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518,428 children have died preventable deaths in the year since Musk dismantled USAID

Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:41 pm
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
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Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:41 pm
They don't post any data or an actual article to back up the claim. They just throw the number out there and link to an article complaining about billionaires







This is what passes for journalism in the USA today. Made up bullshite to shite on billionaires, Trump, and advocate to bring back wasteful spending
Posted by BarnHater
Member since May 2015
8764 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:43 pm to
They hate Elon Musk because he exposed the fraud.

We must continue to support him and Trump. They are continuously getting screwed over and attacked by the elites in this country.
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
114898 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:48 pm to
Tragic, if true.

Also, not my fricking problem.
Posted by Bestbank Tiger
Premium Member
Member since Jan 2005
80545 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:50 pm to
Didn't realize pornographic children's books saved so many lives.
Posted by TheHarahanian
Actually not Harahan as of 6/2023
Member since May 2017
23838 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:52 pm to

A half mil seems high, in less than a year.
Posted by GatorOnAnIsland
Florida
Member since Jan 2019
9931 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:53 pm to

I was told it was 3 over Million deaths.
Posted by stout
Porte du Lafitte
Member since Sep 2006
181732 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:53 pm to
They are counting all of the kids in Africa who would have died anyway with or without us sending them money
Posted by Y.A. Tittle
Member since Sep 2003
110781 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:53 pm to
This says only about 30,000 children TOTAL died in 2023 (last year this article had data on). LINK

I can’t imagine there’s been a 15+ fold increase in child deaths since.

Oh, but this is worldwide.
This post was edited on 4/24/26 at 12:56 pm
Posted by the808bass
The Lou
Member since Oct 2012
128586 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:54 pm to
Their numbers are way too low. There’s like 5M child deaths a year in the world. Most are labeled “preventable.”

Huge opportunity missed to really pump up the numbers.
Posted by FooManChoo
Member since Dec 2012
46731 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:56 pm to
Each preventable death is tragic, but it seems the issue here is who is responsible for preventing those deaths.

The tweet seems to imply the U.S. government (and Elon Musk in particular) is responsible. I’m curious what deaths they are counting and how they are assigning the blame.
Posted by Auburn1968
NYC
Member since Mar 2019
26345 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 12:58 pm to
I'm sure the loss of trans gender reassignment in Africa had a devastating effect on the continent.
Posted by dstone12
Texan
Member since Jan 2007
40173 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:00 pm to
However ,

On the flip side, dismantling USAID saved 14,452,211 children’s lives.


I can do the same thing
Posted by Nosevens
Member since Apr 2019
18983 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:02 pm to
I don’t hear Bill Gates cheering this on so maybe fake outrage
Posted by DesScorp
Alabama
Member since Sep 2017
10159 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:04 pm to
Its Mother Jones. Their collective vagina is always sore.
Posted by KingOrange
Mayfair
Member since Aug 2018
13211 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:05 pm to
Mother Jones
Posted by SidewalkDawg
Chair
Member since Nov 2012
10290 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:06 pm to
that's an interesting pro-choice argument...
Posted by WickedTiger
Member since Apr 2026
15 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:08 pm to
quote:

Tragic, if true.


But, not true.
Posted by Barneyrb
NELA
Member since May 2016
7182 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:11 pm to
Not our responsibility to take care of the world, you make a child you take care of it.
Posted by Stonehenge
Wakulla Springs
Member since Dec 2014
2666 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:15 pm to
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Posted by Stonehenge
Wakulla Springs
Member since Dec 2014
2666 posts
Posted on 4/24/26 at 1:17 pm to
DOGE was the fraud. Just a scheme to let Elon dismantle the agencies monitoring his corporations and to get all of personal information. Not a nickel was saved by their actions.
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