Because Elon told you? |
I daresay you're missing the point of the post you responded to. There were people who swore to uphold the rule of the law and then broke it. Like the FBI agents who leaked, or faked stuff for a warrant. Were they punished? I don't know, or did it happen and was it enabled because senior bureaucrats were "terrified" of Trump "destroying democracy." A lot of that stuff happened under Trump 01. So it's hard to have sympathy for your response. It's pretty clear what the Trump administration goals are for this second term. I cam outline a few of them so far: 1. Musk is serious about reforming the Federal IT system. It was a nightmare for decade and people complained about it for decades and forever tried to "fix it" but nothing ever got done because the bureaucracy cared more about privacy and protection despite not being particularly good at both. It's easy to kill reform through a thousand meetings. If Musk accomplishes in one year what people have tried to do for 30 years, that will be a massive improvement to the overall efficiency of the bureaucracy and government functioning. 2). The administration does not care about classified secrets. You may not like Trump but at least so far everything they've done has been in the name of transparency. We will finally (apparently) really see where all the money is going and what projects and programs are being funded instead of all that information shielded behind a bureaucratic maze of secrecy and opaqueness and "classified secret requiring top clearance" etc cetera. I've a feeling we're going to learn a lot more about what the institutional bureaucracy, whether USAID or CIA or FBI were doing and it's not going to be pleasant. It doesn't mean most people were up to no good. I believe that the vast majority of the bureaucracy in all agencies were law abiding decent people doing their jobs decently, but at a certain level stuff was definitely happening behind closed doors. We saw this with the Mueller investigation into the so called Russian collusion, we saw this with some USAID activity. We saw this with funding at Wuhan. Most people in Congress have no idea what is really going on either. Marco Rubio made that clear in a speech earlier that agencies routinely stonewalled congressional request for information. All the laws people accuse Musk or Trump of breaking are laws that the agencies used to protect themselves from audits and demands for transparency and it was clearly not healthy. These were not laws for the benefit of the American people. And probably allowed some people to do things they otherwise wouldn't have done. Yes, Trump and Musk are taking a wrecking ball to the institutional bureaucracy, aka the deep state. But I'm not upset by it. Yet. They may go too far. We will see. The funny thing is that as someone in my mid 40s, I remember all the left wing progressive liberal Democratic college professors ranting against the deep state. It was the Republicans who defended a lot of these activities and demand for secrecy, so it's interesting to see how the tables have flipped. But be careful before assuming you're on the morally higher ground, especially if it's confirmed that Federal agencies were using taxpayer dollars to do genuinely disturbing stuff whether political interference or funding questionable research into bat viruses and then hiding it behind a cloak of secrecy and refusing accountability. |
The more Democrats panic, the harder the American people are demanding to know exactly what USAID has been doing with OUR tax dollars. |
No, dear. People are really really wondering wth Musk is doing. And who is going to stop him. |
The Democrats are also American people and the money is also ours. I'm not demanding to know what USAID is doing with my money. I'm demanding to know what Elon is doing in charge of my money. |
Uh, the latter!! |
Was Samantha Powers directing USAID taxpayer cash? Warmonger woman she is. |
Rand Paul had a letter from 25 members of Congress, demanding Samantha Power provide details of USAID funding, and was denied.
He wanted to know if they were funding the production of COVID-19. Not giving this information is all the reason needed to shut down funding and staff. There could be ongoing dangers being funded by USAID. |
So did Rand Paul or other senators shut down funding for USAID? Obviously not. Musk doesn't care about Rand Paul or any other senator. Or you. |
Do you notice Musk minions coming to the threads now and trying to act all erudite about things they know nothing about? |
Is USAID a CIA front?
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Having no clue is probably a common occurrence with you. |
Musk has not shut down funding for USAID, unfortunately. There has been a pause on funding and awarding of grants. Leaders who resisted were placed on administrative leave, along with an executive who tried to reverse this administrative leave. Now Rubio has taken over the agency and is ensuring it is acting under the direction of the State Department. They do not have their own mission anymore. |
Yup, and it sounds like they're speaking off a common set of talking points. Feels very organized. |
Thank you for the truth. |