Erin Murphy
@erinasiafp
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Author ‘Burmese Haze.’ Deputy Director & Senior Fellow for Chair on India & Emerging Asia Economics at @CSIS.
Washington, DC
Joined March 2014
My book ‘Burmese Haze’ will be published April 26! Link in bio if you’re interested in preordering. #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
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Washingtonians, as all of congress may soon represent us, be sure to go up to every one you see with your complaints and suggestions for the city. Everything! If we’re their constituents, they better act like it. Washington, unite!
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With government, you can't just gut things at face value. This is public service and has significant impact on lives. Usually a positive impact. Sociopathic broligarchs should not be in charge of public service.
So the DOGE bros are bragging today that they got "DEI scholarships for Burma" canceled. These are USAID's Lincoln Scholarships, which help young people struggling for freedom in Burma's dictatorship - a cause America has supported under Republican & Democratic presidents. 1/
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This is NOT a rescission of the federal funding freeze. It is simply a rescission of the OMB memo. Why? To end any confusion created by the court's injunction. The President's EO's on federal funding remain in full force and effect, and will be rigorously implemented.
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@KaiserKuo For the same reason they were surprised by Pearl Harbor and Japan’s gains in Asia in WW2.
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Even if the use of the Impoundment Law can justify not spending earmarked/appropriated money, what could Congress do? So what if it's the law? Will they send officials to jail? Impeach? Authoritarians don't care about the law. Plus I don't see anyone really raising a fuss?
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In light on Meta's decision on nixing fact checking, a reminder of the violence an algorithm, no translation services, & no fact checking caused in #Myanmar. Social media, including X, can fuel misinformation & disinformation to horrible effect.
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