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NonilexIn an email to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a> staff, Jeremy Lewin, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> ofcl who took over running the day-to-day ops at USAID from Pete Marocco on March 20, said the RIFs would go into effect either on July 1 or Sept 2.This comes as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin wraps up the dismantling of the 64-year-old USAID, having terminated some 5,200 contracts, & moves forward with its plan to shift the remaining portion of its work to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aid</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

NonilexThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin is terminating nearly all of the remaining 900 employees of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a>, in a final reduction-in-force <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RIF</a>.Virtually no one will be spared, not even political appointees, acc/to 2 snr USAID ofcls….Staff were ordered to leave "the front office" by 1PM on Fri for reasons that are not clear, the ofcls said. But they may still be asked to continue working for a few months.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aid</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/03/28/g-s1-56968/usaid-terminates-nearly-all-its-remaining-employees" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.npr.org/sections/goats-and-soda/2025/03/28/g-s1-56968/usaid-terminates-nearly-all-its-remaining-employees</a>

Susan Ville📢 It has now been three and a half weeks since Israel imposed a complete blockade on all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> into <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a>, despite daily efforts by humanitarians to secure fresh access, they said in an update from the shattered enclave. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CrimesAgainstHumanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrimesAgainstHumanity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/warcrimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warcrimes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genocide</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/emergencyresponse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#emergencyresponse</a> 📑 Report 🔵 UN News MAR-26 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/press" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#press</a> (prime source)<a href="https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161531" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.un.org/en/story/2025/03/1161531</a>

Nonilex…An earlier version of the deal, which <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> agreed to in principle before <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Zelensky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zelensky</a> visited the White House last month, had terms that appeared more favourable to Ukraine. It proposed a joint investment fund w/Ukraine contributing 50% of proceeds from future profits of state-owned natural resources.Zelensky’s visit on Feb 28 ended w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> berating him in the Oval Office, later followed by several days during which Washington suspended all intelligence support & military <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> to Ukraine.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mineral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mineral</a> deal not final; summary shows <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> demands more incomeThe latest U.S. proposal would require Kyiv to send Washington ALL profit from a fund controlling Ukrainian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resources" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#resources</a> until Ukraine had *repaid* all American wartime <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a>, PLUS INTEREST, according to the summary, reviewed by Reuters.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandWithUkraine</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-suggests-temporary-administration-ukraine-end-war-2025-03-28/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/putin-suggests-temporary-administration-ukraine-end-war-2025-03-28/</a>

beSpacificTell me this is not all at the direction of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#putin</a>. The <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> administration has terminated more than 5,300 <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/grants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grants</a> and <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/contracts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contracts</a> managed by the U.S. Agency for International Development <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a> worth more than $27 billion, according to a document obtained by POLITICO. <a href="https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000195-d4ba-dc7d-add5-f6fe93e40000" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000195-d4ba-dc7d-add5-f6fe93e40000</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/foreign" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foreign</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/statedepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#statedepartment</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#budget</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vaccines</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#food</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#healthcare</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HIV</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIDS</a>

NonilexMultiple sources at <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FSA</a> who could not speak publicly for fear of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> said they were blindsided by the news.Logistical challenges aside, the role of the office of Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Student</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aid</a> as the administrator of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentLoan</a> portfolio is protected by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>. It's not clear how these responsibilities could be <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legally" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legally</a> moved w/o a vote of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Congress</a>. [not that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> cares]<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalAgencies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentLoans</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a>

NonilexThe federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StudentLoan</a> portfolio — which includes about $1.6T in loans for ~43M borrowers — is currently overseen by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> Dept's office of Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Student" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Student</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aid</a> (<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FSA</a>). That office has been gutted by the recent raft of buyouts, early retirements & last week's broad reduction-in-force [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RIF</a>].It was not clear, based on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s announcement, how or if the remaining employees & expertise at FSA would be transferred to the SBA.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulation</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a>

Tim MakIt's not just about <a href="https://journa.host/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> - it's about a global health crisis caused by politics. Without prevention and treatment, new infections will increase, people will die, and the impact will be felt far beyond <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>.

Tim MakAbout 120,000 <a href="https://journa.host/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HIV</a>-positive people are facing the same crisis across <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a>. Since Trump took office in January, he has cut <a href="https://journa.host/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#American</a> foreign <a href="https://journa.host/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a>, which was key for Ukraine to obtain supplies for HIV treatment.

Tim MakGood morning to our readers. <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Kyiv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Kyiv</a> remains firmly in Ukrainian hands.Valeria's <a href="https://journa.host/tags/HIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HIV</a> diagnosis is no longer a death sentence. But since Trump's foreign <a href="https://journa.host/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> halt, she, along with 120,000 HIV-positive Ukrainians, can only get a fraction of the needed medication.

The Japan TimesPregnant women and mothers with infants in the Gaza Strip are relying on health handbooks promoted by Japan for vital information on child care. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/21/japan/society/gaza-japan-backed-maternal-handbooks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/21/japan/society/gaza-japan-backed-maternal-handbooks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#society</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/pregnancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pregnancy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaza</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/israelhamaswar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#israelhamaswar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/palestinians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#palestinians</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#health</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/women039sissues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#women039sissues</a>

NonilexThe work on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abducted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#abducted</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#children</a> by the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Yale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Yale</a> School of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Humanitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humanitarian</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Research</a> Lab was frozen when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> signed an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ExecutiveOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ExecutiveOrder</a> in late January halting almost all <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeignAid</a>. Since then, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> & an official under him, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteMarocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeteMarocco</a>, have ended the vast majority of foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> contracts, including the one to the Yale lab.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PutinsPuppet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PutinsPuppet</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/alliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#alliance</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TheCrueltyIsThePoint</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandWithUkraine</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PeteMarocco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PeteMarocco</a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> Dept ofcl who oversaw the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admin’s efforts to dismantle the main govt agency distributing foreign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a>, announced in an email on Tues night that he would be replaced at the agency by 2 officials who had been involved in making the cuts.Marocco said in the email that he would remain at State as director of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeignAid</a>, but that 2 other officials would handle what remains of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeignPolicy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a>

Nonilex2 Officials Who Helped Dismantle <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aid</a> Agency Are Named as Its New LeadersSecretary of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/State" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#State</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MarcoRubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MarcoRubio</a> said he had canceled 83% of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a>’s programs. A federal judge found that efforts to shutter the agency were likely <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unconstitutional" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unconstitutional</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ForeignPolicy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SoftPower</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpPurge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpPurge</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/usaid-doge-leadership.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=1B3ACA71-70A6-4630-8DE3-5A77E2B20013" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/usaid-doge-leadership.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=1B3ACA71-70A6-4630-8DE3-5A77E2B20013</a>

The Japan TimesDespite Elon Musk and President Donald Trump's claims that U.S. aid cuts aren't causing harm, shutting down vital programs like PEPFAR and USAID in South Sudan is already killing children. <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/19/world/us-aid-cuts-are-deadly/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/19/world/us-aid-cuts-are-deadly/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/commentary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#commentary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/worldnews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#worldnews</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/usaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#usaid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/donaldtrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#donaldtrump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/elonmusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elonmusk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#us</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ebola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ebola</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#doge</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/southsudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#southsudan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#africa</a>

Flipboard News DeskA U.S. federal judge has indefinitely stopped President Trump’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, or USAID, saying the effort is “likely unconstitutional.” <a href="https://flip.it/qeKEWX" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://flip.it/qeKEWX</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USAID</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aid</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Government</a>

ProPublicaMigrants detained in Panama expressed fear of returning to their countries.“They will execute me without hesitation,” one texted.“I am LGBT. My country harass these people. I cannot live a normal life in my country,” said another.<a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-panama-asylum-aid-groups?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-panama-asylum-aid-groups?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Panama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Panama</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Immigration</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Migrants" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Migrants</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Asylum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asylum</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Aid</a>

MarkTrump’s <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/extortion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extortion</a> of Ukraine<a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> privately made clear to aides a minerals deal with <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> won’t be enough to restart <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> & <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intelligence</a> sharingHe wants to change <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Zelenskyy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Zelenskyy</a>’s attitude, officials said, including making <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/concessions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#concessions</a> by giving up <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/territory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#territory</a> to <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a>. Trump also wants Zelenskyy to move toward <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/elections" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#elections</a>, & possibly toward stepping down as his country’s leader, the officials said.<a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-wants-see-just-minerals-deal-restart-aid-intel-ukraine-rcna195508" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-wants-see-just-minerals-deal-restart-aid-intel-ukraine-rcna195508</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RussiaInvadedUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RussiaInvadedUkraine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/TrumpIsARussianAsset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrumpIsARussianAsset</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/StandWithUkraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StandWithUkraine</a>

JayThe <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Americans</a> dismantled a transport platform of several hectares at the <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Rzeszow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Rzeszow</a> <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/airbase" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#airbase</a>, which was installed there back in 2021 to accommodate <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/military" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#military</a> cargo arriving in <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Poland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poland</a> and then transporting it to Ukraine.<a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is even having the airbase abilities to transport <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weapons</a> through Poland removed to assure that <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/aid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aid</a> to <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> can no longer move through. Dismantling concrete slabs, warehousing.The <a href="https://defenseofliberty.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> has no intention of helping Ukraine again.

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