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Republicans in #Congress are getting pissed as #DOGE keeps wreaking havoc.
https://newrepublic.com/post/191690/republicans-congress-revolt-elon-musk-doge
"Infighting is brewing among the GOP’s congressional ranks, as Elon Musk’s takeover of the #government and sweeping federal employee #purge begins to hit #red states.
...agencies like #USAID, the #FAA, and #NOAA —agencies that many #Republicans actually like & support—have been crippled."
#Musk #Trump #Coup #GOP #Politics #News #USA
#Congress has the power of the purse, & “feeding #USAID to the woodchipper” violates the separation of powers because Congress established the agency & allocated funds"
https://www.publicnotice.co/i/157356503/laws-are-laws
#Musk #Trump #Coup #News #US
![Sub-heading and text from article:
Laws are laws
In reality, most of what Musk is doing is flatly illegal.
Canceling contracts without notice violates the law. Mass firing federal employees without cause violates the law. Cutting federal funds for all scientific and medical research violates the law. But most egregiously, Musk’s deletion of entire government departments and Trump’s refusal to spend money as directed by the budget bills violates the Constitution. That’s why multiple courts have enjoined the Trump administration from blanket spending cuts.
It is axiomatic that Congress has the power of the purse, and “feeding USAID to the woodchipper” violates the separation of powers because Congress established the agency and allocated funds to it as part of the federal budget.
As Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, wrote last week in the New York Times:
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Congress, not the executive branch, has the power of the purse, meaning the power to control federal spending. It is right there, as clear as day in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: “No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.”
This is a bedrock principle of our government, which President Trump and his unchecked billionaire buddy are attempting to subvert.
[end block quote]](https://assets.newsie.social/media_attachments/files/114/033/580/250/493/721/original/337bb197465666bd.png "Sub-heading and text from article:
Laws are laws
In reality, most of what Musk is doing is flatly illegal.
Canceling contracts without notice violates the law. Mass firing federal employees without cause violates the law. Cutting federal funds for all scientific and medical research violates the law. But most egregiously, Musk’s deletion of entire government departments and Trump’s refusal to spend money as directed by the budget bills violates the Constitution. That’s why multiple courts have enjoined the Trump administration from blanket spending cuts.
It is axiomatic that Congress has the power of the purse, and “feeding USAID to the woodchipper” violates the separation of powers because Congress established the agency and allocated funds to it as part of the federal budget.
As Democratic Rep. Rosa DeLauro, ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, wrote last week in the New York Times:
[block quote]
Congress, not the executive branch, has the power of the purse, meaning the power to control federal spending. It is right there, as clear as day in Article I, Section 9, Clause 7: “No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in consequence of appropriations made by law.”
This is a bedrock principle of our government, which President Trump and his unchecked billionaire buddy are attempting to subvert.
[end block quote]")
Unelected billionaire breaks laws to "restore" democracy
This is NOT what democracy looks like.Liz Dye (Public Notice)
DOGE Is Targeting the Wrong Agencies
The Dept of Defense has a bloated budget, is ripe with #corruption, & has never passed an audit. Hundreds of billions should be slashed.
https://newrepublic.com/article/191611/doge-targeting-wrong-agencies
"The #DeptOfDefense, which commands an $850 billion budget, failed its 7th audit in a row in November. In fact, it’s the only major federal agency that has never passed one...
#Doge ...[should] have spent the last month at the #Pentagon, not #USAID."
#DOD #Musk #USPol #News #US
DOGE Is Targeting the Wrong Agencies
The Department of Defense has a bloated budget, is rife with corruption, and has never passed an audit. Hundreds of billions should be slashed.The New Republic
Die USA haben ihre Entwicklungshilfe eingefroren. Das trifft auch viele Menschen aus Myanmar, die in thailändischen Camps Schutz vor dem Bürgerkrieg suchen. Hilfsorganisationen befürchten katastrophale Folgen. Von Jennifer Johnston.
➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/ausland/asien/usaid-myanmar-thailand-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de
#USAID #Myanmar #Thailand #Trump
From WTOP NEWS: The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans
https://wtop.com/world/2025/02/the-usaid-shutdown-is-upending-livelihoods-for-nonprofit-workers-farmers-and-other-americans/
The USAID shutdown is upending livelihoods for nonprofit workers, farmers and other Americans
A farmer in Missouri who grew up knowing that a world with more hungry people is a world that’s more dangerous.The Associated Press (WTOP News)
It's happened more often than usual lately, a byproduct of recent events and the people discussing them apparently not thinking much about the Congo and it's history at all.
And why would they? You're not supposed to think about the Congo.
I'm somewhat angry about the Congo.
#USPol #Congo #USAID
Can #Trump & his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people & un-indicting a corrupt mayor?
https://newrepublic.com/article/191578/trump-musk-scandal-usaid-leaked-memo
"the memo warns #USAID employees not to communicate w/the #press about the shocking disruptions in #humanitarian assistance that are... are already producing horrific consequences."
#Musk #Coup #Corruption #USPol #News #World #USA
#USpol #Aid #USaid #Musk #Trump #RashadCrenshaw
https://youtu.be/geBaXj1_LPw?si=EoDRxbllaB5lSd12
#MTN #DinaDoll
Trump Plan for #Farmers BACKFIRES as they TURN ON HIM
#Trump voters' who are farmers have 'buyer's remorse' Quelle suprise 🙄
#WTF #USAID #InflationReductionsAct #undocumentedworkers #tariffs #massdeportations #AbolishICE #UnelectedBillionaire
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https://newrepublic.com/article/191578/trump-musk-scandal-usaid-leaked-memo
The Washington Post reports that the memo warns USAID employees not to communicate with the press about the shocking disruptions in humanitarian assistance that are being caused by the Trump-Musk attack on the agency, which are already producing horrific consequences. The memo said this transgression might be met with “dismissal.”
#Trump #musk #usaid #memo #press
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo
Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?The New Republic
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Now one of the most powerful people in the U.S. government, Peter Marocco’s turbulent tenure during the first Trump administration sheds light on his current efforts to dismantle the American foreign aid system from the inside out.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #USAID #Trump #USPolitics #Diplomacy
whole function of I.G.s is to independently document waste, inefficiency, & #corruption inside #government. That’s what the USAID I.G. did"
https://newrepublic.com/article/191578/trump-musk-scandal-usaid-leaked-memo
#Musk #Coup #Trump #GOP #Politics #USPol #US #USA #News #Press
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo
Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?The New Republic
Yet the memo also shows that USAID leaks are infuriating #Trump officials precisely because they are exposing the horrifying consequences of the Trump-Musk efforts to cripple this agency."
https://newrepublic.com/article/191578/trump-musk-scandal-usaid-leaked-memo
#Musk #Trump #News #US #USPol
Trump-Musk Scandal at USAID Takes Unnerving Turn With Vile Leaked Memo
Can Trump and his top advisers really just act with total impunity? Or is there, just maybe, a price to be paid for starving poor people and un-indicting a corrupt mayor?The New Republic
https://minnesotareformer.com/2025/02/10/the-topline-christian-nationalism-in-minnesota/
Report: The US threatened to cut aid to South Africa unless it withdrew its case of genocide against Israel, & South Africa's foreign minister said, "No chance”.
"Standing by our principles sometimes has consequences, but we remain firm that this is important for the world & the rule of law" ~Ronald Lamola
https://www.palestinechronicle.com/no-chance-south-africa-remains-firm-on-icj-case-despite-trumps-actions/
#SouthAfrica #ICJ #GazaGenocideNotWar #USBullying #USAid #USPol .
'No Chance' - South Africa Remains Firm on ICJ Case despite Trump’s Actions - Palestine Chronicle
South Africa’s Minister of Foreign Affairs said there was “no chance” of withdrawing the ICJ case against Israel despite the US's actions.admin (Palestine Chronicle)
https://www.businessinsider.com/federal-agencies-musk-doge-targeted-list-2025-2
#NASA
Dept of #Education
US Agency for International Development ( #USAID)
Federal Aviation Administration ( #FAA)
#Treasury Dept
Federal Emergency Management Agency ( #FEMA)
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration ( #NOAA)
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ( #CFPB)
the federal workforce
and #DEI initiatives.
#Musk #Coup #Government #News #US
The federal agencies Musk's DOGE has targeted so far
Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency has targeted federal agencies like USAID, CFPB, and NOAA to reduce government spending.Grace Eliza Goodwin (Business Insider)
https://www.occrp.org/en/news/us-judge-temporarily-halts-white-house-freeze-on-foreign-aid
#USAID #Trump #nonprofit #journalism
#USPol #USPolitics
#media #journalistiek #EIB #Nederland
https://dpa-factchecking.com/netherlands/250212-99-893958/
Geen link met USAID - DPG Media leent geld van Europese Investeringsbank
Wat hebben de Volkskrant, Trouw, het AD en andere Nederlandse media met elkaar gemeen? Ze vallen allemaal onder de paraplu van het Belgische DPG Media.dpa-factchecking
#KOSU #USAID #FoodSecurity #Research #Farmers
https://www.kosu.org/2025-02-13/usaid-funding-freeze-halts-research
https://www.factcheck.org/2025/02/trump-online-posts-misrepresent-government-subscriptions-to-news-services/
Both the Biden and Trump administrations subscribed to Politico and other news services. But President Donald Trump and online posts have misleadingly claimed the media outlets were being funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The payments from USAID and other federal departments or agencies were for subscriptions.
#Trump #disinformation #USAID #PRESS
USAID y las ONG para el secuestro de la sociedad civil
La decisión del presidente Trump de recortar la financiación a USAID reveló hasta qué punto el gobierno estadounidense ha estado financiando medios de comunicación, protestas y otros medios para se…Rafael Poch de Feliu
“USAID sent $9.3B to Islamic terror states that killed 3,000 American soldiers. And over $18 billion to Islamic terrorist states,” investigative reporter Daniel Greenfield
#USA #US #american #money through #deepstate #usaid for support #terrorism #ISIS #history
Globalists Funding Both Sides: USAID Paid Terrorist States Who Killed American Soldiers
President Donald Trump is no stranger to the corrupt U.S. establishment funding the enemy, as the businessman repeatedly exposed Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama as the founders of ISIS during his 2016 campaign.www.infowars.com
“There are 444 counties in the United States classified by the United States Department of Agriculture (is that still around?) as “farming-dependent,” which is defined as counties where either 25% of its earnings come from agriculture, or 16% of the workforce works in farming.
Donald Trump won 433 of those counties, with an average vote of 77.7%. Over 100 of them gave Trump 80% or more of their vote.”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/2/12/2302813/-Trump-loving-farmers-suffer-the-consequences-of-their-support
Trump-loving farmers suffer the consequences of their support
There are 444 counties in the United States classified by the United States Department of Agriculture (is that still around?) as “farming-dependent,” which is defined as counties where either 25% of its earnings come from agriculture, or 16% of the..Daily Kos
“A federal foreign food aid program with a Kansas legacy and an uncertain future could be saved by Congress under a bill championed by.
U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann and U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran, both Kansas Republicans… who introduced legislation to save Food for Peace. The 70-year-old foreign food aid program…, would be moved from the shuttered U.S. Agency for International Development and into the U.S. Department of Agriculture.”
https://www.cjonline.com/story/news/politics/government/2025/02/11/kansas-congressmans-bill-would-move-usaids-food-for-peace-to-usda/78387604007/
Congress could save Food for Peace by moving foreign aid from USAID to USDA
U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann has proposed a bill to save Food for Peace, the foreign food aid program with a Kansas legacy, by moving it from USAID to USDA., The Topeka Capital-Journal (The Topeka Capital-Journal)
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/climate-and-people/us-aid-freeze-claims-first-victims-as-oxygen-supplies-cut/
US aid freeze claims first victims as oxygen supplies cut off
Seventy-one-year-old woman dies after being sent home from USAID funded hospital. Others die after hospitals close in refugee campsSarah Newey (The Telegraph)
Potential shift could give Wall Street a greater role
Comes as Elon Musk dismantles main instrument of US soft power
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-12/trump-advisers-look-to-shift-us-foreign-aid-to-wall-street-ally?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczOTQxNDI4MSwiZXhwIjoxNzQwMDE5MDgxLCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUkJWNlhEV1JHRzAwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFNDNBODZGMTM2MEQ0QTYzQURDREY5MzhBMUU0NzIzNCJ9.L3SkL-QhZlLN9gxZ54K-RG6ZvTGPH_LB72CTOzBrx2E
#usaid #benBlack #nepobaby #nepotism #privateEquity
https://apnews.com/article/usaid-christian-nonprofits-funding-freeze-bbb000ea0e232765db1280c093301a8a
#musk #trump #usaid #charity #press
Christian aid groups weigh life-threatening choices about who to help after USAID funding pause
Christian aid groups are being hard-hit after the Trump administration froze most foreign aid and sidelined the U.S. Agency for International Development.TIFFANY STANLEY (AP News)
“Leaked documents expose US interference projects in Iran”
by Kit Klarenberg in The Cradle
“Newly leaked documents expose Washington’s ongoing, covert push for regime change in Iran. [..] the US aims to infiltrate civil society, manipulate political participation, and engineer unrest, [..]”
https://thecradle.co/articles/leaked-documents-expose-us-interference-projects-in-iran
#Press #US #Subversion #Destabilization #Iran #NGOs #NERD #StateDepartment #NED #USAID #RegimeChange
Leaked documents expose US interference projects in Iran
Newly leaked documents expose Washington’s ongoing, covert push for regime change in Iran. With millions funneled into secretive initiatives, the US aims to infiltrate civil society, manipulate political participation, and engineer unrest, all while …thecradle.co
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/05/opinion/usaid-spending-trump-musk.html
#NicholasKristof on #ElonMusk in #uspol on #USAID
#Senate #Republicans Release #USBudget Plan With $150B More For Defense
https://breakingdefense.com/2025/02/senate-republicans-release-budget-plan-with-150b-more-for-defense/
Senate Republicans release budget plan with $150B more for defense
The new budget resolution tees up a separate process for the Senate and the House as the two legislative bodies grapple over how best to enact President Donald Trump’s policy agenda.Valerie Insinna (Breaking Defense)
But as I wrote yesterday while explaining why some legal experts say we’re in a constitutional crisis,"
The 5-Minute Fix from The Washington Post
https://s2.washingtonpost.com/camp-rw/?trackId=596d0c1d9bbc0f208669a59d&s=67abcdcff2da1e32d277b770&linknum=5&linktot=55
https://flip.it/AbphPo
#Sudan #USAID #Trump #Aid #Africa
How Trump’s USAID overhaul could lead to famine in Sudan
President Donald Trump’s 90-day freeze on all foreign aid could not have come at a worse time for Sudan, which is facing famine amid it's 2-year civil war.Gabe Joselow (NBC News)
https://www.reuters.com/investigations/china-builds-space-alliances-africa-trump-cuts-foreign-aid-2025-02-11/
China has forged nearly two-dozen pacts with African nations in its bid to surpass the U.S. in space. Investments in satellites and infrastructure are winning friends – and giving China more eyes on the skies – as America slashes help for developing countries.
#china #africa #trump #musk #usaid #press
