The website for the U.S. Agency for International Development went dark Saturday afternoon as lawmakers and aid workers braced for the possibility that the agency might be shut down.
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Words fail me as I try to describe my disgust with this. And the irony of a newspaper, the NYT, which was front and center on installing trump, reporting it, is almost too much to absorb.
Neutered Dems wring their hands. SHUT IT THE FUCK DOWN! No unanimous consent. No consideration of nominees. No more courtesies on the floor - your "good friend and colleague" is now a domestic terrorist.
People will die worldwide. We are a tragic laughingstock.
@nytimes.com you need to start calling this and Trumps assault on the govt out for what they are: blatantly illegal and against the constitution. Stop being so milque toast in your reporting. This is a constitutional crisis and you are not reporting that or emphasizing that at all.
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If the democratic lawmakers don't stop this then why do we even have a government? We are all in this together. Scared bowing to the worst among us isn't it
Ok, if I have my facts correct, USAID was set up by Congress, funded by Congress and Congress must be the one that folds the tent. Anything else is a fascist overreach by the executive branch.
If a Congress does nothing then the republic is over, we are a dictatorship and we owe them no allegiance
Don't forget the CDC and HRSA censorship that started Friday. >>> The question is: when and how the the aid / science / and medical community going to rebel. ACT UP 2.0 needed
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Trump, a multibillionaire has no charity. Now he wants to project his immorality on America by terminating our international charity. Every civilized nation on planet earth has international aid agencies to help the most vulnerable. GREEDY Trump/GOP refuse to donate. SHAME on the GOP!
This would be a disaster for American power and influence in the world. Soft power was a lesson the Bush administration needed to learn after Iraq and Afghanistan; here we go again
Trump can’t shut down an agency and the workers know that. It‘s all about fear mongering.
If so many people would indeed die of hunger and diseases unless supported by American taxpayers, then something is fundamentally flawed and maybe other countries should step up more.
Other countries do step up a lot and proportionately - the US is a massive economy and their proportionate aid is crucial. This is a devastating blow not just to the lives directly affected but to global stability.
Well if the only point of aid is a self serving one - aid promotes stability and dare I say loyalty? China is reaping diplomatic rewards in the gap left and is already doing so throughout the pacific. Also the US doesn’t get stuck with all the bills. Perhaps do a little reading about the topic.
And Jesus said we are not our brothers keeper. They are rapist who come from sithole countries. You can grab them in the pussy, but don't pay them after they do work for you.
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People will die worldwide. We are a tragic laughingstock.
Trump, Rubio & Musk are PURE EVIL
And in other news, his Nazi Lord Elon Musk gains access to Americans person data in the treasury.
MAGA is too stupid and drunk on fake winning that nobody seems to care
If a Congress does nothing then the republic is over, we are a dictatorship and we owe them no allegiance
Darkness is descending on you, Democrats are on a long weekend, and ELON and TRUMP NEVER SLEEP.
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The NYT is a useless waste of time.
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If so many people would indeed die of hunger and diseases unless supported by American taxpayers, then something is fundamentally flawed and maybe other countries should step up more.
China by now is the second largest economy. How much do they contribute in aid (not loans)?
And how come China‘s global influence is so much higher? The world can’t have it both ways.
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