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@MikeElgan@mastodon.social 3 hours ago

Two headlines that tell one story:

"DOGE is done. What happened to its records?" https://www.ms.now/opinion/doge-government-efficiency-records-job-cuts-elon-musk-foia

"An estimated 700,000 people have died from DOGE’s U.S.A.I.D. cuts" https://www.ms.now/opinion/doge-government-efficiency-records-job-cuts-elon-musk-foia

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Opinion | DOGE is done. What happened to its records?

Lauren Harper: If the DOGE playbook becomes a blueprint, there’s no telling how many future shadow agencies might follow — and how many government decisions taxpayers could be locked out of.

Hot Dog Water Moccasin

@GGMcBG@mstdn.plus 41 minutes ago

Elonocide

Oliver Schafeld

@oliver_schafeld@mastodon.online 1 hour ago

»According to estimates from Boston University, more than 700,000 people died in the first year following the funding cuts«

https://www.wired.com/story/usaid-whistleblower-says-it-was-even-worse-than-people-knew/

https://factually.co/fact-checks/politics/how-many-usaid-recipients-died-in-2025-ee67e6

#musk #doge #usaid

How Many People Died Because USAID Funding Was Cut in

Executive summary Models and real-time trackers estimate that hundreds of thousands of additional people died in 2025 because major USAID programs were h...

USAID Whistleblower Says It Was Even Worse Than People Knew

Political appointees wanted a quiet drawdown, the whistleblower says. DOGE wanted an execution.