Max Mo
@maxmo1138.bsky.social
Enraged USAer, Emotive Teacher, Proudest Dad, Forgetful Hubby, Outraged Humanitarian
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DOGE fired (then rehired) nuclear workers
March 4, 2025 at 12:24 AM
DOGE fired (then rehired) nuclear workers
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@chrislockyear.msf.org speaking at #UnitedNations: While statements are made in this chamber, civilians remain unseen, unprotected, bombed, besieged, raped, displaced, deprived of food, of medical care, of dignity.
March 13, 2025 at 2:31 PM
@chrislockyear.msf.org speaking at #UnitedNations: While statements are made in this chamber, civilians remain unseen, unprotected, bombed, besieged, raped, displaced, deprived of food, of medical care, of dignity.
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The Trump administration is:
*breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress
*breaking the law by ignoring a court order
*lying about it
*killing people
*silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out
*breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress
*breaking the law by ignoring a court order
*lying about it
*killing people
*silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out
NEWS: The USAID official put on leave for disseminating two memos about Rubio's failure to push through life-saving foreign aid was in the process of writing a THIRD memo when fired. We obtained it. It's far more alarming than the first two.
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March 3, 2025 at 3:36 PM
The Trump administration is:
*breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress
*breaking the law by ignoring a court order
*lying about it
*killing people
*silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out
*breaking the law by not spending appropriated money from Congress
*breaking the law by ignoring a court order
*lying about it
*killing people
*silencing public employees who are pointing all of this out
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new this morning from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
FAA Officials Ordered Staff to Find Funding for Elon Musk's Starlink
After Trump and Musk gutted the Federal Aviation Administration, the agency directed staff to locate tens of millions of dollars for a Starlink deal.
www.rollingstone.com
March 2, 2025 at 1:54 PM
new this morning from @andrewperez.bsky.social and me www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
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An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
Georgia Nonprofit That Produces Life-Saving Food For Kids Has Federal Contract Cut
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
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February 28, 2025 at 10:49 PM
An estimated 300,000 children globally are expected to lose access to a nutrient-dense peanut butter that’s specially formulated to treat severe acute malnutrition.
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Welcome to the resistance, Mitch McConnell?
February 13, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Welcome to the resistance, Mitch McConnell?
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Must read investigative news report by
@tbij.bsky.social on snakebites and ineffective antivenom products being sold in Africa. Snakebite remains a neglected, poor man's disease and in the absence of right antivenoms, people continue to die. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@tbij.bsky.social on snakebites and ineffective antivenom products being sold in Africa. Snakebite remains a neglected, poor man's disease and in the absence of right antivenoms, people continue to die. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘It’s a cowboy show out there’: the deadly lottery of the snakebite antivenom industry
Investigation reveals ineffective products being sold across Africa, with poor regulation and shortage of effective medication leading to needless deaths
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Must read investigative news report by
@tbij.bsky.social on snakebites and ineffective antivenom products being sold in Africa. Snakebite remains a neglected, poor man's disease and in the absence of right antivenoms, people continue to die. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
@tbij.bsky.social on snakebites and ineffective antivenom products being sold in Africa. Snakebite remains a neglected, poor man's disease and in the absence of right antivenoms, people continue to die. www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Trump just suspended enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a key anti-bribery law signed by Carter in 1977. For 50 years, it stopped corporations from bribing foreign officials. Now, Trump is letting corruption run wild.
Trump Halts Enforcement of Foreign Bribery Law
Another victory for corrupt and unfettered capitalism under Donald Trump
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February 11, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Trump just suspended enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, a key anti-bribery law signed by Carter in 1977. For 50 years, it stopped corporations from bribing foreign officials. Now, Trump is letting corruption run wild.
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US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 7, 2025 at 3:35 PM
US farmers sold $2 billion of food to USAID. Not any more.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
- US farmers provided 41% of food delivered by USAID
- $340M of purchases/shipments are now paused. Over 680,000 tonnes.
- Food stranded in Houston
- Aid stopped in transit.
The world’s poor starving, food rotting & US farmers screwed.
A 2004 video from a nutrition center I helped run in Congo - a nurse exclaims "enjoy your meal!" the kids shout "thank you!" The people have been surviving war for 20+ years but now most aid has vanished. The war is fuelled by our thirst for Cobalt for batteries. I guess we don't care.
February 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
A 2004 video from a nutrition center I helped run in Congo - a nurse exclaims "enjoy your meal!" the kids shout "thank you!" The people have been surviving war for 20+ years but now most aid has vanished. The war is fuelled by our thirst for Cobalt for batteries. I guess we don't care.
This is what normal rational countries do www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
Sweden Plans Tighter Gun Laws After Orebro Mass Shooting
The changes would make it harder to access semiautomatic weapons, and enhance police and medical checks in license applications.
www.nytimes.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is what normal rational countries do www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/w...
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Many people are asking me if Elon Musk is stealing tax-payer money or using our private information to enrich himself?
I’m a Member of Congress on the committee for Government Oversight and I can’t tell you that he’s not. That’s a problem.
I’m a Member of Congress on the committee for Government Oversight and I can’t tell you that he’s not. That’s a problem.
February 5, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Many people are asking me if Elon Musk is stealing tax-payer money or using our private information to enrich himself?
I’m a Member of Congress on the committee for Government Oversight and I can’t tell you that he’s not. That’s a problem.
I’m a Member of Congress on the committee for Government Oversight and I can’t tell you that he’s not. That’s a problem.
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WATCH Senator Andy Kim call out Trump and Musk7
February 4, 2025 at 3:31 AM
WATCH Senator Andy Kim call out Trump and Musk7
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"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety."
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USAID employees overseas are no longer able to access their government security app, which gives them this error code (images provided to me by USAID worker)
February 3, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"At least 1,000 USAID staff have had our .gov accounts...deactivated and wiped overnight with no advance communications," USAID worker tells me. "This includes colleagues deployed in active war zones like Ukraine and Gaza who rely on USG technology for safety."
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Trump/Musk shutting down USAID puts us all at greater risk.
February 3, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Trump/Musk shutting down USAID puts us all at greater risk.
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This story says Musk’s team passed “the necessary background checks” and were “approved” to access millions of Americans’ private records including bank account information. Approved by whom? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
Warren Questions Bessent Over Musk Access to Treasury Payment System
In a letter to the Treasury secretary, the Democratic senator warned against meddling with a system that processes trillions of dollars of transactions.
www.nytimes.com
February 3, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This story says Musk’s team passed “the necessary background checks” and were “approved” to access millions of Americans’ private records including bank account information. Approved by whom? www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/u...
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Excellent thread on why Musk & co's takeover of key but arcane government systems is very worrisome.
1/ Musk seeking control over nerve systems of the federal government. As someone who spent a decade studying how centralized information systems are used for coercion this is a five alarm fire. We need to name it, identify risks, and seek to mitigate their impacts.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/u...
Elon Musk’s Team Now Has Access to Treasury’s Payments System
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent gave Mr. Musk’s representatives at the so-called Department of Government Efficiency a powerful tool to monitor and potentially limit government spending.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Excellent thread on why Musk & co's takeover of key but arcane government systems is very worrisome.
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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:12 PM
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
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An order sidelining almost 60 senior career leaders at the U.S. Agency for International Development was temporarily rescinded by one of the few remaining senior career civil servants with the authority to do so.
Hours later, the same employee was placed on leave. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Hours later, the same employee was placed on leave. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Senior USAID official ousted after fighting back against removal of career leadership
Dozens of senior career civil servants and foreign service officers have been placed on administrative leave and hundreds of contractors were fired or furloughed, sources said.
www.nbcnews.com
February 1, 2025 at 4:30 PM
An order sidelining almost 60 senior career leaders at the U.S. Agency for International Development was temporarily rescinded by one of the few remaining senior career civil servants with the authority to do so.
Hours later, the same employee was placed on leave. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Hours later, the same employee was placed on leave. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
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Elon Musk’s team has gotten access to the Treasury Department’s payments system.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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It's not America First. It's America ONLY. Actually it's White America only.. And only if you are NOT "woke" and not LGBTQ+ or...
Fuck #PresidentFeloniousTrump
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Fuck #PresidentFeloniousTrump
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Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
It's not America First. It's America ONLY. Actually it's White America only.. And only if you are NOT "woke" and not LGBTQ+ or...
Fuck #PresidentFeloniousTrump
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Fuck #PresidentFeloniousTrump
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