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Zhi Zhu 🕸️Senior USAID Leaders Warned <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Appointees of Hundreds of Thousands of Deaths From Closing AgencyOne million <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#children</a> will go untreated for severe malnutrition, up to 166,000 people will die from <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/malaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malaria</a> & 200,000 more children will be paralyzed by <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/polio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polio</a> over the next decade...The programs were cut anyway. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-rubio-usaid-musk-death-toll-malaria-polio-tuberculosis" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-rubio-usaid-musk-death-toll-malaria-polio-tuberculosis</a>"Elon Musk's <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>, pressed ahead with their plan to dismantle <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a>... even as the admn publicly insisted that those programs remained online"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️USAID Official Ousted While Writing Scathing Memo on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> CutsNicholas Enrich was preparing a 3rd damning <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/memo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#memo</a> on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a>... cuts to USAID before he was forced out. <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192227/usaid-official-third-memo-trump-cuts" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/post/192227/usaid-official-third-memo-trump-cuts</a>"In his 1st memo, Enrich described severe staff reductions... in his 2nd, he noted 72... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> activities had no funding, leading to a <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/death" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#death</a> toll that is “not known.” But in his 3rd memo, Enrich estimates how many people will die or get deadly diseases as a result of the cuts."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Doge</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️USAID Whistleblower Boldly Drops Truth Bomb On TrumpINSIDE: Marco Rubio ... ABJ ... <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> <a href="https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/usaid-whistleblower-boldly-drops-truth-bomb-on-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://talkingpointsmemo.com/morning-memo/usaid-whistleblower-boldly-drops-truth-bomb-on-trump</a>"senior <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> official was placed on leave Sunday after he wrote a memo blowing the whistle on the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admn...The impacts on global <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> outlined by Enrich are devastating, wide-ranging, and suggest hundreds of thousands of avoidable <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/deaths" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deaths</a> will result from Trump’s lawless destruction of USAID."<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Doge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Doge</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️5 Ways <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> Is Sabotaging the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/01/the-five-ways-trump-is-sabotaging-the-united-states/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/01/the-five-ways-trump-is-sabotaging-the-united-states/</a>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> is just the most substantiated example of the sheer waste <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> is creating... similarly stupid decisions in the firings of critical personnel (some of whom get hired back), but also the elimination of long-term maintenance or <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#safety</a> programs that will cost far more when those protections are gone... possibility that Elon’s DOGE boys are doing something else w/the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/data" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#data</a> they’re accessing"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️USAID Memos Detail Human Costs of Cuts to Foreign AidThe world is likely to see millions more <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/malaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#malaria</a> infections & 200,000 cases of paralytic <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/polio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polio</a> each year... <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/health/usaid-cuts-deaths-infections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E4.qM8C.BTMGBeYjExG3&smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/02/health/usaid-cuts-deaths-infections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1E4.qM8C.BTMGBeYjExG3&smid=url-share</a>"blame for these potential <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> crises on <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#political</a> leadership at <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a>, the Dept of State, & <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a>, who have...blocked payment systems, created new & ineffective processes for payments, & constantly shifted guidance regarding which activities qualify as “lifesaving”"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️USAID Was Promised Emergency Waivers for Ebola & AIDS. They’re Not Working<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> claims he mistakenly fired Ebola prevention workers, then quickly fixed the error. But <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ebola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ebola</a> programs are still in tatters, along w/other livesaving efforts like <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/AIDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIDS</a> treatments for <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/children" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#children</a>. <a href="https://www.wired.com/story/the-usaid-emergency-waivers-arent-working-from-ebola-to-aids/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wired.com/story/the-usaid-emergency-waivers-arent-working-from-ebola-to-aids/</a>" <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> workers & other <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublicHealth</a> experts have told WIRED that the waivers are useless...<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> admn terminated over 10,000 global <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/health" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#health</a> grants"<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Elon Musk Called Out for Glaring Lie in His Weak DOGE Defense<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a> whined that <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> would sometimes make mistakes. <a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/192082/elon-musk-fact-check-doge-defense-ebola" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://newrepublic.com/post/192082/elon-musk-fact-check-doge-defense-ebola</a>“Bottom line: Elon’s vendetta against <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a> and the federal workforce is shredding all of the systems that the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USG</a> has built up to protect the <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> homeland against global <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/outbreak" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#outbreak</a> risks,” Konyndyk added. “Scrambling to recall a few staff & issue some belated funding is just window dressing”<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GOP</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Lie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Lie</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Ebola" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ebola</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>

Zhi Zhu 🕸️Elon Musk's <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DOGE</a> has worked quickly to cut federal agencies. Here's a list of what's been targeted so far. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-agencies-musk-doge-targeted-list-2025-2" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-agencies-musk-doge-targeted-list-2025-2</a><a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NASA</a>Dept of <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Education</a>US Agency for International Development ( <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USAID</a>)Federal Aviation Administration ( <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FAA</a>)<a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Treasury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Treasury</a> DeptFederal Emergency Management Agency ( <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/FEMA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FEMA</a>)National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/NOAA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NOAA</a>)Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/CFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CFPB</a>)the federal workforceand <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DEI</a> initiatives. <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Musk</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Coup</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/Government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Government</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsie.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a>

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