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What the Last Four Weeks have Wrought open.substack.com/pub/contrari... My friend Max Stier’s take on the Trump/Musk dismantling of the federal government (with more to come).

submitted 4 days ago • 0 comments

The consequences of the Trump Administration's actions overseas are dire, but Musk and his team don't seem to care. And sadly, even those who know better amond Republican politicos are unwilling to speak out. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

submitted 7 days ago • 0 comments

Nice to have Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, and Mark Green make the case for the important role that USAID plays in supporting US foreign policy and enhancing our national security. www.instagram.com/reel/DF9NoJu...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Yes, Gaza must be rebuild, but let's forthrightly understand the challenges and organize a coalition that is willing to undertake such a task. This article posted by the Middle East Institute reflect my thoughts on what such an effort would look like. www.mei.edu/publications...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

My take on the dismantling of USAID and the harm it is doing to U.S. interests around the globe. Even if the macro decisions are reveresed or partially pulled back, the damage has already done. www.cfr.org/article/cost...

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Having worked as USAID’s Mission Director in Palestine for 5 years, Tuesday was truly a bad day. Between the mindless decapitation of USAID and Trump’s endorsement of ethnic cleansing in Gaza, I suffered a double gut punch. And this only day 15 of a 4 year term - I fear what may come next.

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

Important op ed by my colleague Kevin Johnson, Executive Director of Election Reformers Network. thefulcrum.us/rule-of-law/...

submitted 20 days ago • 0 comments

Under what authority does DOGE staff, who are not federal employees, enter a federal building, in this case USAID, over the objections of USAID's head of security. And why does an Acting Administrator fire his security chief in obesiance to an order from a body established without any safeguards.

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

Humanitarian workers now have to decide whether to continue providing life-saving assistance or adhere to the immoral stop work orders issued by newly-ensconced Trump officials. Hopefully, their moral compasses will provide them with guidance. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

submitted 21 days ago • 0 comments

As millions go without treatment - the latest on USAID and the dismantlement of the USG foreign assistance agency. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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I heard the news yesterday of President Carter’ death while visiting an exhibit on Haitian art at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, which somehow seemed appropriate given Carter’s long involvement with that troubled country…. Continues on Facebook www.facebook.com/786817222/po...?

submitted 54 days ago • 0 comments

My reminiscences on the death of President Carter. www.facebook.com/786817222/po...?

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