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Expert in climate change and children's wellbeing. Adjunct Professor of Social Policy at Hunter College. Funny IRL. Mother to wonderful humans and spoiled dogs.
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FEWS NET, the U.S. early warning system for famine, shut down after the foreign aid freeze. What are the consequences? And why does the U.S. has a famine early warning system in the first place?

submitted 1 day ago • 36 comments

Baffled and angry about the #foreignaid freeze and destruction of #USAID? I provide a breakdown of what is happening and why. And folks, it isn't good. @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social @marisakabas.bsky.social @nickkristof.bsky.social @altusaid.bsky.social

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

Trump says it out loud. He's trolling all the liberals and the media. But still striking to see him say that he's the king.

submitted 4 days ago • 303 comments

Faith leaders across the US agree: suspending foreign assistance is immoral. #saveforeignaid circleofprotection.us/wp-content/u...

submitted 4 days ago • 5 comments

I've noted some of the procedural things Democrats could be doing in Congress, but this point from @edgeofsports.bsky.social's great piece in the Nation deserves emphasis. This is basic politics, and it's baffling that every Democrat isn't doing it every day. www.thenation.com/article/poli...

submitted 4 days ago • 322 comments

We know conclusively that at least half the Republicans in Congress strongly disagree with Trump’s foreign policy statements and positions just by comparing their statements with his - which are diametrically opposed. Will ONE of them have to courage to speak up & say something?

submitted 4 days ago • 556 comments

The US State Department wants to know what YOU think of #foreignaid. The survey closes TODAY (2/18), so please fill it in ASAP. and share widely!!!! @altusaid.bsky.social @altnps.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social Some guidance in the 🧵

submitted 5 days ago • 1 comment

The SUV one is sending me www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

submitted 9 days ago • 86 comments

More than 10,000 jobs have been cut due to the freeze. Global Aid Freeze website is collecting data on the impact of nonprofits. Over 550 orgs have completed their survey and “half of the respondents estimated they had less than three months of operating reserves” #usaid #aidfreeze #fundingfreeze

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

NEW This may be one of the most important cases. Doe 1-26 vs. Elon Musk and DOGE Complaint: "Attempted government takeover" in violation of the Appointments Clause. www.justsecurity.org/wp-content/u...

submitted 10 days ago • 125 comments

Ok here's thread #2 for today ahead of the Feb 13 USAID Betrayal hearing. Testimony for key witness Max Primorac is uploaded and- shocker- it's nothing but gaslighting. Here are some #USAIDFacts 1/11

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

Friends, this is a little meta-thread on how you can help as tomorrow turns out to be a big day for haters (and friends!) of foreign assistance. First up at 8:30 a.m.: House Foreign Affairs hearing on "The USAID Betrayal." More on that via separate thread! 1/4 www.congress.gov/event/119th-...

submitted 11 days ago • 5 comments

The Case For USAID open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

submitted 13 days ago • 12 comments

The US federal government took decades to pass one major climate bill, the IRA. The states are where the effort to deal with climate change has been happening, and we've relied a lot on federal funding. All that changed January 20th; need a new approach. www.providencejournal.com/story/news/p...

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

Big win for Sammy's Law and safer streets! Brooklyn Community Board 1 made history last night as the first CB to pass a resolution calling for a 20 mph zone under Sammy’s Law. Lower speeds save lives and Brooklyn CB1 is leading the way. Who’s joining them next? @familiesforsafestreets.org

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

Urgent action! The House Foreign Affairs Committee will be meeting on #USAID tomorrow Call the office of Committee member TODAY (especially Rs). @altusaid.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social 🧵1/5 (Talking Points)

submitted 11 days ago • 1 comment

The USAID Inspector General who wrote the report saying the 90 day pause and staff lockout put US assistance at risk of fraud and abuse has been fired by the Trump administration. Apparently ‘doing your job’ is reason enough to be fired. www.cnn.com/2025/02/11/p...

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

Town Hall right now with @repdangoldman.bsky.social (NY 10) On protecting #USAID and unfreezing #foreignassistance. His response: 1. @repgregorymeeks.bsky.social and he are working on case-by-case waivers with Secretary of State Rubio @altusaid.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social 🧵

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

A new lawsuit by contractors/grantees goes after #Trump, #Rubio, #Marocco and co for "unlawful and unconstitutional exercise of executive power that has created chaos in the funding and administration of USAID and other federal foreign-assistance programs" @altusaid.bsky.social @seajmr.bsky.social

submitted 12 days ago • 0 comments

JUST IN: Federal judges orders HHS, CDC, and FDA to restore “by no later than 11:59 pm” today their websites and datasets to pre-January 30th status. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

submitted 12 days ago • 1572 comments

What surrender??? The freeze on #foreignassistance remains in place. Famine relief, disaster assistance, climate change adaptation, HIV/AIDS prevention. All still blocked. #SaveUSAID #Saveforeignaid @altusaid.bsky.social @bkindivisible.bsky.social ‪@petebuttigieg.bsky.social‬

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

The attack on #USAID and #foreignasisstance is hitting #Christian and other faith-based organizations hard. This includes #WorldVision, #SamaritansPurse and #CathlicReliefServices.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Even a short term hiring freeze as long-term implications for public safety. Good reporting.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

This Daily Show clip is so good, but make sure to stick around to the very end for Bill O'Reilly.

submitted 17 days ago • 29 comments