Judge gives go-ahead for the Trump administration to gut USAID's workforce

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Bill Gates on Musk: ‘World’s richest man killing the world’s poorest children’
Billionaire entrepreneur Bill Gates criticized Elon Musk for advising the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to slash the budget of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), accusing the world’s richest man of “killing the world’s poorest children.”

In an interview with the Financial Times, Gates suggested DOGE’s cuts were too abrupt and left lifesaving food and medicines to expire in warehouses. He said the Trump administration’s moves to eliminate USAID came at the cost of a resurgence of diseases like measles, HIV and polio.

 

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One guy, $16,000, because of the Trump administration’s lax oversight of covid money distribution.

Otherwise it has nothing to do with USAID.

 

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To what degree did USAID fund them?

Whats wrong with them identifying those who support Russian disinformation?

 

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How Russian disinformation twists USAID’s role in Ukraine

With the USAID funding being frozen Russian propaganda saw an opening for yet another disinformation campaign against Ukraine. This one was based on the idea of the “Western betrayal” and the U.S. abandoning or “delegating” Ukraine to Europe entirely. The Kremlin has been flooding social media and creating fake news sites specifically to create an image of Ukraine being left with no allies or support. The purpose of this campaign is to undermine international aid and investments, as well as break the spirits of the Ukrainian people.

 

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How Russian disinformation twists USAID’s role in Ukraine

With the USAID funding being frozen Russian propaganda saw an opening for yet another disinformation campaign against Ukraine. This one was based on the idea of the “Western betrayal” and the U.S. abandoning or “delegating” Ukraine to Europe entirely. The Kremlin has been flooding social media and creating fake news sites specifically to create an image of Ukraine being left with no allies or support. The purpose of this campaign is to undermine international aid and investments, as well as break the spirits of the Ukrainian people.

The right-wing takes up direct Russian talking points on Ukraine well. Sometimes it looks like they're quoting Putin word for word.