Michael Clemens
@mclem.org
Professor of economics at George Mason University, fellow at the Peterson Institute of International Economics, IZA, CReAM/UCL, CEPR, CGD. Associate Editor JEP. USAID 2021–2024. Personal views exclusively.
Web: http://mclem.org
ORCID: 0000-0003-1354-0965
Web: http://mclem.org
ORCID: 0000-0003-1354-0965
Yes, their actions were and remain illegal.
Here are the laws they violated, laws that have neither been repealed nor overturned in court.
Here are the laws they violated, laws that have neither been repealed nor overturned in court.
Here is United States law regarding the President's attempts to close our development assistance agency in secret over the weekend.
It is illegal. No ambiguity.
Americans decide with their actions, today, if the US is a country of laws or—something else.
—> crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...
It is illegal. No ambiguity.
Americans decide with their actions, today, if the US is a country of laws or—something else.
—> crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/...
November 9, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Yes, their actions were and remain illegal.
Here are the laws they violated, laws that have neither been repealed nor overturned in court.
Here are the laws they violated, laws that have neither been repealed nor overturned in court.
Here is some of the research documenting the mass deaths of children, women, and men, across Africa and the rest of the developing world, caused by the decision of the US President and the world’s richest man to illegally obliterate our aid agency.
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
November 9, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Here is some of the research documenting the mass deaths of children, women, and men, across Africa and the rest of the developing world, caused by the decision of the US President and the world’s richest man to illegally obliterate our aid agency.
Good point, thank you, and this is another way in which Mastodon functionality beats other networks. Alt text fully automated there for images of words. Hard to believe it’s difficult for others to implement.
November 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Good point, thank you, and this is another way in which Mastodon functionality beats other networks. Alt text fully automated there for images of words. Hard to believe it’s difficult for others to implement.
Thank you. I didn’t mean to suggest he ever deserved it. My impression from when I was a kid was that he had it then.
November 9, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Thank you. I didn’t mean to suggest he ever deserved it. My impression from when I was a kid was that he had it then.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
You’ve got a daytime job—and doing alright.
November 8, 2025 at 1:08 PM
You’ve got a daytime job—and doing alright.
It's irritating that they describe the effects of his racism as limited to causing controversy within science and reputational consequences for himself rather than giving an immeasurable boost, false veneer of legitimacy, and idiot-friendly prestige to modern scientific racism and eugenics.
James D. Watson died on Thursday in East Northport, N.Y., on Long Island. He was 97.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/s...
November 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM