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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsBill Gates Tried to Get Rubio to Reverse Cuts
Bill Gates Tried to Get Rubio to Reverse Cuts
June 9, 2025 at 11:16 am EDT By Taegan Goddard 41 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2025/06/09/bill-gates-tried-to-get-rubio-to-reverse-cuts/
Bill Gates went to the White House and begged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to unwind the DOGE cuts to foreign aid, Tara Palmeri reports.
But the secretary of State informed Gates that even with Musk out, they have no plans to reverse the cuts.
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Bill Gates Tried to Get Rubio to Reverse Cuts (Original Post)
applegrove
Tuesday
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Just as human as the treasonous orange pile of shit in a blue suit fronting for Dixie.
Kid Berwyn
17 hrs ago
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Kid Berwyn
(20,629 posts)1. Deathworld 2025
Guess who gets to do the dying?
applegrove
(126,275 posts)2. Non white people.
Kid Berwyn
(20,629 posts)6. Just as human as the treasonous orange pile of shit in a blue suit fronting for Dixie.
The suffering people are more noble, though, if we go by the way they treat other people.
BeyondGeography
(40,466 posts)3. May as well have been any of us here on DU on the phone Bill
Not saying you didnt argue the case well sir. Just that this isnt about rational thought.
Thanks for caring though. Seriously.
newdeal2
(2,811 posts)4. Maybe the negative PR can force them to backtrack
One can hope. This administration is full of sickos.
maxsolomon
(36,651 posts)5. They want more death in the developing world, not less.
Children surviving childhood means overpopulation which means migration and immigrants dilute our pure American blood.
But thanks for trying, Gates.