Court says that USAID must be reinstated

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The State Department notified Congress that it was absorbing USAID and firing just about everyone.

FYI - that's not how this works. Congress can say Yea or Nay to this but the State Department cannot dismantle a congressionally created independent agency. Nor can DOGE. And while the Chuang PI is stayed, the lawsuits are ongoing.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/28/politics/state-department-formally-notifies-congress-effectively-dissolving-usaid/index.html

But that requires a Congress that GAF and is interested in doing their job. We don’t have a functioning Congress. Haven’t for years.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where is the case saying that doge isn’t a real agency? Because that also isn’t how any of this works

I'm unclear on this, and it's probably buried in the various cases naming Musk as a defendant (quite a few of them). I had heard last week it was determined to be an agency subject to FOIA vs PRA. How that ties into Congressional oversight and confirmations I can't say I know anything about.

So, Congress doesn’t have to create the agencies via legislation? Seriously, that makes no sense

At least $500 billion in spending is on agencies that have not been authorized by Congress. They just budget the money every year, but never bother to reauthorize.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course it must be reinstated. Then Congress can decide next steps. If Trump would like to make an argument to Congress that USAID should be wound down or folded into State, he is welcome to do so.

This Congress with more than half of spineless'?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where is the case saying that doge isn’t a real agency? Because that also isn’t how any of this works

I'm unclear on this, and it's probably buried in the various cases naming Musk as a defendant (quite a few of them). I had heard last week it was determined to be an agency subject to FOIA vs PRA. How that ties into Congressional oversight and confirmations I can't say I know anything about.

So, Congress doesn’t have to create the agencies via legislation? Seriously, that makes no sense

At least $500 billion in spending is on agencies that have not been authorized by Congress. They just budget the money every year, but never bother to reauthorize.

The SWAMP is DEEPER and DIRTIER than any of us can imagine.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Where is the case saying that doge isn’t a real agency? Because that also isn’t how any of this works

I'm unclear on this, and it's probably buried in the various cases naming Musk as a defendant (quite a few of them). I had heard last week it was determined to be an agency subject to FOIA vs PRA. How that ties into Congressional oversight and confirmations I can't say I know anything about.

So, Congress doesn’t have to create the agencies via legislation? Seriously, that makes no sense

At least $500 billion in spending is on agencies that have not been authorized by Congress. They just budget the money every year, but never bother to reauthorize.

The SWAMP is DEEPER and DIRTIER than any of us can imagine.

I’ll give you that. Also, every state capital is gross too. Your state congressmen make up the entire legislative branch. So therefore, the states are full of slime-dwelling politicians too. All the lawyers come to DC!!! By your account, it’s been a swamp since George Washington.Literally and figuratively. Politics have always attracted ego maniacs who are gross

[Anonymous]

Not to worry. You now have two billionaires and a Hillbilly working for you. They will do what they have always done for you.

[Anonymous]

I am pretty sure they are trolling the Hillbilly in plan view.