Melissa Garrett

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Loss of U.S. funding for HIV programs could leave millions dead if not replaced, UN says Years of American-led investment into AIDS programs has reduced the number of people killed by the disease to the lowest levels in more than three decades.

The $4 billion that the United States pledged for the global HIV response for 2025 disappeared virtually overnight in January when U.S. President Donald Trump ordered that all foreign aid be suspended and later moved to shutter the U.S. AID agency. buff.ly/UlCA9tO

Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America? If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.

An astonishing figure in this piece:

Last year, the U.S. budgeted $12.8B for new affordable housing.

This country is now poised to spend $45B on immigrant detention centers.

That's nearly *four times* as much on cages as on homes—in the middle of a devastating housing and homelessness crisis.

Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says The wealth of the world’s 3,000 billionaires has surged by $6.5tn (£4.8tn) in real terms over the past decade, according to Oxfam, equivalent to 14.6% of global output. In total the richest 1% of the global population has gained at least $33.9tn in real terms, which the charity said was “enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over”. Continue reading...

Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports

And then this shit just came out.

When you’re making over $700k a year, gaining $12k is nothing. It’s a nice vacation, redoing the garage, giving a niece/nephew a car.

When you’re making $23k a year, losing $1600 is “are we paying for food or for the house or for medical bills” territory.

Want to Know How Democrats Should Handle Trans Rights? Ask Zohran Mamdani The 33-year-old socialist just crushed Andrew Cuomo by doing what many national Democrats won't: having convictions.

Today's newsletter is about how @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social shows that you can run on "kitchen table issues" without throwing vulnerable people to the wolves — and win!

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The maddening thing is that this would have been PAINFULLY OBVIOUS if they had ANY EXPERIENCE AT ALL working with the government! In any way! Or if they had asked a single question!! 😖

Dollar Weakens as Trump Considers Naming Next Fed Chair Early The dollar fell after the Wall Street Journal said Donald Trump is considering announcing his choice for the next Federal Reserve chairman early on his view Jerome Powell has been too slow to cut interest rates.

The dollar fell after the Wall Street Journal reported Donald Trump is considering announcing his choice for the next Federal Reserve chairman early on his view Jerome Powell has been too slow to cut interest rates

YouTube video by Scripps News People in wheelchairs zip-tied and escorted out of Capitol during Medicaid cuts protest

This report clearly shows elderly people being zip tied in their wheelchairs. This is where we’re at.

The bill is trash and it will hurt people. Full stop.

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The man at left separated the mother and baby at right. The mother is now in Venezuela. Baby daughter, in foster care in the US, exact location unknown.

Dad? He's in CECOT prison without trial — because he had tattoos.

Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for campus protests Columbia University Graduate student at centre of Trump case against pro-Palestinian activism is expected to appeal

Judge rules Mahmoud Khalil can be deported for campus protests

https://www.ft.com/content/43ac70a8-da62-4550-af48-f0aedbce6e5b

US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit Col Susannah Meyers accused of ‘subverting’ Donald Trump’s agenda

US fires Greenland base commander after JD Vance visit

https://www.ft.com/content/7e4427e8-b30c-4245-b524-e268c8004f42

Tufts student Rumeysa Ozturk being detained by ice

Via @bedford.bsky.social

REP. CROCKETT: “According to them the biggest issue we have is trans kids wanting to play sports… Since when?!”

DOGE staffer violated Treasury rules by emailing unencrypted personal data Marko Elez emailed a spreadsheet containing personal information to two Trump administration officials. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

DOGE staffer violated Treasury rules by emailing unencrypted personal data

WATCH: “Where will that money to serve our students with disabilities and low income families come from?”

A special ed teacher in Iowa asks Gov Walz what happens to millions in support for those kids if the Department of Education is eliminated by Trump

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Yep. 🇺🇸

Wow, this seems like something the USDA Inspector General should be reporting on...oh

NIH cuts funding for vaccine hesitancy research and and may target mRNA research too The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.

The National Institutes of Health is terminating dozens of studies examining why people are hesitant about vaccines and how to increase uptake. mRNA vaccine research may be on the chopping block, too.

Trump’s CMS Pick Oz Paid No Medicare Taxes in 2023, Memo Says Mehmet Oz, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, may have “significantly” underpaid Social Security and Medicare taxes in recent years, according to ...

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“The FBI is moving to criminalize groups like Habitat for Humanity for receiving grants from the Environmental Protection Agency under the Biden administration… targeted harassment…” newrepublic.com/post/192660/...

Former Trump spiritual adviser faces charges of lewd acts with a child Texas megachurch founder Robert Morris indicted in Oklahoma on five counts over alleged misconduct in 1982 The Texas megachurch founder and pastor Robert Morris has been indicted on five criminal counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, from…

Former Trump spiritual adviser faces charges of lewd acts with a child

Don’t tell me that Trump/Musk are not trying to destroy Social Security.

30,000 people died last year while waiting to get their benefits.

Under this new policy, those numbers will skyrocket.

We can’t kill seniors so that billionaires get their tax breaks.

going to be weird if trump is the antichrist and the secular libs are the only one who realize this

Every state’s a red state today

If we could defend the speech of Westboro Baptist Church, how can we now justify arresting students for speaking out?

#FreeMahmoudKhalil

Fun fact: This is NOT NEW.

One of my best friends was detained under "suspicion of intention to commit illegal work."

She was coming to a gaming convention. They detained her in horrendous conditions for 72 hours before deporting her.

That was right before Trump's first term.

Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.

In an unprecedented move, the US National Institutes of Health has begun mass terminations of research grants that fund active scientific projects because they no longer meet “agency priorities”.


https://go.nature.com/4bpG2It

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