@btritter

Opinionated private citizen. All views are my own.

Joined August 2009
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Chairwoman Nita Lowey built a brighter, more hopeful future — for her beloved New York constituents and for all Americans. I traveled the world with Nita for years and saw the esteem in which she was held by heads of state and women and girls. She was beloved.
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Tom Hart@Tom_InterAction4 Mar 2025
After hearing that some orgs are getting reversal notices of program terminations, some are now getting RECALLS of those reversals. One organization got a stop work order, then a waiver, then a termination, then a termination reversal, then a note that the reversal was in error.
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Make a huge mistake. Then make a false claim about how you fixed it. They did it for PEPFAR. Now Ebola. I follow this particular topic VERY closely, so here's what really happened and why this isn't true AT ALL...🧵
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar26 Feb 2025
Elon Musk: "We will make mistakes. We won't be perfect ... so for example, with USAID, one of the things we accidentally canceled very briefly was ebola prevention."
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“What we have now is this insane Elon Musk-led mafia takeover, where patriotic American citizens who work for USAID in some of the most dangerous places in the world are being stripped of their job and insulted by the president of the United States, while we’re shooting ourselves in the foot, from a geostrategic point of view.” Former USAID deputy leader James Kunder – a Republican political appointee – is scathing about the Trump administration’s attempted dismantling of the agency. “I guarantee you they are celebrating… in Beijing right now.”
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Andrew Kaczynski
@KFILE6 Feb 2025
NEW: On CNN we played numerous examples of Rubio praising foreign aid/USAID as vital to American interests. We also revealed a letter he wrote to Biden in 2022 suggesting USAID's budget needed to be increased to counter Chinese Community Party influence around the globe. Rubio is now echoing criticisms he once rejected.
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Replying to @InterActionOrg @JeremyKonyndyk @Tom_InterAction @thedispatch
Sounds like destroying USAID is a good thing.
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This thread. And since we all have such short memories, read about the last time we had ONE case of Ebola in the U.S. It endangers Americans when we disengage. nytimes.com/2014/10/24/nyreg….

Doctor in New York City Is Sick With Ebola (Published 2014)

Dr. Craig Spencer, who returned from Guinea last week, remains in isolation at Bellevue Hospital Center. Authorities are tracing anyone who might have come into contact with him recently.

nytimes.com
Ashish K. Jha
@ashishkjha30 Jan 2025
There is an Ebola outbreak in Uganda There are two red flags here The index case is a healthcare worker Its happening in Kampala, a city of nearly 2 million people Here's what the USG should be doing right now to ensure Ebola is contained in Uganda and doesn't spread 🧵
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What is the impact of @PEPFAR funding being stopped? @BUCEID faculty @brookenichols & colleagues built a live tracker on the estimated real time & long-term impact on premature deaths associated with this funding gap. Each number is a human being. pepfarimpact.vercel.app
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Specifics here from @Atul_Gawande on the damage done here. Bottom line: people will die, alliances will be shredded, and the US will be less safe.
Atul Gawande
@Atul_Gawande25 Jan 2025
I ran @USAID health programs for the last 3 years. Trump’s 90 day Stop Work Order on foreign assistance does serious damage to the world and the US. Examples:🧵
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This is *catastrophic.* Lifesaving programs will stop, we'll lose valuable staff expertise, and the bureacratic chaos will be epic. Worst of all: we'll renege on our commitments. Shock and awe like this might be good for a sound bite, but it's bad geopolitics.
Jen Kates@jenkatesdc24 Jan 2025
As written, this doesn't just apply to new obligations or disbursements, as the EO instructs - it applies to EXISTING awards. This is a much bigger impact, stopping existing efforts (including services) that are being provided in the field.
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It was a great discussion and so fun to reconnect with fellow travelers! Thanks @ModernizeAid for all that you do.
MFAN News@ModernizeAid5 Nov 2024
Thanks to everyone who joined our event at @CGDev on foreign aid effectiveness. It was a timely and insightful discussion with our panel and keynote speakers on #AidEffectiveness, tied to the release of our white paper. Read it here: tinyurl.com/4cyphdha
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FGS Global@fgs_global16 Oct 2024
What if Trump wins the White House, but Democrats take the House? A power struggle is one possible post-election operating environment. Our bi-partisan team is working to ensure clients are well-positioned for 2025 and beyond. Read more in @Axios: eu1.hubs.ly/H0d4bsW0
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FGS Global@fgs_global15 Oct 2024
What if Harris leads a Democratic sweep of the White House, Senate, and House? See how we're helping clients prepare for whatever the future holds – via @Axios: eu1.hubs.ly/H0d2fch0 #AlternativeFutures #USelection
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We loved @gabrieman's story on the public health detectives tracking down global lead contamination: npr.org/sections/goats-and-s… And we're glad to see the Lead Exposure Action Fund get a shout-out!

You'll never guess the culprit in a global lead poisoning mystery

High levels of lead were found in a surprisingly large number of Bangladeshi kids in New York City — and in pregnant women in Bangladesh. Could there be a common cause?

npr.org
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Exciting partnership across governments, industry, philanthropy & communities to end childhood lead poisoning. Powerful call to action from @FLOTUS @USAID @UNICEF @open_phil & so many others & announcement of new multi-donor fund to supercharge work to end lead poisoning by 2040.
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Nevermind the dog whistle. Trump’s spelling it out with a megaphone.
Acyn
@Acyn20 Sep 2024
Trump: If I don’t win this election.. the Jewish people would have a lot to do with that if that happens
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Tom Bollyky
@TomBollyky12 Sep 2024
The vulnerabilities in US pandemic preparedness & response are structural
CoronaHeadsUp@CoronaHeadsUp11 Sep 2024
Missouri: CDC can't investigate latest bird flu case in a human The agency’s investigators can’t look into the infection further unless state authorities request their help. So far, Missouri hasn’t made such a request." Kansas City Star kansascity.com/news/state/mi…
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Alexander Berger
@albrgr15 Jul 2024
First routine vaccinations with R21, the second approved malaria vaccine, today: reuters.com/business/healthc… Congrats to all of the teams involved (and esp to @Kat_a_Collins)!

Second malaria vaccine launched in Ivory Coast in new milestone

The world's second vaccine against malaria was launched on Monday as Ivory Coast began a routine vaccine programme using shots developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India.

reuters.com
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Talking to delegates it strikes me how many LMICs are *only* interested in the #PandemicTreaty if it solves the access to medical countermeasures problem. For real. HIC negotiators either seem to not understand this or they just don’t care. Institutionalist thinking 🤔
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