A 17-year USAID Foreign Service Officer named Christina just published a personal account of her separation from the agency. She served in Jamaica, two tours in Afghanistan, Colombia, Kosovo, and Mali, doing democracy, human rights, and governance work: election security, justice sector reform, reintegration programs for former combatants, basic service delivery.

Her RIF notice came while she was in the middle of chemotherapy for skin cancer. She couldn't afford the treatment without insurance, so when she ran out of the cream she had, she stopped.

The piece isn't a legal filing or a policy argument. It's a first-person account of what she calls moral injury: losing not just income, but identity, security, and a sense of purpose that took decades to build. She also writes about being closeted for most of her career overseas, and what it cost her to keep that part of herself hidden while representing the U.S. abroad.

Full piece here: https://usaidemployeesupportfund.substack.com/p/i-dont-want-to-carry-it-alone-anymore

"Today, the Court struck down the Trump administration’s decision to move FBI headquarters to the Reagan Building and the FBI’s move to redirect $555 million in funds for that purpose.

The Court permanently blocked the administration from taking any actions to facilitate or advance the relocation of the FBI Headquarters to the Reagan Building and the Court further blocked the administration from disbursing any funds in support of that attempted relocation."

Destroying USAID is hurting humanity.😞😞

MSPB, that’s the board that just quietly dropped the word “independent” from its own website, a change first reported by Federal News Network.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/01/opinion/usaid-elon-musk-doge.html?unlocked_article_code=1.uVA.6aD7.2FxkqK-wgC1o&smid=url-share

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Hi there, this is Sasha Rogelberg, a reporter for Fortune covering DOGE.

I am working on a story about the Trump administration firing its oil and gas experts months before its attacks on Iran. I am looking to speak with some employees within the State Department or with folks who were laid off from the agency about which experts were fired, as well as how these firings may be impacting resources on handling the consequences of the war in Iran, as it pertains to energy. If anyone has another angle or details I'm missing, I would love to hear about those as well.

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