“Everything that USAID does is a lie”

[BadWakeboarder]

no, just recognizing past comments from POTUS showing disdain for all people from "shithole countries"

Do you think it's an accident that a humanitarian aid-focused organization is being targeted so precisely? Be honest. American first. People from non-shithole aka mostly white countries second. Others? We don't care. F'in die...

Your brain is completely broken from TDS. USAID is very very likely a den of misappropriation and bloat. There have been enough obviously terrible examples of where their money is going that even a TDS-addled brain can pick up that they’re a disgrace even if your BlueAnon feed tells you otherwise.

But there is signal in the noise of what they do and that signal needs to be restored ASAP.

 

[mcmurtry66]

no, just recognizing past comments from POTUS showing disdain for all people from "shithole countries"

Do you think it's an accident that a humanitarian aid-focused organization is being targeted so precisely? Be honest. American first. People from non-shithole aka mostly white countries second. Others? We don't care. F'in die...

Race race your poor household

 

[outside shooter]

USAID is very very likely a den of misappropriation and bloat.

I'm all for surgically targeting every single aspect of misappropriation and bloat.

I'm not for shutting everything down at the cost of many, many lives, with no effort whatsoever to first separate the wheat from the chaff.

Your last sentence seems to recognize this fact, so we seem to be in virtually COMPLETE AGREEMENT. Identify and restore the many good things that USAID does. It would have been far preferable to do that up front.

 

[BadWakeboarder]

I'm all for surgically targeting every single aspect of misappropriation and bloat.

I'm not for shutting everything down at the cost of many, many lives, with no effort whatsoever to first separate the wheat from the chaff.

See how much more intelligent and interesting that point is without self-loathing and saying “WHITE PEOPLE!” ?

 

[outside shooter]

Not recognizing obvious and openly stated racially biased intentions of the Trump administration is embracing ignorance. It's a lot like preferring to not know where outbreaks of Ebola and bird flu are happening.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Not recognizing obvious and openly stated racially biased intentions of the Trump administration is embracing ignorance. It's a lot like preferring to not know where outbreaks of Ebola and bird flu are happening.

Only if you’re so woke you view the world through that lens. The self loathing is so sad and pathetic. Gross

 

[BadWakeboarder]

Not recognizing obvious and openly stated racially biased intentions of the Trump administration is embracing ignorance. It's a lot like preferring to not know where outbreaks of Ebola and bird flu are happening.

Or where COVID came from, right Doctor?

 

[outside shooter]

Or where COVID came from, right Doctor?

Everyone wants to know where it came from and how it first infected people. It's why we've isolated so many coronaviruses from wild animals and sequenced their genomes. Ones from bats are far and away the closest.

As to how it got to humans from its natural source, all bets are off. A lab accident has certainly always been a possibility. Evidence such as the spread of cases in an area 25 miles from the Wuhan Virology institute seems to suggest that it didn't radiate naturally from that location by a lab leak. That would be like saying a lab leak occurring in Columbus Indiana caused an outbreak radiating out from Shelbyville Indiana, with no cases at all in Columbus until weeks later. Common sense?

 

[DANC]

Patently absurd. Like all bureaucracies there is probably immense bloat. But USAID has done amazing work in AIDS prevention and HIV treatment around the world, especially Africa. They literally provide life-saving care to millions of patients and Trump needs to reopen this pathway ASAP or he has blood on his hands.

That's no reason to let them continue their corruption.

The entire idea is to get USAID and other government organizations to do their job and not fund social engineering.

 

[Bowlmania]

Some additional fallout from Musk's USAID wrecking ball: There's now $8.2 billion out there with no oversight, quite possibly in the hands of terrorist organizations.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/watchdog-warns-trumps-gutting-usaid-leaves-82-bln-unspent-aid-with-no-oversight-2025-02-11/

 

[BradStevens]

Patently absurd. Like all bureaucracies there is probably immense bloat. But USAID has done amazing work in AIDS prevention and HIV treatment around the world, especially Africa. They literally provide life-saving care to millions of patients and Trump needs to reopen this pathway ASAP or he has blood on his hands.

I wonder, if as a result of this DOGE excursion, we might see a little more knowledge and appreciation for the USA as a force of good in the world as anti-Trump activists spill a lot of ink in detailing how great these programs are, which by extension, makes Trump all that more evil.

Might be a nice silver lining in all of this.

 

[mcmurtry66]

I wonder, if as a result of this DOGE excursion, we might see a little more knowledge and appreciation for the USA as a force of good in the world as anti-Trump activists spill a lot of ink in detailing how great these programs are, which by extension, makes Trump all that more evil.

Might be a nice silver lining in all of this.

Maybe in so doing we can help the world to heal 🙌 ❤️‍🩹🙏

 

[BradStevens]

Maybe in so doing we can help the world to heal 🙌 ❤️‍🩹🙏

It's the real thing, McMurt:

 

[DANC]

I wonder, if as a result of this DOGE excursion, we might see a little more knowledge and appreciation for the USA as a force of good in the world as anti-Trump activists spill a lot of ink in detailing how great these programs are, which by extension, makes Trump all that more evil.

Might be a nice silver lining in all of this.

I think it's telling other countries aren't coming out against the temporary stoppage of aid to them, don't you?

 

[DANC]

It's the real thing, McMurt:

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That Don Draper was a helluva ad man.

 

[BadWakeboarder]

I wonder, if as a result of this DOGE excursion, we might see a little more knowledge and appreciation for the USA as a force of good in the world as anti-Trump activists spill a lot of ink in detailing how great these programs are, which by extension, makes Trump all that more evil.

Might be a nice silver lining in all of this.

Would be the case if they don’t jump the shark. They’ll clearly jump the shark, into perpetuity.

 

[snarlcakes]

I wonder, if as a result of this DOGE excursion, we might see a little more knowledge and appreciation for the USA as a force of good in the world as anti-Trump activists spill a lot of ink in detailing how great these programs are, which by extension, makes Trump all that more evil.

Might be a nice silver lining in all of this.

 

[mcmurtry66]

Or where COVID came from, right Doctor?

1. Blackhawk down on Netflix. Doc with rangers etc. unreal. Frightening.
2. Dude. My fcking elbow exploded! It looks like a knee cap!!! Bursa sac blew. Ever do that lifting?

 

[BadWakeboarder]

1. Blackhawk down on Netflix. Doc with rangers etc. unreal. Frightening.
2. Dude. My fcking elbow exploded! It looks like a knee cap!!! Bursa sac blew. Ever do that lifting?

1. Masterpiece
2. No. I also don’t pee sitting down. Unless I’m drunk. Then it’s for the best.

 

[mcmurtry66]

1. Masterpiece
2. No. I also don’t pee sitting down. Unless I’m drunk. Then it’s for the best.

1. So damn good.
2. Almost more than anything I want your bursa sac to explode

 

[BadWakeboarder]

1. So damn good.
2. Almost more than anything I want your bursa sac to explode

1. Agreed
2. When will your mom get here?

 

[Baller23Boogie]

Or, and hear me out on this one, people are just making random shit up, and the lemmings are falling for it because it gives them an outrage boner.

 

[mattndallas]

EPA dude "catfished" (by a dude, but...yeah)...

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

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He gets some credit for admitting that they weren't going to Gaza and that they were passing along some "incorrect" information.

 

[Baller23Boogie]

He gets some credit for admitting that they weren't going to Gaza and that they were passing along some "incorrect" information.

I mean, who couldn't see that the guy who has no oversight and was going off -trust me bro- wasn't gonna bat ".1000"?.

 

[Lucy01]

He gets some credit for admitting that they weren't going to Gaza and that they were passing along some "incorrect" information.

Why didn’t the Biden administration find any of this waste?

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Why didn’t the Biden administration find any of this waste?

How can you find $50 million worth of condoms going to Gaza when it never happened? LOL!

 

[Lucy01]

How can you find $50 million worth of condoms going to Gaza when it never happened? LOL!

They weren’t sent, they were appropriated to go to Gaza! Quit splitting hairs!

 

[outside shooter]

They weren’t sent, they were appropriated to go to Gaza! Quit splitting hairs!

No, they were not.

Just a reminder, the US has purchased condoms at 5 cents each.

Do you REALLY think that we planned to ship A BILLION condoms to Gaza? More than they've ever purchased, in all years combined?

 

[mattndallas]

Do you REALLY think that we planned to ship A BILLION condoms to Gaza?

Uhhh...no.

We planned to appropriate funds to send a billion rubbers to Gaza (or whatever), would never actually do it, and then mysteriously lose the money.

 

[Lucy01]

No, they were not.

Just a reminder, the US has purchased condoms at 5 cents each.

Do you REALLY think that we planned to ship A BILLION condoms to Gaza? More than they've ever purchased, in all years combined?

Thought you had me on ignore?

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

Uhhh...no.

We planned to appropriate funds to send a billion rubbers to Gaza (or whatever), would never actually do it, and then mysteriously lose the money.

What? You haven't listened to Musk say that information was incorrect. There are no condoms going to Gaza and there was no appropriation for condoms going to Gaza. Once a misinformation proves to be misinformation, a smart person files that away and moves on. Give it a try.

 

[bbafficionado]

The US sends "aid" around the world to God only knows where. My question is how can this be done when the country doing the sending has a checking account balance of -32 trillion. No one on here could pull this one off with their own account. We need to get our finances fixed before worrying about every other place on the planet. Shut the whole thing down. We have baby-sit the world long enough. Time for others to learn to provide for themselves while we clean up our messes.

 

[BradStevens]

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Pretty rational answer. Notice how Musk admitted he was wrong and should be corrected, without hesitation.

Link to the last elected politician in either party that said something similar? That's a rhetorical question, of course, with the point being it is exceedingly rare and yet our electorate puts up with these people, and then crafts conspiracy theories about Musk secretly wanting to become a dictator.

Should we spend tens of millions* to get condoms to prevent HIV (I don't think all the money goes to condoms, much goes to the infrastructure, man power, logistics, etc. to get those condoms to people)? Worth discussing. I think we can reach a general consensus that it is a good thing to prevent HIV transmission anywhere, but might get a lot of disagreement over how it should be paid for--govt. vs. charity.

*It's actually $60 million in at least one year per the Austin American Statesman:

No, the US did not spend $50 million to fund condoms in Gaza

A separate U.S. program that provides contraceptives internationally spent $60 million worldwide in one year, but Gaza was not among the recipients.

www.statesman.com

 

[mcmurtry66]

Pretty rational answer. Notice how Musk admitted he was wrong and should be corrected, without hesitation.

Link to the last elected politician in either party that said something similar? That's a rhetorical question, of course, with the point being it is exceedingly rare and yet our electorate puts up with these people, and then crafts conspiracy theories about Musk secretly wanting to become a dictator.

exactly

 

[Baller23Boogie]

Pretty rational answer. Notice how Musk admitted he was wrong and should be corrected, without hesitation.

Link to the last elected politician in either party that said something similar? That's a rhetorical question, of course, with the point being it is exceedingly rare and yet our electorate puts up with these people, and then crafts conspiracy theories about Musk secretly wanting to become a dictator.

One would think that someone with the influence that Musk has, he would want to check and double check matters when it comes to things like auditing our government. If he is getting $50 billion to Gaza for condoms wrong, what else is he not understand yet taking action on?

 

[BradStevens]

One would think that someone with the influence that Musk has, he would want to check and double check matters when it comes to things like auditing our government. If he is getting $50 billion to Gaza for condoms wrong, what else is he not understand yet taking action on?

I don't know.

 

[Aloha Hoosier]

I liked that Musk promised to be transparent and he said everything was on the DOGE website. I went to the website and there is nothing on there:

DOGE: Department of Government Efficiency

The people voted for major reform.

doge.gov

There is a dogegov.com website, not a government website, where you download memes for your trolling pleasure, among other things. Some of those memes are kind of cool and the logo is cool, but it's much more about trolling than transparency.