The lawless #TrumpMuskRegime is taking a wrecking ball to everything that makes America great.
It's all up to us and it's up to all of us to #FightBack before it's too late.
That was what I hated about 🍊🤡💩 the most the last time; he brought out a hatefulness in me that I didn’t believe was possible. It actually frightens me!
On the same day as a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar kills hundreds. Meanwhile, the State Dept spokesperson is saying everything is functioning as normal for that response.
The Families of every person who dies because of this, should personally sue Illegal Elon for this since it's his fault and apparently isn't a government employee according to Dumph so he shouldn't have any immunity from repercussions of his actions.
Of all the things I’ve been raging and angry about, this is just. My nervous system cannot handle this. Wtf is even happening. Every aspect—cruelty is the point.
I was asked at 5 what I would do with a million dollars I said—build houses for all the homeless people. I knew at 5 to take care of people. I barely have anything and I committed my life caring for others. Yet these rich assholes are killing and destroying so many lives.
I have always thought go into cities and revamp abandoned buildings into housing units. The people have a home near bus lines. Have an address for getting a job. Win win but that is just too reasonable I guess.
What I heard from my friend who's wife has been with USAID for 10 years is they aren't using the staggered dates of July and September as originally suggested. They just canned everyone today. I honestly wonder if they know the damage they are doing to other humans and don't care or are just dumb?
I think it’s the former. It’s baffling to me how anyone can be SO incredibly unfeeling to the suffering of others. Actually, I guess they’re not unfeeling…I think that CAUSING this suffering gives them pleasure. I hope they all burn in hell.
Congress will do absolutely nothing to stop usurping of its constitutionally designated responsibilities.
USAID was created by Congress
Funding for USAID is designated by Congress
Marco is lying & trying to skirt the Constitution by claiming he will choose which functions will be allowed by State
Meanwhile, starving children will die and diseases will spread, and not just in the country they started in. And maybe China or another country will step in and be the hero, and Trump will wonder why the poor in those countries don't like us anymore.
This is a humongous help to each and everyone dictatorship around the world, there is very little value for the United States national interest and policy not having USAID around.
I'll say again what Elon Musk and Donald Trump are doing to the United States is a betrayal of the highest order. It's a war. The intentional destruction of an entire nation. The total demolition of our institutions and its essential services.
Letting everyone that voted for him— and Biden for not stepping aside— off the hook. From the No Nothing Party, through the Populists, through Goldwater and Pat Buchanan, Trump is a very, very American phenomenon.
And fully supported by the voters. This is what America wants. Don’t say “not all Americans” because a democracy doesn’t care about less than 50%. Got the votes? You get the policies! Majority of people don’t want this? Don’t bring that here: had a chance to vote and didn’t. Many were lied to? Stfu.
Yes & they & whole administration, along w/ the Heritage Foundation & their Donors should all be executed for treason- they are dismantling our Constitution. Blood needs to flow.
Not only will people die because we stopped the aid, but the farmers who sold their crops to the govt. for USAID will go broke and need bailouts, and China will fill the void we left in soft power around the world.
Trump's administration will scratch their heads, "How'd that happen?"
Leading to about 3.5 million deaths per year, if I recall the estimates correctly. 14 million over the full term, and that's just from HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria, and malnutrition.
Genocidal level of death. And Elon goes on Fox News crying about why people hate on Tesla. It's cruelty and farce beyond the wildest imagination rolled into one.
Maybe there will be another court case, but the court case in question didn’t say government employees couldn’t be RIFed, it said Musk did not have standing to do it as he wasn’t a senate confirmed agency head, and that the way those RIFs were conducted was illegal.
That order was related to impoundment of funds for work already performed by grantees and contractors — the admin was withholding payment and the court ordered they could not do that.
However, this will probably end up in court re: the constitutionality of the Impoundment Act of 74.
That was just one narrow aspect of the case, the ruling on impoundment was more broad. It's fundamentally impossible to spend appropriated funds without staff so this is a violation of that order
Trump can't have all the money if he's sending it via aid to other countries. It's not really about America first .... it's about Trump and his family and his family's wealth first. He has big plans for Baron inheriting the presidency down the line.
For everyone saying the EOs and DOGE are “illegal” and thus “unenforceable” and how their “unconstitutionality” somehow inoculates us from their intent we can point to this when we answer “Oh yeah?” Though we didn’t *need* this *also.*
I don't know how they can live with themselves. I'm rightfully crabby for one day because I work a stressful job - but then I feel guilty about it for weeks.
It's deeply sad to realize this kind of destruction and sadistic cruelty is what the people voted for. This is what Americans wanted, and they can never be forgiven.
The Trump administration and the entire Republican party are NOT PRO-LIFE !! They are pro-death! ie killers!! The shutting down of USAID is killing many children right now because the richest country in the world (US) is withholding food and medicine from poor people around the world. PURE EVIL!!
No Schumer felt letting the courts be shut down was the issue. Stop with this nonsense. This can still be fought in the courts but could not be if the courts are shut down. Stop bring disingenuous. This would still have happened in a shut down
Who is being disingenuous?
Why does one elected officials gut feeling mean more than the millions he's supposed to be representing, not ruling!
He didn't even explain his reasoning until after he made HIS decision. That's NOT representing.
So again, who is being disingenuous?
Maybe. But were you aware that in the event of a government shutdown the funds held in the Thrift Savings Plan are made available to the Treasury to meet financial exegencies? That's roughtly $1.2Trillion right now. Nothing suggests that the funds would be returned, other than tired old custom.
I thought the CR is funded with FY24 levels? I know at Treasury, the Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery (SIGPR), had their funding set to expire Sep 30th, and Trump decided to just end it (the entire department) on Thursday.
And their office was literally in existence to audit fraud waste and abuse of the pandemic recovery loans 🫠 found 175 mill in fraud waste and abuse in 5 years, with cases still pending. But Trump doesn’t actually care about any of that.
Disagree. The fact they have no spine or guts is irrelevant to the fact that even the slightest deviation from the dear leaders views is heresy for them. Their careers are immediately over and getting just the Liz Cheney treatment is their best possible outcome.
The Dems should be introducing articles of impeachment every day, highlighting that this is an illegal power grab that will kill millions worldwide. But Schumer needs to stay on charge so he’s making the rounds to argue there’s no constitutional crisis.
Impeachment is a waste of time. Dems need to take a page out of the Republican playbook and introduce every conceivable wedge issue amendment and force the chambers to take votes on them.
Your analysis is correct but I still maintain that taking action that risks your career is still the ability to do something, especially since they all know this 💩show is horrible for the country. Only 3 republicans need to make the right choice here
and Elon will primary every one of them, pick and choose which election results to certify and who to swear in, and then I guess we all keep whistling with our hands in our pockets or something. I'm sure it'll be an amazing generative AI story of non-white voter fraud we receive as compensation
We are already one, we just don't recognize it yet. Trump is about projection and he has repeatedly called the US is becoming a "banana republic" and so we are. With an orange in charge
Wherever USAID withdraws, especially in Africa, Russian and Chinese influencers are ready and waiting to step in and fill the gap
But in the meantime, the toll of human suffering and death will be immense
How is this "America First"?
Thank goodness we are not wasting our money by feeding the poor or inoculating the young who need it so desperately. Elon & the Felon need their tax breaks. /s
Josh, do you know if they are still spending the USAID money that was authorized and appropriated through the State Department. Haven’t seen a lot of reporting around the Impoundment issues of this.
They're moving 'fast and breaking things'. Hoping no one will notice. Too stupid to realise that everyone alive has noticed. Too stupid to realise that their plans have failed. That they have failed.
Now, now - we're being selfish. Billionaires whose money comes from government contracts DESERVE major taxbreaks and we should be grateful to be able to provide them - even as it bankrupts us personally and cripples the very same government that gives them the boost they deserve so much.
Me too, but we won’t be around. We are doomed to live through the worst of it, but hopefully we get to see the overthrow or the revolution that topples these maniacs. The build back will take decades.
Wait a minute. Didn’t a judge say those employees were illegally fired and should be reinstated? And that money already allocated should be distributed? I’m so confused.
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Soft power is dirt cheap. People remember when the food trucks came to deliver aid. It costs nothing to help feed people around the world.
Much less than bombs do.
Food is left to rot.
Trump's evil knows no bounds.
USAID was created by Congress
Funding for USAID is designated by Congress
Marco is lying & trying to skirt the Constitution by claiming he will choose which functions will be allowed by State
Treason is in daylight.
Trump's administration will scratch their heads, "How'd that happen?"
So I find any parsing that restricts only Musk to be... odd.
You may be right, though
But that’s different than saying they’re violating a court order. They have not done so, yet.
However, this will probably end up in court re: the constitutionality of the Impoundment Act of 74.
https://www.propublica.org/article/usaid-peter-marocco-state-department-bosnia-serbia-diplomacy-trump-foreign-policy
https://bsky.app/profile/cnn.com/post/3llj6famgwc2w
That's not even what the AID in USAID stands for.
Y'all are protesting shit you don't understand AGAIN.
All the years of good work is just gone ?
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Most Americans did not vote for Trump.
But you’re right. Those who did vote for Trump can never be forgiven.
Schumer figured this was less destructive. It's all part of the budget resolution.
Why does one elected officials gut feeling mean more than the millions he's supposed to be representing, not ruling!
He didn't even explain his reasoning until after he made HIS decision. That's NOT representing.
So again, who is being disingenuous?
The party of dumb & dirty.
Because they could.
They could end all of this by impeaching him in the house and senate.
They could. But won’t.
But in the meantime, the toll of human suffering and death will be immense
How is this "America First"?
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Funny how people want the weather and good schools and their Social Security.
people they are.
Once we get rid of them, we can build things back again, but it will never be the same.
Our people are just too stupid and full of hate to be admitted to the world’s list of civilized countries any longer.
Mike Johnson (202) 225-2777
John Thune (202) 224-2321
Chuck Schumer (202) 224-6542
Hakeem Jefferies (202) 225-5936
Call for impeachment or treason charges. Use 5calls.org if you need help.
WE NEED A GALVANIZING HERO! Otherwise I’m afraid we are going to gish gallop into “I told you man” camps! John McCains Widow? Wonder Woman? Anyone???
JFC. He needs to step down