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Related: About this forum"A Tide of Suffering and Death:" NYT's Nicholas Kristof on Musk's USAID Cuts - Amanpour and Company PBS
A federal judge has halted the shutdown of USAID following relentless efforts by Elon Musk's DOGE to slash the agency's resources. Musk insists that no lives were lost from the pause in foreign aid. But New York Times Opinion columnist Nicholas Kristof reports otherwise. Kristof speaks to Hari Sreenivasan about the harrowing picture in Kenya and Sudan after USAID supply lines were cut. - Originally aired on March 20, 2025.
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"A Tide of Suffering and Death:" NYT's Nicholas Kristof on Musk's USAID Cuts - Amanpour and Company PBS (Original Post)
Rhiannon12866
Mar 21
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I found this report heart wrenching - and you're right, he's a heartless bigot
Rhiannon12866
Mar 21
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Irish_Dem
(68,274 posts)1. Musk will not pay a penny to save the lives of brown and black people.
Rhiannon12866
(232,472 posts)2. I found this report heart wrenching - and you're right, he's a heartless bigot


2naSalit
(96,443 posts)3. And it's NOT HIS MONEY!
It's OURS.
If he isn't removed real soon...
Irish_Dem
(68,274 posts)4. The billionaires think all the money in the world belongs to them.
All the assets, all the resources.
They think any money going to someone else is their money.
This is Musk's thought process.