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sheislaurence<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@heidilifeldman" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>heidilifeldman</span></a></span> funny that one of the first <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> programs to be defunded was in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SouthAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthAfrica</span></a> and now <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/afrikaans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afrikaans</span></a> are given refugee status. It is just as if there was something or someone in government with a SouthAfrican chip on their shoulder 🤔 ...</p>
Malcolm Nance<p>Fareed Zakaria: "<a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> choosing, thru <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>, to cut <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> is a case of the world's richest man being involved in the deaths of the world's worse [off] people."</p><p>Bill Gates: "If you show up and say in a few months you can cut $2 trillion out of a $7 trillion budget, you're not going to succeed... He's a genius in some domains but in global health, it hasn't been a focus."</p>
Kim Perales<p>Anna had hope in Trump's 2nd term bc he'd prioritized <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> jobs at home,🚨her job ended when its life ended.</p><p>After growing up hearing of her grandfather’s life &amp; death in public svc *worked for USAID when he was killed -she started work as a contractor for USAID soon after she got out of college.</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a>: slashing staffing &amp; programs -made USAID *early target -shut its HQs,💔terminated the majority of its dev &amp; humanitarian programs +fired most staff &amp; contractors.<br><a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/usaid-gone-one-family-3-generations-service-defined-rcna206196" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/us-news/usaid</span><span class="invisible">-gone-one-family-3-generations-service-defined-rcna206196</span></a></p>
beSpacific<p>At least 6 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/employees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>employees</span></a> who believed they had been dismissed by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin have now been notified by agency's internal HR dept that they are under investigation for speaking with <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/journalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>journalists</span></a>. These employees, whose official termination dates were postponed due to bureaucratic delays, were accused by the agency of having "engaged with the press/media without authorization." They received an email warning them of potential 'disciplinary action" <a href="https://www.alternet.org/trump-threatens-federal-workers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">alternet.org/trump-threatens-f</span><span class="invisible">ederal-workers/</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Gates himself announced this week that his own charitable organization, the Gates Foundation, is on track to go out of business by 2045 because by that time it will have completed its mission of giving away virtually all of Gates’s personal fortune."</p><p>~ Doktor Zoom</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a><br>/2</p><p><a href="https://www.wonkette.com/p/bill-gates-has-elon-musks-number" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wonkette.com/p/bill-gates-has-</span><span class="invisible">elon-musks-number</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"'The picture of the world's richest man killing the world's poorest children is not a pretty one,' Gates told the Financial Times. 'I'd love for him to go in and meet the children that have now been infected with HIV because he cut that money.'"</p><p>~ Caleb Ecarma</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HIV</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>children</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/BillGates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BillGates</span></a><br>/1</p><p><a href="https://www.muskwatch.com/p/the-worlds-richest-man-killing-the" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">muskwatch.com/p/the-worlds-ric</span><span class="invisible">hest-man-killing-the</span></a></p>
Autor Martin Schemm<p>Endlich wird es einmal deutlich beim Namen genannt! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> ist laut Bill <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gates</span></a> verantwortlich für den drohenden Hungertod von möglicherweise Millionen Kindern.</p><p>Die von <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> angeordnete und von Musk umgesetzte radikale Kürzung bei <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> wird schreckliche Folgen haben bei den Ärmsten der Armen ...</p><p><a href="https://www.t-online.de/nachrichten/ausland/internationale-politik/id_100713332/bill-gates-kritisiert-elon-musk-millionen-kinder-koennten-sterben-.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">t-online.de/nachrichten/auslan</span><span class="invisible">d/internationale-politik/id_100713332/bill-gates-kritisiert-elon-musk-millionen-kinder-koennten-sterben-.html</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/maga" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maga</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/entwicklungshilfe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>entwicklungshilfe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starvation</span></a></p>
𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙<p>Interviewer: "Who’s the world’s richest man? Elon Musk. And he’s not giving much away, if anything, to the needs of the world’s poor."</p><p>Bill Gates: "Well, he’s the one who cut the U.S.A.I.D. budget. He put it in the wood chipper, because he didn’t go to a party that weekend. ...the world’s richest man has been involved in the deaths of the world’s poorest children."</p><p>"Technically he’s still attached to the Giving Pledge, but I haven’t seen evidence that he’s actually committed to it."</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Charity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Charity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philanthropy</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/magazine/bill-gates-foundation-closing-2045.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.jn6Y.bjXDxF3bwfvz&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/08/magazin</span><span class="invisible">e/bill-gates-foundation-closing-2045.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.jn6Y.bjXDxF3bwfvz&amp;smid=url-share</span></a></p>
AI6YR Ben<p>Financial Times: Bill Gates accuses Elon Musk of killing children with USAID cuts</p><p>(paywall) <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/bdd9bb89-ac3c-4043-9ca4-bc7efbd41fed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/bdd9bb89-ac3c-4</span><span class="invisible">043-9ca4-bc7efbd41fed</span></a></p><p><a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/usaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usaid</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://m.ai6yr.org/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>"Two of Musk’s most strident goons manually, one-by-one, killed lifesaving programs even those Rubio wants credit for trying to save, on Musk’s orders."<br>-Clean Observer</p><p>This WaPo article is from Feb, but it's a reminder of the carnage that Trump, Rubio, Musk's DOGE bros, &amp; their enablers, are causing.</p><p>"Terrorizing <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> isn’t reform. Here’s an inside story of Musk’s takeover."</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starvation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Disease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disease</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HumanitarianAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanitarianAid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/TrumpRegime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpRegime</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/GOPDeathCult" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOPDeathCult</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Evil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Evil</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a><br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2025/02/24/musk-doge-usaid-cuts-dc/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/opinions/20</span><span class="invisible">25/02/24/musk-doge-usaid-cuts-dc/</span></a></p>
William Lindsey :toad:<p>"Food rations for a million people in Uganda have been cut off completely this week amid a funding crisis at the UN World Food Programme. Donald Trump’s freeze on US aid spending in January has badly hit Uganda’s ability to look after refugees. 'Malnutrition has reached critical levels,' WFP Uganda said."</p><p>~ Jem Bartholomew</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/Uganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uganda</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>starvation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>food</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/08/first-thing-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-columbia-nypd" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/08/first-thing-pro-palestinian-protesters-arrested-columbia-nypd</span></a></p>
Kim Perales<p>While announcing that he's donating his remaining fortune, &gt;$100B—to the Gates FND, along with news that the FND will spend down all of its funds &amp; close within the next 20 years, Bill Gates accused Elon Musk of “killing the world’s poorest children” thru misguided <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> cuts💔.</p><p>Gates said the abruptness of the cuts had left life-saving food &amp; medicines expiring in WHS &amp; could lead to the resurgence of diseases such as measles, HIV...</p><p><a href="https://toad.social/tags/Starvation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Starvation</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/HumanitarianAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HumanitarianAid</span></a> <a href="https://toad.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://t.co/gW0HJfrL46" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">t.co/gW0HJfrL46</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Jon Udell<p>"We suggest the number of lives saved per year may range between 2.3 to 5.6 million with our preferred number resting on gross estimates of 3.3 million."</p><p><a href="https://blog.jonudell.net/2025/05/07/the-musk-massacre/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.jonudell.net/2025/05/07/t</span><span class="invisible">he-musk-massacre/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>musk</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/massacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>massacre</span></a> <a href="https://social.coop/tags/usaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>usaid</span></a></p>
Erasing 76 crimes<p>Try to grasp it: 6.3 million deaths from AIDS because of U.S. cuts. We need to act because millions of lives will be lost if nothing changes.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQ</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humanrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humanrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LGBTQrights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LGBTQrights</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> @RealDonaldTrump <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AIDS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Asia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/UNAIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UNAIDS</span></a></p><p><a href="https://76crimes.com/2025/04/30/try-to-grasp-it-6-3-million-deaths-from-aids-because-of-u-s-cuts/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">76crimes.com/2025/04/30/try-to</span><span class="invisible">-grasp-it-6-3-million-deaths-from-aids-because-of-u-s-cuts/</span></a></p>
Simona Zompì<p>Check out Project Resource Optimization (PRO) that is urgently trying to fill the gap for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> funded programs that have been slashed. </p><p>Created by some of the former employees of USAID, they are looking for funds, please share if you work in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philanthropy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philanthropy</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://lnkd.in/dq-tjBkS" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">lnkd.in/dq-tjBkS</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Ukraine War Bulletins and News<p>⚠️⛔️Global press freedom enters 'difficult situation' due to financial, propaganda pressure, RSF warns (more) <a href="https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-drops-to-62nd-in-2025-world-press-freedom-index-amid-funding-crisis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">kyivindependent.com/ukraine-dr</span><span class="invisible">ops-to-62nd-in-2025-world-press-freedom-index-amid-funding-crisis/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesForUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukesForUkraine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/OSCE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSCE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PACE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PACE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/CoE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CoE</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/SouthKorea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SouthKorea</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Press</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Taiwan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taiwan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Media</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NukesOrNATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NukesOrNATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/NATO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NATO</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/UnitedKingdom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedKingdom</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EuropeanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanUnion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/russiaUkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>russiaUkraineWar</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/11yrInvasionOfUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>11yrInvasionOfUkraine</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/RussiaIsATerroristState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RussiaIsATerroristState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The writer, Gabriella Cantor, pointed out the obvious <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ConflictOfInterest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ConflictOfInterest</span></a>: The archivist is supposed to ensure that other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a>, including the 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> is also leading, preserve records. Now, with the addition of the White House <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> Council [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NSC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NSC</span></a>], that becomes thornier.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NARA</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Marocco &amp; members of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> did the daily work of gutting the agency to a husk, cutting contracts &amp; firing thousands of employees, but <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> signed off on the moves.</p><p>Rubio is moving the remnants of the agency into the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept. Last week, he issued a chart on his planned dept reorganization that shows him keeping the title of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> administrator.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> fired head archivist Colleen Shogan in early Feb in an apparent act of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> against the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NARA</span></a>. Leaders of the agency had raised concerns about Trump’s holding onto boxes of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/classified" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>classified</span></a> documents at his home in Florida after he left office in 2021, though Shogan was not involved in that episode.</p><p>4 days before Shogan’s firing, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> announced he was the acting administrator for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>, as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> …&amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteMarocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PeteMarocco</span></a>, a political appointee in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a> Dept, were gutting the agency.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcoRubio</span></a>, Secretary of Everything</p><p>Secy of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>State</span></a>. Acting administrator of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>. Acting archivist for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NARA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NARA</span></a>. And now interim <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> adviser to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>.</p><p>…the proliferation of titles raises questions about whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> can…juggle all these positions, especially under a president who eschews the traditional workings of govt &amp; who has appointed a businessman friend, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SteveWitkoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SteveWitkoff</span></a>, as a special envoy handling the most sensitive <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/diplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>diplomacy</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/idiocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>idiocracy</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/politics/marco-rubio-national-security-secretary-state.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=D03FBB43-851F-41D0-A7E9-D1B244315B7A" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/marco-rubio-national-security-secretary-state.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=D03FBB43-851F-41D0-A7E9-D1B244315B7A</span></a></p>
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