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being on an escort board your maga peers are truly pissed at what you spend your money on
Don’t care. All the politicians especially Democrats. Virtue signaling. They believe if they help DEI and poor countries they have free rein to do the nastiest shit. Especially Hilary.
 
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being on an escort board your maga peers are truly pissed at what you spend your money on
The difference is that it's his money. He can spend it on whatever he wants. Foreign aid is spending his money on shit he doesn't want.

If you like foreign aid so much, donate your own money directly. Why steal from taxpayers?
 

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No, I am not freaked out and there is no pendulum swing. I have also been providing funds to Canadian media personally. As far as Trudeau is concerned, I didn't vote for him. But, I was happy that we had a leader during the covid pandemic that helped so many people not lose their homes and businesses mostly survive and all this using money from my pocket !
there will be an accounting one day and you may be very shocked to see where a lot of the money actually went

t is a US government agency created by executive order
Actually maybe you don't know who USAID is. It was not created by an executive order, it was created by JFK through congress
Wikipedia says it was a JFK executive order.
USAID was subsequently established by the executive order of President John F. Kennedy, who sought to unite several existing foreign assistance organizations and programs under one agency.
if that is inaccurate take it up with Wikipedia


It is funny how you state the obvious and assume I am surprised that happens. What surprises me is not what you say, but rather what you don't say. Elon is not the US government and has no security clearance. Maybe frump gave it to him, but he could never actually pass security clearance and what is he doing with all that data.
i am sure he has a letter indicating he was given authority by Trump and the white House lawyer reviewed it
He may not be drawing a huge salary but his is US govt

I am sure there are many places money is not accounted for and misused or abused. Maybe Elon should start by reducing the price of army toilet seats. Isn't $400.00 a toilet seat too much.

you check toilet seats, Musk will look for real savings

With a budget of over $50 billion,[4] USAID is one of the largest official aid agencies in the world and accounts for more than half of all U.S. foreign assistance – the highest in the world in absolute dollar terms.
that is a lot of money flowing through this agency and a lot of money has been sent to Ukraine
A country at war, but also one of the more corrupt in the world

you positioning is strange
highly sensitive and confidential data from USAID supplied by the rest of the world to them on a confidential basis.
what is so confidential that countries asking for money from the US govt , do not want the president to know about ?

my guess it is not entirely the foreign countries who are so worried about the "sensitivity and confidentially " , rather the agencies approvers for the funds that were directed overseas
 
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So far he hasn't done anything about taking frump trash out!
sounds like an entire agency that Trump felt could go to the curb
pretty bold move, but Musk is not stupid , there was something amiss there

i noticed you completely avoided the climate change propaganda issue
not to worry , eventually we will get a better picture of the Trudeau govts money movements
it will be challenging as Gerald Butts is very skilled at reorganizing govt bureaucracies and fund flows to eco warrior groups who went ape shit all over pipelines , Alberta shortly after Gerald Justin gained power and got his corrupt hands on the public purse
But not to worry too much , I am likely way off base ..and all those corruption scandals likely do not paint a true picture of your ever so fake benevolent hero
those are only the scandals they got caught on, so far >>>> tip of the iceberg
 
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Of course they can, and Elon actually could be able to do that. He could simply start with the excessive spending by the US military!
no doubt its a big cash cow
The pentagon may not be spared a house cleaning
pretty sure most military spending on DEI will stop
have some patience
when looking to save money , you need to start with the Funds leaving the country first
 
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Mitch, maybe you should check out and post that Elon has gotten control of all of the highly sensitive and confidential data from USAID supplied by the rest of the world to them on a confidential basis.

Take your blinders off.

Trump and his sycophants now have nearly total control over much of the media. Try posting something negative on Twitter and see what happens.
You're wasting your breath. All this twat does is repost Twitter feeds and leave a :ROFLMAO: on posts where he's checkmated.
 

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They are replacing the experienced USAID staff with 6 inexperienced Musk "Engineers" with practically no proper Full University education.
These individuals do not have the Security Clearance to have access to Personal and Government Classified Information. It is Unconstitutional:

Elon Musk and His Engineers, One of Whom Is 19, Are Accessing Classified Government Intel and Americans' Private Info
Six young men with little professional experience are playing central roles in Musk's 'DOGE' mission to seize control of federal agencies and their classified data, according to a new report

Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency staff are gaining sweeping access to sensitive government information and private details about millions of Americans.

Six engineers between the ages of 19 and 24 are at the center of Musk's DOGE team, according to a new WIRED report. The outlet reports that the young men have little to no government experience but are now being tasked with helping execute President Donald Trump's order to "[modernize] Federal technology and software to maximize governmental efficiency and productivity."

WIRED says that among Musk's pool of engineers, at least one is still in college and another is a volunteer. At least two of the others have been linked to openly anti-democracy billionaire Peter Thiel, a tech investor and entrepreneur.

Elon Musk Just Started Shutting Down This Government Agency Hours Before Employees Were Expected to Report to Work

“What we're seeing is unprecedented in that you have these actors who are not really public officials gaining access to the most sensitive data in government,” said Don Moynihan, professor of public policy at the University of Michigan, in an interview with WIRED.

“We really have very little eyes on what's going on," Moynihan continued. "Congress has no ability to really intervene and monitor what's happening because these aren't really accountable public officials. So this feels like a hostile takeover of the machinery of governments by the richest man in the world.”

CNN reported on Feb. 2 that DOGE staff tried to improperly obtain classified information at the U.S. Agency for International Development. Those at USAID who resisted the effort, concerned about DOGE workers' security clearances, were placed on leave soon afterwards.


The Associated Press confirmed that DOGE staff were able to ultimately access the material they sought, which contained intelligence reports.


Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Mark Zuckerberg Among Several Tech CEOs Filling VIP Seats at Trump's Inauguration

DOGE has worked to infiltrate other federal agencies as well. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent recently handed DOGE representatives the keys to the federal payment system, which acts as a checkbook for the entire U.S. government and contains sensitive data about hundreds of millions of Americans, according to ABC News.

Before Bessent intervened, a career official at the Treasury Department had resisted requests to provide Musk's associates with access to the payment system, which has very few authorized users. The official was placed on leave for pushing back and announced his retirement shortly after.

Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren, the top Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, sent a letter of concern to Bessent on Sunday, Feb. 2.

“I am alarmed that as one of your first acts as secretary, you appear to have handed over a highly sensitive system responsible for millions of Americans’ private data — and a key function of government — to an unelected billionaire and an unknown number of his unqualified flunkies,” she wrote.

"Controlling the system could allow the Trump Administration to 'unilaterally' – and illegally – cut off payments for millions of Americans, putting at risk the financial security of families and businesses based on political favoritism or the whims of Mr. Musk and those on his team who have worked their way inside," Warren continued. "It could also give them access to millions of Americans’ personal and financial information that is protected by law."

Amid DOGE's unprecedented effort to rapidly reshape the government, Musk has powerful allies and former employees serving in the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration.

DOGE has thus far made many cuts to federal staffing, but otherwise its goals remain largely unclear. In announcing the unofficial department, Trump stated its goal was to form "a smaller government, with more efficiency and less bureaucracy."

 

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The difference is that it's his money. He can spend it on whatever he wants. Foreign aid is spending his money on shit he doesn't want.

If you like foreign aid so much, donate your own money directly. Why steal from taxpayers?
stealing from taxpayers seem to have become a god given right for some folks
some folks are going to doing some jail time
 
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USAID Absorbed Into State Department Under Rubio After DOGE Crusade


Update (1210ET):

"USAID will be merged into the State Department with cuts in the workforce, but it will remain a humanitarian aid entity, sources told @saraecook and me. Trump admin expected to announce the moves in coming days. Discussions of reductions in funding were still fluid today," CBS News senior White House reporter Jennifer Jacobs wrote on X.

🚨 Scoop: USAID will be merged into the State Department with cuts in the workforce, but it will remain a humanitarian aid entity, sources told @saraecook and me. Trump admin expected to announce the moves in coming days. Discussions of reductions in funding were still fluid…
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) February 3, 2025
Over the last several days, the Trump administration's move to strip USAID of its independence and be rolled into the State Department has been well-telegraphed with leaks and reports via media outlets.

As we noted earlier:

If USAID is rolled into the State Department, Marco Rubio will ensure grant scrutiny, preventing taxpayer funds from being stuffed into the coffers of the Deep State. And this will ultimately mark a historic shift in America's role in the world.
🚨 #BREAKING: President Trump has just appointed Secretary of State Marco Rubio as Acting Director of USAID

It was revealed this morning that USAID gave MILLIONS for “bat coronavirus research” in Wuhan in 2019, and then attempted to cover it up.

The corruption ends NOW.
pic.twitter.com/PjYQp8hCmm
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 3, 2025
.@SecRubio in El Salvador: "I'm the acting director of USAID. I've delegated that authority to someone..." pic.twitter.com/dabJ41IyxC
— CSPAN (@cspan) February 3, 2025
All USAID lacked was grant distribution oversight, turning the agency into a Deep State slush fund. Not anymore, under Rubio at State.

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About one day after the US Agency for International Development's website went dark and its official X account disappeared, President Donald Trump addressed reporters Sunday night, declaring, "It's been run by a bunch of radical lunatics. And we're getting them out."

President Trump on USAID: "It has been run by a bunch of RADICAL LUNATICS and we're getting them out ... and then we'll make a decision"
pic.twitter.com/PUkToccYca

— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) February 3, 2025
By midnight, Elon Musk—who oversees the government efficiency initiative "DOGE"—provided taxpayers with an update on USAID's status during a live X Spaces session.

Musk told the more than 682,000 listeners who tuned in that the president "agreed we should shut it [USAID] down." This would be one of the largest planned cuts to date, and the fate of USAID is likely that it will lose its independence and be rolled into the State Department.

"As we dug into USAID it became apparent that what we have here is not an apple with a worm in it, but we have actually just a ball of worms. If you have an apple with a worm in it, you can take the worm out. If you have a whole ball of worms, it's hopeless. USAID is a ball of worms. There is no apple. And when there is no apple you just need to get rid of the whole thing. That's why it's got to go. It's beyond repair," Musk explained.

🚨ELON MUSK: "As we dug into USAID it became apparent that what we have here is not an apple with a worm in it, but we have actually just a ball of worms. If you have an apple with a worm in it, you can take the worm out. If you have a whole ball of worms, it's hopeless. USAID is…



— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 3, 2025
Musk wrote on X, "USAID is a criminal organization. Time for it to die."

USAID is a criminal organization.

Time for it to die.

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 2, 2025
The move to end USAID as a stand-alone agency comes as the DOGE creator revealed: "Did you know that USAID, using YOUR tax dollars, funded bioweapon research, including COVID-19, that killed millions of people?"

Did you know that USAID, using YOUR tax dollars, funded bioweapon research, including COVID-19, that killed millions of people?

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 2, 2025
AP noted:

Musk's comments come after the administration placed two top security chiefs at USAID on leave after they refused to turn over classified material in restricted areas to Musk's government-inspection teams, a current and a former US official told The Associated Press on Sunday.
Members of Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, known as DOGE, eventually did gain access Saturday to the aid agency's classified information, which includes intelligence reports, the former official said.
Trump has already ordered a freeze on foreign aid as part of his "America First" foreign policy. As some note, USAID has effectively served as a laundering scheme for the Deep State.

Journalist Robby Starbuck provided further color:

Annnnd the USAid website is now down.

Try it: https://t.co/lvZf3F02sp 🔥🔥🔥 — Robby Starbuck (@robbystarbuck) February 2, 2025
"Like I said before, USAID is a front for the CIA. And together with NGO's like the Open Society Foundation, they have been using US tax dollars & govt resources as their personal piggy bank. It has been infuriating to watch. Hopefully now the whole truth will come out," journalist Lara Logan wrote on X.

Like I said before, USAID is a front for the CIA. And together with NGO’s like the Open Society Foundation, they have been using US tax dollars & govt resources as their personal piggy bank. It has been infuriating to watch. Hopefully now the whole truth will come out.

— Lara Logan (@laralogan) February 2, 2025
Musk's involvement with DOGE suggests that the rapid counteroffensive against the Deep State is underway. What likely happened with USAID is a precision-guided strike aimed at severing the Deep State's key funding source. Always follow the money—neutralizing the Deep State's ability to launder taxpayer funds is a good start.

Musk was also joined by DOGE co-leader Vivek Ramaswamy and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) on X Spaces. Ramaswamy noted:

🚨NEW: Vivek Ramaswamy says that if DOGE continues its fast-paced cutting the bond markets could heal and interests rate could very realistically come down. Elon Musk agrees and says "If you're shorting the bond market, you're making the wrong bet."
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 3, 2025
If USAID is rolled into the State Department, Marco Rubio will ensure grant scrutiny, preventing taxpayer funds from being stuffed into the coffers of the Deep State. And this will ultimately mark a historic shift in America's role in the world.
 
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Russia's Medvedev Warns That US Deep State Might Swallow Musk
MONDAY, FEB 03, 2025 - 06:00 PM
Having long witnessed the phenomenon of USAID-backed 'color revolutions' in neighboring and regional former Soviet satellite countries, Russia has been closely following the Trump administration's efforts to fully dismantle the United States Agency for International Development.
Head of the recently established US Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), Elon Musk, has been spearheading this, saying on Monday that "We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper. Could gone to some great parties. Did that instead." And now Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev has weighed in with a message and a warning.
The former Russian president and top national security official expressed hope that the US deep state won’t consume Elon Musk after shutting down the long-running agency known for having funded regime change operations abroad for many decades.
"Smart move by Elon Musk, trying to plug USAID's Deep Throat. Let's hope notorious Deep State doesn't swallow him whole," Medvedev wrote on X.
Smart move by @elonmusk, trying to plug USAID's Deep Throat. Let's hope notorious Deep State doesn't swallow him whole...
— Dmitry Medvedev (@MedvedevRussiaE) February 3, 2025
Ironically this came the same day that never-Trump neocon and intellectual architect behind Bush's disastrous Iraq war issued a tweet declaring his preference for the deep state, and he was being quite literal.
"The deep state is far preferable to the Trump state," Kristol said, in a rare moment saying what many other career government operatives are thinking, or saying the quiet part out loud.
Interestingly Medvedev also took the opportunity Monday to blast Ukraine and President Zelensky over alleged 'missing' USAID funds meant for Kiev. According to Russia's RT:
Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky’s recent claim that he is unaware of the whereabouts of more than $100 billion of Western aid funds allocated to Kiev is a “brazen and cynical lie,” former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has suggested.
In a Telegram post on Monday, Medvedev, who now serves as the Deputy Chairman of Russia’s Security Council, accused Zelensky and his associates of embezzling significant sums. “In a fit of candor, the Bandera regime’s boss admitted that he and his cronies had siphoned off $100 billion,” he stated.
Zelensky had told the Associated Press in an interview published the day prior that Ukraine received just over $75 billion in military and other types of assistance, despite $177 billion in military aid had been approved under Biden.




"When it is said that Ukraine received $200 billion to support the army during the war – that’s not true. I don’t know where all that money went. Perhaps it’s true on paper with hundreds of different programs – I won’t argue, and we’re immensely grateful for everything. But in reality, we received about $76 billion. It’s significant aid, but it’s not $200 billion," Zelensky said, in remarks that have raised eyebrows.

There may also be serious questions from the new Trump administration over the line about not knowing where all that money went. Time for a full stoppage at least until there is a thorough US-sponsored audit? Medvedev has alleged, "The hundred billion lined the pockets of all kinds of kleptocrats from Washington to Kiev."
 
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Angry Dem Lawmakers Blocked By Security From Entering USAID Headquarters

MONDAY, FEB 03, 2025 - 06:15 PM
Update(1815ET): And now apparently Dems have essentially been locked out of the USAID headquarters in Washington, amid efforts to get in and investigate what's going on, and seeking to meet with top administrators now running the show (or rather, overseeing the dismantling of the agency) in the HQ. The Hill details Monday afternoon:
A group of Senate and House Democrats were blocked from entering the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on Monday.
The Democratic lawmakers, who are opposed to President Trump’s efforts to shut down the agency, left without incident after a brief exchange with security officials. The group, led by Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), were told the front office of the administrator of USAID was not available to meet.
A select group of USAID employees with the front office administrator were in the office Monday, an official told lawmakers outside the doors, but were not free to meet with the lawmakers.
One Democratic lawmaker told the publication about being blocked at the entrance that the whole saga is "underwhelming". However, clearly Trump and Musk are setting off huge alarm bells, and this is likely but the first salvo on Congress's attempt to intervene.
Dem lawmakers were barred from getting into the USAID offices, says Sen @ChrisVanHollen. They had slammed Musk and the Trump administration for what they’re doing to USAID, repeatedly calling it illegal. pic.twitter.com/Fn91CTVuKg
— Alex Marquardt (@MarquardtA) February 3, 2025
Blocked!... no access:








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It's happening fast after Sunday statements of Elon Musk confirmingPresident Trump "agreed" to shut USAID down... USAID's headquarters in Washington D.C. has been closed for the day on Monday, with employees receiving an early morning email telling them to remain at home.

Musk says the agency has effectively been shut down. The email, which is now widely circulating on social media postings, was sent from Gavin Kliger via an official usaid.gov. address. He is one among the twenty-somethings assisting Musk in implementing Trump's order to slash foreign aid and stop waste.



"Logos and photos of its aid work have been stripped from building walls," CNN writes of the HQ's sudden closure. This after all web and and social media accounts went dark over the weekend, now with a simplified version of its webpage on the State Department’s website.

"None of this could be done without the full support of the president," Musk said in a Sunday X Spaces event. “I went over it with him in detail, and he agreed with that we should shut it down. I want to be clear. I actually checked with him a few times. I said, "Are you sure?’ ‘Yes.’ So we’re shutting it down."

Thousands of staff have told media outlets that they have lost access to their email accounts, which have been deactivated.

A USAID worker has subsequently said: "We have been officially informed that the US Department of State now has access to all of our internal documents and our entire suite of files, documents, everything — all of our systems." Top officials were fired over the weekend.

Musk says "We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper"...

We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper.

Could gone to some great parties.


Did that instead. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 3, 2025
Access to USAID's Google drive and other sensitive data has reportedly been transferred straight under the State Department. It appears any future foreign aid programs will simply be run out of the State Department, with more executive branch oversight.

One big question that remains is how much noise Congressional leaders will make. Will Congress attempt intervention, also as there are reports that Musk and DOGE have access to the US Treasury's payment system?


 
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Good, I am really pissed at the stuff they were spending money on.
Musk dove right into the payment systems. Money going to shell corporations, individuals, account numbers amount, dates, names, everything. The number of shell corps owned by politicians and many deep state senators, house members, attorneys, advisors, anyone in on the game.

Never for a minute they thought Trump would go right into the payments system. They're freaking out!!!!

Not only here in America, but around the world.

What Trump did was shut down the financial pipeline to the new world order.

This is Biblical.
 
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There are some very big names tied to this USAID scandal.

It seems that Ladybug Graham also got his child-seeking micro-penis slapped shut in the cookie jar hence his sudden u-turn on voting for Kash and Tulsi.




LINDSEY GRAHAM SITS ON BOARD OF A USAID-FUNDED NONPROFIT—CONFLICT OF INTEREST? Senator Lindsey Graham is a Director at the International Republican Institute (IRI)—a nonprofit bankrolled by USAID with $130.7M in government funding and millions in active grants. While Congress debates cutting USAID, Graham’s role raises serious questions: How many lawmakers personally benefit from the agency they’re supposed to regulate? Source: IRI, IRS Form 990
Trump CANNOT let any "conservatives" implicated off the hook. He can kill two birds with one stone by making sure that worthless RINO turd burglar goes down while sending the message that he is capable of being an impartial player when required.
 
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I must say that Trump's second term looks nothing at all like his first, when he thought they could all kiss and make up. He knows better now. This time, knowing what he knows, he has to "drain the swamp", else they will drain him. This time he has a far more loyal and better cabinet. And instead of going after departments directly, he is going after the money that funds the swamp. He's learned a thing or two since 2020,
 
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DOGE's first step was to take over access to the governments payment systems and receipts and
I forgot the name but its basically the overseeing HR Branch of the US Govt.
DOGE has been planning this well before the elections!!!
 
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Anyone wondering how a congressman making $180k a year is worth $80 million?
They are terrified and they should be, after the witch hunt Trump had to deal with,
putting these thieves behind bars would epic revenge.
 
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There may be valid reasons to shut down USAid.
But the way it is being done with ad hoc Elon forces is going the resuslt in lawsiuts
They will provide future policy guidance about what is and is not legal in diving into these sort of things in the future.

The way it seems to be going forward now, as NPR and PBS outline, it seems way extrajudical.
President has powers.
But not in the ways cowboys are diving in and scooping up all the data, with no staff apparenly holding security clearances.
 
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stealing from taxpayers seem to have become a god given right for some folks
Now if they would only cut aid to Israel, the American taxpayers would truly be free. But that's not going to happen with Rubio in charge. AIPAC owns his ass.
 
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