I’m really curious who will emerge as the dominant world power with our absence. China seems obvious, but I’m hopeful it’s a Euro Bloc so maybe when my kids have their own kids there’s a chance we can make a comeback of sorts, or at least participate. Destruction is fast, to build takes time.
And yes, I know Musk is likely creating this chaos for the direct benefit of China, so I do understand that European countries rebuilding what Trump/Musk/Vance have torn down is unlikely. Musk plotted this out pretty well for his interests. It just is hard to watch the impacts here & abroad.
America uses USAID for soft power purposes. When the US sends medical aid, it makes the recipients like the US more. With the US withdrawing, its soft power is lost and China can step in and begin winning hearts and minds with aid.
Why did the media not challenge Trump when he ridiculously claimed no knowledge of Project 2025 (but took sly pleasure in publicly praising many of the authors)?
The current flurry of firings and executive orders may be chaotic, but it's clear that there was a lot of plotting even as Trump lied.
I think many people are missing the primary point the oligarchs are making with their dismantling of our global agencies. USAID wasn't just there to care for the global poor, it was there to help us form an empire. To protect the US dollar as the global reserve. Oligarchs only care about profit.
China has won the battle of the global markets and is now the country leading the world as we once did. The oligarch vampires just want to suck the last few drops of blood out of the USA before they flee back to their yachts and islands.
So the republicans are supposed to be pro-life? But their actions will cause massive sickness & death in other countries and our country as well. Republicans lie, lie and lie again. They have no souls! 😢
In general, what the orange dorito and his tostito are doing is cruel and should be illegal. Tax cuts for the rich should be illegal. Why should a person making $50k/yr pay the same amount of tax as the person making $2M/yr? It doesn't make any sense. They are only rich because of the working class.
They changed Jesus Christ - he's not what he used to be when I was growing up - I've been to churches where nobody cracked open a Bible - they projected a verse or two on screens, with no context, and interpreted it any way they wanted. I had to walk out, I just couldn't sit there and listen to it.
We hear you. And the MAGAs don't care about anyone but themselves. The Musks and Trumps of the world don't care about anyone but themselves. There are people who do care still though. There are still people who have compassion that extends beyond their front door.
I do not oppose the idea of reforms and realignments in programs. I agree their is probably waste, not fraud. Working with the agencies would have been better than this. People I know who works for the Gov, are hard working & caring. Not what Trump and Musk are portraying. Unite America - Resist
May I add that the USA, while sending aid to many of these countries around the world, has been in many of these countries, profiting off of the poorest nations, so we owe them. Plus, it is insurance for us if we make sure the rest of the world is healthy.
I was listening to NPR yesterday and they are so in line with the far right that the reporter covering the story refused to say that people will die from this decision all she said was an employee alleges there will be deaths?! thanks for nothing!
"pro-life" is an advertising buzzword with good brand recognition but no actual meaning - just like a hate-filled, cruel person calling oneself "Christian".
All while Doge fires researchers. Then musk says in Cabinet meeting oops we made a mistake all is well. Not good enough. He needs fired. He’d fire anyone for far less. They are f-ing w people’s lives
Sure, at first glance it may look like the democracy sabotage squad is presiding over one of the largest premeditated mass murders in history, but it's for a good cause:
to make a couple of ludicrously rich people even more ludicrously rich at the cost of literally everybody else.
Everything is a commodity when you're a billionaire, especially you.
Think how Facebook, IG, Twitter & Ticktock just need to place you on the other side of a window and a parade of products and opportunities to spend money dance past your eyes.
You are both the product and the consumer.
Republicans couldn’t care less about who is suffering as long as they get what they want and give their friends tax breaks. All they want to do is give more money to people who don’t need it and laugh at people who need help while they are dying.
It is it our duty to ensure that History records the aftermath of this with the same weight that is used for the millions who died of starvation, disease and poverty under mismanagement and targeting in past communist regimes like Mao and Stalin
Nobody ever talks about 400,000 unnecessary deaths from the way they handled covid - weird how their thugs and goons WANT to wear masks now, to shield their identities. while they intend to spread deadly diseases everywhere..
I won't ever forget, we all lost friends, family - first to the orange hobgoblin, then to covid, because they just wouldn't, couldn't hear us - WE were the problem, not him..
I began working for USAID as a consultant in the early 1990s. At that time, it started supporting emerging democracies worldwide. In Africa, where I mainly worked, these programs supported human rights NGOs fighting for democracy. Russia & China now have the field to themselves. It's shameful & sad
Breeders is what they want - breeders that can't get away.. I've tried to warn white girls and women of the danger they face - and the young men, too- children having children is not good for anyone..
... and when the children, the sick, elderly, disabled, poor, and inferm, begged the republikkklan party to protect and save them. They replied with a resounding NO! And then prayed to their useless, feckless god to thank it for giving them the votes to inflict more pain and suffering upon them.
This administration doesn’t care about Americans suffering and dying why would they care about any other nation’s suffering.
They are a sad bunch of hateful morons!
The US is the richest nation on earth. And the US is the only developed that claims it cannot afford to help the world's most vulnerable. This is now what the US stands for. The whole world looks on in horror
They’ve never been pro-life. They’ve only ever been pro-forced-birth. Once that “precious life” is actually breathing air & needing food, clothing, schooling, & medical care, it’s suddenly “a parasitical drain on society.” The exact same baby goes from precious to parasite. The GOP is hypocritical.
'Just as wonderful as our own' is a beautiful turn of phrase, and so true. I see many magats cheering these cuts, in assorted social media forums, and wonder what happened to make some of us such fans of cruelty.
...magas maintain musk has rooted out "billions" of NGO contracts from USAID, that USAID was never meant to help the hungry, the homeless, the diseased, etc,...their misunderstanding of musk's destruction of USAID is profound. After all, musk endeavors to enrich his companies by destroying USAID...
We must fix our schools, it starts with a solid education. Nothing will change until we teach children history, philosophy, science, etc. At the moment, 54% of American adults read below a sixth-grade level. The Nordic countries teach their children how to discern what fake news is. Why aren’t we?
I cannot say that just/trump are into fixing anything that might aid the common person since they are only about re-placing wealth back into the hands of the ultra-wealthy, corporations, etc. Oligarchy, in other words...
Yeah, but if they break the economy, and I think they will. Musk because he's gone too power crazy to think about consequences. Trump because he just doesn't care. He doesn't even care about his rich buddies. He lost in 2020 and he's going to burn the country down.
I’m one of those people that’s full of hope. The cracks in this regime are showing, this nonsense isn’t sustainable. It looks bad right now but once MAGA starts dropping like flies & they become homeless because they no longer have jobs, things will shift dramatically.Give it until the end of March
Trump/Musk won't stop breaking things. But MAGA may wise up. But my point was we could of had USAID, and schools, and Medicare payments for home care, and ...
And... and...
BUT NO! We got Trump/Musk corruption and destruction! FUCK YOU VERY MUCH MAGA!!!
I look at it like this: everything will be destroyed. All of it. But, we absolutely will run them the fuck out of our White House. That much I’m sure of and when we do, we will rebuild our country even better. Don’t listen to the sound of the bricks falling, it’ll save your mental health.
Because they are the lies repeated on Fox hourly... I wish someone could hack them and show the children dying but they are black so MAGA probably won't care. How as a parent you could let ANY child suffer ni just don't understand. Why didn't they phase out Aid? Despicable, heartless, evil bastards
I cannot claim to yet understand magas who vote against their own interests, nor can I claim to understand why so many magas callously disregard human life except ostensibly their own. I can only say they have been brainwashed, abused and lied to such that a large portion created a faith/cult...
I can understand brainwashing to a degree but for it to stop empathy and compassion and become filled with rage and hate??? I would say I can't comprehend it but my mother and sister support Reform and nothing I can say seems to get through.. We hardly speak now but 🤷 head against a wall so often..
Having magas in families is challenging. I have the same. Hate to gloat, but I remind them that they voted this trashy, corrupt, price-increasing garbage into office and can pay the consequences. Then they have a choice: they can protest against it or they can double down on it...
For those not paying attention, this missive fits for some of our red states in the U.S.
The WHO list child health and welfare in Texas as third world.
USAID is the world outreach effort for all soft power. An idea republicans could not explain on their best day.
@nickkristof.bsky.social
What Dems often overlook, but Trump understands, is that when everyday Americans struggle to make ends meet, government-funded foreign aid is a low priority. DC Democrats need to get out & 'listen' to people outside their immediate circles. Americans have changed.
It’s also so dumb from a geo-political perspective. I’ve been hearing a lot about the “soft power” that these global initiatives give the US. China and other countries will see that vacuum and go in. And honestly, I hope they do so that these people don’t die unnecessarily.
This administration is committing murder all across the globe. USAID was feeding starving children...my main focus for today. How can those who are in charge now look away from this? Criminal, greedy, focused only on feeding their pockets. May they choke on their money.
All these people know is how to make enemies. This will cause many desperate people to become angry and vengeful and probably form or join militias and terrorist groups and want to kill Americans. Didn't we already have enough people who hated us before?
I know the orange felon and maga live in a media bubble, but do they think they live in an actual bubble where people with ebola, bird flu, measles cannot enter? Especially when you get rid of all proactive safeguards!
Did anyone else see the video of dum-dum Don Jr hunting Marmots in Mongolia?
It's illegal due to the spread of the deadly bubonic plague,
AKA The Black Death which is spread to humans by infected fleas that travel on Marmots. The Black Death, killed millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages.
It has never been "pro-life". It has always been "pro-control". If it was pro-life, they would be concerned with health after birth. Little things like vaccinations and school lunches would be a priority.
I'm so damned pissed at these two cold hearted sociopaths. Neither EVER had to worry about where their next meal was coming from, shelter, clothing, nothing. Yet Trump/
Musk/Minions are the most pathetic assholes on the planet. We the People are getting really pissed. No spending on 2/28,
The TB thing is terrifying honestly. It's stupid contagious, and can become fatal and incurable. Some people can become carriers of fatal communicable strains. It's pure nightmare fuel.
Pro Life people are not literally pro life. They do not mean pro life for everyone. They mean support an embryo in a uterus. And even then, getting shot by an intimate partner is the #1 cause of maternal mortality and hello, the baby in her uterus. Stop this “pro life” game
I’d argue with you about the incompetent part as IMO they know precisely what they’re doing, not Felon 47 cuz he is totally incompetent, but his minions that actually run the show.
Felon 47 is simply the face of the brand as he is with all his businesses. He owns and runs nothing.
This call tugs at my heart. But if we want to change policy and elect ppl who care, we need to simply the message. Many people are self interested and concentrate this bad this good. I think long messages only appeal to those that are out voting. We need easier messages to get the ones that didn’t
And Elon's patting himself on the back for a job well done getting even with an organization who displeased him. Human lives mean no more to him than they do to the FOTUS or Republicans currently in Congress.
The is and always has been the goal, to kill as many people in America and around the world as possible. Then, when the populations are diminished and rebuilding, it's onto wars to steal land and resources.
I have to disagree with one part of that. I do believe they are intentionally hurting people. Cruelty is the point. Their behaviors are deplorable because they are intentionally hurting people. I have no doubt about that.
They don’t even care about their own children. The only one Trump cares about is ivanka cause he wants to sleep with her 🤮 and Elon only cares about his human shield 🛡️
To say the least. The Orange Cancer, like Nazis, don't give a damn about people, they want power & money. They are criminals.
Resistance isn't futile.
Revolution is necessary.
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They are not pro life or pro family. They are pro fetus because they can ensure that the fetus is entirely someone else's responsibility. They don't want to help they just want to issue orders.
Mass murder and mass suffering inflicted by the evil Trump Regime for the sole purpose of giving massive tax cuts to billionaires. If you are supporting the Trump Regime you are complicit in mass murder and mass suffering. How in God's name can you sleep at night or eat another meal. Repent now.
How much money are we talking about ? Can't EU replace the fucking Americans who do not pay ? How could they elect such a cruel and simple minded man ?
By the way, the Orange Administration is recognizing that the US help to Ukraine did not exceed $100Bo, and not $350Bo as DonOld said before. He is stepping back again like on any single topic. Mental issue ? poor Americans, another 18 months to go with him. Mid terms is the salvation day !
. . . it's as if they believe the earth is flat and replaceable, so they're tearing the whole thing, leaving no safety nets. They're ripping out and shredding anything to do with caring for the poor and less fortunate, and as they do, they're ripping up the tenets of Christianity.
USA #tyrantssuck 💔
Sadly this is what america voted for. Evil, pure evil. Watching the non stop nazi hate rallies for 10 years it was clear what direction the country was going. Hate, rage, racism, mass shootings, monstrous evil. An entire country full of so much hate it is paralyzed by it. It's beyond horrific.
Millions of Americans fought hard to keep Donald from being elected, and were horrified and enraged as we watch him and his minions decimate our country. A big apology to wonderful Canada!
I cannot understand the depth of depravity this would take in a single person to do and there are no repercussions to that individual. Everyone who has allowed (enabled) this is just as guilty and some just as depraved.
also Anti-American Farmers - USAID was a long term means of getting rid of surplus foods grown by subsidised US farmers too:/ Nobody's winning but a pack of psychotic children in Washington
USAID was also investigating the Muskrat, which is the real reason it was one of the first targets!! Also why is the richest man in the world getting richer with US taxpayers money by $8 MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR, while cutting Medicaid and Snap benefits?? 🤬🤬🤬 #NotMyPresident #ConvictedFeloninChief
Instead of pearls clutching, perhaps the EU, ASEAN AND BRICS should find a way to create an organization for aid and continue these programs. Isn’t it time to stop depending on the US? The old US is dead…,
It takes a lot of time to set up the type of logistics to do what USAID was doing. I'm not saying that other countries should rely on the US, just that it makes sense that they couldn't step in to fill the void immediately. Especially since there is a degree of confusion as to what is happening.
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OMG! Just watched the ( now disgraced) Oval w Trump and Zelenskyy
.., wanted to punch tru the TV, and Bitch slap Trump and especially JD.. disgusting 🤮.
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At least half of the American citizenry is sadistic wannabe megalomaniacs. Who would vote for this all over again.
There is no gentle convincing or persuasion to convert them.
The current flurry of firings and executive orders may be chaotic, but it's clear that there was a lot of plotting even as Trump lied.
https://www.youtube.com/live/wLZkiQqxoi4?si=gFJiN1wkPaFU4rpo
to make a couple of ludicrously rich people even more ludicrously rich at the cost of literally everybody else.
I’m in.
Including Trump voters.
https://aspectsofhistory.com/book_reviews/crassus-the-first-tycoon/
Think how Facebook, IG, Twitter & Ticktock just need to place you on the other side of a window and a parade of products and opportunities to spend money dance past your eyes.
You are both the product and the consumer.
Palestinian children, African children, American children.
It doesn’t matter to them.
They will be sitting in church smirking like Mike Johnson.
WE MUST ALL ACT NOW!
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#JOIN
#DOSOMETHINGNOW
#RESISTANCE
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Yeah. We definitely would.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes_of_the_Holodomor
I had hoped we would have been smarter by the time the next one rolled around but we have, in fact, become stupider .
They are a sad bunch of hateful morons!
Trump: I don't remember ordering that.
...and that more people don't end up like the Uighurs.
Acting like Henry the 8th will take society even further back: Henry was in the 16th century.
It is plain stupid. Ignorant. Vile.
Nothing Jesus.
Very sad, as the top 1% could share a small portion of their wealth and do so much good for the world.
But sure, they need a bigger yacht.
And... and...
BUT NO! We got Trump/Musk corruption and destruction! FUCK YOU VERY MUCH MAGA!!!
The WHO list child health and welfare in Texas as third world.
USAID is the world outreach effort for all soft power. An idea republicans could not explain on their best day.
What Dems often overlook, but Trump understands, is that when everyday Americans struggle to make ends meet, government-funded foreign aid is a low priority. DC Democrats need to get out & 'listen' to people outside their immediate circles. Americans have changed.
Day 1: (Today)-"The masks come off"—how billionaires went from shadowy string-pullers to open rulers.
Day 2 (Tomorrow)- "The Titans collide"—Trump vs. Musk, a war of greed, ego, and betrayal.
Worth a read!!
https://sign.moveon.org/petitions/revoke-elon-musk-s-united-states-of-america-citizenship
But, hey, how 'bout that big tax cut for billionaires.
It's illegal due to the spread of the deadly bubonic plague,
AKA The Black Death which is spread to humans by infected fleas that travel on Marmots. The Black Death, killed millions of Europeans during the Middle Ages.
Musk/Minions are the most pathetic assholes on the planet. We the People are getting really pissed. No spending on 2/28,
Congrats, Nick. Once again part of the problem even if unintentionally. You gave them an inch. They took a mile.
However…
Felon 47 is simply the face of the brand as he is with all his businesses. He owns and runs nothing.
Disqusting.
hMm, I wOnDeR wHy...
‘You’ve Blown a Hole in the Family’: Inside the Murdochs’ Succession Drama https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/magazine/rupert-murdoch-succession-family-trust-fight.html?unlocked_article_code=1.xE4.Abpg.b56EBDme6Ws9
So much for America the Beautiful.
mass-fucking-murder.
IMO there are two unforgivable human traits, resentment is one and depravity is the other.
And a plug for the late, great Gary Indiana, whose book 'Depraved Indifference' is a riot, it's about Sante and Kenneth Kimes.
trump is bloody evil
Resistance isn't futile.
Revolution is necessary.
🌊🇺🇸🇺🇦🌈🟧🌍💙
https://refusefascism.org
Being against D.E.I. means being for W.M.O.
Being against immigrants is being for W.M.O.
MAGA - when White Men Only owned and ruled everything.
USA #tyrantssuck 💔
(Not that the Apartheid King of the World would ever want to commit genocide against the less robust and those of the wrong color, or anything...)
My brain just can't seem to let go of that possibility. 😕
Musk targeted first were investigating HIM.
Kind of a coinkydink, huh 🤔
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.., wanted to punch tru the TV, and Bitch slap Trump and especially JD.. disgusting 🤮.
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