I spent last week in Taipei with hundreds of human rights organizations, many of which had been impacted by the US aid freeze. While we were there, news came down that even more grants had been canceled, some of which were then reinstated. "Total chaos." @wired.com www.wired.com/story/rights... - ThreadSky

telliotter.bsky.social • 2 days ago

I spent last week in Taipei with hundreds of human rights organizations, many of which had been impacted by the US aid freeze. While we were there, news came down that even more grants had been canceled, some of which were then reinstated. "Total chaos." @wired.com

https://www.wired.com/story/rights-con-taipei-doge-foreign-aid-cuts/

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weaveafineyarn.bsky.social•2 days ago

Pure evil

katerodger.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump is the most corrupt president in world history.

strohs.bsky.social•2 days ago

We need to stop saying "DOGE did this" and be honest and direct with these draconian measures .....they are "Trumpian MAGA draconian measures". Give credit where it belongs. Seize the narrative, not the deflection.

telliotter.bsky.social•2 days ago

But that's not all. Aid organizations are apparently being asked to sign riders that mandate they comply with an anti-DEI executive order that Trump signed. The WHOLE organization, not just the specific program that gets US funding.

telliotter.bsky.social•2 days ago

Not only that, but nonprofit workers told me that they worried that DOGE's access to US government data could but their information, or that of their staff, at risk, particularly those that work in authoritarian countries or dangerous contexts.

kellykeylime.bsky.social•2 days ago

AHHHHHHH!
It’s infuriating!!!

swabanero.bsky.social•1 day ago

astill73.bsky.social•2 days ago

📌

scottsuhy.bsky.social•2 days ago

Many fail to realize that if even a small fraction of the 70 million citizens disillusioned by the nation’s descent into authoritarianism were to mobilize in Washington, they could significantly challenge the forces sustaining the current administration #reclamation

azistoohot.bsky.social•2 days ago

Musk has no regard for people. Apparently wasn't raised with ethics from parents raiding SA of emerald mine proceeds.

kateyloulou.bsky.social•2 days ago

Aside from the fact that this is pure evil and potential genocide … Is anyone keeping track of the monumental waste of taxpayer money it is taking to end all of these programs? The loss of resources that the US taxpayers have paid billions for over the years? It’s unconscionable. All of it.

teddydog19.bsky.social•2 days ago

Got that everyone ? Meanwhile, as the nation looks wildly around to try and anticipate the next blow, the US is slowly strangling Taiwan to death in a darkened closet.

purplesage23.bsky.social•2 days ago

How do we challenge and correct course in the face of this onslaught of insidiousness? The utter cruelty never ceases to astound and enrage me

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