My mom tried to buy a truck as a gift for my dad in 1969 and made an all cash offer. The salesman told her she’d have to ask her husband for permission.
A lot of white men involved back then, too, but somehow their values were worlds apart from the current regime that is trashing their ideals. How did America let this happen while pretending it is returning to Christian values? A puzzled Brit.
We need to take the US back by bringing it to a COMPLETE STAND still. Call the farmers association, the unions, & the construction companies. Bring all your RIGS & block every road in the Capitals of every state. The USA will not move till this man is REMOVED & both he and Musk are JAILED.
I promised myself that someday I would go to his grave and place flowers there for him Roses to show how much he was loved. i was 7 years old. 13 years later in 1980 I was in DC for a military meeting and was able to go to Arlington Cemetery and scattered a dozen roses on his grave. promise kept.
My mother was a woman of unbelievable courage. She was watching the news when they said Robert Kennedy had just been shot, she ran and woke us kids up and said come quick and so with moments of the act I watched the news run video of him being shot. My mom said you are watching history, never forget
We never will Linda and perhaps we live to explain to others why we can’t allow the current occupants of the white house to ever turn back the clock on what Americans, Service Members and civilians have fought for over nearly 250 years We will win. If i at 69 have to join again I will.
I have never forgotten and in 1980 I also placed flowers on his grave at Arlington. When I testified to the Minnesota House and Senate I quoted Martin Luther King in my testimony. I wonder all the time why students haven’t been much into shaping our democracy and fighting for it like we did it hurts
And in 2025 a non elected oligarch is destroying it...
This just shows how fake American "democracy" really is, has this would even be possible in any other real democratic nation...!
The apartheid oligarch has his ears. Elon is busy retweeting accounts screaming “Europe for Europeans” but have a problem with Africans taking back their lands. Typical racist hypocritical waste of space.
Wasn’t quite sure who signed it into law. I always assume that if it helps others it’s was done by a Democrat. So thank you for the info. ❤️ your son Roland we could use a lot more like him in this crazy world.
My sister worked years for USAID contracts across Africa, helping women in villages start small businesses, aiding medical clinics & irrigation projects, childhood education, & vaccinations. Her husband was born in a mud hut, worked his way up to EU ambassador. He died '23 of kidney failure.
I was thinking about that too. They wanted him back, they didn’t want him to do the sorts of things he used to do, but they wanted him back. Odd thought process.
I hope every Congress Person & politician wakes up today & realizes Musk has THEIR bank account numbers from direct deposit, THEIR social security numbers, THEIR addresses, THEIR info too
Musk has it all & the boys working with him have it
Just walking around with him
Maybe then they will arrest him
Military Tribunals for Musk. He’s been illegally chatting with Vladdy the Child Killer for months leading up to the election and owes the Saudis Billions for Twitter
Which probably explains why the fascist right has USAID in its crosshairs (and probably has for 60 years!):
It's a "Kennedy" thing. All victories for liberal icons must be discredited and dismantled. It's not what USAID actually does, but what it symbolizes. Also it's got "AID" in the name. Squishy
Instead of people bitching and telling us what's going on, which we already know, why doesn't anybody give some concrete ideas of what we need to do to stop it? All this bitching on here is just infuriating me. It is not helpful whatsoever!
and get the word out to as many people as possible. Most Americans don't know any of this is happening. Share on as many conservative sites as you know. https://www.facebook.com/heathercoxrichardson/
Even all the good things accomplished by previous U.S. presidents are being destroyed by Felon Trump.
Eat, cheat, steal and shit all over everyone. That will be Felon Trump's legacy.
Even worse, USAID provides much-needed food and medicine to people in dire need. When they shut down the operation, food rotted on trucks and platforms, medicines went bad or were not delivered at all.
I guaran-fucking-tee you that women and children will die because of this.
IMPEACHMENT NOW!!!
Rachel Maddow brought it up. The hacker boys do not surprise me. He has people. This is bad. But I feel people are starting to push back. The people who work for us. Take care.
Like most things American, USAID has had dark side funding strategies that promote regime change under the pretext of humanitarian intervention. It’s possible that Trump has inadvertently promoted a progressive policy. Feel free to disagree but please reserve judgment if you don’t know details.
I guess if you wanted a government aid program like this, you'd need its cash flow to be conspicuously transparent, and its taxpayers would have had to explicitly vote for it. If it's effective or perceived as effective, then it's good soft power too.
Important to add that President Kennedy worked closely with Congress to pass legislation establishing USAID, and then funding it. A President can’t create a U.S. government agency by himself, nor can a President destroy one by himself.
It’s frustrating seeing all the glorification of this imperialist institution. Yes Musk is a criminal undermining the US Constitution in any way possible. Yes he’s probably got a grudge with USAID cuz they fought apartheid. Yes USAID undermines democracy in the global south & enriches corporations
What is the main goal of U.S. foreign aid?
The five objectives are Peace and Security, Investing in People, Governing Justly and Democratically, Economic Growth, and Humanitarian Assistance.
Pro apartheid Nazi salute president Musk doesn't like USAID. That being said the institution is a relatively easy target & they're working to usurp Congress's power and it's working. The Supreme Court won't stop them.
Well. We know a republican was unlike to look to future allies and work on anything altruistic. Think selfish. Funny that they also claim to be so Christian
MSNBC Lawrence ODonald did a powerful but scathing summary of how USAID
came to be, all the things they have accomplished and what Elon and Trump are destroying.
He was on fire!!!
The goal with USAID was also to benefit US. If poor countries got help = less risk that they would join the Soviet side. If USAID is scrapped, there is a risk of both more terrorists and the spread of diseases—aside from the increased suffering in the countries that have received aid.
Internet search says this flag (from the early 1900’s) remembering the good ol’ days of the Confederacy, has been on federal websites since at least 2021. It makes me wonder who snuck it in at that time.
I have personally been on three https://different.gov sites since then and the flag stands out though small. It wasn’t there. We’re not seceding and the government shouldn’t be playing games like this. The reality is bad enough.
Sad, in a matter of few hours, we have allowed a private citizen to dissolve this great program to help poor countries & children dying of hunger & needing medical help! A private citizen who has NO loyalty to our country but to satisfy his self gratification & psychopathic tendencies! Shameful!
Technically, it wasn't an official agency until Congress approved it in the 90s. Presidents is can't create agencies, only Congress can. We need to keep stressing that point.
What a memorable line from his Inaugaral Speech, "ask not what your country can do for you, but can you do for your country". The Dictator's thoughts were" not what I will do for you, but what allegiance will you beholden to me?"
I was thinking about this last night. We went from hope and promise for the future to hatred and despair. We could have had this again. It was almost in our reach...
Yesterday was like watching a favorite boxer who stumbled through a first bruising round suddenly wake up and start throwing hard punches. America is rising. It's not a bonfire in my soul, just a steady candle. But, for the first time since the election, I see light. https://youtu.be/VUY0_TZ0jdU?...
I was wondering why an agency like usaid was making Elon Musk say they were evil. Of course, giving black people control over a black majority country over those old Boers would do it
Wow. I didn't know it was around that long. That was when a President was a president who wanted to serve the people of his country. TrumpandMusk just want to serve themselves and the other oligarchs. Sad.
Today they are fighting several medical outbreaks including BIRD FLU (price of eggs anyone) and some other very nasty diseases.. Well. Check that. That was last week.
Tried to explain this to a couple of maga family members and got shot down for throwing away our tax dollars to people who just want to kill us and trying to starve American kids.
They can't see the forest for the trees or beyond their own noses.
USAID provides a positive alternative to Russian and Chinese influence. Guess who will fill the gaps with Musk’s disruption of aid? Putin’s puppets working against American interests.
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Wednesday, Jan 5
So angry.
—a cool gift!
1961 - 2025
One of the worst days in my life was that day in Dallas. He had such potential to be really (really) great.
64 year old man tearing up here...😥
My parents didn't understand it either (farmers and teachers).
Then MLK got shot and then Bobby got shot.
I was 10.
Then students got shot at Kent State.
I was 12.
When I went to the States as a young man (with only a drivers licence) I could literally smell the difference.
Acid Rain
This just shows how fake American "democracy" really is, has this would even be possible in any other real democratic nation...!
Food. Farming Engineering
USA
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/feb/03/donald-trump-cutting-funding-south-africa-land-confiscations-cyril-ramaphosa
How does it feel to be warhawks?
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/04/15/when-is-foreign-aid-meddling/secret-programs-hurt-foreign-aid-efforts
I have started linking this into all emails to reps and senators
Musk has it all & the boys working with him have it
Just walking around with him
Maybe then they will arrest him
Almost half a billion in low interest loans.
Billions in tax subsidies.
How come he can receive US aid, but no one else can?
It's a "Kennedy" thing. All victories for liberal icons must be discredited and dismantled. It's not what USAID actually does, but what it symbolizes. Also it's got "AID" in the name. Squishy
RFK being disappeared in the 1960s... Sigh
But what an extended family!
Eat, cheat, steal and shit all over everyone. That will be Felon Trump's legacy.
I guaran-fucking-tee you that women and children will die because of this.
IMPEACHMENT NOW!!!
The USA is also heavily in debt so...
One sixth of the responsibility of the government of the United States
Get back to it.
The five objectives are Peace and Security, Investing in People, Governing Justly and Democratically, Economic Growth, and Humanitarian Assistance.
came to be, all the things they have accomplished and what Elon and Trump are destroying.
He was on fire!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4R9jEjHrFs
https://youtu.be/VUY0_TZ0jdU?...
It’s the world I grew up in; the Mad Men era where men slept with their secretaries and women only worked if they were single.
I never want to live in a world where men feel free to touch me at their whim. Of course I’m 65 now so that’s less likely.
https://2012-2017.usaid.gov/news-information/frontlines/50-years-and-food-security/mission-south-africa?utm_source=chatgpt.com
Elon's daddy was an Apartheid supporter who owned Emerald Mines.
They should also never be referred to as the "GOP" anymore.
We won’t bow, not then, not now!
Today.. They are shut down.
They can't see the forest for the trees or beyond their own noses.
Impeach Felon47!
Fancy having a truly compassionate and caring member of the family as President 😱 😱 😜 😜