Traumatized by this global cruelty in this regime. And now they are trying to destroy Ukraine for Putin. Shameful abdication of our democracy in every way possible. Horrified daily.
It does not good. They will not even respond. As of now my rep is running for governor. It is clear they do not care for public schools, children, or the elderly. The reports coming from investigators reporting on care centers is heartbreaking. I do not understand why the owners arent held legally responsible as well.
Maybe because we are waiting for "Them" to do something. Maybe it is time for us do something? see 'Tactical Innovations", (https://redslider.substack.com/p/resisting-tyranny-tactical-innovations-2e5 ) and start thinking about what we can do while waiting for obsolete playbook legislation, litigation, elections or public dissent to do it for us. Good to do those things when we can, but just maybe we need a new playbook?
What needs to be done is, voting for the Democrats that do care, the republicans don't care for anything but power and money. Have to be careful, a few democrats are not even worth a vote.
I write to my congresscon (Nick Langworthy NY23) several times a week. Don't think it does much good, but that doesn't mean I'll stop,
I also believe when they do something good, they should receive acknowledgement of that fact, no matter how rarely it happens. In Langworthy's case, I can count on one hand and have fingers left over.
I write to Rick Scott (R-Florida) several times a month & get back the same bs every time: “I’m working hard for the people . . . “. This from a corrupt millionaire who took the 5th Amendment every single time he was questioned in a hearing. We currently live under the authoritarian rule of a Republican dictator and the corrupt officials who support him. I will not be quiet and I will continue to question authority.
I’m 83+ years old, white, & am still fighting for civil rights and freedom for all people. And I’m sad that all the work in the 60s & 70s to have a modicum of dignity and respect, for other than white men, has been torn apart.
I have been writing about this for months. USAID gave America MUCH more than it cost. The diplomacy we gained in countries where we had no allies at all, the example of democracy at work, people helping others with no agenda. The positive results were an incredible example of what a great America can do.
That isn’t who we are now. USAID has been destroyed & can’t be restarted easily. The trust that took years to gain. The people who gave their lives to work in the most impoverished places all over the world. The food, medicine & supplies that were burned so they couldn’t reach the people that so desperately needed them, were promised them & expected them. Our breach of our promises made when we turned our backs & walked away. Money that was already allocated to the program that has evaporated.
It all just breaks me. It’s the perfect example of the un-American, heartless country we’ve become in less than a year.
Are you so sure USAID "can't be restarted easily"? Not all of it, but certainly some of the critical life-saving, life supporting programs could be if we could get progressive wealth, foundations, philanthropies to suspend some of their target programs for now, pool their wealth, create private NGOs to take on some of the critical tasks being dismantled and destroyed by this administration and underwrite them, at least for the duration.
I’m NOT sure! I was listening to some of the fired employees who said that many of their arrangements with suppliers, delivery services, etc, are sometimes made as a bartered deal, or other deals they negotiate. Some of their contacts will only talk to one person they trust. These are relationships they built over time , they can’t be fixed by a phone call, or more promises to help.
I don’t have much faith in the movers & shakers to save the day. If any of them had a twinge of empathy that might shake them into action, the moment has passed.
It would’ve been fairly simple for any one of them to make their private jets available for a couple days. When the life saving items were just sitting on pallets threatening to rot if no one picked them up, not one person reached out.
The supply chain was broken. The meds didn’t arrive & people are dying. They don’t WANT us back!
Even people who aren’t maga don’t want to end up on Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum’s retribution list. They ruin people for fun, so they won’t cross them. They’re probably hiding assets & shoving cash in a mattress.
You may be right, but I'm always of a mind, never try, never know. If a few influencers want to organize it, it could happen. Maybe not with the same staff or suppliers, etc. But you get an NGO up an running with people like Gates and Carnegie Foundation and a few others on board, they do know how to do these things, even if they have to put it together from scratch. They've done it, and they already have infrastructures dealing with similar problems. I don't know, but I think it's worth giving a serious look.
It also wound up screwing the farmers who voted for Trump. USAID purchased crops from farmers at a fair market rate so USAID could use them to provide food for people in poorer countries who needed it. Thanks to Elon Musk’s unquenchable greed and refusal of scrutiny, this program is gone now. I am convinced RFK, Jr. as well as Trump want to get rid of poor people and the chronically ill not only abroad, but here in the United States as well.
Mary, as always you speak the truth. Keep shining a light on the despicable acts of the Republican Regime. Their day will come when they will pay for this horror.
This is so tragic, for the U.S. and the rest of the world. We are less healthy in this country, also, due to RFK Jr. and other science deniers in this administration. This is all so unnecessary. I really don’t understand the rationale behind the administration’s shutting down of USAID, cutting experienced and dedicated medical professionals and drastically cutting research for cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc. Why? Everyone should be horrified and enraged about this.
And the Wrestling Woman degraded the status of nurses. This regime does not care about health care anywhere and the deaths that ensue. It is a genocide.
Health?” Well I hope he takes his last breath every day so he is dead & gone as ALL
He does is destroy, Hate, cheat, openly commit crimes against ALL Americans and each day it becomes more HORRIFIC-he sickens me to see him & hear him-the day is still young maybe he will choke on his cheeseburger ….
I have also read that ISIS has replaced what was USAID in some areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
This reminds of a foreign policy decision of the USA in the early 1970s. Zambia and Tanzania requested American financial assistance and expertise to build a railroad from Lusaka (Capitol of Zambia to the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam.
The USA said NO. The Chinese stepped in and sent a crew of several thousand Chinese nationals to build the railroad. I rode on a train on the railroad in the mid-1975.
Then elements within the USA had the audacity to to complain that leaders of Zambia (Kenneth Kaunda) and Tanzania (Julius Nyerere) were sympathetic to "communism," which was an asinine and immature assertion.
I’ve seen that also where ISIS has surged again killing many -Also learned more about the Afghanistan forces we left behind (taliban has killed any they find) as Trump has reduced many Immigration judges that would have heard those cases for lawful relocation-just another Horror that should not be…
Thank you so much for clearly laying out the staggering racism and cruelty of this regime-- against all of us, but particularly against the most vulnerable people on the planet, here and around the world.
I will never again accept anyone saying that they are pro-life, if they support this party and this government.
The hatred, death dealing and cruelty are features, not by-products.
Trump does not care for anyone in the lower class, the poor and the lower middle class. I am totally heartbroken the way our country has become in months since trump took office. It is a real shame and tragedy. I am praying for our country and hoping the Democrats will be able to stop him.
Thank you. I probably should have been more specific. I was really looking for organizations that can replace what USAID does in other countries. There's the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders, but I was wondering what others there are. 😀
We are living in the Reich paradigm: charismatic leader, propaganda, dual state that gives power to police agencies and coopts the military, Emergency decrees, specific threats against legislators who dissent, removal of record -keeping and oversight.
This is what happened after Hitler took power in 1933.
Trump, Putin and a handful of others want to rule the world, it seems. In my simple Midwest world I doubt,WE the People, are going to stand for their unlawful acts and destruction of our democracy. General Milley stated that he and other members of our US military swore an oath to the Constitution and to uphold it as well as rule of law. I believe and pray that those honored men and women will stand against this wanton hubris and protect the citizens of our democracy.
The Trump regime says that organizations getting US support must have a mission that aligns with the regime's priorities. One of its priorities is to ensure non-white folks all over the world do not get enough to eat nor get the medicines they need. Hence USAID had to be terminated, for just one of many examples.
I hope the ICC is watching and building a case for charging Trump and everyone else in his regime with crimes against humanity. Sad that the USA is not a supporter of the ICC. The next administration should immediately join the ICC and turn Trump over to the ICC. Sorry, Trump, no immunity for you!
Of the three, Rubio is the most culpable. Elmo is an Afrikaner moron, your uncle was born a despicable piece of worthless shit, but Rubio actually used to know better (or at least acted like he did), and threw it all away for what? If he thinks he'll be the one who replaces the senile old fool he calls Dear Leader, he's out of his mind.
“We are not just extending help — we are extending hope…
This is not charity. It is an investment in the peace and progress of the world…
For the first time, we have brought together, under one roof, the many strands of our assistance to the developing world… so that we may carry to other nations not only the material benefits of our abundance, but the deeper values of freedom and human dignity that have made us strong.
In the struggle for a better life for all mankind, the United States intends to lead — not merely with dollars, but with ideas, with energy, and with faith in the future.”
- President John F. Kennedy, on November 3, 1961, founded USAID
How fitting today of all days, November 22, that you bring up JFK's legacy on the anniversary of his assassination in 1963. Thank you, Mary!
Trump’s torching JFK’s legacy in 2025:
USAID gutted
Kennedy Center seized
Peace Corps slashed
NEH & NEA defunded
One day, we’ll rebuild them all stronger, and once again, America will be a light unto the nations.
Traumatized by this global cruelty in this regime. And now they are trying to destroy Ukraine for Putin. Shameful abdication of our democracy in every way possible. Horrified daily.
Let your representatives know daily. Only we can change the course of our current regime.
It does not good. They will not even respond. As of now my rep is running for governor. It is clear they do not care for public schools, children, or the elderly. The reports coming from investigators reporting on care centers is heartbreaking. I do not understand why the owners arent held legally responsible as well.
Maybe because we are waiting for "Them" to do something. Maybe it is time for us do something? see 'Tactical Innovations", (https://redslider.substack.com/p/resisting-tyranny-tactical-innovations-2e5 ) and start thinking about what we can do while waiting for obsolete playbook legislation, litigation, elections or public dissent to do it for us. Good to do those things when we can, but just maybe we need a new playbook?
What needs to be done is, voting for the Democrats that do care, the republicans don't care for anything but power and money. Have to be careful, a few democrats are not even worth a vote.
I write to my congresscon (Nick Langworthy NY23) several times a week. Don't think it does much good, but that doesn't mean I'll stop,
I also believe when they do something good, they should receive acknowledgement of that fact, no matter how rarely it happens. In Langworthy's case, I can count on one hand and have fingers left over.
I write to Rick Scott (R-Florida) several times a month & get back the same bs every time: “I’m working hard for the people . . . “. This from a corrupt millionaire who took the 5th Amendment every single time he was questioned in a hearing. We currently live under the authoritarian rule of a Republican dictator and the corrupt officials who support him. I will not be quiet and I will continue to question authority.
I’m 83+ years old, white, & am still fighting for civil rights and freedom for all people. And I’m sad that all the work in the 60s & 70s to have a modicum of dignity and respect, for other than white men, has been torn apart.
I have been writing about this for months. USAID gave America MUCH more than it cost. The diplomacy we gained in countries where we had no allies at all, the example of democracy at work, people helping others with no agenda. The positive results were an incredible example of what a great America can do.
That isn’t who we are now. USAID has been destroyed & can’t be restarted easily. The trust that took years to gain. The people who gave their lives to work in the most impoverished places all over the world. The food, medicine & supplies that were burned so they couldn’t reach the people that so desperately needed them, were promised them & expected them. Our breach of our promises made when we turned our backs & walked away. Money that was already allocated to the program that has evaporated.
It all just breaks me. It’s the perfect example of the un-American, heartless country we’ve become in less than a year.
Barbarians are better than the republican party
Are you so sure USAID "can't be restarted easily"? Not all of it, but certainly some of the critical life-saving, life supporting programs could be if we could get progressive wealth, foundations, philanthropies to suspend some of their target programs for now, pool their wealth, create private NGOs to take on some of the critical tasks being dismantled and destroyed by this administration and underwrite them, at least for the duration.
I’m NOT sure! I was listening to some of the fired employees who said that many of their arrangements with suppliers, delivery services, etc, are sometimes made as a bartered deal, or other deals they negotiate. Some of their contacts will only talk to one person they trust. These are relationships they built over time , they can’t be fixed by a phone call, or more promises to help.
I don’t have much faith in the movers & shakers to save the day. If any of them had a twinge of empathy that might shake them into action, the moment has passed.
It would’ve been fairly simple for any one of them to make their private jets available for a couple days. When the life saving items were just sitting on pallets threatening to rot if no one picked them up, not one person reached out.
The supply chain was broken. The meds didn’t arrive & people are dying. They don’t WANT us back!
Even people who aren’t maga don’t want to end up on Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum’s retribution list. They ruin people for fun, so they won’t cross them. They’re probably hiding assets & shoving cash in a mattress.
You may be right, but I'm always of a mind, never try, never know. If a few influencers want to organize it, it could happen. Maybe not with the same staff or suppliers, etc. But you get an NGO up an running with people like Gates and Carnegie Foundation and a few others on board, they do know how to do these things, even if they have to put it together from scratch. They've done it, and they already have infrastructures dealing with similar problems. I don't know, but I think it's worth giving a serious look.
I have as well...
Public Man-Made Death: How the Dismantling of USAID Became an Act of State Cruelty
https://essayx.substack.com/p/public-man-made-death-how-the-dismantling
Yet DT still has faithful lackeys. Shameful.
And the faithful lackeys are still pretending to be pious Christians. Doubly shameful. Salt in wounds.
And he is still in office.
The people who voted him in will suffer the most. They swallowed his lies. Tragic.
Absolutely true. We have to fight the oligarchs and this horrific regime.
It also wound up screwing the farmers who voted for Trump. USAID purchased crops from farmers at a fair market rate so USAID could use them to provide food for people in poorer countries who needed it. Thanks to Elon Musk’s unquenchable greed and refusal of scrutiny, this program is gone now. I am convinced RFK, Jr. as well as Trump want to get rid of poor people and the chronically ill not only abroad, but here in the United States as well.
Let's never ever forget Gaza!
Mary, as always you speak the truth. Keep shining a light on the despicable acts of the Republican Regime. Their day will come when they will pay for this horror.
This is so tragic, for the U.S. and the rest of the world. We are less healthy in this country, also, due to RFK Jr. and other science deniers in this administration. This is all so unnecessary. I really don’t understand the rationale behind the administration’s shutting down of USAID, cutting experienced and dedicated medical professionals and drastically cutting research for cancer, Alzheimer’s, etc. Why? Everyone should be horrified and enraged about this.
And the Wrestling Woman degraded the status of nurses. This regime does not care about health care anywhere and the deaths that ensue. It is a genocide.
But yet every fucking day all
I see is “what about trumps
Health?” Well I hope he takes his last breath every day so he is dead & gone as ALL
He does is destroy, Hate, cheat, openly commit crimes against ALL Americans and each day it becomes more HORRIFIC-he sickens me to see him & hear him-the day is still young maybe he will choke on his cheeseburger ….
The whole administration is evil, soulless ghouls.
It's inhumane but The top billionaire & others don't want to help those who can't take care of themselves. He also said we have too many people 😞
worst administration ever and even worse criminal president in history
Is not an admin it’s a coup this is TREASON people …please name it already
I have also read that ISIS has replaced what was USAID in some areas of sub-Saharan Africa.
This reminds of a foreign policy decision of the USA in the early 1970s. Zambia and Tanzania requested American financial assistance and expertise to build a railroad from Lusaka (Capitol of Zambia to the Tanzanian port of Dar es Salaam.
The USA said NO. The Chinese stepped in and sent a crew of several thousand Chinese nationals to build the railroad. I rode on a train on the railroad in the mid-1975.
Then elements within the USA had the audacity to to complain that leaders of Zambia (Kenneth Kaunda) and Tanzania (Julius Nyerere) were sympathetic to "communism," which was an asinine and immature assertion.
I’ve seen that also where ISIS has surged again killing many -Also learned more about the Afghanistan forces we left behind (taliban has killed any they find) as Trump has reduced many Immigration judges that would have heard those cases for lawful relocation-just another Horror that should not be…
Thank you so much for clearly laying out the staggering racism and cruelty of this regime-- against all of us, but particularly against the most vulnerable people on the planet, here and around the world.
I will never again accept anyone saying that they are pro-life, if they support this party and this government.
The hatred, death dealing and cruelty are features, not by-products.
By the time Trump and his regime are done, they will be responsible for more deaths than hitler.
Trump does not care for anyone in the lower class, the poor and the lower middle class. I am totally heartbroken the way our country has become in months since trump took office. It is a real shame and tragedy. I am praying for our country and hoping the Democrats will be able to stop him.
Or anyone!
Mary, where are the best places to donate to help alleviate this situation?
ACLU, donate to progressives
Thank you. I probably should have been more specific. I was really looking for organizations that can replace what USAID does in other countries. There's the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders, but I was wondering what others there are. 😀
No, do not donate to Red Cross. They keep more than half the money.
We are living in the Reich paradigm: charismatic leader, propaganda, dual state that gives power to police agencies and coopts the military, Emergency decrees, specific threats against legislators who dissent, removal of record -keeping and oversight.
This is what happened after Hitler took power in 1933.
"History Can Help."
Yep. I keep hearing about all the atrocities and keep thinking about history. It's like a rule book they're following to achieve perfect replication.
And Trump was reading Hitler books. That’s where he got this planned.
Trump, Putin and a handful of others want to rule the world, it seems. In my simple Midwest world I doubt,WE the People, are going to stand for their unlawful acts and destruction of our democracy. General Milley stated that he and other members of our US military swore an oath to the Constitution and to uphold it as well as rule of law. I believe and pray that those honored men and women will stand against this wanton hubris and protect the citizens of our democracy.
The Trump regime says that organizations getting US support must have a mission that aligns with the regime's priorities. One of its priorities is to ensure non-white folks all over the world do not get enough to eat nor get the medicines they need. Hence USAID had to be terminated, for just one of many examples.
I hope the ICC is watching and building a case for charging Trump and everyone else in his regime with crimes against humanity. Sad that the USA is not a supporter of the ICC. The next administration should immediately join the ICC and turn Trump over to the ICC. Sorry, Trump, no immunity for you!
Drawn and quartered is too good for him.
Of the three, Rubio is the most culpable. Elmo is an Afrikaner moron, your uncle was born a despicable piece of worthless shit, but Rubio actually used to know better (or at least acted like he did), and threw it all away for what? If he thinks he'll be the one who replaces the senile old fool he calls Dear Leader, he's out of his mind.
May they both burn in hell. 👿 🔥
“We are not just extending help — we are extending hope…
This is not charity. It is an investment in the peace and progress of the world…
For the first time, we have brought together, under one roof, the many strands of our assistance to the developing world… so that we may carry to other nations not only the material benefits of our abundance, but the deeper values of freedom and human dignity that have made us strong.
In the struggle for a better life for all mankind, the United States intends to lead — not merely with dollars, but with ideas, with energy, and with faith in the future.”
- President John F. Kennedy, on November 3, 1961, founded USAID
How fitting today of all days, November 22, that you bring up JFK's legacy on the anniversary of his assassination in 1963. Thank you, Mary!
Trump’s torching JFK’s legacy in 2025:
USAID gutted
Kennedy Center seized
Peace Corps slashed
NEH & NEA defunded
One day, we’ll rebuild them all stronger, and once again, America will be a light unto the nations.
It will take a lot of pain, and a very long time, one day at a time.
Why wait? see 'Tactical Innovations', Items #3 & #3a in
https://redslider.substack.com/p/resisting-tyranny-tactical-innovations-2e5
The very first thing he did. And the Republican Congress let him. For that reason alone they should all be replaced.