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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #350 on: February 01, 2025, 03:14:39 PM »
Chuck Schumer posted a rumor yesterday that Trump was going to dissolve USAID.

Today www.usaid.gov is down.

.....Interesting.....  My Sister-in-law works for USAID, and she isn't blowing up the family group chat yet, so either it's a coincidence, or they didn't tell the employees yet.

The site is working for me. I can see a "pause" for them as the new administration takes a look at where the aid is going. I have no problems with that, continuing aid from one administration to the next is a recipe for waste after a few administrations.

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #351 on: February 01, 2025, 03:16:53 PM »
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #352 on: February 01, 2025, 04:09:16 PM »
Hegseth has just ended "Identity celebration" months at DoD. Including this month.

https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2025/02/01/identity-months-dead-at-dod-pete-hegseth-department-of-defense-n2407677

Also, the Pentagon has booted NBC, PBS, NYT, and Politico from the press corps. Replaced with OANN, NY Post, Brietbart and Huffpost.

https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2025/02/01/pentagon-boots-nyt-nbc-npr-and-politico-from-press-corps-n2407669

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #353 on: February 01, 2025, 05:12:03 PM »
The Pentagon ousted PBS?

That's pure gold!  [ar15]  [ar15]  [ar15]
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #354 on: February 01, 2025, 07:48:20 PM »
Hegseth has just ended "Identity celebration" months at DoD. Including this month.

https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2025/02/01/identity-months-dead-at-dod-pete-hegseth-department-of-defense-n2407677

Also, the Pentagon has booted NBC, PBS, NYT, and Politico from the press corps. Replaced with OANN, NY Post, Brietbart and Huffpost.

https://twitchy.com/warren-squire/2025/02/01/pentagon-boots-nyt-nbc-npr-and-politico-from-press-corps-n2407669

It has been Christmas every day since 20JAN.  :laugh:

Breitbart and HuffP are interesting choices. 😂  NY Post is good.  I don't know much about OANN.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #355 on: February 03, 2025, 09:12:55 AM »
Chuck Schumer posted a rumor yesterday that Trump was going to dissolve USAID.

Today www.usaid.gov is down.

.....Interesting.....  My Sister-in-law works for USAID, and she isn't blowing up the family group chat yet, so either it's a coincidence, or they didn't tell the employees yet.

Following up on this, My SIL and everyone that works at the DC Headquarters of USAID was told not to come in today.

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #356 on: February 03, 2025, 10:02:00 AM »
Well this is rather interesting if true
Says Trump prosecutors were funded by USAID to the tune of $27 million

https://x.com/MarioNawfal/status/1886167348282863630
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #357 on: February 03, 2025, 10:02:54 AM »
Following up on this, My SIL and everyone that works at the DC Headquarters of USAID was told not to come in today.

Why is USAID involved in anything classified?
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #358 on: February 03, 2025, 10:31:09 AM »
Wow, Elizabeth Warren was an absolute savage at RFKJ's hearing

https://x.com/LibertyCappy/status/1886251759854641421
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #359 on: February 03, 2025, 11:08:42 AM »
Why is USAID involved in anything classified?

Because they're a CIA front?

I dunno.  I try not to talk politics at all with my in-laws, and I definitely don't talk shop with her.

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #360 on: February 03, 2025, 11:15:24 AM »
Whoops, wrong thread.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #361 on: February 03, 2025, 12:35:44 PM »
Because they're a CIA front?

I dunno.  I try not to talk politics at all with my in-laws, and I definitely don't talk shop with her.

Well, yeah.  Should've put /rhetorical after that post.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #362 on: February 03, 2025, 03:10:39 PM »
"Undisclosed recipients"

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #363 on: February 04, 2025, 09:08:17 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6m-Bhjsd_NI

Benny Johnson put out this video.  At one point it was noted that USAID's budget is larger than all or most of the intelligence agencies and it sounds like it was a slush fund used in all sorts of manipulation and overthrowing foreign governments.  It mentioned funding when to Soros prosecutors. 

All this found just tracking down Ukraine funding and this is the easy stuff.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #364 on: February 04, 2025, 04:09:30 PM »

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #365 on: February 04, 2025, 07:53:31 PM »
Tulsi and RFK made it through their committees today.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #366 on: February 04, 2025, 08:40:11 PM »
https://apnews.com/article/trump-netanyahu-washington-ceasefire-1c8deec4dd46177e08e07d669d595ed3

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/04/trump-says-us-will-own-and-develop-gaza-strip.html

The President thinks we should find the Palestinians a nice piece of land somewhere, we will build them some nice places, we will level Gaza and rebuild it, we will own and operate it, and deploy American troops as necessary to make all this happen.

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #367 on: February 04, 2025, 08:44:06 PM »
Maybe this is why they're so upset Elon is rooting through social sec data
Can confirm what they saying yet

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Additionally through illegal immigration your corrupt government is sitting on a 1.7 trillion dollar slut fund.

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #368 on: February 04, 2025, 08:47:48 PM »
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your corrupt government is sitting on a 1.7 trillion dollar slut fund

You mean call girls.
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #369 on: February 04, 2025, 08:54:08 PM »
Dogmush, be sure to pack your summer uniforms.

He probably won't mind. I hear the facilities at the MOB will be decent.

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #370 on: February 04, 2025, 09:10:50 PM »
Pam Bondi in as AG
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #371 on: February 04, 2025, 09:29:09 PM »
https://apnews.com/article/trump-netanyahu-washington-ceasefire-1c8deec4dd46177e08e07d669d595ed3

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/04/trump-says-us-will-own-and-develop-gaza-strip.html

The President thinks we should find the Palestinians a nice piece of land somewhere, we will build them some nice places, we will level Gaza and rebuild it, we will own and operate it, and deploy American troops as necessary to make all this happen.

Dogmush, be sure to pack your summer uniforms.

Probably intended more to get their keffiyehs twisted up in knots than anything else and it appears it has done just that

https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1886962403755065355

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #372 on: February 04, 2025, 09:43:09 PM »
He probably won't mind. I hear the facilities at the MOB will be decent.


I'm holding out for a Gulf of America deployment sniping Super Pangas with my Mk19. 

IDF can keep Gaza.

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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #373 on: February 04, 2025, 10:06:05 PM »
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Re: Trump Administration
« Reply #374 on: February 04, 2025, 10:08:06 PM »
Probably intended more to get their keffiyehs twisted up in knots than anything else and it appears it has done just that

https://x.com/rawsalerts/status/1886962403755065355
"Gaza is not for sale!" ... but we don't want to live there.
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