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Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOGE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOGE</span></a> wants businesses to run <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/government" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>government</span></a> services ‘as much as possible’<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a>’s effort is pushing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/privatization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>privatization</span></a> — a longtime goal for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> &amp; for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SiliconValley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SiliconValley</span></a> alike — across <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mail</span></a> delivery. Federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RealEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RealEstate</span></a>. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> grants. The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin is moving to privatize a sweeping number of govt functions &amp; assets….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RichGetRicher" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RichGetRicher</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Plutocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Plutocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corporations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Corporations</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/30/doge-privatize-government-usps-trump/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">washingtonpost.com/technology/</span><span class="invisible">2025/03/30/doge-privatize-government-usps-trump/</span></a></p>
Stakeholders SGV<p>The <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> was added to the CIVICUS Monitor <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Watchlist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Watchlist</span></a> due to concerns about declining <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a>, particularly under the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CIVICUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIVICUS</span></a>, a global alliance of civil society groups, cited actions such as: cuts to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a>; crackdowns on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> initiatives; attempts to restrict <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MediaFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaFreedom</span></a> or the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a>; and threats to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a>. The <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> has rejected this assessment, asserting that President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in history. </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Watchlist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Watchlist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://time.com/7266334/us-h" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">time.com/7266334/us-h</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
David Zappelli<p>The <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> was added to the CIVICUS Monitor <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Watchlist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Watchlist</span></a> due to concerns about declining <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CivilLiberties" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CivilLiberties</span></a>, particularly under the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Administration. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CIVICUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIVICUS</span></a>, a global alliance of civil society groups, cited actions such as: cuts to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a>; crackdowns on <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/diversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>diversity</span></a> initiatives; attempts to restrict <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MediaFreedom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MediaFreedom</span></a> or the <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/FreePress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FreePress</span></a>; and threats to <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/dissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dissent</span></a>. The <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a> has rejected this assessment, asserting that President Trump is leading the most transparent administration in history. </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Watchlist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Watchlist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/DEI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEI</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://time.com/7266334/us-human-rights-watchlist-civil-liberties/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">time.com/7266334/us-human-righ</span><span class="invisible">ts-watchlist-civil-liberties/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The "majority view" in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> sees some of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s moves as an "own goal"</p><p>Da asserts that most Chinese people he talks w/viewed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> agency, as one of America's strengths, improving its image &amp; influence in the developing world. Virtually eliminating the agency was "in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s interest."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>For John Green, It’s Tuberculosis All the Way Down <a href="https://www.inbella.com/971634/for-john-green-its-tuberculosis-all-the-way-down/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/971634/for-john-gr</span><span class="invisible">een-its-tuberculosis-all-the-way-down/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/antibiotics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>antibiotics</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/bacteria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bacteria</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/BooksAndLiterature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BooksAndLiterature</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DiseaseRates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DiseaseRates</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DrugResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DrugResistance</span></a>(Microbial) <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Drugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Drugs</span></a>(Pharmaceuticals) <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EntertainmentNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EntertainmentNews</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Epidemics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Epidemics</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/green" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>green</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/John" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>John</span></a>(1977) <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Kisumu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kisumu</span></a>(Kenya) <a href="https://channels.im/tags/koch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>koch</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/MedicineAndHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicineAndHealth</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/POVERTY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>POVERTY</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Robert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Robert</span></a>(18431910) <a href="https://channels.im/tags/SierraLeone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SierraLeone</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/TheFaultInOurStars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheFaultInOurStars</span></a>(Book) <a href="https://channels.im/tags/tuberculosis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tuberculosis</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/VaccinationAndImmunization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaccinationAndImmunization</span></a></p>
Europe Says<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/1946231/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/1946231/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AvianInfluenza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AvianInfluenza</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DevelopingCountries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DevelopingCountries</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/gavi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gavi</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MedicineAndHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MedicineAndHealth</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PoliticsAndGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliticsAndGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TheVaccineAlliance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheVaccineAlliance</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesAgencyForInternationalDevelopment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesAgencyForInternationalDevelopment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesOfAmerica</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USNews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/USANews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USANews</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/VaccinationAndImmunization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VaccinationAndImmunization</span></a></p>
Headlines Africa<p>Africa: Foreign Aid Cuts Could Mean 10 Million More HIV Infections By 2030 - and Almost 3 Million Extra Deaths: [The Conversation Africa] In January, the Trump administration ordered a broad pause on all US funding for foreign aid. <a href="http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJmwdy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://</span><span class="ellipsis">newsfeed.facilit8.network/TJmw</span><span class="invisible">dy</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Africa</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/HIVAwareness" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HIVAwareness</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://journa.host/tags/Healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Healthcare</span></a></p>
zephry<p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-5341322/greenland-trump-vance-dog-sled-race" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/26/nx-s1-53413</span><span class="invisible">22/greenland-trump-vance-dog-sled-race</span></a></p><p>As U.S. foreign aid grants get slashed, Greenland gets money for a dog race</p><p>"The United States, through our Consulate in Nuuk, sponsored the transport of all dogs, sleds, and racers to and from 10 cities and towns around Greenland for the race," a State Department spokesman told NPR in a statement. </p><p>At the same time, the Trump administration has made cuts to grants for USAID programs around the world and also frozen funding for Fulbright scholars.</p><p><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/foreignaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreignaid</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greenland</span></a></p>
Charlie McHenry<p>NY Times - <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> Trump Administration to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries…<br>A document obtained by The Times shows the extraordinary scale and reach of the slashed spending at U.S.A.I.D. Support for efforts to combat malaria, one of the biggest killers globally, will also be significantly scaled back. <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/ForeignPolicy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignPolicy</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <a href="https://connectop.us/tags/Vaccines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccines</span></a></p>
JB aka J Lee<p>Major <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/layoffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>layoffs</span></a> hit DC nonprofits Save the Children and IREX amid deep cuts to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> funding. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foreignaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreignaid</span></a> <a href="https://buff.ly/Xa8pBH5" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">buff.ly/Xa8pBH5</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>🤬 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> to End <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Vaccine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Vaccine</span></a> Funding for Poor Countries</p><p>A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by NYT lists the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s plans for thousands of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> programs.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GAVI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GAVI</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TheCrueltyIsThePoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TheCrueltyIsThePoint</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/health/usaid-cuts-gavi-bird-flu.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=0B1E1CC6-D21C-41FD-BBF7-6EF340A550AA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/26/health/</span><span class="invisible">usaid-cuts-gavi-bird-flu.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare&amp;sgrp=p&amp;pvid=0B1E1CC6-D21C-41FD-BBF7-6EF340A550AA</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Budget looks to dampen ‘the Trump effect’ on Pacific, South-East Asia aid<br>By Stephen Dziedzic</p><p>The federal government is quietly reshaping its overseas development program as the Pacific and South-East Asia grapple with the prospect of sweeping cuts to US aid.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/federal-budget-foreign-aid-spending/105095584" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-26/fed</span><span class="invisible">eral-budget-foreign-aid-spending/105095584</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ForeignAffairs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAffairs</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/GovernmentandPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentandPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/Budget" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Budget</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/StephenDziedzic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StephenDziedzic</span></a></p>
DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Maine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Maine</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorJanetMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorJanetMills</span></a> fires back after <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s demand for 'full throated apology'</p><p>by Randy Billings, Mon, March 24, 2025</p><p>Mar. 24—"Maine Gov. Janet Mills on Monday brushed off President Donald <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s weekend demand that she issue a 'full throated apology' for publicly challenging him during a White House event last month.</p><p>"The governor responded to Trump's social media post while at a public event in Bangor. But it was not an apology.</p><p>"Mills contested Trump's claims that he wants to protect women through his executive order barring <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransgenderAthletes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransgenderAthletes</span></a> from women's sports, pointing out that women in the United States and around the world will be hurt by his moves to eliminate <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a>, attack <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSecurity</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Medicaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Medicaid</span></a>, and impose <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/tariffs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tariffs</span></a> that will spark <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TradeWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TradeWars</span></a> and drive up consumer prices.</p><p>"'If the current occupant of the White House wants to protect women and girls, he should start by protecting the women and teenage girls who are suffering <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/miscarriages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>miscarriages</span></a> and dying because they can't get basic, life-saving health care in states across this country,' Mills said, according to the Bangor Daily News. 'If he truly cares about women and girls and people of this country, let's see the economic plan. Let's see the health care plan. Let's see the education plan.'</p><p>"Mills, who was in Bangor celebrating the purchase of a mobile home park by its residents under a new state law, added that 'if he cares about women and girls, he should talk about the little girls and boys and infants in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sudan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sudan</span></a> and other countries who are dying right now because he has cut off their supply of food and life-saving medicines.'"</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.yahoo.com/news/gov-mills-fires-back-trumps-224700049.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">yahoo.com/news/gov-mills-fires</span><span class="invisible">-back-trumps-224700049.html</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpIsABully" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpIsABully</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResists</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MaineResistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MaineResistance</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SeeYouInCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeeYouInCourt</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProtectTransYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProtectTransYouth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FuckTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FuckTrump</span></a> <br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TransRightsAreHumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRightsAreHumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ProBirth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProBirth</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WomensHealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WomensHealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GirlsHealthCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GirlsHealthCare</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GovernorMills" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernorMills</span></a></p>
Jason Yip<p>How much <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> is spent domestically rather than overseas? <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid-domestic-overseas" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ourworldindata.org/foreign-aid</span><span class="invisible">-domestic-overseas</span></a></p>
IT News<p>Trump Leads a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation in Second Term - President Trump’s first four years in the White House were filled with falsehoods. Now he... - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/24/business/trump-misinformation-false-claims.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/24/busines</span><span class="invisible">s/trump-misinformation-false-claims.html</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatespoliticsandgovernment</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ethicsandofficialmisconduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethicsandofficialmisconduct</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/presidentialelectionof2024" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>presidentialelectionof2024</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/conservatism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservatism</span></a>(uspolitics) <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rumorsandmisinformation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rumorsandmisinformation</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/rollinsbrooke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rollinsbrooke</span></a>(1972-) <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/kennedyrobertfjr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kennedyrobertfjr</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/leavittkaroline" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>leavittkaroline</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/trumpdonaldj" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trumpdonaldj</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/foreignaid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>foreignaid</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/muskelon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>muskelon</span></a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/condoms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>condoms</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>Russian airstrike on Ukrainian city of Sumy injures 74, including children</p><p>The attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy came as US and Russian negotiators were meeting in Saudi Arabia to discuss a proposed partial ceasefire.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-25/russian-missile-strike-hits-hospital-injures-74-in-ukraine/105091548" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-25/rus</span><span class="invisible">sian-missile-strike-hits-hospital-injures-74-in-ukraine/105091548</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/UnrestConflictandWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnrestConflictandWar</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/WorldPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/TerritorialDisputes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TerritorialDisputes</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/GovernmentandPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GovernmentandPolitics</span></a></p>
ABC Feeds<p>US allies in Europe want answers over unspent USAID money</p><p>Sweden, Norway and the Netherlands have contact US officials asking for their unspent contributions to USAID — a program Donald Trump has halted — to be refunded.</p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/americas-european-allies-want-unspent-usaid-money-back/105088146" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">abc.net.au/news/2025-03-24/ame</span><span class="invisible">ricas-european-allies-want-unspent-usaid-money-back/105088146</span></a></p><p><a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/WorldPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://rssfeed.media/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Foreign Aid Cuts Threaten Demining Efforts After Israel-Hezbollah War <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/851712/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/851712/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Conflicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conflicts</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FpWeekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FpWeekend</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Hezbollah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hezbollah</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/homepage_regional_middle_east_africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>homepage_regional_middle_east_africa</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Lebanon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lebanon</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/War" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>War</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Weapons</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin plans to overhaul the structure of how the US distributes billions of dollars of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a>, acc/to an internal memo that calls for funding fewer areas that it views as better aligned w/[Trump’s]…geopolitical interests.</p><p>The proposal,…comes during a push by Trump &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/billionaire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>billionaire</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> to *shrink* [destroy] the federal govt, which they say misuses taxpayer money for causes that do not advance *US* [their] interests.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> #<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geopolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAID" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAID</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SoftPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SoftPower</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-officials-propose-plan-revamping-us-foreign-aid-memo-says-2025-03-20/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/trump-off</span><span class="invisible">icials-propose-plan-revamping-us-foreign-aid-memo-says-2025-03-20/</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Trump Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/845559/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/845559/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ChildrenAndChildhood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChildrenAndChildhood</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DataStorage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataStorage</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/DonaldJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldJ</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EUROPOL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EUROPOL</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/FederalAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAid</span></a>(US) <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ForeignAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignAid</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/InternationalCriminalCourt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InternationalCriminalCourt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Marco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Marco</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStatesPoliticsAndGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/YaleUniversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YaleUniversity</span></a></p>