A&M Prof, former USAID Dir, calls Musk actions "illegal & outrageous"

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8:22a, 2/6/25
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There have been several responses like thise.

I've not seen one address any of the ludicrous grants that have been found. Explain those away first, and maybe your other points would have meaning.
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8:23a, 2/6/25
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Here's the problem with his take…

No one is "abolishing" USAID…

We are simply shutting down their ability to spend whatever they want, wherever they want…

USAID still exists, and it now falls under the direction of the State Department…
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8:23a, 2/6/25
USAID should be AID for US.

Internal.

I don't mind my tax money used internally (with no corruption). Not to throw billions around the world for dubious pet projects of the pols.
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In reply to FCBlitz • 8:24a, 2/6/25
FCBlitz said:
Sounds like a group of 51 groupy.

One more reason to really be disappointed with the bush family.


W's look on his face seeing Trump at Carter's funeral; as well as walking into the inauguration, shows just how petty and bitter he is at Trump for disrupting his swamp. The Bush's are dead to me.
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In reply to Kunkle for Congress TX-34 • 8:24a, 2/6/25
Kunkle for Congress TX-34 said:
I would love to know how much USAID money is flowing through TAMU. I am going say $50,000,000 of the top of my head!

I am not surprised about the Prof. I go to a lot of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs events, and they are very much a globalist organization using tax dollars for "good work." I always think, they never promote America!

They are using US tax money to promote themselves and add to their resume.
If we have to use money to gain popularity around the world, we are truly pathetic.
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8:29a, 2/6/25
At the pace events are unfolding, we are going to be a country without any Presidential Libraries when all is revealed.....

Just wait until DOGE uncovers how the Clintons, Obamas, Bidens were raiding the treasury and the real reasons behind the Iraq wars.
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8:30a, 2/6/25
USAID started out as an aid organization and morphed into a cut-out for the CIA to interfere in foreign elections and overthrow governments. Pretty messed up, but this is how wars are fought these days, not with tanks and planes. No matter how unsavory the actions, we need to continue this type of work abroad.

Unfortunately, USAID turned their attention inwards and started influencing media and interfering in elections domestically for the Democrats. We need to immediately cut out the rot, but the real challenge will be to keep this from happening again in the future. There needs to be more transparency and guidelines around funding NGOs and DAFs.

If we can't stop USAID from being weaponized against its own citizens then it needs to be completely shut down. It may hurt our influence abroad, but it's the price we must pay for freedoms from our own government.
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8:31a, 2/6/25
**** this swamp clown. Just another grifter.
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8:39a, 2/6/25
I equate the USAID to the Clinton Foundation. On paper, it checks all the compliance and legislative boxes for being on the up and up, but when you dig a little deeper, it's a giant slush fund. The only difference is the foundation dried up when it became apparent Hillary was unable to leverage favors for cash.
Nobody cares. Work Harder
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In reply to FireAg • 8:39a, 2/6/25
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FireAg said:
Here's the problem with his take…

No one is "abolishing" USAID…

We are simply shutting down their ability to spend whatever they want, wherever they want…

USAID still exists, and it now falls under the direction of the State Department…
Exactly. And isn't it just a 90-day review? This prof is saying something a RINO would say. The thing is, maybe Elon will find it okay for USAID to deliver food to Somalia. And maybe he will find it not okay to support a transgender opera in Colombia, a program to help disabled Tajikistani become climate change activists, or to ship condoms to Africa. Some things might be good, but to completely call the review "illegal and outrageous" is virtue signaling. It's also absurd.
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8:41a, 2/6/25
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It's just 1% of the budget!!!!!


This is how we got here. 1% of several TRILLION dollars is a lot of damn money.

These idiots keep saying "it's just this much...it's just that much...no big deal"

Until we are 36 TRILLION in debt.

Every damn dime is a big deal to me!!!!
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8:47a, 2/6/25
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ANYONE who makes comments like this without ACKNOWLEDGING there has been MIILIONS WASTED should not be taken seriously and actually should be investigated.

If you were to go to any legitimate charity and expose corruption to the CEO, I bet he would be the first to root it out, eliminate those people responsible, and probably press charges.

Blaming Trump and Musk for this is like blaming the school admin for finding weed in your kid's locker at school. "Well, if they would NOT have done searches, they would not have found anything. Johnny volunteers at the shelter and just is a kid trying to go to college"
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In reply to William K. Klingaman • 8:50a, 2/6/25
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William K. Klingaman said:
Desert Ag said:
Oh look! A Bush School swamp mofo! Surprise, surprise, surprise…


Sounds like we'll find his name listed on the USAID corrupt money trail. Keep going, Elon! We want names and the receipts.
None of these bureaucrats suffer for their misdeeds and misspent taxpayer funds!

They should be civilly (if not criminally) liable for anything they did that was beyond the scope of their job. How was it within the scope of their job to give grants to all the Transmania projects we've seen?
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8:50a, 2/6/25
I just heard the best line," The Bureaucrats in USAID don't like the US in USAID... they call themselves AID!"
"Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
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8:50a, 2/6/25
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There are a lot of stupid smart people complaining about Musk and DOGE. All he is doing is looking at these departments. Looking, and auditing for inefficiency and waste.

Anything that is DONE on the basis of the analysis is done within the department itself under authorization of Trump or his current delegate appointed to head the department in question.

Are so many bureaucrats pretending to be ignorant or are they really that ignorant?


I lot of these lifetime bureaucrats are simply angry someone had ripped the lid off and exposed the mess underneath. Incompetence, complacency, corruption, etc.
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In reply to infinity ag • 8:52a, 2/6/25
What do you know...

another BUSH "conservative"

they never fail to stand up for true conservative values!
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In reply to FireAg • 8:54a, 2/6/25
FireAg said:
Here's the problem with his take…

No one is "abolishing" USAID…

We are simply shutting down their ability to spend whatever they want, wherever they want…

USAID still exists, and it now falls under the direction of the State Department…


The long-term plan is to shut it down via Congress, which it needs to die
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In reply to AG86PF • 8:56a, 2/6/25
AG86PF said:
It's just 1% of the budget!!!!!


This is how we got here. 1% of several TRILLION dollars is a lot of damn money.

These idiots keep saying "it's just this much...it's just that much...no big deal"

Until we are 36 TRILLION in debt.

Every damn dime is a big deal to me!!!!

I like the way you think my friend.

Every cent counts.

Cut cut cut and pay down the debt.
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In reply to jwhaby • 8:57a, 2/6/25
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jwhaby said:
USAID started out as an aid organization and morphed into a cut-out for the CIA to interfere in foreign elections and overthrow governments. Pretty messed up, but this is how wars are fought these days, not with tanks and planes. No matter how unsavory the actions, we need to continue this type of work abroad.

Unfortunately, USAID turned their attention inwards and started influencing media and interfering in elections domestically for the Democrats. We need to immediately cut out the rot, but the real challenge will be to keep this from happening again in the future. There needs to be more transparency and guidelines around funding NGOs and DAFs.

If we can't stop USAID from being weaponized against its own citizens then it needs to be completely shut down. It may hurt our influence abroad, but it's the price we must pay for freedoms from our own government.
I'll be darned...I thought CIA funded all their efforts with growing Poppy seeds in Afghanistan.

Could this be how MKULTRA thrives?
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In reply to samurai_science • 9:02a, 2/6/25
AG
samurai_science said:
FireAg said:
Here's the problem with his take…

No one is "abolishing" USAID…

We are simply shutting down their ability to spend whatever they want, wherever they want…

USAID still exists, and it now falls under the direction of the State Department…


The long-term plan is to shut it down via Congress, which it needs to die

Without question…but what DOGE and the Executive Branch are doing at this point, is absolutely legal, based on my understanding of everything…and I am confident the deep state realizes this…

I don't think they realized (perhaps arrogance?) that Musk would bring in folks that could crack the safe so quickly…
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In reply to Kunkle for Congress TX-34 • 9:06a, 2/6/25
Kunkle for Congress TX-34 said:
I would love to know how much USAID money is flowing through TAMU. I am going say $50,000,000 of the top of my head!

How else do you think we are funding Sumlin's and Jimbo's multi million dollar retirements?

(just kidding)
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In reply to AG86PF • 9:07a, 2/6/25
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Every damn dime is a big deal to me!!!!
Speaking of dimes, why hasn't someone brought up the "Not another dime!" (NAD) campaign. The A&M faculty being a USAID former Director adds to the evidence for NAD.
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9:07a, 2/6/25
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Another Liberal not upset about waste of taxpayers dollars, but upset that it is being uncovered. I've seen so many going with the Jackie Chiles tagline when attempting to show outrage

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9:12a, 2/6/25
Shut the organization down completely. Let the rest of the world fill whatever perceived "void" is created by doing so. They can use their own money, we are already broke and wasteful spending outside our borders doesn't help.

I am sure the replacement entity can get funds from donations. Maybe even from an out of touch A&M professor. Surely he has a checkbook or debit card.
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9:15a, 2/6/25
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Every swamp rat that promotes all the good USAID does (look it says AId right there in the name - which actually stands for Agency for International Development) and doesn't applaud the efforts to clean it up is so disingenuous. It's like saying the serial killer is an OK dude because, "look he visited his grandmother at the nursing home." The media being up in arms also tells you all you need to know.
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9:16a, 2/6/25
All the right pigs are squealing.

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9:19a, 2/6/25
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Every 1% counts if it can't pass this test...

Quote:
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.
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9:20a, 2/6/25
Hey I wonder if this dude is a principal officer on any of these...

https://datarepublican.com/officers/?officer_kw=Natsios

Nope didn't have to wonder. Would anyone be surprised if he gets honorariums to talk to any of these groups, or their donors, or their recipients?

No? Me neither.
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9:24a, 2/6/25
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Deep State drips from this dude's mouth with his every word.
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9:34a, 2/6/25
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I agree with many comments that his 30+ year old opinion is practically worthless, particularly coming from a Bush admin member. Still looking for those weapons of mass destruction are ya? USAID has been a CIA front since it's inception. My father flew many of those people into Viet Nam during the early to mid sixties and they weren't there to just build schools. I've no doubt the leftists have been using it and OUR taxes to support leftwing agendas here and elsewhere. Good riddance.
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In reply to Kunkle for Congress TX-34 • 9:49a, 2/6/25
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Kunkle for Congress TX-34 said:
I would love to know how much USAID money is flowing through TAMU. I am going say $50,000,000 of the top of my head!

I am not surprised about the Prof. I go to a lot of the Scowcroft Institute of International Affairs events, and they are very much a globalist organization using tax dollars for "good work." I always think, they never promote America!


A lot.
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In reply to FireAg • 9:51a, 2/6/25
FireAg said:
samurai_science said:
FireAg said:
Here's the problem with his take…

No one is "abolishing" USAID…

We are simply shutting down their ability to spend whatever they want, wherever they want…

USAID still exists, and it now falls under the direction of the State Department…


The long-term plan is to shut it down via Congress, which it needs to die

Without question…but what DOGE and the Executive Branch are doing at this point, is absolutely legal, based on my understanding of everything…and I am confident the deep state realizes this…

I don't think they realized (perhaps arrogance?) that Musk would bring in folks that could crack the safe so quickly…
Yes its legal, the person quoted in the OP is a moron
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9:51a, 2/6/25
Oh hi, Andrew. We know you're reading.
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9:57a, 2/6/25
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Did Politico disclose their obvious conflict of interests in the article?
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9:59a, 2/6/25
How was DOGE formed.....hint, its lawful.

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