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Documenting the Death, Destruction, and Corruption of this Republican Administration
Brand D is about raising awareness of how Democrats are helping and strengthening Americans and America. But Democrats aren't working in a vacuum. Republicans are in control of the Federal Government and are governors of 26 states. Below are links to a sources that are documenting the fallout and destruction of the Trump administration. This context is America today; representing our policies and moral character.
Trump's USAID Cuts Could Kill 14 Million People by 2030
The Lancet published this article in 2025. It evaluates the impact of two decades of USAID interventions and projects and the effects of defunding on mortality up to 2030. It is a retrospective impact evaluation and forecasting analysis of the cuts.
Medicaid Cuts Impact Counter
President Trump signed the One Big Beautiful Bill Act into law on July 4, 2025, cutting approximately one trillion dollars from Medicaid over the next 10 years. To illustrate the human cost of these cuts, our impact counter will track the estimated lives lost and health outcomes worsened starting from the day the budget is enacted.
Daily Context Reads
Letters from an American
Heather Cox Richardson, a professor of history writes a daily chronicle of today's political landscape. "Because you can't get a grip on today's politics without an outline of American's Constitution, and laws, and the economy, and social customs, this newsletter explores what it means, and what it has meant, to be an American."
Her daily newsletter to your inbox is a must read to understand the context within which we are living.
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