1/ The US Office of Management and Budget is circulating questionnaires to democracy-promoting organisations in eastern Europe, asking them if they are promoting DEI or climate science, opposing abortion, "combatting Christian persecution", or making money for the USA. ⬇️ - ThreadSky

chriso-wiki.bsky.social • 18 hours ago

1/ The US Office of Management and Budget is circulating questionnaires to democracy-promoting organisations in eastern Europe, asking them if they are promoting DEI or climate science, opposing abortion, "combatting Christian persecution", or making money for the USA. ⬇️

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vkdarkbloom.bsky.social•12 hours ago

🙀🙀🙀🤬🤬🤬

santa-guy.bsky.social•35 minutes ago

Who approved that?

vegasexpats.bsky.social•16 hours ago

Trump Taliban is spanning out world-wide.

agbur.bsky.social•27 minutes ago

Please tell me this is a hoax.

disappointmentfrog.bsky.social•18 hours ago

I sincerely hope the EU authorities are paying attention to this.

jenniloumack.bsky.social•12 hours ago

These people paint the left as extreme when clearly it is a projection. It's like they see WOKE everywhere. It's wild. The right has been sliding further and further into extremism over time.

elle7420.bsky.social•55 minutes ago

WTF

sutherla.bsky.social•17 hours ago

The Axis of Evil between Trump and Putin

davidsvajda.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Why they send these questionnaries to organisations in eastern Europe, when most of these questions are about US and its border?

stevetownsend0.bsky.social•17 hours ago

because russia told trump to cut off their neighbours' democracies at the knees, like he's doing in the usa

jonhallin.bsky.social•17 hours ago

Sounds like it was initially sent to US agencies that might be involved in various foreign projects, and forwarded to foreign organisations. These are eastern European because the source is in eastern Europe, but it's probably the same stupid questions all over the world.

jpeter1son.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Because America is now an idiocracy.

supergoofnz.bsky.social•1 hour ago

They've sent similar to Australian university researchers.
https://bsky.app/profile/natashainoz.bsky.social/post/3lkd7ymw4js2n

jpeter1son.bsky.social•17 hours ago

This is a 'baffle them with bullshit' questionaire. The first step in answering is to write very long answers that no one will read. Step two, the last step, is to write an opening summary paragraph that looks like it provides the desired answer.

ladidayaya.bsky.social•17 hours ago

This advice is actually great for all non-profits dealing with large bureaucracies 🤭

jpeter1son.bsky.social•17 hours ago

It also works on pointy haired bosses.

cafibulator.bsky.social•16 hours ago

It’s nice that we’ve gone ahead and gotten that “dying regime lashes out at every perceived slight” phase underway nice and early. Very forward-looking, no?

jenniloumack.bsky.social•12 hours ago

chriso-wiki.bsky.social•18 hours ago

2/ A six-page memorandum with the questionnaire has been leaked to the independent Russian media outlet Agency. News. It appears to have been sent to all agencies that fund foreign assistance as part of a global review. Further funding depends on how the questions are answered.

chriso-wiki.bsky.social•18 hours ago

3/ Four Eastern European organisations which have received currently frozen funding from the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor say they have received the questionnaire.

chriso-wiki.bsky.social•18 hours ago

4/ The organisations say that the questionnaire is unprecedented in their experience, and have been told that doing anything related to DEI is no longer permitted if they want their funding to be unfrozen. They say that the survey has made them "angry and worried".

chriso-wiki.bsky.social•18 hours ago

5/ The questions reflect the Trump Administration's obsessions, such as opposing DEI, climate science, "gender ideology" and "Christian persecution", and securing supplies of rare earth minerals. It appears to anticipate winding down assistance projects within five years.

chriso-wiki.bsky.social•18 hours ago

6/ By Monday 17 March, respondents are required to answer questions such as:

4. Does the project encourage partners to adopt policies and take action to respect their national sovereignty and culture, strengthen patriotic values, and reduce dependence on external institutions?

chriso-wiki.bsky.social•18 hours ago

7/ 7. Is your organization compliant with the latest Mexico City Policy? [banning dealings with pro-abortion organisations]

8. Does your organization have an approach to transitioning projects off foreign assistance?

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