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My heart breaks into 10,000 pieces once again.
August 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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Gutting government services kills people www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/c...
July 12, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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I worked at Planned Parenthood.

They diagnose cancers while still treatable. They help women decide what birth control works for them. They help those working through mental health challenges.
 
Defunding them just harms people who already struggle to find places to get care.
June 30, 2025 at 9:31 PM
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I look at close to 100 stories a week and even more outside of work. I’ve done this ten years.

This is among the most horrific things I’ve ever read — testimony from dying children whose access to medicine has been cut off by the Trump administration.

www.npr.org/sections/goa...
Haunted by hopelessness: 12 Zambians share their stories as HIV drugs run out
Mothers and children, husbands and wives, doctors, truck drivers and religious leaders are all grappling with the fallout from the sudden U.S. cuts in aid.
www.npr.org
April 17, 2025 at 1:58 AM
This makes my blood boil
VP Vance to President Zelenskyy: Have you said thank you once?
February 28, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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i just made the mistake of reading the comments on a NYT article on foreign aid.

My god, some people are just way too dumb to understand how lucky they are to have been born in a rich country. Not better or more deserving, just lucky. It's so simple and obvious.
February 21, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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As of Feb 9, less than 10% of PEPFAR contractors surveyed had restarted any activities. It's not their fault: They need to get explicit program-level waivers and that's a bottleneck. Plus, even with a waiver, USG owes them heaps of $ and they have no cash.
Survey of PEPFAR contractors Jan 24-28 suggested 36% of organizations had already shut down by that point. As of February 9, most services remained paused. Of 65 PEPFAR partners surveyed, less than 10% had restarted providing any services.

www.amfar.org/wp-content/u...
February 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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One thing about me is that I will fight Nazis until I’m six feet in the ground.
January 24, 2025 at 1:24 AM