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Uniting 4 Peace & Democracy's avatar

Trump and Musk and Trump's cabinet and all MAGA members of Congress should be arrested and prosecuted for voluntary manslaughter.

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Wayne Caswell's avatar

I’m OK with donating to Mutual Aid Sudan but think the bigger problem is removing Trump and reversing the damage he’s done. That’s why I have a list of other organizations I give my limited funds to, but thank you for this story.

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Erik Gerdin's avatar

Trump, MAGA and "Christian" Republican is working on a revised version of the New Testament in the Bible. First to go is the tale of the Good Samaritan. Trump thinks that this is a story introduced in the Bible by the Devil. Clearly a Christian never gives anything away other than to himself.

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Nancy Viano's avatar

Heartbreaking. 😢

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Susan Wingo's avatar

Tragic. 😢

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Calling Into Creation's avatar

Thank you for this. It is important to (at the very least) take a moment to mourn the damage that has been done. I did not know the backstory on how they convinced themselves, pre-Jan 20, that USAID was just a big scam. That kind of rationalization is just incredible. The level of thinking process to say that an incredibly intricate organization with thousands of employees and programs is "all a scam" is just insane. Cutting it all off at once is a demonstration of pure evil. You don't just do that. And yes, of course, people die. With great power comes great responsibility — and great CULPABILITY.

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Regina Stocco's avatar

Made my donation. Thank you for sharing!

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Michelle Pearson's avatar

Thank you for writing this, in this way. This should be the mainstream news story.

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John David Hughes's avatar

Musk murdered these babies…

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Julie Waters's avatar

This is just so heartbreaking. Not surprising, given how quickly AIDS can overtake someone, but just heartbreaking. And evil. I was surprised at the assertion in this piece that the GOP has been trying to gut USAID since mid-2024 and some programs were frozen while Biden was still in office. I’ve done an internet search trying to find evidence of that but can’t find anything. Can you point to me any links that talk about this being done?

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Andrew's avatar

Truly heart wrenching. The empathy gulf of people such Musk and Trump is simply staggering. What vile and truly odious creatures. Thanks for the article.

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Kristine's avatar

I am searching for words to express my thoughts on this…none of them, not one single one, could be termed polite. What an absolute horror story.

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