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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 5h

This fail was fun to watch, but how many times have they gotten away with this? Right-wing lies led to the illegal dismantling of USAID. Now we fight back. We are USAID employees going to court to save our agency and hold DOGE accountable. We need your help- www.usaidemployeefund.org

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 5h

Careless right-wing lies led to the dismantling of USAID and untold damage around the world. We are former AID employees fighting in court to save AID and hold DOGE accountable but we are up against unlimited resources. Please support our fight- www.usaidemployeefund.org

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

💓 The same day she heard her baby's heartbeat, a USAID officer in Mozambique learned she was losing her job after 10 years. Our newest testimonial follows her through IVF, unemployment, and the birth of a daughter she named for life. 🌱🧵

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Billionaires didn’t like us helping poor people so they shut us down. But now we’re fighting back. In court.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Friends, we are here, this is the real deal! Discovery has begun in two of our three cases challenging the separation of USAID's career workforce and the overall dismantling of USAID that has caused so much pain all over the world...

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

🏛️ USAID still exists in law. Congress never repealed the 1998 statute. Our cases seek reinstatement of its career staff, a remedy federal law allows. The foreign aid reform debate matters, and it should start from a restored agency.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

USAID fought against the autocrat's handbook for years around the world. Now we're doing it at home. Please join our legal fight to hold DOGE accountable for the damage it caused (and continues to cause)- www.usaidemployeefund.org @karaswisher.bsky.social @profgalloway.com

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

"This isn't about losing a job...It's about losing a life." That's how Ambassador Samantha Power, USAID's last Administrator, closed our September 9 panel on federal workforce changes. She talked about the real numbers behind separation:

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

USAID fought against the authoritarian playbook for years around the world. Now we're doing it at home. Please join our legal fight to hold DOGE accountable for the damage it caused (and continues to cause)- www.usaidemployeefund.org

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Democratic Activists @democratswin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

@usaidesf.bsky.social When DOGE gutted USAID, it included slashing an estimated $329 million in humanitarian aid to Nepal. Stuti Basnyet, who served as the acting program office director for USAID in Nepal since 2024, remembers the months following the cuts. fortune.com/2026/09/20/e...

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Elon Musk’s DOGE swiped $329 million in humanitarian funding from Nepal, leaving a Gen Z tech revolution to transform the budding country’s economy | Fortune

After the Trump administration gutted USAID, Nepal’s private sector has stepped up to energize its young workforce and strengthen its financial independence.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

We are former USAID civil servants and foreign service officers. DOGE did fire us. Now we are fighting to hold DOGE accountable for the horrendous damage it has caused.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

USAID was always there to buy their surplus grain.

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Joshua Foust 🪖🎮 @joshuafoust.com · 16/09/2026

This is basically USAID’s entire annual budget (with some wiggle room and depending on the year). Just a quick reminder that this administration and it’s centi-billionaire sponsor sentenced millions of people to die for absolutely no financial reason, just stupidity and malice.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Here's your reminder that the global network of autocrats hated USAID because we were a constant thorn in their side, supporting the brave democracy and human rights advocates that fought back against them-

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

New @chrislhayes.bsky.social podcast- 29:15: “We are in this era of rapid destabilization of the systems that support life and they’re inheriting all of these crises. It means that a huge amount of death can happen in a less active way...”

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Eighteen years of USAID service. One performance grade from a pension for life. Then 97% of the agency went on leave, and by July 1, it was gone.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A) Autocrats worldwide depend on corruption to maintain their power. B) USAID was highly focused on helping partner governments and civil society groups prevent, detect, and investigate corruption. C) Dismantling USAID was a key objective of the international autocrat network. A + B = C

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 13/09/2026

USAID’s Elimu ni Jibu project (2020–2025) provided tailored education, child protection, and economic support in the DRC. Why it mattered: It restored safe learning, emotional resilience, and stability for 200,000+ youth and 6,000 teachers facing decades of conflict and health crises.

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Elimu ni Jibu project: Social emotional learning workshop

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Many thanks to Bloomberg for producing this video taking a close look at that consequences of the USAID shutdown on one community in Kenya- youtu.be/VbnoIf7aknM?...

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The Hidden Cost of Trump's USAID Cuts | Bloomberg Investigates

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

"Soft power suicide" The video of Wednesday's event featuring Representative Jamie Raskin (@raskin.house.gov skin.house.gov), former US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power, former USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios, and experts on employment law is now online...

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Today we remember the many lives lost and many more impacted on September 11. On this day, one of our members was packing to leave on September 12 for his two year Peace Corps tour in Ukraine.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Why was USAID first? At our Sept 9 panel, legal and labor experts pointed to one theory: it was picked as a testing ground because the people affected live overseas and don't vote in U.S. elections. We break down what that theory reveals and why it didn't stay contained in our latest Substack:

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Dave Levitan @davelevitan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The USAID thing will eventually be talked about like a genocide

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Musk Never Once Cited an Actual Case of Fraud by USAID. Here's Why: usaidemployeesupportfund.substack.com/p/musk-never... "The handful of examples DOGE did cite, like the claim that USAID sent $100 million in condoms to Hamas in Gaza, were simply made up."

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This Labor Day we're thinking about the federal workers who gave their careers to public service and are now finding the legal paths to fair treatment narrower than they expected. This week's court filing argued that removing nearly everyone means no one was targeted. Scale as defense.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

@gilduran.com with @chrislhayes.bsky.social: "when you look at what Elon Musk did to USAID, cutting off paltry funding that was keeping millions of people alive, why would anyone believe that the Silicon Valley barons and oligarchs are going to take care of all of us when we can't afford anything...

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

On September 9, USAID ESF is co-hosting a virtual panel with the Alliance for American Leadership called “Who Protects the Worker? Federal Workforce Changes, Fair Treatment, and What They Could Mean for All Employees.” We could not be more excited to share the full, confirmed lineup with you-.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Ro Khanna - "Elon Musk wanted me arrested for saying DOGE’s cuts to USAID would cause tragic deaths around the world. Last week a flood in Nepal killed over 1,000. Another 4,500 are still missing. We now know, last year, DOGE cut a flood prevention and glacier collapse program in Nepal."

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The Last Mile with USAID @thelastmilewithusaid.substack.com · 02/09/2026

USAID 🇺🇸, its purpose, and its place in American history: the final chapter has not yet been written. It came from, and always will be from, the American people.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

We are excited to announce that former USAID Administrator and US Ambassador to the UN Samantha Power will deliver closing remarks for our upcoming September 9 virtual panel on federal worker due process and what it means for workers everywhere. Please register! www.usaidemployeefund.org/event

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Kevin was serving in Laos when USAID was dismantled. 48 hours to leave post. No real goodbyes. A disability support program he fought to save, cut anyway. His testimonial is up now.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Congressman Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov will deliver opening remarks at our September 9 panel on federal worker due process and what it means for workers everywhere. Moderated by former USAID Administrator Andrew Natsios.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

New episode of Civil Rights for Civil Servants is out. Kevin Byrnes and Lillian, a career USAID Foreign Service Officer, join to talk MSPB appeals and what the agency's dismantling looked like from an overseas post.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Shaun Southworth, founder of Southworth PC and co-host of the podcast Civil Rights for Civil Servants, has joined our September 9 panel on federal workforce due process, alongside moderator Andrew Natsios and panelist Kevin Byrnes.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

The Merit Systems Protection Board just edited its own regulations to erase every reference to jurisdiction it used to have over RIF, probationary, and suitability appeals. Not lost to another agency. Deleted by the board itself, on August 13.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

1/ Christina spent seventeen years working for USAID in Jamaica, Afghanistan, Colombia, Kosovo, and Mali, building the kind of systems that let a government actually work for its people.

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 14/08/2026

Despite U.S. government claims that “no one has died” as a result of its foreign aid cuts, the AP finds that more babies and pregnant women are dying in Nepal after the closure of programs aimed at saving their lives.

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USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying

The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

"One baby at a time, the world is marching toward a grim milestone: Because of global cuts to foreign aid, the Gates Foundation has predicted that 2025 will be the first year this century where child deaths will increase." apnews.com/article/usai...

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USAID fallout: In Nepal, when the aid workers stopped coming, the women and babies started dying

The Associated Press has found that the decision by the United States to slash its foreign aid funding last year has increased pregnancy complications and deaths in Nepal.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Save the date: Wednesday, Sept 9. We're co-hosting a virtual panel, "Who Protects the Worker?" with the Alliance for American Leadership. Moderated by Andrew Natsios, with panelist Kevin Byrnes. A conversation on fair treatment at work and what it means for all of us. 🧵

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

1/ Federal law says you cannot push someone out of their job because of their age. Our newest court filing argues that is exactly what happened to career USAID employees.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Starting September 2, federal employees appealing a layoff go to the same agency that laid them off. No independent board. No court after. Well over a thousand people told OPM not to do this. 99% opposed. They did it anyway.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

USAID's own Inspector General investigated a real fraud claim on the record. They found nothing. The "investigation" that justified the cuts was a keyword search, not an audit. 🔒 Read it (paid) 👇 open.substack.com/pub/usaidemp... #USAIDLives #StandWithUSAID

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Musk Never Once Cited an Actual Case of Fraud. Here's Why.

Musk’s fraud claim isn’t just unproven.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

No fraud. No evidence. No retraction. Musk built his entire case for dismantling USAID on fraud that was never proven. Our newest paid article breaks down exactly what happened, and what didn't.

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USAID Employee Support Fund @usaidesf.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

“I never imagined my career with USAID would end this way. Our work was and remains valuable." A decade of USAID service, ended by one abrupt email. New testimonial, live now. usaidemployeesupportfund.substack.com/p/betrayed-a...

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Betrayed: A Decade of Service, Ended Without Dignity

One Foreign Service Officer's story of Haiti, Kenya, Pakistan, and the email that ended it all

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