Ford fired a $200,000-a-year employee over a $1.95 cookie he paid for.
Kurt Kromm, 11 years at the Kentucky Truck Plant, felt his blood sugar drop at 3:30 a.m. He's diabetic. The kiosk flashed red on his card, so he paid at the second machine, ate the cookie, went back to building trucks.
A week later security walked him out. Wouldn't even let him take his tools.
Then he pulled up his bank statement. The $1.95 charge was sitting right there. Ford checked with the kiosk company, confirmed he paid, cut him $28,000 in back pay, and begged him to come back.
He said no. Took a job closer to home with a raise.
So the final scorecard: Ford spent $28,000, lost an 11-year veteran, and took a national PR beating to recover a cookie that was never stolen. The cookie cost $1.95. Firing the guy who bought it cost 14,000 cookies.
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An X account called @TrumpsPortfolio (Donald Trump Portfolio Tracker) launched on July 1, 2026.
It tracked and posted @realDonaldTrump publicly disclosed stock and crypto trades from official financial filings (e.g., aggregating thousands of transactions reported in 2025–2026 disclosures).
Well, the so called "champion of free speech" @elonmusk suspended that account within days for exposing Trump.
Read this and realize how pathetic is Elon Musk. He and his DOGE boys, whether out of ignorance or sadistic glee, or both, blew up a critical agency, and the result has been massive deaths and the spread of deadly diseases. Now, using lie upon lie upon lie to try to deny any responsibility or culpability.
Elon Musk said that if anyone had actually died because of USAID cuts, their names would be worldwide headline news. Lauren Dobson-Hughes wrote them down.
Jane. Nine years old. Kenya. Died of starvation in a refugee camp after food rations were cut to 40% of daily caloric needs. Her mother Rovina watched her develop fever, diarrhea, a skin rash, wounds across her whole body. Documented by Dr. Atul Gawande of Harvard.
Yagana Bulama's twin in Nigeria. Six months old. Died two weeks after the Mercy Corps severe malnutrition program lost its USAID funding. Yagana had already buried three babies.
Nada, eighteen months, and Omer, three years old. Sudan. Their mother Fatma lost them both after the soup kitchen providing their one meal a day ran out of food. Omer loved wrestling and dreamed of owning a bike.
Mohammed Hashim, two years old. Myanmar. His father Mohammed Taher held him as he died of malnutrition. The food rations stopped when USAID was cut. "I lost my son because of the funding cuts," his father said.
Shahnaz and her newborn baby girl. Afghanistan. She died delivering on the side of a dirt road after the USAID clinic was closed. The baby died shortly after. Abdul covered the baby's grave in thorns to stop animals digging it up.
Joseph, Gift, and Alumbwe. Seventeen, fifteen, and twelve years old. Zambia. They lost both parents to AIDS when antiretroviral supplies ended. Joseph dropped out of school to care for his brothers. They sleep on a shared mat. They eat once a day. Joseph wants to be a doctor.
Musk said the names would be worldwide headline news if they existed. The names existed.