Gutting U.S.A.I.D.

Feb 7 2025 The New York Times
Updated Feb 8 - The Washington Post
Updated again Mar 15 2025 - NY Times, Nicholas Kristof

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I’ll keep this short. The three pieces below have it all, really no need for me to add anything; except this from Winston Churchill

“To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years.
To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.”

I Ran U.S.A.I.D. Killing It Is a Win for Autocrats Everywhere.

The World’s Richest Men Take On the World’s Poorest Children

This Isn’t Reform. It’s Sabotage.

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Update Feb 8 2025 The Washington Post

NIH cuts billions of dollars in biomedical funding, effective immediately

“A sane government would never do this.”

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Update Mar 15 2025 - This piece is about the real world consequences of the USAID cuts. Musk has said that “No one has died as a result of a brief pause to do a sanity check on foreign aid funding, … No one.”

Well read this piece and decide for yourself.

Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.