USAID

Montpelier, OH, Us

I gotta say. The more that get's brought out and the longer this goes. The more I am just fucking amazed. I'm not just talking about USAID but rather all of it. USAID, Education, Medicaid, Defense, etc. For the moment I'll just stick with USAID. I'm no different than Newone, and likely a very large percentage of the population. I didn't know shit about it. I knew it existed and what it's "advertised" purpose was. But my knowledge stopped about there. Ya like scamp said. It's all been there to read about for a cpl decades but nobody did. Even if you did read it though. You would certainly be reading the very candy coated version.

Since DOGE got started. I have learned enough to know that USAID needs torn down. You can't even say that it needs to get back to it's core roots. (It's core roots were devised to influence. Not help. Other countries) Now it has just morphed into some money grab for the world. Tear it down and replace it with nothing but, food and medicine for other countries.

USAID flew under the radar for a LONG time. And as Gumby so often (and properly) states. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

Musk and his team put a fucking boot heel to the tube, and there are a WHOLE bunch of American people that aren't happy with the mess on the floor!

This shit isn't going back in the tube. Joe Public is aware of it more than ever.

Montpelier, OH, Us

@newone...I am not going to pretend I even knew what the USAID was until recently. However, the richest man on the planet eliminated 40 billion in humanitarian aid.

And now you know "EXACTLY ALL THEY WANT YOU TO KNOW"... Now every time you hear about more wasteful spending that is being uncovered. Just repeat the line that you were hypnotized into believing.

ORRRR.... you could simply rephrase it to more closely match the reality of the situation.

(A team of people headed by one man, were tasked by the President of the United States to expose, uncover and stop the wasteful spending of OUR tax dollars.)

Now just snap your finger in front of your face and wake up from this hypnotic state.

Stamford, CT, Us

“ But keep telling yourself this isn’t just a distraction from the corruption and fraud being perpetrated by musk and his puppet drumpf.”

Prices continue to increase…

New Orleans, LA, Us

Every dollar Elon Musk claims to have "discovered being stolen” by locking himself in government agencies with his team of hackers is actually detailed and available to be viewed by the public on usaspending.go v which was created in a bill introduced by Senators Tom Cobern (R), John
McCain (R), Tom Carper (D) and Barack Obama (D) and signed into law by G.W. Bush in 2006.

There is NOTHING DOGE is uncovering that wasn't available for public scrutiny for nearly 2 decades.

But keep telling yourself this isn’t just a distraction from the corruption and fraud being perpetrated by musk and his puppet drumpf.

~Scamp

Hamilton, AL, Us

@SN: now.... re read everything you just wrote & apply it to BOTH sides of the isle & you will be on the right track. There is only one political party and neither of us are invited.

sn1987aVeteran
Freeport, NY, Us

Billionaires ruin everything. They have so much power that they just rig the rules to suit themselves only, because they only care about themselves. First they rig the rules so they can ship all the manufacturing jobs overseas, and now they've rigged them so they pay ultra-low taxes and get rid of any government services for the little people to just try to survive. That's actually what they want, so they can offer jobs at minimal wages so they can PROFIT.

We're really heading toward being a sh*thole country if this keeps up.

sn1987aVeteran
Freeport, NY, Us

@marion > "but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law;"

Umm, ALL OF THESE funds were argued in congressional committees, decided upon, and APPROVED BY CONGRESS who has the so=called power of the purse. Not the president. The president is to execute Congress's laws, including the budget that is approved on a yearly basis. The president also cannot stop that spending from happening, without consultation with Congress.

So according to the constitution, the president has been violating the constitution all along. That's why he is LOSING case after case in court.

And by president of course I mean Elmo, since it's clear the bigger billionaire has been controlling the little billionaire. Unfortunately, there is a Supreme Court, that has been bought out by the billionaires too. We'll have to see how much integrity they have left in them. I'm doubtful...

justus70Veteran
Duson, LA, Us

They never did RINOS either

Danbury, CT, Us

I don’t think Democrats care about the Constitution.

Hamilton, AL, Us

U.S. Constitution: article I, section 9, clause 7. The DOGE is actually provided for in the Constitution.

No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

justus70Veteran
Duson, LA, Us

Its true what they said over and over in the drops

" Nothing Can Stop What Is Coming "

Danbury, CT, Us

One lawsuit against the Trump administrations layoffs already failed in Massachusetts.

justus70Veteran
Duson, LA, Us

Yup, They are playing like a fiddle.

Danbury, CT, Us

The Democrat appointed Judges will be found wrong . There is already case law on this matter. Trumps team knows that .

Richards, TX

It is amazing how Elon and the geniuses are using AI to investigate government fraud. Trump said he might let Elon and his engineers patch up the crack in the Liberty Bell. .

Danbury, CT, Us

Well if you think fraud in government spending can be investigated fully in less than a month your a special kind of stupid.

newoneappRegular
Appleton, WI, Us

Funny how the richest man on the planet, by-the-way receives billions in US government contracts, can pick and choose who and what to cut. At least there's no conflict of interest and he has no interest in lining his own pockets. It is funny how he is going after parts of the budget that account for 1%, less than 1% and not the areas where he benefits from. #makecorrutiongreatagain

sn1987aVeteran
Freeport, NY, Us

And... a judge has reinstated all the USAID contracts that were already in place and which Elmo decided he didn't like. Guess they couldn't prove any criminality of USAID! There were hundreds of millions of dollars worth of unpaid invoices that the Chump administration had cheated working people on.

Chump does get to keep his 90 day stop order for a review of programs that hadn't been already awarded.

https://thehill com/regulation/court-battles/5144882-judge-temporarily-blocks-termination-of-usaid-contracts-in-place-before-trump-inauguration/

sn1987aVeteran
Freeport, NY, Us

Hmm, WP (owned by the Chump-supplicant billionaire Bezos) just wrote an article saying exactly what I said many times on here... If DOGE has found fraud, then he should refer this to the DOJ so we can PROSECUTE criminals. How many cases have they found? Pretty much ZERO.... No fraud, just their lies.

And now we know all they want to do is to get rid of things that help the people, just so they can keep their super low tax rates and loopholes. For them, it's all about money, so they can buy power.

https://www washingtonpost com/politics/2025/02/13/fraud-trump-musk-doge-fail/

Richards, TX

@New , are you for real or just trolling ?

newoneappRegular
Appleton, WI, Us

I am not going to pretend I even knew what the USAID was until recently. However, the richest man on the planet eliminated 40 billion in humanitarian aid. The richest man on the planet eliminating aid that went to help the poorest people, the poorest children - even from his native continent of Africa - where aid went to help starvation. Global food aid that have already been paid for, distribution has been shut down.
While children starve, Republicans raised the debt ceiling by 4 trillion, earmarked for more tax cuts. All of this makes me sick to my stomach. While the religious right, is complicit in all of this celebrating as it happens. Sickening

Richards, TX

Yea, just like Kathy Hochul , she is gonna get punked . …Even Carville is saying this … That guy is funny but smart .