Politics

[deewayne2003]

If you enjoy facts in a light hearted manner it's worth 10min of your life to watch this....

So aside from the $37.6Mil we sent to South Africa for studies on transexual prostitutes.....

1:00-1:30 : Apparently USAID spent $1.2Bil to various organizations to help fund support for illegal immigrants.

2:20-2:42: Seems to show Democrats calling for violence/riots

6:20-7:00: Reuters was funded some $4.7mil for "Testing and measuring large scale deception"

7:35-9:00: Africans giving their opinion on USAID

 

[gbflyer]

In 1995 President Clinton started a federal employee buyout that ended up at some 270,000 takers. He was praised by both parties. I’m sure he did it in a much “smoother” way.

Thought to ponder.

 

[Wheels]

Enough information is starting to come out that I feel I can say this without sounding like a complete kook.

Just to give people a point of reference. George Soros was an excellent trader and investor. He made his real money with the collapse of the Soviet Union in conjunction with CIA, the intelligence community, USAID, DOS, etc.

Soros and his Open Society have been responsible for a number of society changing policies and programs. One of the more public is funding the campaigns of DA's who will not enforce laws. What will be interesting going forward is how much of his anti-American, anti-west policies are being promoted and funded with US tax dollars and what American power brokers are responsible for funding and directing his actions. Many will point to Obama and his minions who were heavily involved in the Biden administration. IMO, Obama is the Wizard of Oz. I'm waiting for Toto to pull back the curtain so we can see the real puppet master(s)

 

[Hunt anything]

Anyone worried about the recent pace of AI development?

Heck yeah, I’m worried about anything I don’t fully understand, be it AI, Crypto Currency or woman!

 

[deewayne2003]

Enough information is starting to come out that I feel I can say this without sounding like a complete kook.

Just to give people a point of reference. George Soros was an excellent trader and investor. He made his real money with the collapse of the Soviet Union in conjunction with CIA, the intelligence community, USAID, DOS, etc.

Soros and his Open Society have been responsible for a number of society changing policies and programs. One of the more public is funding the campaigns of DA's who will not enforce laws. What will be interesting going forward is how much of his anti-American, anti-west policies are being promoted and funded with US tax dollars and what American power brokers are responsible for funding and directing his actions. Many will point to Obama and his minions who were heavily involved in the Biden administration. IMO, Obama is the Wizard of Oz. I'm waiting for Toto to pull back the curtain so we can see the real puppet master(s)

Yes sir!.... It appears that USAID provided $27mil to the Soros prosecutor fund.

The wizards(Elon's college crew) using A.I. have found 55,000 NGOs' that USAID provided funding to, the scope of the information being brought to light is mind boggling.

 

[Brent in Az]

Bondi launches "weaponization working group". You go girl!

 

[Vashper]

We often discussed US policy (young people do this less). Some strange things, such as the financing of Satanists who danced in our main temple, were explained through geopolitics - they say, "the ruling circles of the United States were fighting against the last major empire, this is geopolitics and nothing new". But others questioned why this policy was directed against the United States itself?
And when I found out that the US Embassy in Kabul was obliged to raise the rainbow flag a month before the evacuation, I joined the second point of view, the only true one. It's the reptiloids that are at work, and that explains everything.

 

[Lone Star Bluegrass]

DJT says: Love it or leave it.

Students delete online info after Trump threatens Hamas sympathizers

The president signed a January 30 executive order to cancel the student visas of anyone who had shown support for the Palestinian terror group.

mol.im

 

[Wheels]

Evidently USAID was more bloated than Twitter. Elon found 1500 of the 8000 at Twitter necessary.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1887621587756568831

 

[Wheels]

I have been critical of DOD for not being able to pass an audit, so it is only fair for me to give kudos to the Marine Corp for passing their second audit in a row!

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/5126577-marine-corps-passes-audit/

 

[John Wasmuth]

Ya think…..

 

[cwpayton]

ARE YOU TIRED OF WINNING YET /
Not even close, beginning to really enjoy that frothy feeling because,
South Carolina DA is leading 16 other states in investigating FAUCI to see what are the possibilities of prosecuting him on charges at the state level, in spite of the Pardon that he accepted from the thief n chief , joe craps his pants.
We are winning at so many levels ,how do you celebrate , when Trump was sworn in, I fired off 100 rounds from my deck, I should have made it 200. win win, win. Enjoy it while you can, there will be bumps in the road I'm sure.

 

[Houston Bill]

Good Morning,
Thanks for the kind words, I'm just trying to make this section of the forum a little more interesting
I never said and will never accept government spending taxpayers money without any kind of oversight.
Let's look at the numbers:
According to government data, the US spent $68bn (£55bn) on international aid in 2023.
That total is spread across several departments and agencies, but USAID's budget constitutes more than half of it at around $40bn - that's about 0.6% of total US annual government spending of $6.75tn.
At the same time we spent $70 billion in Ukraine since the war started and we're sending almost $20 billion to Israel every year.
I think we are looking for savings in the wrong places and like I said it'll make us less safe as a country and individuals around the World if we defund and get rid of USAID.
Also as someone who believes in separation of power in our Republic, one should never accept the president who ever he/she might be playing the role of judge, jury and the executioner and trying bypass the congress where money is appropriated.

Could not disagree more, USAID needs to be completely shut down. What comes out of it hopefully will provide aid to countries and initiatives in a transparent fashion that are aligned with the US policies and our global interests. And as @Altitude sickness stated this is just the first shoe to drop!

 

[flatwater bill]

I see some lukewarm support for USAID in the posts here. I just finished reading the Office of Management and Budget report for 2023 (most recent totals)
The US Fed raise 4.44 Trillion in revenue
The US Fed spent $6.13 trillion dollars (the budget)
The US borrowed $1.7 trillion dollars. (the deficit)
One way to look at this is ALL of the money we gave to our allies, our friends, and our enemies (ya, we did that too) was borrowed money.
Does it bother you to borrow money to give away? Just the philosophy is bizarre, without even attacking the individual USAID recipients. But if you'd like to really be bothered, look at some of the salaries paid to officers of the NGO's (the non-profits) that got YOUR dollar................FWB

 

[1dirthawker]

I certainly hope your right and I admit ,I get alittle bent out of sorts when it comes to getting involved in the sand box. the whole idea seems out of character for Trump.

as they say on the dan bongino show today "HOLD...... HOLD......HOLD...." then trump drops another shoe, or, the other parties involved cave in or quit or do the right thing.

when trump says something hyperbolic (as many on this site have complained about it, even me) we might be well served to wait a minute. trump is much more disciplined this time around....and it shows.

 

[1dirthawker]

I see some lukewarm support for USAID in the posts here. I just finished reading the Office of Management and Budget report for 2023 (most recent totals)
The US Fed raise 4.44 Trillion in revenue
The US Fed spent $6.13 trillion dollars (the budget)
The US borrowed $1.7 trillion dollars. (the deficit)
One way to look at this is ALL of the money we gave to our allies, our friends, and our enemies (ya, we did that too) was borrowed money.
Does it bother you to borrow money to give away? Just the philosophy is bizarre, without even attacking the individual USAID recipients. But if you'd like to really be bothered, look at some of the salaries paid to officers of the NGO's (the non-profits) that got YOUR dollar................FWB

+1

also, somebody wrote earlier, that the number that we are spending (not sure where) is only about 1% of the budget. hmmm, i would take that 1% every time. also, anyone that thinks that that is chump change, i would love to be able to take 1% of your money and keep it for myself. so defenders of USAID and similar boondoggles, i would be happy to take and keep 1% of your money if you want to send it my way.

 

[Piet-Vis]

I asked some of our Zambian employees about the USAID. They feel sorry for the Zambians that list their (massively overpaid) jobs. When I asked about the actual work they do they don't seem to think there will be much of a impact. I can't wait their fleet of Land Cruisers to be sold off. Might pick up a bargain!

 

[1dirthawker]

here is a thought, send all the violent illegal aliens to el salvador and their new mega prisons. those guys know how to deal with violent criminals! and would house them way less expensively that we would, win, win.

maybe even send some of the regular criminals (illegal aliens) or the guys with expired visas that were told to leave and haven't there as well. i bet that a bunch would start self deporting so they did not get an all expenses paid vacation to el salvador. just a thought.