Reposted by mdliakosHeather Cox Richardson (TDPR) @hcrichardson.bsky.social · 20/05/2026May 19, 2026heathercoxrichardson.substack.comMay 19, 2026Yesterday the Department of Justice announced it is creating a $1.776 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” to compensate what it calls victims of the Department of Justice under former President Joe Bide... 59954353
Reposted by mdliakosDr. Mar @boldnewme.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Attention all men. More of this, please. 538172935700
Reposted by mdliakosScott Dworkin @dworkin.bsky.social · 22/04/2026If you're in line STAY IN LINE! #VoteYesVirginiaToday 7472162
mdliakos @mary8718.bsky.social · 15/04/2026[Adam Korzeniewski, White House liaison to USAID] recommended that we use the term “Super TB” instead of “drug- resistant TB” to describe the mutations that can develop when treatment is interrupted, because it might be more likely to “catch their attention.” ~excerpt from the book 010
Reposted by mdliakosDavid Roberts @volts.wtf · 15/04/2026One of the most enraging aspects of [waves hands] all this is that the assholes dismantling America's government *do not understand it*. They are stupid, incurious people who've spent their lives marinating in RW agitprop. They have no idea what they are destroying.thehandbasket.coWhistleblower says Trump officials thought USAID did 'just abortions,' asked for 'Barney-style' slides before gutting agency, per new bookRead an exclusive excerpt from Nicholas Enrich's "Into the Wood Chipper" 926599
Reposted by mdliakosAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 12/04/2026BREAKING: Victor Orban has CONCEDED to Magyar www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...theguardian.comHungary election live: Polls in Hungary close in tightly fought election after 16 years under Viktor OrbánPrime minister has been trailing in the polls to Péter Magyar in race that could have repercussions for Europe, the US and Russia 544133732265
Reposted by mdliakosThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 06/04/2026nytimes.comTrump’s Foreign Aid Overhaul Sent Millions More Dollars to Big U.S.-Based Contractors 198
Reposted by mdliakossher12.bsky.social @sher12.bsky.social · 10/03/2026youtube.com/watch?v=tU8S...youtube.comUSAID: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)YouTube video by LastWeekTonight 10230931097
Reposted by mdliakosChicanatravels @chicanatravels.bsky.social · 03/02/2026George Washington Carver developed 300 derivative products from peanuts among them cheese, milk, coffee, flour, ink, dyes, plastics, wood stains, soap, linoleum, medicinal oils and cosmetics. #BlackHistoryMonth 19980921939
Reposted by mdliakosJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 29/01/2026This is hilarious!! 🤣 🤣 1695113544393
Reposted by mdliakosThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 21/01/2026education.cfr.orgGlobal Affairs Expert Webinar: The Future of U.S. International Development StrategyFatema Z. Sumar, executive director of the Harvard Center for International Development, will lead the conversation on the future of U.S. international development strategy. 052
Reposted by mdliakosMeidas Sassy™ 🐬 @filosia.bsky.social · 11/01/2026If you only can do a few posts per day on Trump (understandably), make sure to include this one. Let it fill you with hope and strength! We WILL get through this, together. We will NOT let democracy die at the hands of the ignorant, evil mfer that's currently occupying the White House. #StopTrump 57752
Reposted by mdliakosThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 09/01/2026❤️nbcwashington.com‘Wanted to contribute': Fired USAID workers start new group to help HIV programsTwo former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers have started a new volunteer group called Crisis in Care to help people around the world. The Trump administration shut down USAID ... 15023
Reposted by mdliakosNPR @npr.org · 06/01/2026NPR built a visual archive of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, showing exactly what happened through the lenses of the people who were there. In "Chapter 2: Stop the Steal," we look at how false claims of a stolen election mobilized Trump supporters.n.prJan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attackNPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack. 201145550
Reposted by mdliakosGeorge Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 06/01/2026I’m running for Congress in NY-12, my home. We have a demented, criminal president running the country like a mob operation—government by the boss, for the boss. We need Democratic fighters who will defend the rule of law and deliver government by the people. Join us. 2127314158020
Reposted by mdliakosAbigail Spanberger @abigailspanberger.com · 28/10/2025We spent Day 3 of our Virginia Votes Bus Tour all over Southwest Virginia — and then in Blacksburg at Virginia Tech! Every day we can feel the energy growing. Onto the next! 🛣️ 05814
Reposted by mdliakosMorgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · 08/08/2025🎥 NEW VIDEO 🔥🔥🔥: Donald Trump is a cheater—always has been, always will be. He cheats at golf. He cheats on his wives. He cheats the people who believed in him. And next? He’ll cheat you. BRAVO Seneca Project 👏👏👏 34873390
Reposted by mdliakosThe Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 22/07/2025🥺 A heartbreaking farewell: USAID Pakistan closes for good. Deepest respect to the American officers and the Foreign Service Nationals who stood through war, floods, and hope. Your service won’t be forgotten. I kindly ask that you share this video as broadly as possible. @altusaid.altgov.infoyoutu.beShukria, USAID by ADzoneYouTube video by AD Zone 11251123
mdliakos @mary8718.bsky.social · 07/07/2025It’s a rainy day. My dog has the right idea. Great sleeping weather. 💤 000
Reposted by mdliakosJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Yes, I agree — it would be terrible. Please do NOT share this information!!! 6982549214656
Reposted by mdliakosArlington County Board @arlcountyboard.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Tomorrow’s County Board meeting will be held at the Bozman Center starting at 9:30 AM. See what’s on the agenda, sign up to speak, or find out how to attend: arlingtonva.us/Government/C.... Stream it live: youtube.com/arlingtoncou... 052
mdliakos @mary8718.bsky.social · 09/06/20255 baby bunnies in their den in our phlox garden in our front yard. I visit them a few times a day to clear my head of all the terrible news. Escapism. 000
Reposted by mdliakosOlivia Gaines, Author @ogaines.com · 07/06/2025Now everyone will go look up the book and it will make NY Times. #sighs #booksky #writingcommunity 1772328835573
Reposted by mdliakosMark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Something spicy & delicious as a taco has gotten under Trumplestiltkin's thin tangerine skin. Seems the master of mean, juvenile nicknames can dish them out but when directed towards him, he can't take it, angrily calling it "nasty."🤣 Good to know. (you know what to do!) 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮🌮 🌮 2264345588435
Reposted by mdliakosDillyDillier @dillydillier.bsky.social · 28/05/2025#GulfofMexico #NotGulfofAmerica #FUDJTFelon45/47 #NoIntelligence #FUMAGABitches 23997361
Reposted by mdliakosCongresswoman Jasmine Crockett @crockett.house.gov · 22/05/2025I voted NO on their “big, beautiful” bill because it will strip health care from 14 million Americans—including nearly 130,000 people in my district who rely on Medicaid. 805235684497
Reposted by mdliakosNick Kodama 🌳👻 @nickkodama.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Not many people know this, but the song 8675309 is actually threatening people who live in the zip code 75309 747173362854
Reposted by mdliakosMia Farrow @miafarrow.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Climate crisis means that now, in parts of Africa the rains rarely fall & crops fail.. USAid was supplying rice,,squash & life saving nutrients for babies. Today, the worlds poorest children are dying. . 57939285
Reposted by mdliakos#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Rise up! Let's remember how our ancestors smashed injustice this May Day twp.ai/4im58Ttwp.aiwww.rawstory.comRise up! Let's remember how our ancestors smashed injustice this May Day 03511
Reposted by mdliakos#TuckFrump @realtuckfrumper.bsky.social · 30/04/2025The Best New TV Shows of April 2025 twp.ai/4im7jTtwp.aitime.comThe Best New TV Shows of April 2025 061
Reposted by mdliakosEdward Wong @ewong.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Pete Marocco, the divisive State Dept. appointee who worked with Musk and Rubio to gut foreign aid and USAID, has left the department. There had been tensions between him and other senior officials. He’ll likely work in another agency under Trump. Story: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/u...nytimes.comPete Marocco, Who Helped Gut Foreign Aid for Trump, Leaves State DepartmentPete Marocco oversaw the cutting of thousands of contracts at U.S.A.I.D. and the firing of most of its roughly 10,000 workers. Aid agency employees have accused him of mismanagement. 57923
Reposted by mdliakosAnna Bower @annabower.bsky.social · 03/04/2025Wow who could’ve guessed that this would happen It’s almost as if USAID was a pillar of American soft power and influence in the world It’s almost as if it was entirely predictable that America’s adversaries would work to fill the void left by USAID’s destruction 922343079229
Reposted by mdliakosMother Jones @motherjones.com · 03/04/2025While international aid rushes to help Myanmar in the wake of a 7.7 magnitude earthquake, the US is nowhere to be seen. Chris Milligan, former director of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) mission in Myanmar, spoke about how inadequate the United States response is. 34340140
Reposted by mdliakosAnneE @anneebme.bsky.social · 31/03/2025This is one fugly white boy!!! 17239441145
Reposted by mdliakosSophie @anxi0usvirgo.bsky.social · 24/03/2025I am truly terrified for Hamdan. If you don’t know who Hamdan Ballal is, he is the director of No Other Land and he and Yuval both won the Oscar for Best Documentary this year 368122004267
Reposted by mdliakosKyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Despite Elon Musk's claim that the foreign aid freeze hasn't killed anyone yet, Nick Kristof finds ample evidence to the contrary. In South Sudan, HIV-positive mothers and children who lost access to lifesaving drugs have died. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...nytimes.comOpinion | Musk Said No One Has Died Since Aid Was Cut. That Isn’t True.A journey through the front lines of global poverty shows that when the world’s richest men slash aid for the world’s poorest children, the result is sickness, starvation and death. 631323570
Reposted by mdliakosThe Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 05/03/2025Breaking news: A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday denied the Trump administration’s request to block a lower court order on foreign aid funding, saying the U.S. Agency for International Development must restart payments.wapo.stDivided Supreme Court says judge can force USAID to pay foreign aidThe Trump administration asked the Supreme Court to halt a judge’s order to restart nearly $2 billion in USAID payments for work that has already been done. 3452191
Reposted by mdliakosThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/03/2025Breaking News: The Supreme Court rejected President Trump’s bid to freeze foreign aid payments, which were seen as a prime target for his plan to cut spending. Follow live updates.nytimes.comTrump Live Updates: Supreme Court Denies Bid to Freeze Nearly $2 Billion in Foreign Aid 691360236
