Under the Trump administration, the U.S. agency that funds aid projects has faced layoffs, a stop action order for most aid efforts and a disruption of its website. Now Elon Musk says it should 'die.'
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DOGE pulls the plug on gov organizations, it is completely illegal but NaziMusk and the 🍊🤡 know the secret; the US governmental police force (Congress) has no guns. They have no teeth. They have no military. They have nothing.
Boy, that's a loaded headline NPR, which could've been phrased milder due to incitement. 'Taking down' websites and illegally firing workers is obviously not okay, but may just be a temporary power play until the legal system catches up to the fools.
Its website, disappeared the same way that CDC and HHS websites and content are disappearing and being edited. Erasing history is fun for those who want to control the narrative.
Your post and headline do not mention the issues of unconfirmed people without background checks or security clearances taking control of sensitive personal data without any legal basis. Lack of context provides legitimacy to these actions without merit.
The bigger question is WHY does Elon Musk have any say in which agencies in the federal government live or die? He is NOT an elected official. Is he even a US citizen?
WHY does an unelected person, with NO security clearance, who has shady ties to Putin, have ANY say at all in our government???
NO ONE ELECTED MUSK - GET RID OF HIM.
No one elected Elon. No one elected Elon. No one elected Elon. No one elected Elon. No one elected Elon. No one elected Elon. No one elected Elon. No one elected Elon.
I would like very much for Democrats to stop talking and start acting, you need to get rid of Musk yesterday and impeach Trump. This is unbelievably illegal.
USAID is so important. So many lives (millions) will be lost. Elon Musk has no care for the welfare of anyone but himself. I learned this about him a few years ago when he told a social media follower he’d donate funds to cure world hunger if the commenter made a good enough case for it…
Reminds me of classic cult tactics. Tear people down to build them up so the are dependent on you. In this case destroy lives in other countries to get those governments to knuckle under to your demands.
It's a powerful drug. Incapacitating. Wish I could afford it. Anyone who takes it for highs is really into being drugged out of their mind. It was scary to me, and I'm no stranger to drugs in my life. It seemed to improve my symptoms. He makes it sound fun and trendy. Maybe he'll make it affordable.
The U.S. showing its true nature. Its “aid” has been given for its benefit, not because of its generosity. Individual aid officers might be kindhearted, but this country has NEVER done anything for others without conditions.
These stable geniuses who think empathy is a four letter word should at least understand that programs like USAID are tools for soft power projection and long term diplomatic growth. It benefits them!
This weekend Musk broke into the federal employee system
His ultimate goal was to get the information on ALL of our spies
Now he can give it to Putin and China
That's why he has stupid kids helping him
They don't realize the depths of what they are doing
This is an outrageous abuse of power and MILLIONS of people will die because of it. Since its conception it has received BIPARTISAN support because of the incredible difference it makes for our world. It is a major part of our military and national security plan and is only 1% of the federal budget.
Musk's Tesla business partner is the Chinese Poliburo, right? Wrecking America's government would please his business buddies, true? Seems obvious on its face.
Without aid from the US areas in need will turn to China, which will increase China’s power and further damage the United States. China will then be able to have access to resources in places they give aid to. This will benefit Musk and other oligarchs.
It’s done that in many Africa countries. It’s at a huge price to those nations (IMHO) but those nations are being developed and not just stripped ala American & European colonialism. There is a minute level of reciprocity.
What about the Treasury Department and our social security and financial information??? The new director just bent over and dropped his pants when they came.
Until (and there's hardly any certainty it will when asked) the SCOTUS states clearly and decisively that the POTUS/Executive must, to the best of a fiduciary's ability, execute and enforce Congressional legislation, this is going to continue and be asserted as valid.
Why are we putting what Elon Musk thinks in any headline?!?! Cmon @npr.org do better. How about calling out Musk for doing extremely illegal things that he needs to be arrested for.
It's hard to see the road back from the cruel and premeditated authoritarian coup that is happening with frightening speed, and without a whimper from most people. I don't understand why it must get worse and people will suffer and die before any awakening seems likely.
@npr please remember wee the people fund you not the oligarchs in power. You seem to keep forgetting that Elon is neither elected or appointed nor has DOGE been approved by congress with the power to dissolve agencies. Please include this info in reports Or maybe my fund go to braver media sources.
How is the MuskDOGE (Department of Graft Extraction) anything other than a “moral hazard inherent in a political system that has demonstrated a history of bailing out private firms when they engage in excess speculation”? (Project 2025 page 731)
Experts estimate that less than 10% of the foreign aid channeled through USAID reaches people in need. The rest is siphoned off by corrupt organizers that are enriching themselves with US taxpayer dollars. The entire department is a hotbed of corruption, and yes, it needs to go!
I am so enraged that a fictitious department with a made up position is being allowed to enact the largest coup in American history. There has got to be a clause somewhere that says a national threat must be engaged and attended to immediately that congress could enact with the national guard.
https://www.cbc.ca/amp/1.7448763 Musk contracts “dying.” “Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford ripping up Ontario's $100 million contract with Musk's Starlink in wake of U.S. tariffs…contract, signed in Nov…’Ontario won't do business with people hellbent on destroying our economy,’ Ford said.”
I wonder when the Houses will realize that Trump's next stop in dismantling the government is them. Caesar attempted the same by trying to remove the power from his Senate in order to have total power. The Houses are his real enemies if they haven't caught on yet. Most aren't smart enough for that.
He Is NOT an Elected Official....He should NOT have this Access or POWER to do this. He Is on a MADE UP UNOFFICIAL department....this is WRONG and sickening..
Does anyone find the irony in the fact that John F. Kennedy founded US AID, and RFK Jr. is actively delegitimizing our internal health aid organization?
Imagine that…a billionaire that has never wanted for anything in his privileged life saying an aid program should die. EVERYONE on this planet and especially in this country should be losing their damned minds right now.
My friends husband is military police for the Air Force. He was just warned to be prepared to be deployed in America and to start training in case martial law is mandated
They are stealing all our taxpayer money and giving to themselves, the ReThugs and friends, and the rich. Do not blinded by their corruption and thievery.
He and his goons are holding our data hostage, god knows how they’re handling, storing, potentially moving the data, ripe for hacking or selling. All checks and balances removed, no accountability. Dems need to push to arrest them all right now.
Much like Don Quixote, I feel like I’m screaming at windmills: “who in the f*ck does the Afrikaner thinks he is?!?” Deport him.
This is madness. The capture of the federal courts, dark money, apathetic voters, religious nutters, and racist misogynistic voters allowed this to happen.
Why does Musk have a right to tell any American what they can and can not say. Oh ya, trump said he could. Wow. Felon and chief, you asked for it. Burn down the house.
Musk wants USAID to die as retribution for its role as a key U.S. agency in bringing the end of the Apartheid regime in South Africa. Now you know how little character he possesses, if any.
The United States is going from ambassador of good will to ambassador of ill will. How many years will it take to regain the good standing among nations?
They want to end all of these programs, social security, Medicare, aid, education, health etc - what exactly are they planning to do with alllll this money? Line their pockets? How much is enough? Make the USA a golf club for Trump? Whites only? I just want to understand his end game.
Maybe I’m a bit slow, but what in the world does Elon know about the ins and outs of aid groups? He is the least qualified person to weigh in on the topic. Or anything involving philanthropy or helping others for that matter.
How about cuts to SSA?? A friend of mine just PM'd me in a panic asking if I'd received my SSA deposit yet because hers just arrived, but was half its usual amt. We get ours on the 4th Wed of the month, so our last SSA deposit was Jan 22, in the full amt. But I fear what this development portends.
He wants it to die because he's another idiot who firstly, doesn't care about the poor. And secondly doesn't understand the very basic concept of soft power.
Secondly, can you pair up Musk’s call for death, side by side w/ the actual words of Ru Soldiers teaching tormented,kidnapped Ukr children, to kill Ukrainians? to Destroy Ukraine?
Are their similarities between the two calls for death to occur (one targeting a program, a structural framework for responding to humanitarian war traumatized people, among many other life saving aid services, and the other, calling for the the actual death of a specific population of people?
Maybe Elon should focus on fixing his exploding rockets (or get in one), his burning Cybernazi trucks, shit, maybe a decent haircut. Let’s listen less to this guy who’s working illegally, and has no understanding of how things work in the federal government (or in his businesses it seems either 😝).
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NO ONE ELECTED MUSK - GET RID OF HIM.
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I think he should
His ultimate goal was to get the information on ALL of our spies
Now he can give it to Putin and China
That's why he has stupid kids helping him
They don't realize the depths of what they are doing
Lives will be lost
We are so fucked.
Tariffs? China is a solution for Canada and Mexico.
Panama will turn to China for help.
Foreign aid for under developed countries, China will come to the rescue.
I’m don’t want to pay my taxes so he makes those decisions.
Where are the Republicans??
Where are the Democrats??
Why aren't people in Congress all over the news shouting this from the rooftop that this is unconstitutional??
How can the US be allowing him all this access? It must be illegal and it must be stopped!
ELON MUSK
Put them to work filing lawsuits on behalf of every fed, alien, & LGBTQ victimized. File formal protests against all contractors.
Name Elon in every suit
This is the last nail in the coffin of American altruism. A true tragedy.
This is madness. The capture of the federal courts, dark money, apathetic voters, religious nutters, and racist misogynistic voters allowed this to happen.
Elon should be arrested.
Elon does not belong anywhere near our government. Our! government
Elon has no qualifications to be talking about the death of any program.
Elon is stench✔️