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David Corn @davidcorn.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Trump hails his first month as the greatest first month of any president and he's more popular than ever. But...

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Nicole Tersigni @nicsigni.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

you’re fired. wait you’re rehired. email us a list of things you’ve done today wait forget it you’re fired again. come back your job was important. you’re fired. or hired. come in to the office. wait the office has no computers go home. we are the department of government efficiency.

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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

My crack team of coders has hacked into dozens of government websites and we can now reveal the following.

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Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

NEW: The US is in the midst of a political coup that, if successful, would forever change the nature of its government, writes Eryk Salvaggio. But this coup is not taking place in the streets. It's taking place cubicle by cubicle in federal agencies and in the mundane automation of bureaucracy.

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Anatomy of an AI Coup | TechPolicy.Press

DOGE is gutting federal agencies to install AI across the government. Democracy is on the line, writes Tech Policy Press fellow Eryk Salvaggio.

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Seema Jayachandran @seema.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

A good use of large donors’ money right now would be to make zero-interest loans to orgs so they can continue programs. Once USG makes its back payments, loans can be repaid. cc: @albrgr.bsky.social

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Christina Jewett @by-cjewett.bsky.social · 08/02/2025

NEW: The N.I.H. will cut about $4 Billion from federal research grants that support cancer, virus and heart disease research. #Project2025 called for the cuts to end subsidies to "leftist" university agendas. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/u...

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Deep Cuts to Medical Research Funds Could Hobble University Budgets

Grants from the National Institutes of Health come with additional money for overhead. Proposed funding cuts would leave colleges with large budget gaps.

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Justin Sandefur @justsand.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Elon says 90% of US aid never reaches communities. He confuses USAID's 90% reliance on intermediaries -- US companies delivering HIV drugs, WFP delivering food aid -- with waste. Comical if not so dangerous. @rachelbonnifield.bsky.social & I break down where aid goes: www.cgdev.org/blog/no-90-p...

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Atul Gawande @agawande.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

This is not just a "pause." It is an unlawful destruction now. Foreign aid is a cornerstone of national security with diplomacy and defense. USAID's work reaches 100s of millions worldwide and America will be harmed. Here are some of the lives at stake.

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Corinne Low @corinnelow.com · 28/01/2025

@belindaarch.bsky.social and I have written a letter from economists regarding PEPFAR. Please sign and share with your network. Only economist signatures right now (for more focused impact). Once signed, we will share with the administration, congress, + the media. #econsky forms.gle/C5roVX5sFF14...

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PEPFAR letter

January 28th, 2025 With news that Trump’s foreign aid executive order has halted distribution of life-saving HIV medications through PEPFAR, we write as concerned economists to express how crucial it ...

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Charles Kenny @charlesjkenny.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

Preventing Unintended Mortality from the 90-Day Assistance Freeze Blog and thread. US assistance has been at the forefront of global victories against famine and pestilence worldwide. The 90-day assistance freeze (still) threatens that. www.cgdev.org/blog/prevent...

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Preventing Deaths During the 90-Day Assistance Freeze

US assistance has been at the forefront of the global fight against famine and pestilence worldwide. Any delay or disruption of that support will have an immense cost.

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Chris Blattman @chrisblattman.bsky.social · 01/02/2025

I’m amazed: On the foreign assistance freeze, I’m astonished not to see major State Dept and USAID recipients challenge the disruption in court. An injunction? Where is World Vision, SAVE, Red Cross, etc on this? Or the Beltway bandits (Chemonics etc) Is there activity happening?

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Ben Golub @bengolub.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

Modern supply chains don't look like trade theory 101! They involve constant border crossings, each now hit by tariffs. Tariffs raise prices, but the more important thing they do is disrupt supply relationships. 1/

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Justin Sandefur @justsand.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

What does U.S. aid really pay for anyway? 1.5 million lives saved via Gavi, for one. New in AEJ: Economic Policy www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 02/02/2025

More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.

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Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday

Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 02/02/2025

"It seems like virtually every sector of the American economy" -- Fox News has put together a scrolling list of the "goods affected by Trump tariffs" 😬

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