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Gift link: What We Lost When We Lost USAID. By Jeremy Konyndyk, President of Refugees International.
“Ten years from now, a world shaped by Mr. Trump’s aid policies will be meaner and more opaque — one where hunger, preventable diseases and desperation spread. It will be a world in which America stands isolated and friendless.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/opinion/usaid-humanitarian-aid-america.html

#usaid #uspol #trump

This damage is severe on its own merits. But it also previewed something larger about America’s engagement with the world under an “America first” foreign policy. An administration that began its tenure by abandoning aid recipients has proceeded to alienate treaty allies over Greenland and launch legally dubious military strikes. In retrospect, U.S.A.I.D.’s early demise looks like a canary in the geopolitical coal mine, heralding a dark shift in America’s values. The brutality of U.S.A.I.D.’s closure and the disregard for the human toll betrayed a vision of a crueler, meaner, more insular world — one in which America aspires not to any pretense of moral leadership but simply to naked power, dominance and extractive self-interest. U.S.A.I.D., after all, was not only a humanitarian endeavor; it was also a symbol of who America seeks to be in the world, and the sort of world America seeks to build. Mr. Trump’s new order, inaugurated with his assault on U.S.A.I.D., is now corroding America’s influence and standing and leaving global leaders with little choice but to treat the United States as an erratic adversary rather than a stable ally. The impact of U.S.A.I.D.’s demise also provides a preview of the shattering toll of this approach to global affairs on other countries and communities, particularly those living in humanitarian crises

You and I totally agree about this, @trisweb.
#USAID was great, and the damage that Trump did is terrible.

"Trump’s assault on #USAID is now corroding America’s influence, and leaving global leaders with little choice but to treat the United States as an erratic adversary rather than a stable ally":
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/opinion/usaid-humanitarian-aid-america.html
"Humanitarian aid last year reached 25 million fewer people than in 2024 despite rising global need. More than 2,000 health clinics have closed in crisis zones around the world. Global food aid funding dropped by 40 percent from 2024 to 2025."
copy: @renewedresistance #politics

The Demise of #USAID Was a Warning (gift article)

”Ultimately, American foreign assistance policy is a reflection of who our country wants to be in the world, and of the kind of world we seek to build. Ten years from now, a world shaped by Mr. Trump’s aid policies will be meaner and more opaque — one where hunger, preventable diseases and desperation spread. It will be a world in which America stands isolated and friendless.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/opinion/usaid-humanitarian-aid-america.html?unlocked_article_code=1.KlA.2QD4.SOhrtFQosghI&smid=url-share

#USpol
#HumanitarianAid
#geopolitics

I reckon the gutting of #USAID helps pay for this interference in #European internal affairs.

US to Fund MAGA-Aligned Groups in Europe Amid Free Speech Disputes
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/69565

Robert Horne, an #Anglican chaplain, points out that the Unjust Steward isn’t Jesus saying, “Have a little fraud, as a treat.” It’s about money being a deeply suspicious thing that nonetheless has to be used. Horne says the trick is to let it flow—to be so generous your “fountain of liberality” actually splashes someone. Which is awkward, because we much prefer fountains with lids, signs, and a committee deciding who’s allowed a sip.
#christian #usaid

Black-background quote graphic showing white text from Robert Horne (1565–1640) on the right and his name on the left. The text notes that the Parable of the Unjust Steward does not teach unfaithfulness but urges wise and just use of wealth so that “the fountains of our liberality may run over to all that need.” A small title line names the sermon collection Of the Rich Man and Lazarus.

#USAID

From AP News.com: With $48M in philanthropic backing, a division of USAID relaunches as a nonprofit

https://apnews.com/article/div-fund-usaid-foreign-aid-3d4b69f8a1c53fae17a39fd9af1f4f00

#Amazon has knocked $15 off the Fire #TV Stick HD — grab
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc-varied.html#2

Fake #Research Is Flooding #Cancer #Science, Study Warns
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/infotech.html#26

Suryavanshi smashes record in U19 #World Cup final
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/etc.html#Pakistan

With $48M in philanthropic backing, a division of #USAID
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/breaking-news.html#7

Whole Hog #Politics with Chris Stirewalt and Bill Sammon
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/politics.html#14

#EU defends #Spain's PM after tech billionaires'
https://kensbookinfo.blogspot.com/p/cities.html#13a

Oh no. A deposition. Questions will be asked. He’s in big trouble. (pro) #ElonMusk #USAID

"And perhaps most chilling, there is the slashing of USAID. ...

One overlooked aspect of this tyrannical regime is how little we hear any mention of children."

#Trump #children #cruelty #authoritarianism #healthcare #ICE #immigrants #Ukraine #Gaza #USAID
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A year has passed since #Musk🚨began the wood-chipper-ing of
#USAID.

Since then,💔global humanitarian funding has collapsed by almost 1/3, mostly due to the Trump/Elon cuts.

Vast #suffering has ensued.

This will go down as one of the🚨deadliest US policies ever.

& it's hard not to see a through-line from🚨this #lawlessness & casual disregard for human life to the chaos in US sts & Trump's fgn policy today.

#ETTD #DEATHS #MURDER #HUNGER #DISEASE #Protest #Uprising #USPol
https://www.refugeesinternational.org/reports-briefs/a-generational-collapse-tracking-the-toll-of-trumps-humanitarian-aid-cuts/

A Gen Collapse: tracking the toll of Trump's humanitarian cuts:

A starving boy in the arms of his mother with a HC worker measuring his upper arm:

The cuts to USAID will result in ~14 million deaths by 2030.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(25)01186-9/fulltext

This is the greatest single manmade tragedy since The Great Leap Forward in China.

Meanwhile, it's Superbowl Sunday! Here's The NYTimes editor's favorite zesty ethnic dip sure to wow your friends!

#media #uspol #usaid

#Chuang REJECTED a motion for a protective order that sought to PREVENT depositions of #Musk, former acting #USAID deputy administrator #PeterMarocco, and DOGE team lead #JeremyLewin, concluding the plaintiffs had shown the witnesses likely have first-hand knowledge www.newsweek.com/judge-rules-...

Judge rules Elon Musk can't av...

One year on from dismantling of #USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 - The #TrumpRegime is literally killing millions. How supposed ‘good Christians’ can support this felon child molester and killer is beyond me. https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/04/world/lancet-usaid-global-aid-cuts-intl

@rlstone4dems $6 billion it would have cost to end World Hunger, he was given the chance to fund it as well. He did not. He defunded USAID instead, making things worse.

#ElonMusk #Musk #DOGE #USAID

Deposition.

#Musk, #doge, #usaid

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/05/state-department-elon-musk-doge

Axios: Elon Musk, State Department workers to be deposed over DOGE dismantling USAID. “Elon Musk and State Department officials must sit for depositions over their role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/02/05/axios-elon-musk-state-department-workers-to-be-deposed-over-doge-dismantling-usaid/

David Brown, director of the Alliance of Reformed Churches in Scotland, reflects on the Good Samaritan. He argues the priest who passed by did not act from ignorance but in violation of known law—Scripture already required mercy even toward enemies and animals. The warning is sobering: righteousness that explains away neglect is no righteousness at all. How do we see “passing by” these days? How will we help those in distress?
#christian #reformed #usaid

Black quote card with an oval engraved portrait of David Brown on the left. Beneath it, white text reads “DAVID BROWN (1803–1897)” and A commentary, critical, experimental, and practical, on the Old and New Testaments. On the right, a long white quotation reflects on the parable setting near Jericho, criticizing deliberate neglect by religious figures despite biblical commands to show mercy—even toward enemies.

#politics #USAID #DOGE #ElonMusk

'Elon Musk and State Department officials must sit for depositions over their role in dismantling the U.S. Agency for International Development, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.'

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/05/state-department-elon-musk-doge

State Department officials and Elon Musk to be deposed over DOGE

https://www.axios.com/2026/02/05/state-department-elon-musk-doge

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang also pointed to earlier rulings finding that Musk made decisions to dismantle USAID despite lacking formal authority or official approval.

#Musk #DOGE #data #USAID #Republicans #MAGA #GOP #Trump #politics #press

#usaid

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