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The unraveling of USAID was deliberate. Paul Martin sounded an alarm about nearly half a billion dollars in food aid, and he lost his post for it. That choice weakened the country’s own safeguards and its standing overseas. A government committed to democratic practice protects its overseers.
Democracy Works: The dismantling of USAID and the death of government oversight
Former NASA and USAID Inspector General Paul Martin joins us to recount the chaotic end to his decades-long career in public service and discuss the role that oversight plays in American democracy.
radio.wpsu.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The unraveling of USAID was deliberate. Paul Martin sounded an alarm about nearly half a billion dollars in food aid, and he lost his post for it. That choice weakened the country’s own safeguards and its standing overseas. A government committed to democratic practice protects its overseers.
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USAID’s collapse didn’t just cut programs. It cut lifelines. Malawi’s LGBTIQ+ communities were left exposed to stigma, disease, and silence.
Malawi’s LGBTIQs Intervention Reels under USAID Shutdown | FairPlanet
A sweeping withdrawal of US aid has unravelled Malawi’s Key Populations health network, pushing already marginalised communities into deeper precarity.
www.fairplanet.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:42 PM
USAID’s collapse didn’t just cut programs. It cut lifelines. Malawi’s LGBTIQ+ communities were left exposed to stigma, disease, and silence.
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Thou shalt replace Chuck Schumer with Chris Van Hollen, who personally went to El Salvador to find Kilmar. That’s the kind of courage we need right now.
Like / share if you agree.
Like / share if you agree.
November 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Thou shalt replace Chuck Schumer with Chris Van Hollen, who personally went to El Salvador to find Kilmar. That’s the kind of courage we need right now.
Like / share if you agree.
Like / share if you agree.
We need names. This hiding your evil vote to trick people into voting for you shit is not ok.
Yup. I said this earlier today, but it was only a guess. Thanks for confirming it. It is no coincidence that of the 8 who came forward to do this, none of them are running in 2026. But they ran cover for some who are.
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 AM
We need names. This hiding your evil vote to trick people into voting for you shit is not ok.
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If there is a heaven and hell, I hope Paul Tagliabue has to spend eternity in downtown Baltimore since he hated the city so much
November 9, 2025 at 6:52 PM
If there is a heaven and hell, I hope Paul Tagliabue has to spend eternity in downtown Baltimore since he hated the city so much
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Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
November 5, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Normal People Don’t Want This Shit is running away with the vote tonight
The DNC need to hire whoever made this poster like yesterday.
November 3, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The DNC need to hire whoever made this poster like yesterday.
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If you want to know why we can’t give Trump a blank check, look what he did to USAID — illegally dismantling an agency that saved millions of lives and literally burning food meant for starving people.
As I told former USAID staff this week: their work was the best of America.
As I told former USAID staff this week: their work was the best of America.
If you want to know why we can’t give Trump a blank check, look what he did to USAID
YouTube video by Senator Chris Van Hollen
youtube.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:54 AM
If you want to know why we can’t give Trump a blank check, look what he did to USAID — illegally dismantling an agency that saved millions of lives and literally burning food meant for starving people.
As I told former USAID staff this week: their work was the best of America.
As I told former USAID staff this week: their work was the best of America.
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I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I know it’s too much to expect them to know their history, but if the American Revolution had a motto, it definitely would not have been “immigrants go home.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
It would have been “get your fucking soldiers out of our cities.”
As an alum, I fully endorse the Senator’s condemnation of UVA. They had to run Jim Ryan out of town so they could pull off this capitulation.
We need to call out those who cave to Trump's bullying, and that is exactly what UVA is doing here.
It's not just wrong — it's counterproductive, feeds the beast, and just encourages more mafia-like blackmail from this lawless administration.
It's not just wrong — it's counterproductive, feeds the beast, and just encourages more mafia-like blackmail from this lawless administration.
University of Virginia reaches deal to pause Trump administration probes
The agreement includes no monetary penalty and no external monitoring, U-Va. officials said. The Justice Department says the school must prohibit DEI to close the federal probes.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 AM
As an alum, I fully endorse the Senator’s condemnation of UVA. They had to run Jim Ryan out of town so they could pull off this capitulation.
So, king Trump shits on the American people?
Trump posts AI video showing him literally dumping shit on America
October 19, 2025 at 5:26 AM
So, king Trump shits on the American people?
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World War 2 veterans, the original antifa, took part in the nationwide protests against the fascist Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
October 19, 2025 at 12:50 AM
World War 2 veterans, the original antifa, took part in the nationwide protests against the fascist Trump regime. #3E #NoKings #50501Movement #indivisible #wearetheflood
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October 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
Trump: "They're, like, insurrectionists, they're terrible people. But you really wonder why. Why are they doing it? What are they gaining? Other than they're obviously paid. They're paid a lot of money."
October 8, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Our authoritarianism is run on clichés borrowed from the Eastern Europe of twenty years ago. Paid protestors, disloyal cities, evil Soros, vast conspiracies — it was all tiresome then and there, and now it’s pathetic.
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It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
It seems clear—I think to everyone, now—that a false and illegal invocation of the Insurrection Act is coming before the end of the year. Media outlets should be telling us how they will prepare for this potential Treason. State governments should be telling us. Activists should be developing plans.
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Democrats are in DC working to lower costs, cancel the cuts, and save health care.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
September 30, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Democrats are in DC working to lower costs, cancel the cuts, and save health care.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
Where are congressional Republicans?
It’s the day before a government shutdown... and they’re on vacation.
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Three responses I'm hearing a lot of here:
1. "Aha! Any excuse to hide the bad numbers!"
2. "The numbers were cooked anyway so who cares?"
3. "Fine, we'll just rely on private data."
Let's address all three in a 🧵:
1. "Aha! Any excuse to hide the bad numbers!"
2. "The numbers were cooked anyway so who cares?"
3. "Fine, we'll just rely on private data."
Let's address all three in a 🧵:
Friday's jobs report will provide key evidence on whether slower hiring is turning into deeper weakness in the labor market.
If there is a jobs report on Friday at all.
My story on how a shutdown could leave us flying blind at a vital moment for the economy. #EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
If there is a jobs report on Friday at all.
My story on how a shutdown could leave us flying blind at a vital moment for the economy. #EconSky
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/30/b...
Government Shutdown Could Delay Economic Data at a Critical Moment
www.nytimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Three responses I'm hearing a lot of here:
1. "Aha! Any excuse to hide the bad numbers!"
2. "The numbers were cooked anyway so who cares?"
3. "Fine, we'll just rely on private data."
Let's address all three in a 🧵:
1. "Aha! Any excuse to hide the bad numbers!"
2. "The numbers were cooked anyway so who cares?"
3. "Fine, we'll just rely on private data."
Let's address all three in a 🧵:
No, it’s not.
Never lose track of the fact that every insane thing Trump is doing right now is to block or distract the release of the #EpsteinFiles.
September 28, 2025 at 3:12 AM
No, it’s not.
The fundamental freedoms of belief, thought, and speech are no longer recognized in America. This is what the maggots want and what the “he’ll lower prices” assholes enabled.
🚨 New directive NSPM-7 targets "anti-capitalism," “anti-Christian,” and “anti-American" opinions as indicators of extremist violence, authorizing an army of 4,000 counter-terrorism officers to prevent crimes that haven't happened:
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
www.kenklippenstein.com/p/trumps-nsp...
Trump’s NSPM-7 Labels Common Beliefs As Terrorism “Indicators”
New order targets “anti-Christian,” “anti-American,” and “anti-capitalism” opinions
www.kenklippenstein.com
September 28, 2025 at 2:53 AM
The fundamental freedoms of belief, thought, and speech are no longer recognized in America. This is what the maggots want and what the “he’ll lower prices” assholes enabled.
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Some critical context about Trump's troops to "war-ravaged Portland" that most folks don't know: Any conflicts there between protesters and ICE agents are happening because ICE agents ARE PROVOKING THEM
(From that "radical left-wing group," the Portland Police Department) bsky.app/profile/mock...
(From that "radical left-wing group," the Portland Police Department) bsky.app/profile/mock...
September 27, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Some critical context about Trump's troops to "war-ravaged Portland" that most folks don't know: Any conflicts there between protesters and ICE agents are happening because ICE agents ARE PROVOKING THEM
(From that "radical left-wing group," the Portland Police Department) bsky.app/profile/mock...
(From that "radical left-wing group," the Portland Police Department) bsky.app/profile/mock...
I am and have always been exclusively a #ravens fan. The ravens are not a good footballl team this year. With everything else falling apart around me, this collapse is sub-optimally timed.
September 23, 2025 at 3:09 AM
I am and have always been exclusively a #ravens fan. The ravens are not a good footballl team this year. With everything else falling apart around me, this collapse is sub-optimally timed.
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We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
September 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
We are fast becoming a banana republic, with two standards of justice. If you oppose the leader, you go to jail just for speech. If you're a loyalist, you get immunity for your crimes.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
That's what happens in Iran - not the United States. This is a decision moment for America.
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Covid is gonna shape American politics for years and years because it was the first time most Americans were asked to make sacrifices and they lost their minds because of it.
That's kinda the vibe of so many folks I grew up near (South Texas) of the older generations.
They legitimately were changed by the COVID chaos. They went from being like, generous Christians to being locked inside their giant homes screeching about Fauci.
They legitimately were changed by the COVID chaos. They went from being like, generous Christians to being locked inside their giant homes screeching about Fauci.
September 19, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Covid is gonna shape American politics for years and years because it was the first time most Americans were asked to make sacrifices and they lost their minds because of it.
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The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.
New: FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...
www.cnn.com/2025/09/17/m...
FCC chair threatens ABC and Disney over Jimmy Kimmel’s remarks about Charlie Kirk | CNN Business
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr warned. “These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”
www.cnn.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
The remarks weren’t “about Charlie Kirk,” they were about how this administration is using Kirk’s death as an excuse to shut down critics … and they responded by proving him completely correct.