"The Trump administration has struck what some see as the final blow to PEPFAR, the vaunted US program that has saved the lives of 26 million people living with HIV. The State Dept now says that as of 30 September, CDC support for PEPFAR will end in most countries." www.science.org/content/arti...

There’s an Ebola outbreak in Congo that WHO just declared a “public health emergency.” USAID would normally help. But It’s been killed. CDC would help too, but it’s been cut Don’t worry though. The admin is engaged in Congo. It just deported immigrants there. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/w...

International development makes everyone safer. time.com/article/2026...

When trusted voices disappear from social media, misinformation spreads more easily. Silencing physicians and other experts weakens the public’s access to accurate information. When institutions like hospitals discourage doctors from speaking out, everyone loses. www.statnews.com/2026/05/13/h...

On May 11, OneAID hosted Service Remembered, Service Continued: a USAID Book Talk to bring together three USAID authors and former USAID Administrator Samantha Power, who moderated the event. 🔗 Read the article, watch the recording, and purchase the books here: oneaidcommunity.org/2026/05/12/s...

the pitch deck to sponsor sec. of transportation sean duffy's family road trip reality show (obtained by POLITICO) is as stupid and corrupt as you'd expect: static.politico.com/74/6e/5da7a1...

2/3 For 20 years: Congress funded PEPFAR --> State Department disbursed $$ --> USAID + CDC, with partner countries, implemented programs, saved lives, and tracked impact. Treat HIV. Prevent deaths. Stop transmission. Improve outcomes. ✅

1/3 More on PEPFAR Bottom line: CDC cares about saving lives. State Department cares more about squeezing poorer countries for leverage + mineral rights [ahem extortion] Let's delve in 👉 PEPFAR has saved ~26 million people living with HIV. So naturally, the state department wants to gut it. 🤯 🤬

Federal health, science and environmental agencies are losing experienced career leaders at record rates—while political appointments surge to a historic high. This substitution threatens public health, food safety and scientific innovation. Read more in @chrispiper.bsky.social's analysis here.

💉 Where can you find accurate information on vaccines❓ ✅ American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP): downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/AAP-... ✅ Medical societies: cmss.org/programs-and... ✅ CIDRAP for in-depth evidence review: vaxintegrity.cidrap.umn.edu/evidence-rev...

Everything is stupid and awful. But instead of doomscrolling about it, get involved in your community, in your local Dem chapters and volunteer for midterms. Knock on doors, write postcards, phonebank, cure ballots... there's options for everyone! Democracy is a team sport, and we need you.

Shameful. "For the first time since 1933, the U.S. State Department failed to host its own fallen diplomats’ annual memorial — so their former colleagues held it down the street." www.devex.com/news/exiled-...

Elon Musk used X to launch a misinformation campaign against #USAID at the same time that #DOGE was gutting it. Great reporting out of The Philippines. @gilduran.com @oneaid.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info www.philstar.com/headlines/20...

It's a very odd feeling to read that the cost of your firing was $20 billion to the US economy. Studies like this are so important. It's hard to put a value on a public service. Trustworthy economic data is vital to so much economic activity in a $29 trillion economy. Worth your time to read.

Public servants show up every day, keeping our water clean, our food safe and our communities protected—often without much recognition. During Public Service Recognition Week, show your appreciation and thank a public servant in your life. Learn more about #PSRW2026 at psrw.org.

The most corrupt family in American history. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

This is what Marco Rubio decided to do with his life: "AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance: A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble..." www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

There are many ways you can participate in the massive day of economic disruption on Friday, from refusing to shop, to walking out of work, to attending a demonstration: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i...

Trump and Elon Musk destroyed most of the global H.I.V. program that saved hundreds of thousands of lives in Zambia. Now the US is threatening to cut remaining support, unless Zambia gives access to the country’s mineral resources. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

Nicholas Enrich has done heroic work with this book. SHARE it with someone who still doesn't believe what this regime is doing. #USAID www.nytimes.com/2026/04/15/b...

3/3. It’s hard for Trump to end a war when Putin is making so much money from it.

Is US foreign policy still meant to benefit Americans? Or peace? Or international prosperity? Those were the questions I asked after reading this article www.nytimes.com/2026/04/19/u...

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

We’re getting ready for a massive day of economic disruption on May Day. There are many ways you can take action, from refusing to shop, to walking out of work, to attending a demonstration: survey.alchemer.com/s3/8705046/i...

Heartbreaking description of the pointless, thoughtless damage being done to the Kennedy Center. It was such an important part of life in Washington, and is now being destroyed for no reason www.theatlantic.com/culture/2026...

📚 Upcoming Virtual Book Talk with USAID Authors, Moderated by former USAID Administrator Samantha Power! 📅 May 11 from 12–1 PM ET on Zoom 🔗 More information, where to buy the books, and to register: tinyurl.com/MayBookTalk

Last night, over 300 people gathered at Politics and Prose to support a book talk on Nicholas Enrich’s “Into the Woodchipper”, moderated by Dr. Atul Gawande. 📲Check out the recording on our Instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DXK-m0P... 📺 Watch on YouTube: youtu.be/8rfKjIudffw

🙏Thank you @repbonnie.bsky.social for holding Vought's feet to the fire 🔥 Not only did he reveal his utter lack of humanity, but also his complete disinterest in the actual work that USAID did. Worth a watch @aidonthehill.bsky.social @altusaid.altgov.info @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com

You can safely ignore @washingtonpost.com and subscribe to @cgdev.org's excellent analysis instead. www.cgdev.org/blog/washing...

Really important findings here: treating US foreign aid collapse as an exogenous shock, tests across 44 countries show a 12% increase in conflict last year among the more aid dependent countries. Read with research on: health impact, corruption, etc. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

ORBAN CONCEDES. Democracy is not inevitable but neither is dictatorship. #Hungary #resist www.reuters.com/world/hungar...

We have a president who took the nation into a war for reasons he cannot fully articulate, without a strategy for how to respond if Iran did the expected and closed the Strait of Hormuz, and without an exit strategy if Iran doesn’t surrender. Reminder that Congress can step up and stop this.

Elections can count ballots, but they do not always measure power.

This report is incredible. $165 billion of damage already, and the waste, fraud and mismanagement is still ramping up. How much are YOU willing to throw down the drain this year? #TaxDay

The U.S. is losing its top scientists—fast. An estimated 95,000 employees left federal science agencies in a 16-month period, and other countries are quickly creating new opportunities to pick them up. Read how this could have devastating long-term effects on our research and development pipeline.

Freedom is on the ballot in #Hungary www.reuters.com/world/europe...

An mRNA treatment for PANCREATIC CANCER was in trials, among many other uses. Choosing to end this research is choosing to sentence millions to an early, painful death

From our partners at the USAID Alumni Association (UAA): We are delighted to spread the news that the UAA (usaidalumni.org) has expanded membership to all Institutional Support Contractors (ISCs) who worked for USAID for 18 months or more. Please visit their website for more information.

That all of these men and women were so empty of empathy and care and thought, they continue to openly support and even parrot this man as he called for and end to an entire civilization of 93 million people. It is unthinkable. It is unredeemable. It is criminal.

Ex Deputy National Security Advisor for Strategic Communications and Speechwriting under Obama👇🏽

BREAKING: Trump announces two week window for Congress to remove him from office

Most prescient, clear/eyed work of writing I’ve read on reorg. Read it. Then act. “Call your senators. Call your representative. Not next week or later. Now. Tell them this is not a reorganization — it’s the destruction of a federal agency by executive fiat and that Congress must intervene.”

The U.S. Forest Service is closing 57 of its 77 research facilities in 31 states under a reorganization plan announced this week, threatening science that looked at how wildfires, drought, pests and global warming are putting pressure on forests. TAT: [Attacking science | Hollowing state]

I used to write the WaPo editorials on US-Africa policy, as well on as human rights and politics on the continent. To describe hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent as “messy” is an absolute abomination.