Pope Leo XIV could save millions of lives if he just tells Trump to restore USAID.

Will it happen?

Would he listen?

This is a sad story - and it also a case for why we need to invest in expert and adequate staffing to do oversight of our funds - the rapid slash and burn cuts to USAID and international assistance have made it more likely that funds could be misspent, as they have decimated those capacities.

🙏@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com for your segment just now on the stunning cruelty of the demolition of USAID and U.S. foreign assistance programs and how it is killing millions. We need more air time on this story and how much hurt it is causing to poor people around the 🌎 AND to America!

Thank you @billgates.com for everything you've done to save + improve the lives and opportunities for the world's poorest people over the past 25 years and what you will do with your wealth over the next 20. We need others to follow your lead, and to build the political will through advocacy.

No mother or child should die from a preventable cause. No generation should live in fear of deadly infectious diseases. And no one should be denied the chance to thrive because of where they were born. gatesnot.es/4m5pSc3

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taking their knowledge to other countries (including China!) that will greet them with open arms to challenge US supremacy in science.

The losers? Americans.

Congress can stop this by doing its job. Share this article widely. Urge people to tell Congress to stop the hemorrhaging.

dangerous health guidance being promoted over scientifically proven medical countermeasures; and bright minds leaving or never entering the public health or biomedical research fields,

And/or...

Rather, we will see millions more will die in the coming years because of: outbreaks for which we were not prepared and did not stop; cutting edge research that didn’t happen; federal, state and local public health agencies that are broken;

RFK Jr, Elon Musk, DOGE, and their minions and ideologues are racing to erase the talent, know-how, and govt capacity that enabled us to develop highly effective COVID vaccines in record time that saved millions of lives.

🙏🙏 @citizencohn.bsky.com @TheBulwark.com for laying bare the rapid dismantling of US public health, medical research, and pandemic preparedness. This is the REVERSE Operation Warp Speed...

48 YEARS AGO TODAY on April 09, 1977, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

How will the deep cuts at the Centers for Disease Control affect global programs? The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who provided exclusive details.

JUST IN: The U.S. agency has not released information on what global programs were cut this week. NPR spoke to current employees who provided exclusive details.

1) Fox News is for real not showing stock-market ticker during this week's collapse.

2) Its economic news is "strong jobs report."

3) Every time I've checked in today, the coverage has been "illegal immigrants committing new crimes."

This is state propaganda, on a par with North Korea or PRC.

WHAT THE F**K!

Opinion | Hillary Clinton: This Is Just Dumb The Signal group chat is only the latest in a string of self-inflicted wounds by the new administration.

@HillaryClinton is precisely right

Smart power is good for 🇺🇸and the 🌍 - eviscerating US aid only helps our rivals

#SaferStronger

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/28/o...

From 2010 to 2016 (latest data I have ), NIH research contributed to EVERY drug approved by the FDA

The U.S.'s hospital bed shortage is in danger of reaching a 'critical threshold' There is a shortage of beds in hospitals across the United States. NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with doctor Arjun Venkatesh of Yale School about it.

The United States hcare system is already faltering. It can not handle the next Pandemic, but will collapse.

www.npr.org/2025/03/16/n...

WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health Breaking: The WHO issued its starkest warning yet on the consequences of the abrupt cessation of U.S. global health funding, saying it is threatening to reverse years of progress worldwide.

US cuts to aid is violent and far from humane

WHO issues starkest warning yet on fallout from U.S. withdrawal of aid for global health www.statnews.com/2025/03/17/w... via @statnews.com

These Canadians are canceling U.S. trips as Trump sours relations

Inportant story from @npr.org but they buried the lede: This turnaround in Louisiana happened "With COVID relief funds and a grant from the federal government"

This is what the federal government is supposed to do: help people in need. Not billionaires.

A mural of Tony Fauci was meant to inspire staff. Then NIH took it down. Five years after the coronavirus pandemic began, Trump officials continue to blame Fauci for missteps — and are minimizing his presence on his old campus.

More excellent reporting from @ddiamond.bsky.social on the despicable decision to remove Tony Fauci's mural at NIH and ban his speech.

Dr Fauci will always be an American hero. Who is with me?

www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/03/15/mural-tony-fauci-was-meant-inspire-staff-then-nih-it-down/

This is exactly what I have been saying for a while now. At this point, it’s not left vs right that matters, but fighters vs non-fighters. The Dems, and the American people, need fighters.

Public Health Survived the Pandemic. Now It Fights Politics. Five years after the pandemic began, many local health officials say that the politicization of Covid has left them with fewer tools and fresh challenges.

The cycle of panic and neglect.

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/13/u...

This!

Keep this up please - we need to push out more examples like this!