Trump Shuts Down USAID

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Porteroso
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If what is being reported is true, it is the largest scandal of my lifetime, and it better end with many people going to jail forever.
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Porteroso said:

If what is being reported is true, it is the largest scandal of my lifetime, and it better end with many people going to jail forever.
That is certainly the way it is headed.

Will you come over from the dark side?
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Well this may hurt Israeli/US relations

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Assassin said:

Well this may hurt Israeli/US relations




Half a billion. Not surprised.
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Porteroso said:

If what is being reported is true, it is the largest scandal of my lifetime, and it better end with many people going to jail forever.


Serious question. Did you get hacked?
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https://www.foxnews.com/video/6368377372112
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This is a Zimbabwe level of corruption in the DC bureaucracy and Democrat party...and I am sure that Nevertrump Republicans are equally guilty.

Now you know why they tried to assassinate him twice. They knew the anthill was going to get kicked over.
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Realitybites said:

This is a Zimbabwe level of corruption in the DC bureaucracy and Democrat party...and I am sure that Nevertrump Republicans are equally guilty.

Now you know why they tried to assassinate him twice. They knew the anthill was going to get kicked over.
Haven't heard much from Never Trumpers lately
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Because they were wrong on EVERY. SINGLE. SUBJECT.
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Married A Horn said:

Because they were wrong on EVERY. SINGLE. SUBJECT.


Never trump Repubs are drama queens that care more about looking good than doing good. They're thinking is broken like most progressives, their emotions overrule logic.
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Sam Lowry said:

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Harrison Bergeron said:

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This may be the most sinister of all the actions.

For those that throw around the term fascist but do not understand it - this is actual fascism.

Exactly. It helps to know the real definitions of terms.
Indeed. Still hoping that Harrison will clarify.

He and I already have, repeatedly. I even created a separate thread on socialism, communism, fascism, etc.
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Assassin said:

Realitybites said:

This is a Zimbabwe level of corruption in the DC bureaucracy and Democrat party...and I am sure that Nevertrump Republicans are equally guilty.

Now you know why they tried to assassinate him twice. They knew the anthill was going to get kicked over.
Haven't heard much from Never Trumpers lately

They are scurrying like cockroaches after the light is turned on!
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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“Incline my heart to your testimonies, and not to selfish gain!”
Psalm 119:36
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Assassin said:

Realitybites said:

This is a Zimbabwe level of corruption in the DC bureaucracy and Democrat party...and I am sure that Nevertrump Republicans are equally guilty.

Now you know why they tried to assassinate him twice. They knew the anthill was going to get kicked over.
Haven't heard much from Never Trumpers lately

If they are not for Trump and how he is exposing fraud, then they are for the fraud. Personally it seems never Trumpers are either dumbocrats or clowns.
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Why shouldn't the nation's 250th birthday celebrate America? She's so angry and it's hilarious! That's the whole point, woman: American taxpayers don't want their hard earned money wasted on Leftist propaganda for perverts & racists. Duh!

If the Lefty wackos need funding for their filth, there are plenty of rich nut jobs to provide it: Bezos, Zuck, Soros, Hollywood, Pelosi, etc.

"That's not what we do!" And that is the point. Americans are tired of paying for their crap. I remember the Maplethorpe fiasco in the 1980s when taxpayers were paying for disgusting porn (including child pornography). Finally, someone is stopping the insanity.
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historian said:

Why shouldn't the nation's 250th birthday celebrate America? She's so angry and it's hilarious! That's the whole point, woman: American taxpayers don't want their hard earned money wasted on Leftist propaganda for perverts & racists. Duh!

If the Lefty wackos need funding for their filth, there are plenty of rich nut jobs to provide it: Bezos, Zuck, Soros, Hollywood, Pelosi, etc.


You have to wonder how much cultural liberalism over the last 30 years has been totally astroturfed via Federal Government funding….

None of it seems natural
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Probably
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I can do her one better than that. The NEA should just not exist at all. Nor should NPR. We don't need any state sponsored art or media.
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Assassin said:

Porteroso said:

If what is being reported is true, it is the largest scandal of my lifetime, and it better end with many people going to jail forever.
That is certainly the way it is headed.

Will you come over from the dark side?
I've always been conservative. Fiscally, we must be conservative. We need to follow the Constitution, and the intent of the founders to create a society free of burdensome restrictions, the government always erring on the side of freedom, rather than government-knows-best. And limited government. Regulations yes, capitalism requires regulation to work well, but within reason. Not what the progressives have done. And the rule of law, equally applied. Even socially, I'm in the middle.

Anyways the Republican party, and Trump, do not embody those values. I will never be a registered Republican or Democrat, or give any money to those politicians. That's part of what is wrong with the country. The tribalism, and how easily money influences minds and elections.

I do want to say that I am cautious about these reports. What I haven't seen, is what percentage of the USAID budget was used fraudulently, or wastefully. I am plenty shocked at some of these expenditures, but was it 90% fraud, or 10% fraud? That will make a big difference.

Whatever the percentage is, it needs to be eliminated, people put in jail given the scope of the fraud, and there need to be regular audits going forward. Bipartisan audits.

This one time, it makes sense for Musk and some kid hackers to sweep through the government, but that will eventually backfire, if it happens every year. One of the kid hackers will leave himself a back door into the Treasury and it will explode big time.
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Portoroso is switching just like Elon did. He will be MAGA within a year.
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Porteroso said:

Assassin said:

Porteroso said:

If what is being reported is true, it is the largest scandal of my lifetime, and it better end with many people going to jail forever.
That is certainly the way it is headed.

Will you come over from the dark side?
I've always been conservative. Fiscally, we must be conservative. We need to follow the Constitution, and the intent of the founders to create a society free of burdensome restrictions, the government always erring on the side of freedom, rather than government-knows-best. And limited government. Regulations yes, capitalism requires regulation to work well, but within reason. Not what the progressives have done. And the rule of law, equally applied. Even socially, I'm in the middle.

Anyways the Republican party, and Trump, do not embody those values. I will never be a registered Republican or Democrat, or give any money to those politicians. That's part of what is wrong with the country. The tribalism, and how easily money influences minds and elections.

I do want to say that I am cautious about these reports. What I haven't seen, is what percentage of the USAID budget was used fraudulently, or wastefully. I am plenty shocked at some of these expenditures, but was it 90% fraud, or 10% fraud? That will make a big difference.

Whatever the percentage is, it needs to be eliminated, people put in jail given the scope of the fraud, and there need to be regular audits going forward. Bipartisan audits.

This one time, it makes sense for Musk and some kid hackers to sweep through the government, but that will eventually backfire, if it happens every year. One of the kid hackers will leave himself a back door into the Treasury and it will explode big time.
Actually a well-thought-out post. Except maybe for the last paragraph. Any kid named Big Balls is not going to leave a back door open!
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Elon Musk's DOGE has gained access to FEMA.
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Assassin said:

Elon Musk's DOGE has gained access to FEMA.
by the time you hear about it, they are already in and have all of it
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Interesting, checked CNN, and there's no decry about how money was laundered and misused. No surprise. I'm sure if I look hard enough, there may be a one-off article about, eventually.

But they have this powerful headline:

  • Trump guts agency his daughter once championed
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