How an Estimated Seven Hundred Thousand People Have Died from DOGE’s U.S.A.I.D. Cuts
The podcast examines the catastrophic consequences of the Trump administration and Elon Musk's dismantling of USAID under the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (Doge), which led to an estimated 700,000 deaths in the first year alone. Former USAID official Atul Gawande details
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