• UnderpantsWeevil
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    18 hours ago

    It didn’t end in scandal. It was scandalously ended.

    Are you attempting to Johnny Cocraine a $21B embezzlement?

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      16 hours ago

      I’m not even sure which change of subject you’re trying to skewer me on, you’ve lost the plot mate

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          4 hours ago

          I haven’t argued anything but the illegal and reckless nature of DOGE. You are arguing and insinuating A LOT

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            2 hours ago

            the illegal and reckless nature of DOGE

            Isn’t a defense of the horrible policies imposed through USAID

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                The “1 life every 10 seconds” claim is fallacious. Musk is (inadvertently) correct. The money Kristof cites goes to gatekeepers, not relief workers. And the net impact of the so-called aid, particularly in Palestine, Jordan, Ethiopia, and Nigeria, are higher mortality rates caused by these foreign policy initiatives.

                Just straight up, handing out aid money to Israel Settlers does not reduce the death toll in the West Bank. Just the opposite. Subsidizing food exports from El Salvador so Walmart can buy cheaper groceries wholesale does not reduce famine inside the country.

                You are being lied to with these statistics. You are being lied to by the NYT.