These people are quite literally taking food and lifesaving medicine out of millions of peoples’ hands so they can continue to build their dragon hoards of wealth already worth 10x the entire value of the agency. A bullet to the head is too good for any of them but would be an acceptable outcome of all of this.Reading about some of the projects and whatnot that were immediately halted, the method of stopping USAID is best described as evil and stupid.
HIV vaccine trials about to be initiated: halted. Famine alleviation measures: immediately stopped. Tuberculosis meds - halted distribution while people were just starting to receive their daily meds. And so on...
Just absolutely monstrous people rampaging through the US government, as if everyone else is an NPC - real sociopathic techbro shit.
These people are quite literally taking food and lifesaving medicine out of millions of peoples’ hands so they can continue to build their dragon hoards of wealth already worth 10x the entire value of the agency. A bullet to the head is too good for any of them but would be an acceptable outcome of all of this.
The peasant class of America literally elected a mad king and a cabinet of lords and dukes to rule over them.
These people are quite literally taking food and lifesaving medicine out of millions of peoples’ hands so they can continue to build their dragon hoards of wealth already worth 10x the entire value of the agency. A bullet to the head is too good for any of them but would be an acceptable outcome of all of this.
The peasant class of America literally elected a mad king and a cabinet of lords and dukes to rule over them.
They have been sold the conspiracy that USAID is funneling money to media orgs to control the news around the world. That it is used to control the narrative.
Again, the man behind this is Mike Benz, and he has convinced Trumpers that USAID is an arm of the deep state (Benz calls it "the blob") and has nothing to do with any real charity.
You FIRST must utterly debunk the lies before you can even begin to address the harm this is doing. As far as Trumpers think, Dismantling USAID is stopping deep state funding that controls media.
You're dealing with a cult. And the cult has a very complex theory as to why news and reality itself does not line up with the cult narrative.
Can't wait to see Trump's first full cabinet meeting where the comical weirdness of each cabinet suck-up taking a turn standing from their seats and heap glory and praise on Trump while he jaw juts and nods his head agreeing with the bullshit accolades. I really do wonder what four years of this oligarchic authoritarianism will do to our democracy. Although I have high hopes that the nation's democratic style of gov't will stand the test of time, I don't think clawing back the tax cuts that Trump and his richest men in the world club will give themselves is going to happen should the Democrats reacquire a unified gov't.
People power is what it'll take and with the Republican base so mind fucked as they are, the divisiveness sewn into the very fabric of that party of Trump can't be overcome until their party's leadership goes too far in exploiting their rank and file's gullibility and emotional vulnerabilities of which will take something outrageously stupid on the part of their regime's leadership to trigger.
That 'ol saying about "fooling some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of...." doesn't fare too well within the Party of Trump. They proved that their leadership can fool all of the people in their party all of the time and make it look so easy doing it.
Do you remember trumps first cabinet meeting during his first term where each member talked about how grateful they were for Trump? I almost threw up when I saw that. I suspect we’ll have another moment like that.
That judge must be a family manJudge pauses Usaid employee furlough
USAID: Judge blocks Trump plan to put thousands of staff on leave - BBC News
A last-minute lawsuit means Trump's efforts to dismantle the overseas aid agency have been put on hold.www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org
That judge must be a family man
So I've been running into liberal blogs that mention how Trump's minions are defying the court orders, mostly on MeidasTouch and his associated sites. I'm wondering how Trump's defiance is going to play out in the Republican controlled House and Senate and/or if it's up to our judiciary alone that's going to tow the line as far as keeping Musk and Trump in check. It seems that the Republican controlled legislative branch is totally useless in this regard while Trump's cheerleaders in the SCOTUS gave him a free hand to do whatever and wherever his whims lead him.
He mad black people run the show in SA now. That is all.Read this—it’s insane.
How Elon Musk boosted false USAID conspiracy theories to shut down global aid
Musk drove fringe viewpoints on USAID into the mainstream on X as the Trump administration halted the humanitarian relief agency’s work.www.nbcnews.com
Essentially, most of the anti-USAID sentiment from the Trump administration can be traced back to one man (Mike Benz) who formerly served in Trump’s State Department (1st term.) He’s boosted false conspiracy theories about USAID for a few years now, and Musk, Trump and GOP lawmakers finally started paying attention. Now Musk and others are promoting Russian disinformation like that fake “E!News” clip about Hollywood celebrities taking lavish trips to Ukraine funded by USAID (completely false).
But Musk himself is a beneficiary of USAID grants—they funded Zola and Starlink terminals for Ukraine. But Musk seemed to flip when they started investigating his Ukraine Starlink contract. One of the things they’re investigating is how Russia also obtained Starlink terminals inside Ukraine.
Edit: Was wrong about initial theory on how Russia acquired Starlink—here’s more accurate reporting (WSJ): https://www.reuters.com/world/europ...arlink-terminals-ukraine-wsj-says-2024-02-15/
So Russian firms purchased the terminals via intermediaries in friendly neighbors that allegedly purchased the terminals on the open market. But what if that isn’t the whole story?
It comes down to this - if it doesn't benefit anyone but the wealthy - they will cut it. That's the only reason.
See.I'm trying to figure out what is wrong with republicans in the house and senate. They are so afraid of being primaried that they won't do their jobs?
Don't they realize they have constituents to represent, and that even as slow as those constituents are, will eventually realize they have been suckered. And then they won't get re-elected anyways.
They have been sold the conspiracy that USAID is funneling money to media orgs to control the news around the world. That it is used to control the narrative.
Again, the man behind this is Mike Benz, and he has convinced Trumpers that USAID is an arm of the deep state (Benz calls it "the blob") and has nothing to do with any real charity.
You FIRST must utterly debunk the lies before you can even begin to address the harm this is doing. As far as Trumpers think, Dismantling USAID is stopping deep state funding that controls media.
You're dealing with a cult. And the cult has a very complex theory as to why news and reality itself does not line up with the cult narrative.
Yes, we've been waiting for this massive "backlash" against the GOP yet they gain more voters instead.See.
If such consequences could exist, surely the voters would have mete those out in 2020. Biden would have actually had a Congress to pass legislation and enact some sort of positive reform for the country. If voter backlash against Trump and against Republicans were possible. We would have already seen it and reaped the fruits of their labor.
As it stands, I feel there is no evidence of its existence. Not enough to balance the scales and to right these wrongs.
Ours is not a just society. Nor functional Democracy. Republicans are part of the cult. Their zealous ambition knows no bounds. They feel no shame for their actions. Kool-aid abounds.
Have you seen the new budget proposal? Cuts to medicaid AND medicare, snap, etc. I'm told red states use these services more than any others. Maybe that will wake them up.See.
If such consequences could exist, surely the voters would have mete those out in 2020. Biden would have actually had a Congress to pass legislation and enact some sort of positive reform for the country. If voter backlash against Trump and against Republicans were possible. We would have already seen it and reaped the fruits of their labor.
As it stands, I feel there is no evidence of its existence. Not enough to balance the scales and to right these wrongs.
Ours is not a just society. Nor functional Democracy. Republicans are part of the cult. Their zealous ambition knows no bounds. They feel no shame for their actions. Kool-aid abounds.
Installing the least qualified as possible to head the government to prove it doesn't work. All part of the plan.Have you seen the new budget proposal? Cuts to medicaid AND medicare, snap, etc. I'm told red states use these services more than any others. Maybe that will wake them up.
And RFK was just confirmed. WTF?
KakistocracyInstalling the least qualified as possible to head the government to prove it doesn't work. All part of the plan.
Guys, the root of ALL of this USAID nonsense is Mike Benz. It's his conspiracy theory that started ALL of this. He's a nutter and a Nazi.
Free link.
“USAID was a viper’s nest of radical-left marxists who hate America.”
I mean these guys just spent years claiming the F B Fucking I was a hotbed of radical leftists.So bizarre that Musk declared
When, if there's any criticism of USAID that I've ever heard, it's that as much as being a 'humanitarian' organisation, it gets used as an instrument of US imperialism, by the radical-right neo-cons who put American interests ahead of all other considerations.
That's generally what the 'radical left' say about it. Same criticisms get leveled against all Western official 'aid' programs. I've never really had the energy to look into those allegations in detail but the idea that it's a "Marxist" organisation is just beyond bizarre.