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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Weekly job loss report: - 171,610 global jobs gone - 18,923 American jobs gone These jobs saved lives and created livelihoods. They lifted the American economy and the global economy. Please join us in continuing to share the impact of these senseless cuts.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Community: we just published an interactive map to help folks visually understand the impact of the the USAID funding crisis. Please share!
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Incredibly grateful to the @devex.com team for their work here:
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The USAID awards the Trump administration killed — and kept
At the top of the list of terminations sent to Congress is a cut in funding to Gavi — an organization that purchases vaccines for millions of children across the world. An award to the Global Fund, on...
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
US funding for @gavi.org has held bipartisan support for years, because it is cost-effective and saves children’s lives. Please consider calling your reps/senators to urge full funding for this critical program.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Weekly Job Loss Update: - 166,580 global jobs lost (up 55,401 from last week) - 18,908 American jobs lost (up 3,312 from last week) These numbers continue to rise dramatically as critical, life-saving pieces of our ecosystem, dissolve due to lack of funding and uncertainty.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Quick #WorldTBDay retro: Before 2025: - 2.6m patients in India treated - 100,000 treated annually in Nigeria - TB related deaths cut by 50% in Vietnam Now: - 57% of TB funding terminated - 310,000 lives at immanent risk (pop. of Cincinnati) - 24 countries lost access to treatment & care
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
While we are focused primarily on accurately reporting the numbers, the people are our why. Here are a few.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
“Of the biggest USAID sectors, the hardest hit…are agriculture, maternal & child health, infrastructure, good governance, and pandemic preparedness.” @cgdev.org #WomensHistoryMonth #COVID19
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Devex @devex.com · 19/03/2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has named 27-year-old DOGE staffer Jeremy Lewin to top USAID post.
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Peter Marocco departs USAID, remains at State Department
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Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health @hsph.harvard.edu · 18/03/2025
In a recent interview with CNN, Harvard Chan School’s Mary T. Bassett (@fxbharvard.bsky.social) discussed recent public health headlines, including federal funding cuts to scientific research and global aid and the potential of another infectious disease pandemic.
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Federal funding cuts ‘will make us less safe,’ says expert | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
In an interview with CNN, Harvard Chan School’s Mary Bassett discussed recent public health headlines including federal funding cuts to scientific research and the potential of another infectious dise...
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Unfortunately coming in with a mid-week job loss number update, as our count has seen a dramatic rise this week. Globally we can confirm now that 140,179 jobs have been lost in spite of on-going legal challenges to the dismantling of USAID. www.usaidstopwork.com
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 18/03/2025
Breaking News: A judge found that Elon Musk’s effort to shutter USAID most likely violated the Constitution, and ordered its operations partially restored.
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Elon Musk’s Role in Dismantling USAID Likely Violated Constitution, Judge Finds
It appears to be the first time a federal judge has acted to constrain Elon Musk, a top adviser to President Trump. The judge also ordered agency functions be partially restored, though that relief co...
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
BREAKING: This story is developing and we will update here as we learn more.
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Judge finds DOGE's shutdown of USAID likely unconstitutional
U.S. District Judge Theodore Chuang ruled in favor of a group of more than two dozen unnamed former and current USAID employees and contractors.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
“But foreign aid is not charity. It is the United States’ insurance policy, protecting us from bird flu, ebola, violent terrorism, illegal migration and political instability.” Operating in high-risk spaces without insurance is just a wholly indefensible position.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
UPDATE: Our latest global job loss numbers are in & they have nearly doubled since our last update to 111,179. No warning, no transition plan. A life-saving sector gutted on a whim. You can find the rest of our updated trackers here:
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy, an essay by me adapted from my book Everything Is Tuberculosis. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Trump Is Ceding Ground to a Deadly Enemy
By retracting foreign aid, the president could make tuberculosis untreatable again.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
3.3m people dead in one year without just 5 of many USAID program areas. That’s roughly the population of Utah. This defunding is unconscionable. Cred: @nytimes.com graphics @nickkristof.bsky.social research
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Really appreciated this conversation with Matt Galloway of the CBC. We got to talk about tuberculosis, the implications of defunding USAID, and the future of the disease in a world where human health is not being prioritized. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
As we continue to gather data on the impact of foreign aid cuts at home, you can find our most current state-by-state info here: www.usaidstopwork.com/usaid-state-...
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
USAID Community: the House just passed a stop-gap funding measure that does not include critical foreign aid funding. Now is the time to call your Senators to tell them that restoring foreign aid is a voting issue for you. Here’s how:
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Engage Congress — 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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resultsorg.bsky.social @resultsorg.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
New video from @nytimes.com on the impacts of attacks on USAID for domestic manufacturers of critical food products that fight malnutrition globally. www.nytimes.com/video/us/pol...
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Video: Can This Georgia Factory Survive DOGE?
Fitzgerald, Ga., wanted to become the hunger-solution capital of the world — until the Trump administration took aim at U.S.A.I.D.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
“Defendants are, as this motion is being filed, destroying documents with potential pertinence to this litigation.” Follow orders or follow the law? USAID workers caught in the crossfire yet again.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
USAID reach by the numbers: - basic medical care for 95 million people - education for 23 million children - $4.8 billion in economic growth Taking care of our people, taking care of our neighbors, leaving the world better than we found it. This is the best of America.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
“The president does not have “unbounded power” in the realm of foreign affairs, he stated, and because of that, the Trump administration must spend the money that’s already been appropriated by Congress.” @devex.com #USAID #USAIDStopWork
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Judge orders Trump to pay USAID partners, rejects 'unbounded' power
The order prohibits the government from “unlawfully impounding congressionally appropriated foreign aid funds."
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John Green @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
Very grateful to the TB Community Coordination Hub for finding ways to gather data even when funding for data-gathering has been canceled. This is critical reading, but to highlight one disaster: 29% of those surveyed have completely stopped initiating TB treatment. docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Survey Results Press Release (1).docx
US funding cuts drives mass layoffs of healthcare workers and TB Care services leading to heightening risk of transmission and development of drug resistance Abrupt funding cuts threaten to reverse a...
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
This space is changing so quickly, it’s helpful to have these snapshots to recap where we’re at. Thanks to our friends @devex.com for the visibility:
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
We agree that accountability and healthy review processes are important to ensuring we are spending our money wisely. This work, though, cannot put lives in jeopardy. Thank you to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee members who share this approach.
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Ranking Member Shaheen, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Democrats Statement on Meeting with USAID Acting Deputy Administrator Peter Marocco | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
WASHINGTON—Today, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Ranking Member of the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Chris Coons (D-DE), Tim Kaine...
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We’re calling on Congress to restore the Payne Fellowship. Perhaps now more than ever, America needs to train the next generation of diplomats. We know we will need them. #ForeignService @5calls.org #AmericaAbroad
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
We agree: America's compassion shouldn't be a casualty of budget cuts. Thank you @lisamurkowski.bsky.social for using speaking up. Share & tag your Senators/Reps to let them know USAID is a #VotingIssue for you. #USAID #ForeignPolicy #USAIDStopWork #SaveForeignAid
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
We’re seeing a great deal of both primary and secondary trauma in our community these days. Here to share resources like this to help us all be well and persist. #publichealth #globalhealth #mentalhealth #USAID
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
A helpful synopsis of the current USAID situation, which is - to put it mildly - dizzying. But, what we do know for sure, is that the pressure we are applying together is working. #USAID #USAIDStopWork #ForeignAid
devex.com
Supreme Court hands USAID partners a win
The U.S. Supreme Court's decision passed by a slim 5-4 margin, and the timeline for repaying funds owed for work prior to Feb. 13 remains unclear.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
When we invest abroad, America wins at home. Let's remind both sides of the aisle that they know this, and that it matters to the American people. #USAID #ForeignAid #NationalSecurity
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Excellent explainer on the impact of global education programs from our friends at Basic Education Coalition: #basiceducation #foreignaid
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How does foreign assistance put America first? — Basic Education Coalition
You've heard the ethical case for why the U.S. should remain a leader in foreign assistance. But did you know that cuts to foreign aid hurt us here at home too?
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Incredibly grateful this morning to everyone working on this case - many have risked their careers to do so. Now, it’s up to the lower courts to enforce.
cnn.com
Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request to keep billions in foreign aid frozen | CNN Politics
A divided Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s request to keep billions of dollars in foreign aid approved by Congress frozen.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
Our team discusses the human and economic impact of the stop work order with @cnn.com. Summary: American people, companies, cities and states are paying the price. #USAID #USAIDStopWork #AmericanJobs #NorthCarolina
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‘They are harming ordinary people:’ Trump’s funding cuts are starting to take a toll in North Carolina | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump’s efforts to drastically cut federal spending and slash the federal workforce are already having an impact in North Carolina.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
This is our team. This is why we exist: The fallout from the stop work order is human, and it is American. 28.9 billion dollars & over 13,000 American jobs: gone. @cnn.com #USAID #USAIDStopWork #AmericanJobs #Economy
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
After 5 weeks of courageous reporting, we've confirmed 13,604 American jobs & 57,502 global positions lost. These numbers continue to grow by the day & we need your help ensuring everyone is counted. Please continue to report job loss as a result of the USAID stop work order to usaidstopwork.com.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
5 critical, life-saving programs cut: - 4.5m women & children lose maternal & newborn care - 2.1m kids at risk of malaria this season - 40.3m people lose malaria treatment - Thousands of children lose critical nutrition @5calls.org @path.org @fhi360.bsky.social @jhpiego.org
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Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation @egpaf.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Late yesterday, we received award termination notices for three of our primary USAID agreements. Read our full statement. pedaids.org/press-releas...
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
“…understand that it is far more economical to send aid and development than to watch global regions descend into chaos and war and then have to deal with the consequences.” #USAID #USAIDStopWork #NationalSecurity
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I'm a veteran and I worked with USAID. It is essential to our national security. | Opinion
I joined the military and later USAID because I believed in the American spirit and knew we need both hard and soft power to protect our country.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Gutted. “They’ve devoted their professional lives to providing humanitarian aid on behalf of the United States.” @npr.org #USAID #USAIDStopWork
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USAID employees clear out their desks
YouTube video by NPR
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
400,000 boxes, $24m in lost income, 45m critically malnourished children, one #Georgia based peanut butter company. “Every one of those packets has printing on it that says, ‘From the American people. USAID.’” The lose-lose-lose of the #USAIDStopWork order. #USAID #FoodSecurity #AmericanBusiness
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Trump assault on USAID leaves plant that makes peanut butter for malnourished kids scrambling | CNN Politics
MANA Nutrition makes a special kind of peanut butter paste that many humanitarian aid workers are familiar with. It is fortified with milk and essential vitamins, packed with calories and sent to seve...
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
We started this work to shine a light on the impact of cutting our people & programs. In that process we are hearing so many stories of people being silenced & barred from sharing. Here is a secure space. Please contribute - our voices together ARE having an impact. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
"The most recent study on the benefits of all this kind of research for the U.S. is that for every dollar invested in these programs, $30 to $40 comes back to the U.S.," Tschirley said. #Michigan #USFarming #USAID #USAIDStopWork @michiganstateu.bsky.social
lansingstatejournal.com
Food research halted at MSU after Trump's USAID stop work order
Michigan State University is one of several schools where research has been halted in the wake of President Donald Trump's funding freeze for USAID.
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 16/02/2025
"USAID is worth every penny. I wish I could say the same for the Department of Defense, which spends money on a scale USAID could only dream of, and often with more waste." ICYMI Will Selber: www.thebulwark.com/p/usaid-kept...
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USAID Kept My Troops Safe in Afghanistan
If not for American aid, we would have faced more enemies and won fewer friends.
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
If you’re planning to engage your rep this week (please do!) here’s how much funding your state stands to lose:
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Your reps are home this week! Here’s a quick guide for how to have an impact: www.usaidstopwork.com/engagecongress
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Engage Congress — 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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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Contrary to Administration messaging, dismantling USAID is NOT in America’s best economic interest. Updated impact numbers from the Institute for Development Impact here: static1.squarespace.com/static/679bd...
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Excellent analysis: www.linkedin.com/posts/benjou...
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Ben Jourdan on LinkedIn: #usaid #dataanalysis #transparency #foreignaid | 13 comments
📊 USAID Grants & Contracts Attempted to be Terminated – Here’s the Data & Heat Map 🔥 I built an API that pulled award numbers and key details from… | 13 comments on LinkedIn
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USAID STOP-WORK @usaidstopwork.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It’s working! We just exceeded 75,000 signatures on our petition demanding a long-term solution that restores American jobs, upholds our global leadership, and ensures aid programs continue benefiting both recipients and the United States. Add your voice here: www.change.org/p/stop-the-u...
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Sign the Petition
Stop the USAID Stop Work Order – Protect Jobs, Security, and America’s Future
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