Today, I am making a long overdue post, adding USAID to Courage is Contagious On March 5, USAID wrote a dissent letter. It read:

Some USAID love from Keri Russell ♥️

Note, they are looking for RIF'd employees to sign too. Take a look and consider signing.

COMING UP: The fate of hundreds of unaccompanied minor children hangs in the balance as a federal judge, Tim Kelly, weighs whether to block their summary removal from the United States. At 2 p.m. ET, Kelly will hear argument on the children’s motion to enjoin their deportation. Follow along ⬇️ 🧵

As grim as this story may be, there's still much to be inspired by. Look no further than this attorney for the children, who rushed to the airport to stop the planes. She stood near the tarmac, warning any officials she saw that they’d be complicit in violating a court order if the planes took off.

This excellent article by @annabower.bsky.social documents efforts to prevent the illegal deportation of unaccompanied children to Guatemala. While the cruelty of the regime is well established, there is something so depraved about the deliberate harm inflicted on children.

This thread 👇🏻

When you are feeling weary or despairing, remember that there are people in every corner of the world taking life affirming action in the direction of more justice. The fact that you can't see it all is a comfort because it means there is an excess of positive actions happening all at once. #onwards

"Dismantling the US Agency for International Development will cost more than $6 billion, including hundreds of millions needed to fight legal challenges over the shutdown and dismissal of thousands of its workers, according to a State Department draft assessment." news.bgov.com/bloomberg-go...

Incredible reporting by the Washington Post on the Trump administration's hurried, lawless effort to carry out illegal renditions to El Salvador - to terrorize people. (Including how they violated court directives.) Take a moment to read the entire thing: www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

That is some moral clarity. “This is violence disguised as law.”

Friends and former USAID global public health professionals have launched an emergency campaign to support high-impact local HIV organizations with stop gap funding. Please consider supporting to directly help them continue HIV services in the near term while they plan for the future. 🧵1

ALERT: Are you the State Dept or USAID? I’m looking for info on repurposing unused USAID funds for ICE and mass deportation. Contact me on Signal at joshtpm.99 you can also reach me with encrypted mail at joshtpm at protonmail dot com

This seems... not great.

Taking a step back to remind us of the broader impact of the shut-down in Foreign AID. 🧵1

16 hours and 24 minutes and counting. It has been riveting. @booker.senate.gov's moral clarity is inspiring.

This story is WILD. Any of us regular folks wouldn’t have a job after an incident like this. And rightfully so.

Brad Schimel, MAGA Supreme Court candidate in Wisconsin: * supports 1849 abortion ban * as AG, left 6,000 rape kits untested * said he was “honored” to be named in Planned Parenthood v Brad Schimel * said female Justices were “too driven by emotion” in abortion case … bad for Wisconsin women.

There’s nothing bad that could happen here. Nothing at all.

A thing we were able to confirm for this story: Catholic Relief Services — the single largest recipient of USAID funds in recent years — was not, in fact, invited to this meeting.

First, that’s just gross. Second, her premise is that those being fired are not showing up. I don’t know anyone who has lost their job because they weren’t doing it. They desperately want to be able to do their jobs!

NEW: USAID's acting asst administrator, Nick Enrich, has been placed on leave after sharing a memo detailing how political appointees have "wholly prevented" staff from continuing life saving aid.

NEW: When the Trump Admin abruptly cancelled almost all USAID programs, it also refused to pay $2bln the U.S. govt owes **for work that’s been done.** One of the cut-off programs in Syria couldn’t afford security and was robbed by masked men. www.propublica.org/article/trum...

This is quite an extraordinary letter from Republican and independent state legislators to the federal counterparts.

U.S. Terminates Fundind Around the World www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/h... "People will die,” said Dr. Catherine Kyobutungi, executive director of the African Population and Health Research Center, “but we will never know, because even the programs to count the dead are cut.”

We will be paying the cost of ending these programs for decades, if not generations.

New to this place 👋 Helpful starter pack for those in the humanitarian space.

It's going to be important to remember that when an authority tells us to do something, we can always - ALWAYS - choose to say no. There might be consequences, it might not 100% stop the bad thing from happening, but even so. Compliance is always a choice.