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DoomsdaysCW Jul 25, 2025

On 40th Anniversary Of #LiveAid, #BobGeldof Denounces “#Thuggery” Of #Trump, #Vance, #Musk As He Questions Why Charity Has Become “Almost An Embarrassment”

By Max Goldbart
June 30, 2025 1:18am

"Bob Geldof didn’t mince words about those in charge across the pond as he celebrated 40 years of Live Aid.

" 'The thuggery of Musk, and Vance and Trump, this confederacy of dunces, these abject #fools,' he said at an event launching a set of BBC Live Aid shows late last week.

"Geldof was bemoaning how rather than upping charity as the world flounders under several generational #catastrophes, the response from the U.S. and others has been to 'cut it off.'

" 'These ketamine-crazed narcissists swing their f**king hedge trimmers around their heads and say, this weekend, we’re feeding #USAID to the wood chipper,' he added of the end of the U.S. Agency for International Development. 'Seriously, the strongest nation on Earth, the most powerful man on the planet, and the richest individual ever seen in the history of our world… cackle, over feeding U.S. help to the weakest, #MostVulnerable people in the world into the wood chipper. Ladies and gentlemen, there is something seriously f**ked about that.' " [Well said!!!]

#TrumpSucks #USPol #WorldPol #ClimateCatastrophe #Genocide #Starvation

On 40th Anniversary Of Live Aid, Bob Geldof Denounces “Thuggery” Of Trump, Vance, Musk As He Questions Why Charity Has Become “Almost An Embarrassment”

Bob Geldof has denounced Donald Trump, Elon Musk and JD Vance and talked about charity as Live Aid Turns 40 on the BBC.

Deadline

Killer Rabbit 90 Nov 19, 2024

Cop29 negotiations aren’t moving fast enough. The Pacific is running out of time | Surangel Whipps Jr https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/19/cop29-negotiations-arent-moving-fast-enough-the-pacific-is-running-out-of-time #COP29 #PacificIslands #MostVulnerable #ClimateCrisis #ClimateChange #ShameOnG7Countries

Cop29 negotiations aren’t moving fast enough. The Pacific is running out of time

Small island states must continue to be protected by special circumstances and need access to sufficient climate-based finance, Palau’s president writes

The Guardian

Francesca Bosco Nov 25, 2022

Worrying trend to attack #NGOs #charities affecting the organizations, their #donors and, ultimately, their beneficiaries like #children #mostvulnerable #AU case: #Children’s charity The Smith Family hit by #cyberattack https://www.smh.com.au/technology/children-s-charity-the-smith-family-hit-by-cyberattack-20221122-p5c0e0.html

Children’s charity The Smith Family hit by cyberattack

The hackers accessed donor data, including some credit card information.

The Sydney Morning Herald