Marietta
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I yelled that at The Resident too.
February 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I yelled that at The Resident too.
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For those asking whether the Trump administration will comply—Judge Ali has already directed the government to notify all affected groups of their rights and file a report in five days explaining how they are complying with the rest of his order. It’s safe to say he is serious about enforcement.
February 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
For those asking whether the Trump administration will comply—Judge Ali has already directed the government to notify all affected groups of their rights and file a report in five days explaining how they are complying with the rest of his order. It’s safe to say he is serious about enforcement.
Reposted by Marietta
Judge Ali vividly describes some of the horrific consequences of Trump’s blanket foreign aid freeze, then holds that it was likely arbitrary and capricious for the administration to ignore these appalling (and entirely foreseeable) harms when imposing the policy. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
![Another plaintiff representing small businesses across all sectors attests that the suspension included USAID failing to pay its member organizations for months of unpaid invoices. Glob. Health, ECF No. 7-2 1 8. This has forced small businesses to furlough "most U.S. national staff in home offices and on contracts, and terminate foreign national staff or risk keeping them and being uncertain of payments under stop work orders." Id. 4 10.
• Another plaintiff focused on addressing the global HIV/AIDS epidemic has already been forced to lay off seven employees and will lay off ten more over the next month if the suspension of appropriated foreign aid continues. AIDS Vaccine, ECF
No. 13-2 1 12.
Other plaintiffs have described how the blanket suspension of funds has undermined their
core missions and jeopardized vital services to vulnerable populations. For example:
• One plaintiff asserts that the suspension of appropriated foreign aid has disrupted critical health programs, including maternal and child health programs and infectious disease prevention efforts administered by its member organizations.
Glob. Health, ECF No. 7-1 1 8. One of those member organizations reports that a $20 million project to support the development of hospital accreditation in Cambodia has been suspended. Id. Another reports that a stop-work order has disrupted a total of $4 million in funding for American Schools and Hospitals Abroad grants in Nepal and Vietnam. Id. The plaintiff organization attests that the suspension of appropriated foreign aid funding "is an existential threat to [its] members and their life-saving work." Id. I 11.
• Another plaintiff reports that it can no longer fund shelters for minors in Central America trying to escape recruitment into criminal gangs. Glob. Health, ECF No.
7-7 9 10.
• A different plaintiff explains that it has abruptly stopped providing medical services for hundreds of adolescents and young students in need in Bangladesh. Glob.
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February 14, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Judge Ali vividly describes some of the horrific consequences of Trump’s blanket foreign aid freeze, then holds that it was likely arbitrary and capricious for the administration to ignore these appalling (and entirely foreseeable) harms when imposing the policy. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...