Jodi Ernst said USAID was denying her when she was requesting details on where the money was going, as part of her oversight role in Congress.
She said they were threatening her.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very bad. And wrong

A group of members of Congress and Senators were just not allowed to enter the USAID building. On the order of Elon Musk.

They’re back out — members of Congress have been refused entry to USAID.

“I We were denied entry based on the order they received from Elon Musk and DOGE.” Sen. Van Hollen

https://bsky.app/profile/ruddock.bsky.social/post/3lhcawobwmk2v

This is a coup.

You people are great. It call separation of powers. The executive branch invites you over. You don't just show up.

Nope. Congress has oversight powers - that means that departments don't get to lock them out when they drop by.

Look -- I am anti trump but no the oversight power does not allow a Congressperson to go to an agency. They do not have that power.

Anonymous wrote:This is very bad. And wrong

A group of members of Congress and Senators were just not allowed to enter the USAID building. On the order of Elon Musk.

They’re back out — members of Congress have been refused entry to USAID.

“I We were denied entry based on the order they received from Elon Musk and DOGE.” Sen. Van Hollen

https://bsky.app/profile/ruddock.bsky.social/post/3lhcawobwmk2v

This is a coup.

With all due respect, the legislative has no access rights to the executive. At any time past or present.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very bad. And wrong

A group of members of Congress and Senators were just not allowed to enter the USAID building. On the order of Elon Musk.

They’re back out — members of Congress have been refused entry to USAID.

“I We were denied entry based on the order they received from Elon Musk and DOGE.” Sen. Van Hollen

https://bsky.app/profile/ruddock.bsky.social/post/3lhcawobwmk2v

This is a coup.

You people are great. It call separation of powers. The executive branch invites you over. You don't just show up.

Yet the people delivering the beds they're sleeping in - like, WTF? - are allowed in.

Another violation of SGE ethics rules. And maga voters DO NOT CARE.

MAGA voters probably don't know. These kid-coders probably don't know either.

Anonymous wrote:
MAGA apparently learned from Democrats will rules to use. Karma sucks.

*which rules

MAGA apparently learned from Democrats will rules to use. Karma sucks.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very bad. And wrong

A group of members of Congress and Senators were just not allowed to enter the USAID building. On the order of Elon Musk.

They’re back out — members of Congress have been refused entry to USAID.

“I We were denied entry based on the order they received from Elon Musk and DOGE.” Sen. Van Hollen

https://bsky.app/profile/ruddock.bsky.social/post/3lhcawobwmk2v

This is a coup.

You people are great. It call separation of powers. The executive branch invites you over. You don't just show up.

Yet the people delivering the beds they're sleeping in - like, WTF? - are allowed in.

Another violation of SGE ethics rules. And maga voters DO NOT CARE.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very bad. And wrong

A group of members of Congress and Senators were just not allowed to enter the USAID building. On the order of Elon Musk.

They’re back out — members of Congress have been refused entry to USAID.

“I We were denied entry based on the order they received from Elon Musk and DOGE.” Sen. Van Hollen

https://bsky.app/profile/ruddock.bsky.social/post/3lhcawobwmk2v

This is a coup.

You people are great. It call separation of powers. The executive branch invites you over. You don't just show up.

Yet the people delivering the beds they're sleeping in - like, WTF? - are allowed in.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:This is very bad. And wrong

A group of members of Congress and Senators were just not allowed to enter the USAID building. On the order of Elon Musk.

They’re back out — members of Congress have been refused entry to USAID.

“I We were denied entry based on the order they received from Elon Musk and DOGE.” Sen. Van Hollen

https://bsky.app/profile/ruddock.bsky.social/post/3lhcawobwmk2v

This is a coup.

You people are great. It call separation of powers. The executive branch invites you over. You don't just show up.

Nope. Congress has oversight powers - that means that departments don't get to lock them out when they drop by.

Anonymous wrote:This is very bad. And wrong

A group of members of Congress and Senators were just not allowed to enter the USAID building. On the order of Elon Musk.

They’re back out — members of Congress have been refused entry to USAID.

“I We were denied entry based on the order they received from Elon Musk and DOGE.” Sen. Van Hollen

https://bsky.app/profile/ruddock.bsky.social/post/3lhcawobwmk2v

This is a coup.

You people are great. It call separation of powers. The executive branch invites you over. You don't just show up.

Anonymous wrote:They haven't shut down USAID. They put about 100 employees on leave or fired them. They paused funding pending review.
Marco Rubio is now the temporary director.

Yes, they did. They removed the flag and even the stars honoring those who died in service to our country.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They haven't shut down USAID. They put about 100 employees on leave or fired them. They paused funding pending review.
Marco Rubio is now the temporary director.

Yup. It’s going through congress next.

Let's be clear that they have effectively shut it down. They have frozen all funding except for the narrowest of exceptions for humanitarian assistance. That means that all projects overseas are shut down. All the staff from those projects are being laid off because there is no company that has this kind of operating expense or credit line. The agency has not yet paid contractors for their November and December invoices and so they are operating on fumes. Those that have not been laid off from the implementer side have been furloughed. Likewise our local partners around the world, including little civil society organizations , are also starting to close and lay off staff . Within the agency it has been many many more than 100 people. About 700 people in the Humanitarian Bureau were laid off, and about 700 in the Global Health Bureau. On my team alone we have gone from 14 to 3 people. We have been locked out of our offices for 2 days straight with all of us ironically being put on telework after all this hoopla about being in the office. They have locked down our IT systems so we cannot input our time into our timesheets or access our benefits statements. They have also erased all of our data, reports and information off of our portal.

And of course they've been demonizing us online and calling us unpatriotic and criminals. Slander.

Their goal is to shut us down. If any aspect of usaid survives it will be extremely minimized and under the state department. They are actually destroying our independent agency. And if you read Rubio's statement he makes it clear that he believes they have the authority to shut the entire agency down

Anonymous wrote:When this is all over, Musk is going to spend the rest of his days in prison.

I think he’s aiming to become president. He’s not currently constitutionally eligible, but they’re dismantling everything, so we’ll see how far he gets.

Marco’s deputy is none other than antisemitic, racist incel, Darren Beattie?

Are we winning yet? Effing MaGA

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They haven't shut down USAID. They put about 100 employees on leave or fired them. They paused funding pending review.
Marco Rubio is now the temporary director.

They also froze all foreign aid, a week ago. This immediately shut down HIV treatment funding for PEPFAR overseas.

Thanks Rubio.

PEPFAR was one of George Bush’s (the son) signature achievements. “It works in over 50 countries around the world and has saved more than 26 million lives over the past two decades. Currently, PEPFAR is providing HIV treatment for more than 20 million people living with HIV globally, including 566,000 children under 15 years of age.” I wish Bush would come out and condemn this, but he won’t.