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Dan Gillmor
@dangillmor@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Marco Rubio gave orders leading to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of human beings, most of them children. These three "leaders" killed USAID, and in the process ordered those deaths.

A crime against humanity, IMO.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-new-yorker-documentary/the-shutdown-of-usaid-has-already-killed-hundreds-of-thousands

The New Yorker

The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands

The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
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Distante
@Distante@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor I don't think we can convince #USAID opponents of the necessity of this programme with statements such as ‘it's a crime’

I would focus on two points:
1. USAID is a small amount of money for the United States, which has given the American state soft power, stopped the spread of all kinds of diseases (which could have reached the United States) and made the world a better place. China and Russia, which are acting against the United States, could take the place of USAID

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Randomly_Generated_Name
@Randomly_Generated_Name@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor Their stated goal of stopping “government waste” has in no way been realized. Any money saved has been squandered on unnecessary deployments, vanity projects, corruption, and tax cuts to billionaires. Their whole premise was so obnoxiously false.

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Peter Lichota
@DrSprockets@mas.to replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor
And yet they managed to find billions to prop up a Dictator while also ignoring US Citizens.

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Bernie Pridefully Does It
@BernieDoesIt@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

@dangillmor They absolutely should be tried at The Hague for what they did to USAID. Every single one of them.

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