Michael Ferry

Penn State proud. International Development background. This site is trash that I can't quit. Views are my own.

[Michael Ferry @MichaelBFerry]

@SidneyPowell1 Do you care that this didn't happen? Or are you just happy with the click money?

[Michael Ferry @MichaelBFerry]

I can't in good conscience stay on an app owned by the guy gutting something I've worked on for the last 10 years. So this will be my last tweet here. Please watch this exceptional interview with former USAID Administrator Power.

Slava Ukraini.

https://t.co/6ozA45X4Mi

[Michael Ferry @MichaelBFerry]

@lxeagle17 One Arlington data point, my company gets 98% of its revenue from USAID and we're in a waking nightmare right now.

[Richard H Thaler @R_Thaler]

Do a benefit cost analysis of US AID and you will be hard-pressed to find another agency that does so much good per dollar spent. We should be grateful to people like Atul who has taken time from his medical practice to help the poor, sick and starving around the world.

[Congresswoman Sara Jacobs @RepSaraJacobs]

It's sad that I have to say this but:
1. USAID isn't a criminal organization
2. It's not a front for the CIA
3. It's not a roundabout way to fund the Democratic Party

I'm all for a good-faith conversation about how to make USAID more efficient – but we're so far from that.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

In its simplest terms, the apparent demise of #USAID is the result of the world's richest man ending a program that helps millions of poor people. You don't need a Ph.D. in moral theology to see why this is an evil. You can just read Jesus's parables on the rich and the poor.

[Jason Kander @JasonKander]

The places we’re pulling foreign aide dollars from now are the places we’ll be forced to send American soldiers to risk their lives in ten years.

[Alex Vindman 🇺🇸 @AVindman]

USAID is staffed by superb public servants. It executes a vital role, promoting U.S. soft power around the world while doing critical humanitarian and development work. The destruction of USAID will cost countless lives as well as leave a vacuum of needs our adversaries will fill to America’s detriment.

[Michael McFaul @McFaul]

In 2012, when I was the US ambassador to Russia, Putin shut down USAID inside Russia. Why? Because their work supported free markets, democracy, human rights —ie causes that threatened Putins dictatorship. Shutting down USAID is exactly what autocrats all over the world want.

[Jennifer Griffin @JenGriffinFNC]

Atul Gawande, former USAID official: “Two weeks ago I was combatting diseases. We had 21 serious outbreaks at the time worldwide. Three are serious now: an Ebola outbreak in the capital of Uganda. Bird flu has broken out in 49 countries. Our efforts to contain them have all been shut down.”

[Ben Rhodes @brhodes]

What is happening to USAID will cost untold lives around the world, devastate America's standing, and massively empower China and other countries. There's no excusing it - it's a shameful, stupid, self-own without excuse and a harbinger of even worse to come.

[Yashar Ali 🐘 @yashar]

Dmitry Medvedev, the former President of Russia and the Deputy Chair of the Security Council, endorses Elon Musk’s plans for USAID.

The Russian government has long hated USAID, accusing it of, among other things, interfering in internal matters by supporting group that support free elections, transparency, and human rights.

And funding NGO’s that have been critical of the Russian government.

[Cory Booker @CoryBooker]

Trump and Musk are recklessly and illegally dismantling USAID, an essential national security agency that saves lives, advances U.S. interests, and promotes peace.

Their malicious actions are putting the health of people, especially children, at grave risk, and will surely lead to future public health and migration crises in the U.S. – let alone suffering around the globe.

[Tommy Vietor @TVietor08]

USAID is filled with idealistic people who work long hours, often in dangerous places, to save lives. Debate policy or spending levels all you want, but calling them evil or claiming that they hate America is truly disgraceful.

[Alex Ward @alexbward]

“Musk’s DOGE crew lacked high-enough security clearance to access that information, so the two USAID security officials — John Vorhees and deputy Brian McGill — were legally obligated to deny access.” https://t.co/bpxWU8UogZ

[Jon Favreau @jonfavs]

This isn’t how you talk when you’re just looking to cut waste and make government more efficient

[Michael Ferry @MichaelBFerry]

Not sure it matters but he also hasn't cited any evidence.

[Rep. Jason Crow @RepJasonCrow]

This is a wildly unhinged thing to say about people who have dedicated their lives to:

-preventing famine
-reducing conflict
-combatting terrorism
-promoting democracy

The admins obsession with personal power and grievance is making Americans significantly less safe.

[Rep. Jason Crow @RepJasonCrow]

This is a wildly unhinged thing to say about people who have dedicated their lives to:

-preventing famine
-reducing conflict
-combatting terrorism
-promoting democracy

The admins obsession with personal power and grievance is making Americans significantly less safe.

[Senate Foreign Relations Committee @SFRCdems]

"@USAID is, by statute, an independent establishment outside of @StateDept. Any proposal to modify that structure would require an Act of Congress."

- @SenatorShaheen, @SenBrianSchatz, @RepGregoryMeeks & @RepLoisFrankel to Acting Administrator Jason Gray⬇️https://t.co/5viJBGzMfb

[Aaron Rupar @atrupar]

REP. ERIC BURLISON: The FAA is riddled with DEI problems

BARTIROMO: Do you have any evidence though that any of those hires were DEI hires?

BURLISON: Not until we get into the investigation