• Trump's Foreign Aid Suspension: USAID Website Goes Dark With Future in

    From useapen@1:229/2 to All on Tuesday, February 04, 2025 08:42:44
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    WASHINGTON, Feb 1 (Reuters) � The website for the U.S. Agency for
    International Development appeared to be offline on Saturday, as the Trump administration moves to put the agency under State Department control. A message stating that the �server IP address could not be found� appeared
    when attempts were made to access the website.

    Two sources familiar with the discussions said on Friday that the Trump administration is moving to strip the agency of its independence and put
    it under State Department control.

    Dismantling USAID is one of the best things Trump is doing.

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    Only 7 � 10% of foreign aid actually goes to people in need, in many cases
    it goes to terrorists. It is a massive slush fund for deep state ops and
    money laundering. USAID was created by executive order. And it can be eliminated the same way.


    Autism Capital ??
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    ?? BREAKING: USAID Senior Officials put on Leave after Physically Trying
    to stop DOGE from accessing Agency Systems

    Two USAID officials, John Voorhees and his deputy, were put on leave late Saturday night after refusing to allow DOGE members access to USAID
    systems. The DOGE members threatened to physically call the police after
    being refused entry. They were trying to access the security and personnel files.

    Federal Officials are concerned that Trump is trying to fold USAID into
    the US State Department in an effort to cut Government corruption and
    bloat.

    USAID employs approx. 10,000 people, excluding contractors, with 2/3 of
    them overseas. 60 USAID members were already put on leave last week after trying to circumvent President Trump�s executive order on stopping foreign
    aid.

    https://x.com/AutismCapital/status/1886100939175817596

    MEF research finds that the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development have provided hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations involved with designated terrorist organizations.

    The Middle East Forum�s multi-year study of USAID and State Department
    spending has uncovered $164 million of approved grants to radical organizations, with at least $122 million going to groups aligned with designated terrorists and their supporters. Billions more of federal
    monies has been given to leading American aid charities which have
    consistently failed to vet their terror-tied local partners, and show
    little interest in improving their practices, to the apparent indifference
    of the federal government.

    Millions of federal dollars have been handed by USAID to organizations
    directly in Gaza controlled by Hamas, with government officials even
    visiting Gaza terror proxies� offices and launching joint programs.

    USAID beneficiaries have called for their lands to be �cleansed� from the �impurity of the Jews,� among dozens of other chilling examples. USAID
    staff attend the offices of charities which seemingly operate on behalf of senior Hamas leaders, while staff of multiple multi-million dollar USAID beneficiary charities openly praise and encourage violence against Jews.

    State Department money has been handed to radical domestic groups such as
    the Tides Foundation, which members of Congress have accused of funding pro-Hamas, anti-Jewish violence in college campuses across America.

    Easily manipulated fellow travelers, including major aid organizations
    such as World Vision and Catholic Relief Services, as well as advocacy organizations such as InterAction, serve as important vehicles for terror-
    tied Islamists, both in the United States and abroad. These charities are dependent on federal funding, receiving billions of taxpayers� dollars.

    Federal funding subsidizes efforts by domestic Islamists involved with
    Hamas, Jamaat-e-Islami and the Turkish regime, to abrogate rules and
    scrutiny in the United States intended to tackle the threat of terror
    finance.

    Records of federal funding, particularly through USAID, are obfuscated by deficient disclosure practices, deleted data, and deliberate attempts to
    evade transparency, with millions of dollars given to anonymous
    beneficiaries in terrorism-stricken areas of the globe.

    Mike Benz
    @MikeBenzCyber
    Why is USAID funding Nina Jankowicz�s Internet censorship project in
    London?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GiwN6NoW8AE4vC-?format=jpg&name=small

    Mike Benz
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    Why was USAID funding the Wuhan Lab?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GivgpFfXIAA3opN?format=jpg&name=240x240

    Jeff Carlson
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    Catholic Charities was by far the largest end recipient of illegal
    immigrant funding from:

    1) The State Department
    2) USAID
    3) FEMA

    Our money was used to drive the flow of illegals into and throughout our country.
    General Mike Flynn
    @GenFlynn
    I�m a Catholic and I want to know why are American taxpayers funding
    Catholic Charities?

    This organization is ripping off American taxpayers.

    The data below outlines recent grants awarded by the Department of Health
    and Human Services (HHS).

    HHS established most of these�

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GigRzcKXIAI0rG2?format=jpg&name=360x360

    Ian Miles Cheong

    @stillgray

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    Mike Benz: USAID is not about aid. It�s about coordinating clandestine operations through foreign left-wing NGOs. With a $50 billion budget, it
    even surpasses the budgets of the CIA and State Department combined.
    Ian Miles Cheong

    https://twitter.com/i/status/1886014393978101859

    Mike Benz
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    No, really: why was USAID backing Burisma?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GivWIxkXoAARRJx?format=jpg&name=360x360


    Vivek Ramaswamy
    @VivekGRamaswamy

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    It�s a mystery that U.S. taxpayers were ever funding this kind of NGO in
    the first place. Time to audit USAID & every other agency that�s dumping
    away our taxpayer $$.
    Jim Banks
    @Jim_Banks
    BREAKING: House Republicans have just moved to DEFUND the Ukrainian NGO
    that created a �watch list� that consisted of conservative lawmakers and private American citizens!

    America First!


    Lara Logan
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    Like I said before, USAID is a front for the CIA. And together with NGO�s
    like the Open Society Foundation, they have been using US tax dollars &
    govt resources as their personal piggy bank. It has been infuriating to
    watch. Hopefully now the whole truth will come out.

    Mike Benz
    @MikeBenzCyber
    No, really: why was USAID backing Burisma?

    https://pbs.twimg.com/media/GivWIxkXoAARRJx?format=jpg&name=360x360


    Vivek Ramaswamy
    @VivekGRamaswamy

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    USAID operates as if immune from accountability. That will change.
    Department of Government Efficiency
    @DOGE
    How the U.S. Government Spent your Tax Dollars in 2024:


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