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#usaid

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Ben Werdmuller

So far this year @ProPublica has reported on who's working for #DOGE, the impacts of cuts on agencies like #USAID, and a lot more. Reporting on abuses of power matters more than ever before.

This is the last day of our spring member drive you can give as a member. As always, I would love the #fediverse to be represented in our member base. It matters.

If you have the means, please consider joining as a member through a gift of any amount: give.propublica.org/give/34642 #journalism

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Kim Perales

The damage being done -scope of the global cruelty & tragedy -hard to take in.

For decades, #USAID in AFR: HIV prevention & treatment, in vaccines, in clean water & food -lifeline for Ms. Aid has vanished -experts est. -if Trump stays the course💔Ms may die within a year.

The US has spent $Ms tracking the abduction of Ukrainian children into RU *may have deleted the database. How many children’s best chance of seeing their families again may have vanished!
#Resist #USPol thebulwark.com/p/we-wont-know-

The Bulwark · ‘We Won’t Know It’s a Different Country’By Andrew Egger
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

Stand Down, Elon Musk

A court ruling rips the billionaire head of DOGE for his unauthorized actions, but can only go so far to rescue a doomed agency.
statuskuo.substack.com/p/stand

"yesterday’s ruling from #Judge Theodore Chuang of the federal district of #Maryland was the first time any judge has directly addressed the illegality of Musk’s appointment as head of #DOGE and then ordered his actions unwound."

Headline from The Status Kuo: Stand Down, Elon Musk A court ruling rips the billionaire head of DOGE for his unauthorized actions, but can only go so far to rescue a doomed agency. by Jay Kuo Mar 19, 2025
#ElonMusk#Musk#Coup
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Laffy

I wanna puke.

"A senior official at #Musk’s DOGE is taking a leadership role at the U.S. Agency for International Development, giving DOGE direct authority over an agency that it has worked to dismantle, according to an email obtained by The Associated Press." #USAID

apnews.com/article/usaid-doge-

Pete Marocco, a political appointee focused on gutting USAID, departs after briefing the House Foreign Affairs Committee behind closed doors, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 5, 2025. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
AP News · DOGE official is taking a leadership role at USAID, an email obtained by AP saysBy Matt Brown
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Flipboard Tech Desk

In the chaos of the cuts carried out by DOGE, some federal workers say the Trump administration is failing to do even basic offboarding to safeguard sensitive information on their work devices. The result is a situation that experts warn is leaving civil servants, the people they worked with, and U.S. government security at risk. Read more at @theverge (Subscription may be required). #DOGE #ElonMusk #Trump #Tech #Technology #Cybersecurity #USAID flip.it/YlaLfe

USAID Cuts Disrupt Learning For Children With Special Needs
The Verge · DOGE stranded USAID workers with laptops full of sensitive dataBy Justine Calma
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

Elon Musk Dealt Huge Blow as Judge Rules USAID Cuts Unconstitutional

A judge has ruled that Elon Musk and DOGE officials must restore USAID’s functionality.
newrepublic.com/post/192889/el

"Chuang’s order constrains #DOGE & #Musk personally—the first order to do so for the shadowy head of the amorphous organization.

Chuang wrote that he agreed with the plaintiffs & said that DOGE had violated the separation of powers clause"

Headline and text from article: Headline: Elon Musk Dealt Huge Blow as Judge Rules USAID Cuts Unconstitutional A judge has ruled that Elon Musk and DOGE officials must restore USAID’s functionality. by Edith Olmsted March 18, 2025 / 3:27 p.m. ET Text: A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Elon Musk and the Department of Government Efficiency’s efforts to dismantle USAID were “likely” unconstitutional “in multiple ways.” In a nearly 70-page filing, Maryland District Judge Theodore Chuang responded to a lawsuit filed by several employees at USAID, which saw its workforce reduced by a whopping 98 percent as part of the Trump administration’s efforts to eliminate the international aid agency. Chuang’s order constrains DOGE and Musk personally—the first order to do so for the shadowy head of the amorphous organization. Chuang wrote that he agreed with the plaintiffs and said that DOGE had violated the separation of powers clause because its actions to shutter USAID “contravene congressional authority relating to the establishment of an agency.”
#ElonMusk#Coup#Corruption
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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

Musk’s Role in Dismantling Aid Agency Likely Violated Constitution, Judge Finds

It appears to be the first time a federal #judge has acted to constrain Elon Musk, a top adviser to #Trump...
nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/poli

"Efforts by #ElonMusk & his team to permanently shutter #USAID likely violated the #Constitution “in multiple ways” & robbed #Congress of its authority to oversee the dissolution of an agency it created"

Headline: Musk’s Role in Dismantling Aid Agency Likely Violated Constitution, Judge Finds It appears to be the first time a federal judge has acted to constrain Elon Musk, a top adviser to President Trump. The judge also ordered agency functions be partially restored, though that relief could be temporary.
#Musk#Coup#Corruption
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Liberal Currents

"Americans should value the kind of foreign aid #USAID provides because of its contributions to global public health, yes, but also because human #rights are important and salient to Americans, and because it contributes to US soft #power abroad, which is good for Americans." liberalcurrents.com/the-third-

Liberal Currents · The Third Face of Power in the Age of TrumpDemocrats must lead public opinion rather than merely following it.
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Ehay2k

@georgetakei

"...never physically hurt anyone"? Like Stalin?

The fact is that because #DOGE helped shut down #USAID people have died and many more will die as a result.

You can't push the button, and then deny that you had anything to do with the result of the button push.

#musk
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Laffy

Keep ‘em coming

“A federal judge on Tuesday found that #Musk & DOGE likely violated Constitution when they unilaterally acted to shut down #USAID

U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than 2 dozen unnamed current & former USAID employees & contractors who had challenged the efforts to shutter USAID, which were mounted by DOGE & Musk..who Trump has said is the leader of the task force”

cbsnews.com/news/judge-finds-d

CBS News · Judge finds DOGE's shutdown of USAID likely unconstitutionalBy Melissa Quinn
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