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Overall, the bureau identified 72 activities that are life-saving. To date, none of these have been approved and no payments have been released, according to Enrich's memo. Then nearly all of them were terminated on Feb 27th.
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Then, on Feb 26, Secretary of State Marco Rubio terminated 5,000 USAID programs all at once, including care for malaria, TB and HIV. Shortly after political appointees told Enrich that they'd made some mistakes. "There is an acknowledgement some may have been sent out in error."
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In the weeks that followed, USAID received conflicting information on a near daily basis about whether waivers could continue and how. On Feb 24, political leadership said to deprioritize programs for mpox, polio, and Ebola, noting waivers for that work would not be approved.
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Then senior officials were told to start terminating some programs, including ones that had been flagged as life-saving.
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Nonprofits made clear to USAID staff that without payment, they couldn't continue their life-saving work. On Feb 7, senior officials acknowledged that all of USAID's payment systems had been shut off by DOGE, so funds couldn't go out.
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Starting Jan 29, staff scrambled to request life-saving waivers after all foreign aid was paused. Enrich sent an email on Jan 31st to three political appointees about waivers, but didn't get a response until Feb. 4, when one said to be "draconian" in what they approved.
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This is the first time we are hearing from senior leadership at USAID in this way, how political appointees impeded staff from continuing life-saving programs, and who did it.
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By design, it's causing paralysis. It's like the military's version of "shock and awe" or even a flash-bang grenade.
What we need now is for Democratic leadership at the federal level to provide some guidance. TELL PEOPLE WHAT TO DO in the face of this lawlessness.
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Maybe- just hear us out here- the 'errors' are actually intentional disinformation? #DOGELies
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FYI
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And yeah we do run into war zones UNARMED to save babies. The 5,000 people they just fired are used to staying up all night to address crises.We are no strangers to working amid chaos, conflict and authoritarianism.Y'all are going to need our skills, America. #USAIDLives #SaveAmerica #resist #AltGov
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ALL: there is nothing that terrifies DOGE and Musk more than an actual hero, especially if that hero is a woman. Not surprisingly they are swarming Cate on X though they would shit their pants rather than face her in person! Please help amplify her voice! #AltGov #ArrestMusk #USAIDLives
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The goal here is clear. Weaken ESA and NEPA to get the cut out.
I would expect major legal challenges. Support your local environmental organization.
Also, we have been and will continue to cut employees and are spending much of our time responding to data requests. Who will do this work?
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Thank you Doc.
There are many "alt" accounts who haven't requested to join, have dropped out of vetting, some outright ghosted, and some who didn't make the cut.
Stick with the starter pack. They're added immediately after vetting & have agreed to the standards for which #AltGov is known.
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Hey we can help #resist
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With the freeze, we expect infant deaths to climb from 1,682 to 2,280. If the deaths stopped today, we could save an estimated 598 infants.
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The blue color shows the projected deaths between now and the end of the 90-day freeze. This assumes everything resumes at the end of 90 days.
With the freeze, we expect adult deaths to climb from 15,804 to 133,211. If the deaths stopped today, we could save an estimated 117,392 people.