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The warnings were clear:

* 1 million kids untreated for severe acute malnutrition;
* Up to 166,000 malaria deaths;
* TB cases up 30%
* 200,000 more polio-induced paralysis cases in 10 years.

The Trump team killed USAID anyway.

www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Internal Memos: Senior USAID Leaders Warned Trump Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing Agency
One million children will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from malaria and 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by polio over the next decade, the memos estimate...
www.propublica.org
March 3, 2025 at 11:07 PM
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The 28th is one day.
You can make it many.
This can be a practice.
February 27, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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Let me translate two things this libertarian light nincompoop is saying: Personal liberties means doing whatever the fuck I want. Free markets means doing whatever the fuck I want. He’s an adult toddler.
February 26, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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Imagine you were the richest man in the world. You could have anything you wanted, go anywhere you wished, do whatever took you fancy. How would you spend your weekend? Depriving the poorest people in the world of food and healthcare and boasting about it?
February 5, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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Infectious diseases physician here: Expect increases in HIV in your community. Hepatitis C. Sepsis. Bloodstream infections. Influenza, covid, and other respiratory viruses. Expect loss of productivity due to communicable disease. Expect increased mortality. Expect healthcare system overload. (1/3)
January 28, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Trump administration is testing the limits of his power and authority, all the while working behind the scenes to add more political appointees to positions that were previously subject matter experts or career appointees that has deep knowledge in the programs they implement.
As phrased here, this is not legal under the ICA. OMB and/or agencies cannot refuse to apportion/obligate appropriations because they are not "in line with the president's agenda."
January 28, 2025 at 9:19 PM
An updated memo that is both giving us something, but also nothing. I would note that even though rental assistance is listed here, the federal portal service providers get their rental assistance funds from is inaccessible...
January 28, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Well this explains all the “people” with no followers or posts annoyingly responding to my post about watching Veep instead of the news.
January 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM