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Elon Musk demands one name of someone killed by aid cuts, gets a list

politics

According to Boing Boing, Elon Musk challenged critics to name one person killed by foreign aid cuts from the Department of Government Efficiency. He received a list in response. The exchange highlights a persistent debate: when benefits are cut across countries and services, harms scatter across villages and clinics, making direct causation hard to prove—yet the cumulative impact remains significant.

Source: https://boingboing.net/2026/06/29/elon-musk-demands-one-n...

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