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[WaPo] Trump moves to wrest control of USAID as Musk says, ‘We’re shutting it down’

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by Os Trigonum, Feb 3, 2025.

  1. fchowd0311

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    Is foreign drag show funding why you can't get your tenants to afford your 300 dollar monthly rent hike?
     
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  2. Os Trigonum

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    unless it's ZDOG and then ZDOG turns around and makes a rap about James Harden smoking weed. Then we ALL benefit
     
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  3. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    I know you've agreeing to disagree but I'm not okay with stealing

    No one including Trump has provided evidence of stealing.
     
  4. pgabriel

    pgabriel Educated Negro

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    If you don't agree with me agency's purpose it's stealing.

    Both sides of the play this card like it's a Trump card


    See what I did there
     
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  5. Salvy

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    They could have made like 10 Blade movies with that money, at least we get enjoyment from that...
     
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  6. tinman

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    I will never lump you in with the woke cause you appreciate real comedy like Dave Chappelle
     
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  7. Agent94

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    Bukele is in the tech bro inner circle. There is a lot of cross pollination between what Bukele does and how the tech billionaires want to run America. It's no surprise he is parroting their talking points.
     
  8. Tomstro

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    So USaid was funding politico, one of the most propaganda ridden news outlets.

    They didn’t make payroll this week. Which means the govt subsidized news outlets doing the bidding of the woke lefty.
     
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    Holy corruption Batman!
    You mean the Penguin controlled the daily planet ?
     
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  10. droxford

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    If an agency routes money into their own pockets or the pockets of their buddies (money that was intended for other purposes), I consider that stealing. I suspect that it's inevitable that, over the next four years, the DOGE is going to find this, if it hasn't already.

    ...I just wonder if you're going to say, "But he only stole less than 1% of the budget!"
     
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  11. DonnyMost

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    It does make you look fundamentally unserious when you make such noise about USAID while the expenditures look like this:

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    Like taking a single pickle off your triple bacon cheeseburger meal and saying you're on a diet, lol.
     
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    How are they putting money in their pockets?
     
  13. droxford

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    IF
     
  14. Nook

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    No - the USAID was not "funding Politico". The USAID had licenses and subscriptions with Politico over years and for multiple people.

    It does make a good headline though and it helps distract from what is actually going on.

    Enjoy it while you can - it is only a matter before one shark is eaten by another shark.
     
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  15. Tomstro

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    Really. No. They were definitely funded by USaid.


    It’s even worse
    Think about all the crap they lied about.
    Biden laptop
    Election rigging
    Covid
    Trump crimes

    All of it propaganda from the left partially paid for by the govt bureaucracy that is like 95% lefties
     
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  16. pgabriel

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    Exactly, a distraction


    Trump and MAGA should still be worshipping at the altar of Rush Limbaugh and Reagan.

    Government is the problem has guided them to power. People hate paying taxes and it resonates so well
     
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    ..."Biden's perfectly fit to run the country for four more years"...
    ..."Biden won't pardon his son"...
     
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  18. Nook

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    You are brain washed at this point.

    They purchased licenses to Politico... there was no top secret funding keeping Politico afloat.

    No one lied about Trump crimes either.... no one lied about election rigging.

    You are firmly in your MAGA bubble at this point... but you are not the only one.
     
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    If what hasn't already happened? It seems your if was in reference to DOGE finding evidence, but the putting money in their pockets has
     
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    Using your diet analogy , its more like a dieter saying ' its just one snickers , its only 200 calories, it wont matter'

    They way you reduce the budget is by knocking out half a percent each day. Yesterday was USAID and today is department of education. What type of dipshit looks are reducing the budget by .75% in a day and thinks its nothing? Thats incredible. Keep it up DOGE
     

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