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Matt Rittle retweeted
Wednesday marked one year since the Trump administration dissolved the United States Agency for International Development, or USAID, as an independent agency.
What remained of its foreign assistance work was folded into the U.S. State Department.
USAID was a central tool of American foreign policy for more than six decades, delivering humanitarian aid, fighting disease, responding to disasters and advancing U.S. interests around the world.
The administration called the move a necessary overhaul. Critics called it the dismantling of one of America’s most important instruments of global influence.
Geoff Bennett (@GeoffRBennett) discussed more with Samantha Power, the last confirmed administrator of USAID under former President Joe Biden.
Matt Rittle retweeted
A note from our editors:
ALT Note from the editors: ProPublica is publishing the names of the two federal immigration agents involved in the fatal shooting of Minnesota protester Alex Pretti. We believe there are few investigations that deserve more sunlight and public scrutiny than this one, in which two masked agents fired 10 shots at Pretti as he lay on the ground after being pepper-sprayed. The Department of Justice said it is investigating the incident, but the names of the two agents have been withheld from Congress and from state and local law enforcement. The policy of shielding officers’ identities, particularly after a public shooting, is a stark departure from standard law enforcement protocols, according to lawmakers, state attorneys general and former federal officials. Such secrecy, in our view, deprives the public of the most fundamental tool for accountability.
BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
propublica.org/article/alex-…
Matt Rittle retweeted
The ex-wife of Jesus Ochoa, one of the Border agents who executed Alex Pretti, said he became a gun extremist after getting hired as a Border agent: “By the time the couple split in 2021, he had … about 25 rifles, pistols and shotguns.” propublica.org/article/alex-…
Matt Rittle retweeted
Alex Pretti's killers are identified by ProPublica. The man who shot Pretti in the back ("A4") is Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa. The man who instigated the confrontation ("A1") is CBP officer Raymundo Gutierrez. Not new hires: 8 & 12 years service. 1/
teapaw.org/capitolhunters/status/…
More face shots of one of Alex Pretti's shooters, now that @JSweetLI has confirmed him at a violent incident 3 days earlier. Agent 1 ("NS-919"), who started the confrontation with Pretti, then fired at his prone body, and his buddy Agent 12 ("NS-909") were together both days. 1/
Matt Rittle retweeted
we’ve had exactly one mass shooting in almost 30 years and one of the gunmen was stopped by an unarmed man, you absolute crayon.
Matt Rittle retweeted
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:🧵
Matt Rittle retweeted
I am going to put together a mega thread covering the entirety of Trump's Madison Square Garden rally. Follow along for clip and commentary.
Matt Rittle retweeted
My mom just told me she cancelled her subscription to The Washington Post. She reads every one of my stories. It was a heartbreaking call.
I understand why she did it, but I asked her to reconsider. To anyone who has cancelled or is thinking about cancelling, here’s what I said:
Matt Rittle retweeted
In the past hour, two Puerto Rican superstars, Bad Bunny and Ricky Martin, have posted about the 2024 election.
Bad Bunny shared Kamala Harris’s video about Puerto Rico with his 45 million followers.
Ricky Martin shared a clip from Tony Hinchcliffe’s (Kill Tony) set with his 16 million followers, captioned, “This is what they think of us.”
Matt Rittle retweeted
one reason why i left evangelicalism is because evangelicals often use random individual bible verses to support their arguments rather than learning entire stories in the bible and how they can connect to our stories today
Matt Rittle retweeted
1. Massive new study in JAMA Pediatrics on trans kids.
It shows two things:
1) Most trans youth are satisfied and few detransition 6-10 years later.
2) There is no significant difference among those who are "lost to follow up."
Subscribe to support my journalism. Lets dig in.
Matt Rittle retweeted
MAGA: "It's ok to vote for X because God uses flawed or evil people for good."
NORMIES: "Ok. I'll vote for Y then. They're not perfect but I like them."
MAGA: "No. Only X is the evil that God would use."
Matt Rittle retweeted
My guess is Trump’s staff has realized that the old man is cuckoo bananas and are doing everything possible to prevent persuadable voters from seeing him.
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@brianstelter reports Donald Trump cancelled ANOTHER interview, this time with NBC's @ChristineRomans
Trump cancelled on 60 Minutes, is refusing a second debate, and is hiding his medical records.
What's going on?
