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"When you know better you do better, so seek to know more...." Former USAID, RPCV

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Lauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts
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Jim Acosta @jimacosta.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
BREAKING: The Epstein survivors are releasing this ad on this Super Bowl Sunday to send the message that they will not “move on” from the largest sex trafficking scandal in the world. #standwithsurvivors
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
please watch:
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 04/02/2026
Heads are going to explode 💥 Cato Institute just nuked the lie. Immigrants have cut U.S. deficits by $14.5 TRILLION since 1994, slashing the national debt by a third. All that “immigrants are bleeding us dry” noise? Absolute bullshit. 1/3
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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 24/01/2026
Rachel Sayre compares what's happening in Minneapolis to what she saw in conflict zones working for USAID. Listen to her. #resist #altfam
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KNinja @khrisnin.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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Social Security Works @socialsecurityworks.org · 31/10/2025
Sen. Van Hollen: They're intentionally trying to impose pain so that we won't keep up the fight for healthcare.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 19/10/2025
This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/10/2025
“Millions of Americans are coming out today not because they hate America. We’re here because we love America.” #NoKings
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 18/10/2025
After a week of ridiculous Republican smears and Trump claiming that “very few people are going to be there,” you just made history. #NoKings
(around an image of the No Kings logo) IT’S OFFICIAL

Nearly 7 million people have attended today's peaceful protests, which makes No Kings Day the biggest single-day protest against tyranny in American history!

With more than 2,700 lawful and peaceful protests across all 50 states, No Kings Day was 14 times larger than both of Trump's presidential inaugurations (combined).
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 15/10/2025
NEW: After over two hours of oral argument in a high-stakes Louisiana redistricting case, the Supreme Court seems ready to scrap fair elections and hand red states the power to freely draw electoral maps that eviscerate the political power of minority voters.
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SCOTUS Seems Ready to Scrap Fair Elections, Greenlight Racial Discrimination and Hand House Control to GOP
Read more here.
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Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Nearly 10% of humanity (~800M people in 2025) struggles to live on less than $3 a day. It’s important for Americans to appreciate that reality — and the growing gap between the extremely poor & the extremely privileged — because, as USAID demonstrated, our nation has the power to change it. 🧵 1/8
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What Extreme Poverty Looks Like
Ten percent of humanity struggles to live on under $2 a day. That, and the gap between the extremely poor and the more privileged, is important to see.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Ossoff: He never should have been confirmed by the senate and he needs to resign. It is one thing to be a skeptic or a reformer. It is quite another to be a fool…
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steadyasaturtle.bsky.social @steadyasaturtle.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Please call you senators right now and tell them to vote 'no' on the rescission package! 5calls.org makes it easy
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 14/07/2025
Trump destroyed 60 years of American generosity— aid that fed families, kept girls in school, saved 26 million from AIDS, and now puts 14 million lives at risk. He wants your tax dollars for raids, cages and terrorizing our communities. If you mean it, don’t just like it. Repost it!
A digital advocacy poster with a dark blue background and bold white and red text. At the top, it reads: “STOP THE RESCISSION” and “Defend American foreign aid.” The poster is divided into three sections. The first section, titled “WHAT’S AT RISK,” lists: “Over $6 billion in cuts,” “USAID dismantled,” and “Programs that prevent child trafficking, hunger, and forced migration.” The second section, titled “WHAT FILLS THE VACUUM,” lists: “DHS enforcement operations,” “Forced removals,” “Surveillance of immigrant communities,” and “Privatized detention systems.” The final section urges: “Call your Senator now – 202-224-3121 – Tell them: Vote NO on the rescission.” The tone is urgent and civic-minded, calling attention to the moral consequences of U.S. foreign aid cuts.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 12/07/2025
“It is up to all of us to fix this.”
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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 10/07/2025
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Erica Chenoweth @chenoweth.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@djpressman@bsky.social, Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
A line chart with a blue line showing a large growth of protest events from Jan 20 - May 31, 2025, and a green line showing the relatively modest growth of protest events during the same period in 2017.
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Informed Citizens @johnrwilder.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Yikes
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steadyasaturtle.bsky.social @steadyasaturtle.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
This is so important! @5calls.org please update your scripts to include this!
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
20,000 in ruby red Utah on their feet, in community, and ready to organize for a better world. A better world is possible.
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Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 06/04/2025
Yesterday, we sent a historically big message to Trump, Musk, and the GOP — and we also sent a signal to all those who agree with us but have spent the last few months feeling shaken, hopeless, and afraid. #handsoff
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Democrats @democrats.org · 05/04/2025
Massive #HandsOff rallies across the country 🔥🔥🔥
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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 29/03/2025
THANKS dear colleagues at USAID Stop Work, Friends of USAID and all those contributing stories, data and analysis to continue to track impact of the Trump/Musk war on humanity. We will need all of your skills once we bring them to justice for their crimes. 12/END 🧵 www.usaidstopwork.com/globalimpact
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Global Impact — USAIDStopWork
How to make the most of the upcoming Congressional recess! Mark your calendars: your representatives will be in town February 17th - 21st, 2025. Ensure your representative knows that reinstating USAID...
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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 29/03/2025
Programs promised waivers were terminated. We are grateful to our friends at @cgdev.org for actually doing some quick math on the LONG LIST of terminated programs and providing a summary of the damage 5/ www.cgdev.org/blog/usaid-c...
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USAID Cuts: New Estimates at the Country Level
Last week, we published an estimate of cuts to USAID programs at the sectoral level based on two leaked documents covering cancelled and retained awards. Since then, a new version of the terminated an...
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 29/03/2025
WE HAVE POWER This was a hell of a moment to witness. You could see the shift—the moment this constituent realized her voice had power. She spoke louder, stood taller, and owned that room. 🔥 Republican Rep Victoria Spartz’s SignalGate response did not land well with the crowd.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Fixed
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Adrienne LaFrance @adriennelaf.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
And here’s a gift link to @jeffreygoldberg.bsky.social and @shaneharris.bsky.social's latest for those who don’t subscribe. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...
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Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump’s Advisers Shared on Signal
The administration has downplayed the importance of the text messages inadvertently sent to The Atlantic’s editor in chief.
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
FACT: Trump has fired more veterans than any President in American history 👇 Read more here: bit.ly/4c1O0rp #TraitorTrump
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
All you need to know about Twitter
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steadyasaturtle.bsky.social @steadyasaturtle.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Let's go, Wisconsin!! #voteblue
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Alt USAID/ USAID Forever @altusaid.altgov.info · 23/03/2025
Get the word out. We're going to the hill on Thursday--meeting at 9:30 am in the Hart Senate Office Building Atrium. USAID staff, partners, and foreign aid supporters welcome!
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The Democratic Coalition @thedemcoalition.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
No lies detected from Jasmine Crockett 👇 #TrumpCrimeFamily
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Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered a stop to mass firings in federal agencies (except Pentagon, OPM and NARA) saying the so-called “reductions in force (RIFs)” broke the law. “Employees purportedly terminated … are returned to government employ.” storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up. Tomorrow is the cloture vote. KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️ Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill. Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
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steadyasaturtle.bsky.social @steadyasaturtle.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I continue to be so incredibly proud of my USAID colleagues! Meetings with Congress matters. Calling your reps matters! #Saveforeignaid
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steadyasaturtle.bsky.social @steadyasaturtle.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Great explanation!
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Mark Cuban @mcuban.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Yes
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Kara Swisher @karaswisher.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Ok that made me laugh
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steadyasaturtle.bsky.social @steadyasaturtle.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Dear Secretary Rubio: You Are Right, Foreign Assistance Works. Please Resume It. url:https://www.cgdev.org/blog/dear-secretary-rubio-you-are-right-foreign-assistance-works-please-resume-it
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world. Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
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