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Anonymous wrote:Those of you suddenly scrutinizing USAID budgets and expenses, I look forward to your scrutiny of taxpayer dollars being spent at Trump hotels, resorts, and other businesses over the next four years (not to mention all the contributions to those Trump companies from foreign entities).

If there is a suspicion that taxpayer money is being wasted, then certainly they should be looked at. Why do you sound like you would have preferred a status quo where the waste continues?

You are clueless. USAID programs and funding annually go through budget submissions, House and Senate committee hearings and approvals, House and Senate floor votes, Presidential signature, regulatory processes with comment periods, legal scrutiny, etc., acquisition and grants management procedures, requirements, evaluations, oversight, reporting, and then start the processes over again. Just because you and Elon Musk are clueless doesn’t mean these are secret programs. They have been vetted and vetted and vetted to comply with the program need defined by law by Congress.

It's terrifying to me that with so many approval needed, so much abuse of government funds still got approved. It's a very hard job for the President to clean the house.

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Anonymous wrote:Just a reminder to the idiots supporting Musk. There are thousands of American citizens deployed as USAID workers and contractors in developing countries around the world who are now cut off from all headquarters, financial, and logistical support from the government. Anyone cheering this on is a deplorable sociopath.

Why couldn't they get support from the US mission in country like any other fed?

Anonymous wrote:Just a reminder to the idiots supporting Musk. There are thousands of American citizens deployed as USAID workers and contractors in developing countries around the world who are now cut off from all headquarters, financial, and logistical support from the government. Anyone cheering this on is a deplorable sociopath.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you suddenly scrutinizing USAID budgets and expenses, I look forward to your scrutiny of taxpayer dollars being spent at Trump hotels, resorts, and other businesses over the next four years (not to mention all the contributions to those Trump companies from foreign entities).

If there is a suspicion that taxpayer money is being wasted, then certainly they should be looked at. Why do you sound like you would have preferred a status quo where the waste continues?

You are clueless. USAID programs and funding annually go through budget submissions, House and Senate committee hearings and approvals, House and Senate floor votes, Presidential signature, regulatory processes with comment periods, legal scrutiny, etc., acquisition and grants management procedures, requirements, evaluations, oversight, reporting, and then start the processes over again. Just because you and Elon Musk are clueless doesn’t mean these are secret programs. They have been vetted and vetted and vetted to comply with the program need defined by law by Congress.

Do you seriously think Congress appropriated money to promote transgender rights in comic books?

It's terrifying to me that with so many approval needed, so much abuse of government funds still got approved. It's a very hard job for the President to clean the house.

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Anonymous wrote:The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers, sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on U.S. aid worldwide.
The administration on Saturday urged the USAID staff to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid around the world in line with Trump's "America First" policy. It also threatened "disciplinary action" for any staff ignoring the administration's orders.
An internal memo sent to USAID employees on Monday evening said the new leadership identified several actions in the agency that "appeared to be designed to circumvent the President's Executive Orders and the mandate from the American people."
"As a result, we have placed a number of USAID employees on administrative leave with full pay and benefits until further notice while we complete our analysis of these actions," Acting Administrator Jason Gray said in the memo, reviewed by Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-puts-leave-nearly-60-usaid-career-staff-after-aid-freeze-2025-01-28/

USAID believed it was accountable to no one.

If USAID is so terrible, why didn’t Trump do something about it his first term? You know, the first time he made America great again.

He has a mandate now with control of congress.

Then Congress can amend the law that created USAID and zero out USAID in its next budget.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you suddenly scrutinizing USAID budgets and expenses, I look forward to your scrutiny of taxpayer dollars being spent at Trump hotels, resorts, and other businesses over the next four years (not to mention all the contributions to those Trump companies from foreign entities).

If there is a suspicion that taxpayer money is being wasted, then certainly they should be looked at. Why do you sound like you would have preferred a status quo where the waste continues?

You are clueless. USAID programs and funding annually go through budget submissions, House and Senate committee hearings and approvals, House and Senate floor votes, Presidential signature, regulatory processes with comment periods, legal scrutiny, etc., acquisition and grants management procedures, requirements, evaluations, oversight, reporting, and then start the processes over again. Just because you and Elon Musk are clueless doesn’t mean these are secret programs. They have been vetted and vetted and vetted to comply with the program need defined by law by Congress.

It's terrifying to me that with so many approval needed, so much abuse of government funds still got approved. It's a very hard job for the President to clean the house.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you suddenly scrutinizing USAID budgets and expenses, I look forward to your scrutiny of taxpayer dollars being spent at Trump hotels, resorts, and other businesses over the next four years (not to mention all the contributions to those Trump companies from foreign entities).

If there is a suspicion that taxpayer money is being wasted, then certainly they should be looked at. Why do you sound like you would have preferred a status quo where the waste continues?

You are clueless. USAID programs and funding annually go through budget submissions, House and Senate committee hearings and approvals, House and Senate floor votes, Presidential signature, regulatory processes with comment periods, legal scrutiny, etc., acquisition and grants management procedures, requirements, evaluations, oversight, reporting, and then start the processes over again. Just because you and Elon Musk are clueless doesn’t mean these are secret programs. They have been vetted and vetted and vetted to comply with the program need defined by law by Congress.

It's terrifying to me that with so many approval needed, so much abuse of government funds still got approved. It's a very hard job for the President to clean the house.

He should start first by cleaning his own house. It's ridiculous how much grifting he gets away with on the back of US taxpayers.

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Where’s her big ass cross today?

Are you this bigoted against Muslims and Jews too? Does a hijab make you unhappy?

Hijab is not equal to cross.

True. Hijab represents slavery of the woman. I’ve seen them with chains on their faces.

And what's a cross? An execution device that Christians like to use as a symbol of their devotion by forcing people to live how they think is holy. Because Jesus forced people to live how he wanted them to, right?

Take your anti Christian bigotry elsewhere. This was a disgusting accusation.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you suddenly scrutinizing USAID budgets and expenses, I look forward to your scrutiny of taxpayer dollars being spent at Trump hotels, resorts, and other businesses over the next four years (not to mention all the contributions to those Trump companies from foreign entities).

If there is a suspicion that taxpayer money is being wasted, then certainly they should be looked at. Why do you sound like you would have preferred a status quo where the waste continues?

You are clueless. USAID programs and funding annually go through budget submissions, House and Senate committee hearings and approvals, House and Senate floor votes, Presidential signature, regulatory processes with comment periods, legal scrutiny, etc., acquisition and grants management procedures, requirements, evaluations, oversight, reporting, and then start the processes over again. Just because you and Elon Musk are clueless doesn’t mean these are secret programs. They have been vetted and vetted and vetted to comply with the program need defined by law by Congress.

It's terrifying to me that with so many approval needed, so much abuse of government funds still got approved. It's a very hard job for the President to clean the house.

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Anonymous wrote:Those of you suddenly scrutinizing USAID budgets and expenses, I look forward to your scrutiny of taxpayer dollars being spent at Trump hotels, resorts, and other businesses over the next four years (not to mention all the contributions to those Trump companies from foreign entities).

If there is a suspicion that taxpayer money is being wasted, then certainly they should be looked at. Why do you sound like you would have preferred a status quo where the waste continues?

You are clueless. USAID programs and funding annually go through budget submissions, House and Senate committee hearings and approvals, House and Senate floor votes, Presidential signature, regulatory processes with comment periods, legal scrutiny, etc., acquisition and grants management procedures, requirements, evaluations, oversight, reporting, and then start the processes over again. Just because you and Elon Musk are clueless doesn’t mean these are secret programs. They have been vetted and vetted and vetted to comply with the program need defined by law by Congress.

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Anonymous wrote:Just a reminder to the idiots supporting Musk. There are thousands of American citizens deployed as USAID workers and contractors in developing countries around the world who are now cut off from all headquarters, financial, and logistical support from the government. Anyone cheering this on is a deplorable sociopath.

They’ll all sue the federal government for wrongful termination and we’ll pay them more than we had, plus unemployment, if we’d just kept them on. Whatever agency they’re from.

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Anonymous wrote:The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers, sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on U.S. aid worldwide.
The administration on Saturday urged the USAID staff to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid around the world in line with Trump's "America First" policy. It also threatened "disciplinary action" for any staff ignoring the administration's orders.
An internal memo sent to USAID employees on Monday evening said the new leadership identified several actions in the agency that "appeared to be designed to circumvent the President's Executive Orders and the mandate from the American people."
"As a result, we have placed a number of USAID employees on administrative leave with full pay and benefits until further notice while we complete our analysis of these actions," Acting Administrator Jason Gray said in the memo, reviewed by Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-puts-leave-nearly-60-usaid-career-staff-after-aid-freeze-2025-01-28/

USAID believed it was accountable to no one.

If USAID is so terrible, why didn’t Trump do something about it his first term? You know, the first time he made America great again.

He has a mandate now with control of congress.

Then why not have congress make the changes. They are not King Elon's to make.

He is a special employee of the Office of the President, along with all of DOGE, and has been given that authority.

Congress appropriated tens of billions for USAID, but not any specific grants.

This is untrue. Congress specified particular uses for most of USAID's funding. Food aid, PEPFAR, a big long list.

And, this funding will now go to State Department for dispersal.

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Anonymous wrote:The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers, sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on U.S. aid worldwide.
The administration on Saturday urged the USAID staff to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid around the world in line with Trump's "America First" policy. It also threatened "disciplinary action" for any staff ignoring the administration's orders.
An internal memo sent to USAID employees on Monday evening said the new leadership identified several actions in the agency that "appeared to be designed to circumvent the President's Executive Orders and the mandate from the American people."
"As a result, we have placed a number of USAID employees on administrative leave with full pay and benefits until further notice while we complete our analysis of these actions," Acting Administrator Jason Gray said in the memo, reviewed by Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-puts-leave-nearly-60-usaid-career-staff-after-aid-freeze-2025-01-28/

USAID believed it was accountable to no one.

If USAID is so terrible, why didn’t Trump do something about it his first term? You know, the first time he made America great again.

He has a mandate now with control of congress.

Then why not have congress make the changes. They are not King Elon's to make.

He is a special employee of the Office of the President, along with all of DOGE, and has been given that authority.

Congress appropriated tens of billions for USAID, but not any specific grants.

This is untrue. Congress specified particular uses for most of USAID's funding. Food aid, PEPFAR, a big long list.

And, this funding will now go to State Department for dispersal.

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) workers, sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on U.S. aid worldwide.
The administration on Saturday urged the USAID staff to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid around the world in line with Trump's "America First" policy. It also threatened "disciplinary action" for any staff ignoring the administration's orders.
An internal memo sent to USAID employees on Monday evening said the new leadership identified several actions in the agency that "appeared to be designed to circumvent the President's Executive Orders and the mandate from the American people."
"As a result, we have placed a number of USAID employees on administrative leave with full pay and benefits until further notice while we complete our analysis of these actions," Acting Administrator Jason Gray said in the memo, reviewed by Reuters.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-puts-leave-nearly-60-usaid-career-staff-after-aid-freeze-2025-01-28/

USAID believed it was accountable to no one.

If USAID is so terrible, why didn’t Trump do something about it his first term? You know, the first time he made America great again.

He has a mandate now with control of congress.

Then why not have congress make the changes. They are not King Elon's to make.

He is a special employee of the Office of the President, along with all of DOGE, and has been given that authority.

Congress appropriated tens of billions for USAID, but not any specific grants.

This is untrue. Congress specified particular uses for most of USAID's funding. Food aid, PEPFAR, a big long list.