to be "shut down," Musk claims
-More than 700 killed, 2800 wounded in east DRC fighting since last Sunday: UN
-Syria's al-Sharaa visits Saudi Arabia
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www.justsecurity.org/107280/early...
-USAID workers directed to stay out of the agency's D.C. headquarters
-Trump agreed USAID needs to be "shut down," Musk claims
-More than 700 killed, 2800 wounded in east DRC fighting since last Sunday: UN
-Syria's al-Sharaa visits Saudi Arabia
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www.justsecurity.org/107280/early...