Saturday, June 06, 2026

This Is Why You Don't Slash Humanitarian Aid

Nicholas Kristof, New York Times: American humanitarian aid not only saved one life every 10 seconds but was also safeguarding the world from epidemics.

Posted by retort at 07:57 AM | 2 COMMENTS | permalink

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The Ebola outbreak in the DRC shows why President Trump's withdrawal from the World Health Organization and humanitarian aid cuts are a big mistake. Infectious diseases don't know borders, and the Trump-Vance Admin's chaotic and anti-science health policies make us all less safe.

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-- Senator Tim Kaine (@kaine.senate.gov) 11:38 AM · May 26, 2026

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This is why you don't break things with a sledgehammer or chainsaw.

OTOH, there are people who would be reacting the same way to politicize it even if they had taken a precision scalpel to cut waste without breaking up entire organizations. Cuz everyone has to be in their stupid tribes.

#1 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-06-06 09:26 AM

^that would be a great sentiment, except that no one even TRIED using a scalpel. The entire Trump debacle has been sledgehammers ot everything, and all wielded by bad actors, criminals, and incompetents.

We who voted for the better candidate predicted all this, and wevwere laughed at, called crazy, called lewzers.
No one is laughing now.
No one thinks America is better under TrumpCo.

#2 | Posted by e1g1 at 2026-06-06 10:00 AM

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