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Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz:
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
February 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Outside of USAID headquarters, Senator Brian Schatz:
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
"If you want to change an agency, introduce a bill and pass a law. You cannot wave away an agency that you don't like or that you disagree with by executive order, or by literally storming into the building and taking over the servers."
BOOM!
A primer on what’s up with gutting U.S.A.I.D. (hint: very real people around the world are to experience very real harm because of this)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
What Is USAID, and What Does the Agency Fund?
The agency’s funding accounts for a tiny portion of the federal budget, but its structure may have made it an easy target for Trump-era cost-cutting.
www.nytimes.com
February 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
A primer on what’s up with gutting U.S.A.I.D. (hint: very real people around the world are to experience very real harm because of this)
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Reposted by rockeaseroad
Jeff Atwood steps up to be a thing that’s sorely needed in tech right now: a leader. He actually *gives* half of his current net worth (not a pledge — he already cut checks) to 8 organizations helping the most vulnerable. blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-am... An inspiring move, when it most matters.
Stay Gold, America
We are at an unprecedented point in American history.
blog.codinghorror.com
January 8, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Jeff Atwood steps up to be a thing that’s sorely needed in tech right now: a leader. He actually *gives* half of his current net worth (not a pledge — he already cut checks) to 8 organizations helping the most vulnerable. blog.codinghorror.com/stay-gold-am... An inspiring move, when it most matters.