Irving Wanders
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As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
One year on from dismantling of USAID, study projects that global aid cuts could lead to 9.4 million deaths by 2030 | CNN
It’s been one year since the Trump administration dismantled the US Agency for International Development (USAID), with aid cuts leading to the closure of HIV clinics in South Africa, the termination o...
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February 13, 2026 at 3:00 PM
As a direct result of the obscene actions of Russell Vought and Elon Musk in destroying USAID, we can expect “at least 9.4 million additional deaths by 2030, if the current funding trend continues.
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
About 2.5 million of those deaths are projected to be children under the age of 5.”
that are doomed to fail and then the public's disappointment leads to a change of PM but not policy (allowing that labour have boosted spending but its marginal change not structural). The political class solution is to ask "How can we lower peoples expectations and get them to accept a worse life".
February 10, 2026 at 10:13 AM
that are doomed to fail and then the public's disappointment leads to a change of PM but not policy (allowing that labour have boosted spending but its marginal change not structural). The political class solution is to ask "How can we lower peoples expectations and get them to accept a worse life".
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ICE is currently holding around 80,000 detainees. Nazi Germany didn't reach this number in its formal camp system until 1942, nine years after seizing power and three years into the war.
February 10, 2026 at 3:42 AM
ICE is currently holding around 80,000 detainees. Nazi Germany didn't reach this number in its formal camp system until 1942, nine years after seizing power and three years into the war.
I wonder if he could take the job with a view to passing over to someone more electable like Burnham in 3 years if he genuinely is a bit reluctant to do it. I get the sense their politics are quite close and while a PM might be expected to serve longer, presently 3 years would feel stable.
February 7, 2026 at 11:53 AM
I wonder if he could take the job with a view to passing over to someone more electable like Burnham in 3 years if he genuinely is a bit reluctant to do it. I get the sense their politics are quite close and while a PM might be expected to serve longer, presently 3 years would feel stable.
Its interesting how the way amazon has treated its workers has parallels, whilst recognising that the amount of dehumanisation taking place with ICE etc is on a whole other level, there's an ideology that resists human rights as a consistent driver of change.
February 6, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Its interesting how the way amazon has treated its workers has parallels, whilst recognising that the amount of dehumanisation taking place with ICE etc is on a whole other level, there's an ideology that resists human rights as a consistent driver of change.