Matthew K. Ribar (@mattkribar) 's Twitter Profile
Matthew K. Ribar

@mattkribar

PhD Candidate @StanfordPoliSci. The political economy of land, development, and informality in West Africa. USAID keeps America safe.

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Brett Murphy (@brettmmurphy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

NEW: Explosive memos circulating inside USAID detail how Trump appointees ignored and thwarted the agency's senior leaders who tried to make good on the administration's public promises to keep lifesaving aid operations online. 1/

Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has *upheld* a lower court's order forcing USAID/State to immediately pay ~$2 billion owed to contractors for work they've alreayd performed. Alito/Thomas/Gorsuch/Kavanaugh dissent, s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2555…

BREAKING: The Supreme Court has *upheld* a lower court's order forcing USAID/State to immediately pay ~$2 billion owed to contractors for work they've alreayd performed. 

Alito/Thomas/Gorsuch/Kavanaugh dissent, s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2555…
Matt McDermott (@mattmfm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Too many pundits are missing just how apoplectic the Democratic base is right now. They revile Trump. Revile Musk. They see the economy collapsing. They see DOGE wrecking livelihoods. If Senate Dems don’t stand up and say enough is enough, this party is at a breaking point.

Jeremy Konyndyk is at jeremykonyndyk.bsky.social (@jeremykonyndyk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Can confirm. USAID's DARTs are being fully dismantled. These are the legendary teams that fight famine, beat Ebola, rescue people after earthquakes. They represent the very best of America in the world. Elon Musk you were once a builder. Now you just destroy. Shame.

Can confirm. <a href="/USAID/">USAID</a>'s DARTs are being fully dismantled.

These are the legendary teams that fight famine, beat Ebola, rescue people after earthquakes.

They represent the very best of America in the world.

<a href="/elonmusk/">Elon Musk</a> you were once a builder. Now you just destroy. Shame.
Charles Kenny (@charlesjkenny) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Put it another way: The administration wants to oversee $70bn of ongoing USAID contracts with 300 USAID staff, or $233,000,000 of contract oversight per staff member. I wonder what the USAID Special Investigator General they sacked would think about that?

Matthew K. Ribar (@mattkribar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The question that should be on everybody’s mind is what other classified information these buffoons shared on nonclassified network, and who else they accidentally shared it with. Clearly this wasn’t a first.

Chris Murphy 🟧 (@chrismurphyct) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Those trying to understand the tariffs as economic policy are dangerously naive. No, the tariffs are a tool to collapse our democracy. A means to compel loyalty from every business that will need to petition Trump for relief. 1/ A 🧵 to explain his plan and how we fight back.

Rep. Jamie Raskin (@repraskin) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Because of Trump's dismantling of USAID, 60,000 metric tons of food that were bound to serve the poorest kids on earth are now on the brink of rotting in America. Our anti-hunger groups are ready to spring into action. What say you, Mr. President?  reuters.com/world/us-aid-c…

Matthew K. Ribar (@mattkribar) 's Twitter Profile Photo

To whoever hired a plane to circle Stanford’s graduation carrying a banner that reads “Congrats: don’t work for Elon” I say 10/10, no notes.