USAID approach to NOAA

[Anonymous]

It has something to do with free sattelite data and Starlink perhaps?

[Anonymous]

Nothing is happening a NOAA yet.

As of this morning, I saw DEI and celebration of BlCk History Month emails.

I also know of a few Feds who were recently hired 6 months ago and still not fired yet.

Is NOAA safe for now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is happening a NOAA yet.

As of this morning, I saw DEI and celebration of BlCk History Month emails.

I also know of a few Feds who were recently hired 6 months ago and still not fired yet.

Is NOAA safe for now?

I don’t think any agency is out of the woods.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is happening a NOAA yet.

As of this morning, I saw DEI and celebration of BlCk History Month emails.

I also know of a few Feds who were recently hired 6 months ago and still not fired yet.

Is NOAA safe for now?

I don’t think any agency is out of the woods.

This article today said NoAA and NASA are bracing for big cuts to employment.
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/18/federal-workers-layoffs-noaa-nasa

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:USAID is targeted for very different reasons than just cost cutting. Can anyone verify if tax spend on USAID funding so vastly exceeds all the other agencies? I thought HHS was the one most heavily funded..

This is OT, but since you asked - USAID IG was investigating Starlink in Ukraine

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating-starlink-over-its-contracts-in-ukraine-2000559365

Fake News.

See what I SAID itself says:
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA17/20240926/117696/HHRG-118-FA17-Wstate-MartinP-20240926.pdf

USAID OIG was inspecting's USAID itself (just like Musk is doing!), regarding contracts in Ukraine and potental for waste, fraud, and abuse. They were not 'investigating Starlink".

Think about it, if you can. USAID's or Mar function is to give money away.
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Why would Musk close an agency that was giving him money, instead of letting it give him more money?

I hate everything unelected President Musk is doing, but this particular accusation is bullsht.

. Wrong. Usaid was investigating Starlink’s and its actions with Russia. Usaid was also supporting democratization efforts around the world which angered many oligarchs (friends of Trump.)
https://www.newsweek.com/usaid-elon-musk-starlink-probe-ukraine-2027054

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USAID is targeted for very different reasons than just cost cutting. Can anyone verify if tax spend on USAID funding so vastly exceeds all the other agencies? I thought HHS was the one most heavily funded..

This is OT, but since you asked - USAID IG was investigating Starlink in Ukraine

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating-starlink-over-its-contracts-in-ukraine-2000559365

Fake News.

See what I SAID itself says:
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA17/20240926/117696/HHRG-118-FA17-Wstate-MartinP-20240926.pdf

USAID OIG was inspecting's USAID itself (just like Musk is doing!), regarding contracts in Ukraine and potental for waste, fraud, and abuse. They were not 'investigating Starlink".

Think about it, if you can. USAID's or Mar function is to give money away.
We
Why would Musk close an agency that was giving him money, instead of letting it give him more money?

I hate everything unelected President Musk is doing, but this particular accusation is bullsht.

. Wrong. Usaid was investigating Starlink’s and its actions with Russia. Usaid was also supporting democratization efforts around the world which angered many oligarchs (friends of Trump.)
https://www.newsweek.com/usaid-elon-musk-starlink-probe-ukraine-2027054

+1. Basically, after the collapse of communism, USAID has spent a lot of money in all former Warsaw Pact nations to help them transition to democratic governance structures. These countries *wanted* to become independent, democratic, integrated with the rest of Europe economically and socially and part of NATO. USAID helped with teaching how to hold elections, run for office, screen judges for corruption, build a human rights respecting police force, create a transparent budget and contract letting process, etc.

It's Putin who benefits from the collapse of USAID and not just in C&EE but also in Africa where he is using the former Wagner crews to topple African governments and create chaos. Getting rid of USAID in CEE softens it up so that he can invade the Baltics after he's made a favorable deal on Ukraine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:USAID is targeted for very different reasons than just cost cutting. Can anyone verify if tax spend on USAID funding so vastly exceeds all the other agencies? I thought HHS was the one most heavily funded..

This is OT, but since you asked - USAID IG was investigating Starlink in Ukraine

https://gizmodo.com/elon-musks-enemy-usaid-was-investigating-starlink-over-its-contracts-in-ukraine-2000559365

Fake News.

See what I SAID itself says:
https://docs.house.gov/meetings/FA/FA17/20240926/117696/HHRG-118-FA17-Wstate-MartinP-20240926.pdf

USAID OIG was inspecting's USAID itself (just like Musk is doing!), regarding contracts in Ukraine and potental for waste, fraud, and abuse. They were not 'investigating Starlink".

Think about it, if you can. USAID's or Mar function is to give money away.
We
Why would Musk close an agency that was giving him money, instead of letting it give him more money?

I hate everything unelected President Musk is doing, but this particular accusation is bullsht.

. Wrong. Usaid was investigating Starlink’s and its actions with Russia. Usaid was also supporting democratization efforts around the world which angered many oligarchs (friends of Trump.)
https://www.newsweek.com/usaid-elon-musk-starlink-probe-ukraine-2027054

+1. Basically, after the collapse of communism, USAID has spent a lot of money in all former Warsaw Pact nations to help them transition to democratic governance structures. These countries *wanted* to become independent, democratic, integrated with the rest of Europe economically and socially and part of NATO. USAID helped with teaching how to hold elections, run for office, screen judges for corruption, build a human rights respecting police force, create a transparent budget and contract letting process, etc.

It's Putin who benefits from the collapse of USAID and not just in C&EE but also in Africa where he is using the former Wagner crews to topple African governments and create chaos. Getting rid of USAID in CEE softens it up so that he can invade the Baltics after he's made a favorable deal on Ukraine.

Yes, it’s basically like we are letting Putin draft our foreign and domestic policy in many ways. It’s awful.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they kill NOAA, kiss GPS goodbye.

I have already bought paper maps.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:P2025 was explicit about killing NOAA

Why? Serious question.

So they can deny climate change.

And they don’t like being told to evacuate. They don’t like being told what to do at all. Like toddlers.

Yup. I bet insurance companies won't like it. They like knowing the weather risks to be able to deny policies.

I feel like we are one or two hurricanes or floods from kind of a major-ish collapse. Remember when the bottom fell out of the entire real estate market? What happens when insurers are overwhelmed and can't pay losses for large parts of the country? Or there are a bunch of Hurricane Katrinas? People forget that the root of the issue of Katrina is that people were not evacuated in time.

All these firings are terrible (and my job may be on the chopping block too) but the downstream effects seem catastrophic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Nothing is happening a NOAA yet.

As of this morning, I saw DEI and celebration of BlCk History Month emails.

I also know of a few Feds who were recently hired 6 months ago and still not fired yet.

Is NOAA safe for now?

I don’t think any agency is out of the woods.

Same. I think some agencies are not immediately collapsing, but that doesn’t mean they won’t. Mine hasn’t fired DEI or probationary employees yet either, but there will probably it be a target in their back now.

[Anonymous]

Cutting 17% of workforce. Is that in addition to VERA/VSIP and probationary layoffs? Or inclusive?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Cutting 17% of workforce. Is that in addition to VERA/VSIP and probationary layoffs? Or inclusive?

With probationary it will be 20%