Meghan Reidy

While the top 1% control $54 TRILLION

(not a typo)

I just finally got around to this in my inbox (mom of 2 young kids, you understand!), and while I appreciate the analysis, I really have to thank you for the Sesame Street video. I probably haven’t seen that in over 30 years, at it brought me immense joy. Can’t wait to share it with my kids!

Here's a gift link to the piece about how the world's richest man decided to kill the world's poorest children. wapo.st/3GjK8qn

New from Avenir Health et al. on the devastating health impact of the dismantling of USAID and decimation of US foreign assistance

NEW: A whistleblower report submitted to Congress and the U.S. Office of Special Counsel reveals that DOGE and Elon Musk appear to have mishandled and manipulated sensitive data from the National Labor Relations Board — and worked to cover its tracks.

The NLRB is a small independent agency that…

U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries (Gift Article) A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration’s plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.

Buried deep in this story is the stunning stat that "the loss of U.S. support may mean 75 million children do not receive routine vaccinations in the next five years, with more than 1.2 million children dying as a result."

That's just from cutting the vaccine program alone.

Trump administration guts board of US Institute of Peace. Group says DOGE arrives The Trump administration has fired most of the board of the U.S. Institute of Peace and sent its new leader into the Washington headquarters of the independent organization.

What is the #USInstituteofPeace and why should EVERYONE care what happened there yesterday? It's an independent nonprofit organization that exists literally to STOP WARS. DOGE raided it yesterday and shut it down. 1/🧵
apnews.com/article/doge...

As opposed to what they’re doing now, arbitrarily deciding which ones to close without congressional authorization? Do your job. Make Article 1 mean something!

Are you freaking kidding me? This CR gives Musk/DOGE a blank check to keep doing what they’re doing but worse. Why give up the one single piece of leverage you have? Spoken as a DC resident working in global health. SHUT IT DOWN

Reports from people speaking with Dem staffers in person today is a lot of squishy talk about amendments and being uncommitted. That doesn’t sound like a firm “No” on cloture at all

🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.

Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.

Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.

TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121

DOCUMENT DESTRUCTION:

My reporter Brett Murphy obtained a remarkable directive to folks at USAID: Empty the safes with the classified and personnel records and then,

"Shred as many documents first, and reserve the burn bags for when the shredder becomes unavailable or needs a break."

NEW: USAID's acting asst administrator, Nick Enrich, has been placed on leave after sharing a memo detailing how political appointees have "wholly prevented" staff from continuing life saving aid.

Rubio terminated 5800 USAID contracts – more than 90% of its foreign aid programs – in defiance of the courts.

Here’s a list of just some of the lifesaving awards that were terminated. Nearly all were Congressionally mandated. They’ve saved millions of lives. 🧵

It’s hard to overstate how devastating this loss is for those of us who work in global health data

On Friday night, HHS ordered CDC to take down all flu vaccine campaign materials from its website. Materials are starting to come down.
For example, a campaign explaining that flu shot can reduce flu severity from "wild to mild" is now offline. Left image is from Friday, right is now

Meanwhile...

Without going all Martin Niemöller here, I do think that it's bad not to speak up for immigrants, transgender Americans, civil servants, women, Ukraine, and everyone else the MAGA bullies are going after. We're beyond picking and choosing whom to defend. It's time to stand up and speak out.

90 U.S. Representatives: Trump NIH Attacks Endanger Research On Cancer, Alzheimer’s Cures

If you or a loved one has cancer or Alzheimer's, or are in clinical trials for these or other diseases, you should know the Musk-Trump shutdown of medical research funding is a major threat to our ability to find cures.

We are shouting this out with one voice: beyer.house.gov/news/documen...

I hope people see how truly alarming this is:

1. Musk's team, who may not even be US govt employees yet, have complete access to OPM's databases of PII on federal employees and have locked out career employees

2. Musk's people trying to do same with THE US TREASURY MASTER PAYMENT SYSTEM 🚨

“Skeptical” CNN? Can’t you just come out and say that it’s completely and utterly false? The U.S. spent $60m total on all contraception globally in 2023 and $0 on condoms in the Middle East

I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵