“Blame the federal government for creating such computational complexity.
But here’s a teaser – this is what the network for Defending Democracy Together Institute looks like. The graph represents grants from various USAID-affliated NGOs flowing to Kristol’s non-profit.”
“Watch Panicked Democrats Surround The USAID Headquarters In DC In A Desperate Attempt To Stop Elon Musk’s Ongoing Discovery Of Their Mass Theft Of Public Funds”
“Forty-three paragraphs into the NYT’s latest hit piece on @elonmusk, the six (!) by-lined reporters reveal that the federal government lost $236 billion to apparent fraud (“improper payments”) in 2023 alone. Maybe this isn’t the dunk you guys thought it was?”
“Talked to a friend who has connections within the Democratic Party and he said the level of panic over Trump and Elon shutting down USAID is unlike anything he’s ever seen.
By following the money DOGE has struck a killing blow to the heart of the Democrat deep state machine.”
“Rep. Jamie Raskin blasts Elon Musk outside USAID HQ, declaring that Democrats will block DOGE from eliminating government waste and fraud.
“Elon Musk, you didn’t create USAID.”
“He doesn’t have the power to destroy it, and who will stop him? We are!”
“We don’t have a fourth branch of government called Elon Musk.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. is $37 trillion in debt—and Americans elected President Trump, who promised to empower Elon Musk and DOGE to cut wasteful spending.”
“I can’t possibly explain the scale at which the Democrats used our taxpayer dollars to enrich their friends (who then donated to them) but let me highlight 3 USAID expenses:
• $520M was spent on ESG consultants
• $1.2B given to “undisclosed recipients”
• $375M in DEI grants
Do you think there’s even one right wing ESG or DEI firm getting contracts? No. All the agencies in government sent billions to their friends at ESG and DEI firms. These people then turn around and donate to the Democrats who help them get their funding or they fund more extreme left wing activist orgs that Dems don’t want to get caught directly funding.
What would you call this except for money laundering? To me it looks like the largest money laundering scheme in history. Now that it’s being investigated and shut down, they’re literally outside of the buildings protesting Trump and @elonmusk saving billions for taxpayers.
Also, they WILL find out who the undisclosed recipients are who got $1.2 Billion. 👀🔥”
“USAID EXPOSED: The Single Largest Criminal Fraud Operation in Human History
The public’s outrage over USAID corruption is now at scale and mainstream. USAID has been fully exposed as a left-wing money laundering criminal organization. Here’s what our researchers were able to find when looking into their expenditures and why President Trump and Elon Musk must shut it down:
– Haiti: Post-2010 earthquake, $1.14 billion was spent on a port and power plant project promoted by President Bill Clinton. The project never built anything.
– Cuba: A 2006 audit showed $74 million in “democracy promotion” funds vanished without oversight.
– Afghanistan: Millions squandered on health scams; hospitals never built.
– Nigeria: Chemonics, a major USAID contractor, was linked to a subcontractor’s overbilling scandal. Hundreds of millions lost.
– COVID 19 Funding: USAID sent over $40MILLION in taxpayer money to a scientist located in Wuhan to do gain of function mutations. This directly led to the creation and release of COVID-19
– $2.5 MILLION to DEI in Serbia
– $70,000 onan Irish DEI musical
– $47,000 on transgender operas in Colombia
– $32,000 on a trans comic book in Peru
– Iraq: $20M for an Iraqi version of Sesame Street to promote LGBTQ Agenda
– Egypt & Tunisia: $56M for “tourism”
– Jordan: $40M for “schools”
– Vietnam: $11M to fight “trash burning”
– Central America: $27M for deportee gift bags.
– Trump Lawfare: $27M to fund left wing prosecutions of populist political opponents around the globe, including Donald Trump. Patently illegal.
And countless billions more. Here’s the thing: The majority of this money never went to the “projects” they claim to be promoting. It’s just pure money laundering from your tax dollars into deep state left wing activists. USAID is likely the largest fraud operation in human history.
Trump and Elon are ending it. Watch who cries the hardest about it — they’re the true criminals.”
Cheryl — unpaid internships and poverty wages only reinforce and maintain the class structure. When people take these jobs to gain “experience”, they do that because they have that option — parental support, live at home, or take loans. Working class young people don’t have these options and thus take jobs that pay better but don’t have the same long term benefits. This reduces income mobility (ie doing better than your parents). Hence the joke that the American dream is in Denmark (highest income mobility)
Debra — I agree with you on Biden’s pardons. Preemptive pardons are weird. However, the J6th pardons were also done with a lack of scrutiny.
China has a huge foreign aid/investment program know as the Belt and Road Initiative or the New Silk Road. Its “soft power” at its finest. Through massive grants and loans, other countries are convinced to sign up to build domestic infrastructure that also satisfies China’s own export needs.
USAID is the American equivalent. “Soft power” that helps other countries while contributing to US long term economic and political goals. By destroying USAID, Musk is undercutting US influence abroad. Meanwhile, Trump has convinced Panama to withdraw from China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Obviously then the Trump admin understand the relevance and effect of soft power yet they are destroying their own version. A very confused administration
Putting USAID under the State department is making it more accountable, not less. These agencies have little accountability as it is so it sounds like a robust overhaul is in order.
More winning. These people will be much more beneficial and productive in the private sector, I think.
“About 20,000 federal workers have accepted the “buyout” offer put forward by the Trump administration last week, a senior administration official tells Axios.
Why it matters: It’s a significant number of people — about 1% of the federal workforce — but still substantially less than the White House’s target of 5% to 10%.
The offer is open through Thursday, meaning the total could rise, despite heavy opposition from unions and others.
What they’re saying: “We expect more to come. If you see what’s happening at USAID, it’s just one piece of the puzzle,” the official said, referring to the rapid restructuring of the federal agency that oversees foreign aid programs……”
“USAID is the American equivalent. “Soft power” that helps other countries while contributing to US long term economic and political goals. By destroying USAID, Musk is undercutting US influence abroad.”
Hogwash. DEMS have been using it to spread perversion abroad, where it’s unwanted and hurts our standing.
And here I was, waiting for Collins and Murkowski to announce their independent status.
Delivering polio vaccines while searching for bin Ladin is not spreading perversion. Its effective use of soft power. Now that Rubio convinced Panama not to take Chinese money, what can he offer without USAID — after all the canal can’t be widened etc for free
My veil of ignorance question is still out there. Would you allow a non government individual and his minions to go through different departments some with sensitive banking information others with state secrets? You knew it was a billionaire but you didn’t know which one? If you wouldn’t let it happen unless you knew who it was, then you shouldn’t approve of it. Standard rules of government.
HRW, Good point about widening the Panama canal. And now that USAID is directly under State department control it should be so much easier to make that happen. After all, I believe it is fully funded. Now it just remains to be decided how the money will be spent.
Oh no. Please say he’s joking. This is not winning.
”
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. would take over Gaza and remove debris, tunnels, and explosives left there by Hamas after the war with Israel, adding that he saw America taking a “long-term ownership position.”
Trump said: “The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too. We’ll love it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous bombs and other weapons on the site… and get rid of the destroyed buildings [and] create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing.”….
Wandering Views 
Of course.
This is a money laundering op for Dems, and the CIA.
https://x.com/RealPatrickWebb/status/1886552670464332260?t=f_KXiC_0-u6fUcsm7oUSKA&s=19
“BREAKING: 97% of all political contributions from USAID employees went to Democrat candidates, according to the Daily Wire.”
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Oh what a tangled web they weave as they seek to deceive taxpayers.
https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1886647920566636637?t=4M1gM81obO_qh41glDOauw&s=19
“Blame the federal government for creating such computational complexity.
But here’s a teaser – this is what the network for Defending Democracy Together Institute looks like. The graph represents grants from various USAID-affliated NGOs flowing to Kristol’s non-profit.”
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Most protect the grift!
https://x.com/RealAlexJones/status/1886579192730419430?t=ntCvRq1WhKRTb_te-lXpAw&s=19
“Watch Panicked Democrats Surround The USAID Headquarters In DC In A Desperate Attempt To Stop Elon Musk’s Ongoing Discovery Of Their Mass Theft Of Public Funds”
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“I’m truly amused at all the Democrats absolutely losing their mind and defending USAID.
We are $36 TRILLION in debt and government OVERSPENDING on foreign countries and foreign causes is NOT at all what people care about.
But I truly hope Democrats make it their hill to die on.
Democrats keep fighting to send American’s hard earned tax dollars overseas.
I really want to win the midterms.”
https://x.com/RepMTG/status/1886608318631702924?t=uHyIDabZQFOTBHzpLWkfsQ&s=19
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Siri, why do people think the NYTimes is trash?
https://x.com/shellenberger/status/1886597309577728478?t=ouk9Mnt4ClZDerOdRUYDNw&s=19
“Forty-three paragraphs into the NYT’s latest hit piece on @elonmusk, the six (!) by-lined reporters reveal that the federal government lost $236 billion to apparent fraud (“improper payments”) in 2023 alone. Maybe this isn’t the dunk you guys thought it was?”
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My sympathy meter must be broken, cause it ain’t moving.
https://x.com/julie_kelly2/status/1886784023579517404?t=e2ejJc3lGVMZ5gGFSF_4uA&s=19
“The ongoing bloodbath at the FBI has agents feeling a sense of “terror” about being fired and unemployable.
Ain’t it a shame. I’m sure a thousand or so J6ers have thoughts on this.”
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“All @DOGE did was check to see which federal organizations were violating the @POTUS executive orders the most.
Turned out to be USAID, so that became our focus.”
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886627783138316442?t=eJJtSltkI9ZRhxprVIth6g&s=19
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“Talked to a friend who has connections within the Democratic Party and he said the level of panic over Trump and Elon shutting down USAID is unlike anything he’s ever seen.
By following the money DOGE has struck a killing blow to the heart of the Democrat deep state machine.”
https://x.com/Anc_Aesthetics/status/1886579120512913445?t=zWzSTVq-bedb6CivKbIAIQ&s=19
Dems seem worries their money laundering grift might be in danger.
Go get ’em DOGE.
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They expose their own corrupt selves.
https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886492712700141634?t=Pt8W5IEAcezn786yigMA2g&s=19
“The corrupt politicians “protesting” outside the USAID building are the ones getting money from USAID.
That’s why they’re there – they want your stolen tax dollars!”
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No, instead we have a fourth branch of govt called USAID, which is a shadow govt, which the clown Raskin has his dirty little corrupt fingers in.
https://x.com/KanekoaTheGreat/status/1886484283193483683?t=hLxbkPDkj3PiigTsOewCJQ&s=19
“Rep. Jamie Raskin blasts Elon Musk outside USAID HQ, declaring that Democrats will block DOGE from eliminating government waste and fraud.
“Elon Musk, you didn’t create USAID.”
“He doesn’t have the power to destroy it, and who will stop him? We are!”
“We don’t have a fourth branch of government called Elon Musk.”
Meanwhile, the U.S. is $37 trillion in debt—and Americans elected President Trump, who promised to empower Elon Musk and DOGE to cut wasteful spending.”
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Correct!
https://x.com/DefiyantlyFree/status/1886482565990584766?t=tybKooOwMSy5CHLEgq2GFA&s=19
“@RepRaskin USAID was created by executive order by JFK. Not Congress you communist. It can be dismantled by executive order.”
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“I can’t possibly explain the scale at which the Democrats used our taxpayer dollars to enrich their friends (who then donated to them) but let me highlight 3 USAID expenses:
• $520M was spent on ESG consultants
• $1.2B given to “undisclosed recipients”
• $375M in DEI grants
Do you think there’s even one right wing ESG or DEI firm getting contracts? No. All the agencies in government sent billions to their friends at ESG and DEI firms. These people then turn around and donate to the Democrats who help them get their funding or they fund more extreme left wing activist orgs that Dems don’t want to get caught directly funding.
What would you call this except for money laundering? To me it looks like the largest money laundering scheme in history. Now that it’s being investigated and shut down, they’re literally outside of the buildings protesting Trump and @elonmusk saving billions for taxpayers.
Also, they WILL find out who the undisclosed recipients are who got $1.2 Billion. 👀🔥”
https://x.com/robbystarbuck/status/1886488496237314406?t=2yGgScsRBSY7mT3CKtV56g&s=19
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“USAID EXPOSED: The Single Largest Criminal Fraud Operation in Human History
The public’s outrage over USAID corruption is now at scale and mainstream. USAID has been fully exposed as a left-wing money laundering criminal organization. Here’s what our researchers were able to find when looking into their expenditures and why President Trump and Elon Musk must shut it down:
– Haiti: Post-2010 earthquake, $1.14 billion was spent on a port and power plant project promoted by President Bill Clinton. The project never built anything.
– Cuba: A 2006 audit showed $74 million in “democracy promotion” funds vanished without oversight.
– Afghanistan: Millions squandered on health scams; hospitals never built.
– Nigeria: Chemonics, a major USAID contractor, was linked to a subcontractor’s overbilling scandal. Hundreds of millions lost.
– COVID 19 Funding: USAID sent over $40MILLION in taxpayer money to a scientist located in Wuhan to do gain of function mutations. This directly led to the creation and release of COVID-19
– $2.5 MILLION to DEI in Serbia
– $70,000 onan Irish DEI musical
– $47,000 on transgender operas in Colombia
– $32,000 on a trans comic book in Peru
– Iraq: $20M for an Iraqi version of Sesame Street to promote LGBTQ Agenda
– Egypt & Tunisia: $56M for “tourism”
– Jordan: $40M for “schools”
– Vietnam: $11M to fight “trash burning”
– Central America: $27M for deportee gift bags.
– Trump Lawfare: $27M to fund left wing prosecutions of populist political opponents around the globe, including Donald Trump. Patently illegal.
And countless billions more. Here’s the thing: The majority of this money never went to the “projects” they claim to be promoting. It’s just pure money laundering from your tax dollars into deep state left wing activists. USAID is likely the largest fraud operation in human history.
Trump and Elon are ending it. Watch who cries the hardest about it — they’re the true criminals.”
https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1886780107269833142?t=xYptRX8Y5YjuP6-kTy6gqQ&s=19
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https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1886647147421958468?t=m0mIqOC_RPiILM9VEw5BAA&s=19
Rubio explains how USAID has become a force that works against our govt.
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Cheryl — unpaid internships and poverty wages only reinforce and maintain the class structure. When people take these jobs to gain “experience”, they do that because they have that option — parental support, live at home, or take loans. Working class young people don’t have these options and thus take jobs that pay better but don’t have the same long term benefits. This reduces income mobility (ie doing better than your parents). Hence the joke that the American dream is in Denmark (highest income mobility)
Debra — I agree with you on Biden’s pardons. Preemptive pardons are weird. However, the J6th pardons were also done with a lack of scrutiny.
hrw
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China has a huge foreign aid/investment program know as the Belt and Road Initiative or the New Silk Road. Its “soft power” at its finest. Through massive grants and loans, other countries are convinced to sign up to build domestic infrastructure that also satisfies China’s own export needs.
USAID is the American equivalent. “Soft power” that helps other countries while contributing to US long term economic and political goals. By destroying USAID, Musk is undercutting US influence abroad. Meanwhile, Trump has convinced Panama to withdraw from China’s Belt and Road Initiative. Obviously then the Trump admin understand the relevance and effect of soft power yet they are destroying their own version. A very confused administration
hrw
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Putting USAID under the State department is making it more accountable, not less. These agencies have little accountability as it is so it sounds like a robust overhaul is in order.
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Another vote for RFK. Sen. Bill Cassidy says he’s voting for confirmation. He’s the MD everyone was saying could derail the confirmation.
https://x.com/SenBillCassidy/status/1886797538256113893
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More winning. These people will be much more beneficial and productive in the private sector, I think.
“About 20,000 federal workers have accepted the “buyout” offer put forward by the Trump administration last week, a senior administration official tells Axios.
Why it matters: It’s a significant number of people — about 1% of the federal workforce — but still substantially less than the White House’s target of 5% to 10%.
The offer is open through Thursday, meaning the total could rise, despite heavy opposition from unions and others.
What they’re saying: “We expect more to come. If you see what’s happening at USAID, it’s just one piece of the puzzle,” the official said, referring to the rapid restructuring of the federal agency that oversees foreign aid programs……”
https://www.axios.com/2025/02/04/trump-buyout-federal-workers-20000
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It looks like Trump’s nominees are getting the swing votes now. Senator Todd Young says he’s voting for Tulsi.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5125280-todd-young-tulsi-gabbard-vote/amp/
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Wow. Susan Collins is voting for Tulsi as well. Thought for sure she and Murkowski would be nay voes .
https://www.mainepublic.org/politics/2025-02-03/maine-sen-susan-collins-will-vote-for-trumps-dni-pick
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“USAID is the American equivalent. “Soft power” that helps other countries while contributing to US long term economic and political goals. By destroying USAID, Musk is undercutting US influence abroad.”
Hogwash. DEMS have been using it to spread perversion abroad, where it’s unwanted and hurts our standing.
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And here I was, waiting for Collins and Murkowski to announce their independent status.
Delivering polio vaccines while searching for bin Ladin is not spreading perversion. Its effective use of soft power. Now that Rubio convinced Panama not to take Chinese money, what can he offer without USAID — after all the canal can’t be widened etc for free
My veil of ignorance question is still out there. Would you allow a non government individual and his minions to go through different departments some with sensitive banking information others with state secrets? You knew it was a billionaire but you didn’t know which one? If you wouldn’t let it happen unless you knew who it was, then you shouldn’t approve of it. Standard rules of government.
hrw
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HRW, Good point about widening the Panama canal. And now that USAID is directly under State department control it should be so much easier to make that happen. After all, I believe it is fully funded. Now it just remains to be decided how the money will be spent.
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Oh no. Please say he’s joking. This is not winning.
”
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. would take over Gaza and remove debris, tunnels, and explosives left there by Hamas after the war with Israel, adding that he saw America taking a “long-term ownership position.”
Trump said: “The US will take over the Gaza Strip, and we will do a job with it too. We’ll love it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous bombs and other weapons on the site… and get rid of the destroyed buildings [and] create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing.”….
https://www.breitbart.com/middle-east/2025/02/04/trump-u-s-will-take-over-gaza-we-will-own-it/
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That was a surprise, indeed! I just heard it on the late news.
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