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Re: USAID

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kalm wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:05 pm
Seems the "REPORTER" was Chad Pergram from FOX...infotainment, not journalism. Nothing to see here. :coffee:
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Re: USAID

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Baldy wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:08 pm
kalm wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 4:05 pm
Seems the "REPORTER" was Chad Pergram from FOX...infotainment, not journalism. Nothing to see here. :coffee:
So Fox entertainment…better at political reporting than Fox News?

Shocking.

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UNI88 wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:05 pm
SeattleGriz wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 1:50 pm

Because you attacked Mint Press in order to bring mronline ability into question. Mint Press was the subject of their story. USAID was used to suppress Mint Press, and thus all their subscribers, reach. Restricting first amendment rights.

This same action has been uncovered over and over with USAID. Taxpayer dollars go to some DC group to censor views USAID doesn't like. Total crap.
Yet you have no problem with trump pulling funding, firing workers, etc. in order to censor views he doesn't like. Ideological purges are total crap regardless of the ideology.
Spoken like a typical gubmint worker. How about you list his ideology instead of throwing out a trite statement? Where is Trump failing? Then we can talk. Until then, you are being intellectually lazy and repeating USAID talking points.

Defend your stance or STFU.
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SeattleGriz wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:26 pm
UNI88 wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:05 pm
Yet you have no problem with trump pulling funding, firing workers, etc. in order to censor views he doesn't like. Ideological purges are total crap regardless of the ideology.
Spoken like a typical gubmint worker. How about you list his ideology instead of throwing out a trite statement? Where is Trump failing? Then we can talk. Until then, you are being intellectually lazy and repeating USAID talking points.

Defend your stance or STFU.
Which agencies has trump targeted for reductions? The ones more likely to have liberal staffers? Why hasn't he targeted the military? Is there no waste in military spending worth going after?

Stop being a MAQA yahoo poser and step up your game.
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UNI88 wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:56 pm
SeattleGriz wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:26 pm

Spoken like a typical gubmint worker. How about you list his ideology instead of throwing out a trite statement? Where is Trump failing? Then we can talk. Until then, you are being intellectually lazy and repeating USAID talking points.

Defend your stance or STFU.
Which agencies has trump targeted for reductions? The ones more likely to have liberal staffers? Why hasn't he targeted the military? Is there no waste in military spending worth going after?

Stop being a MAQA yahoo poser and step up your game.
Really. You think taking my argument and replacing it with your bullshit works here? No. Fuck no and stop being so fucking lazy. Trump is still in the evaluation stage, which proves you aren't paying attention, just whining like an infant.

We'll have to wait and see which one need reductions after the audits. Do you not understand how reconciling your current state is required before determining your future state. Gubmint worker.
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UNI88 wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:56 pm
SeattleGriz wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:26 pm

Spoken like a typical gubmint worker. How about you list his ideology instead of throwing out a trite statement? Where is Trump failing? Then we can talk. Until then, you are being intellectually lazy and repeating USAID talking points.

Defend your stance or STFU.
Which agencies has trump targeted for reductions? The ones more likely to have liberal staffers? Why hasn't he targeted the military? Is there no waste in military spending worth going after?

Stop being a MAQA yahoo poser and step up your game.
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UNI88 wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 11:46 am Politico publishes note ‘to set the record straight’ on government subscription outrage
“POLITICO has been the subject of debate on X this week. Some of it has been misinformed, and some of it has been flat-out false. Let’s set the record straight,” the outlet wrote as part of a memo published on its website. “POLITICO is a privately owned company. We have never received any government funding — no subsidies, no grants, no handouts. Not one dime, ever, in 18 years.”
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Most Politico Pro subscribers are in the private sector, the company said Thursday, and come from across the ideological spectrum, with a renewal rate of around 90 percent every year “because they rely on our reporting, data, and insights.”

Government agencies that subscribe do so through standard public procurement processes— just like any other tool they buy to work smarter and be more efficient. This is not funding. It is a transaction — just as the government buys research, equipment, software, and industry reports. Some online voices are deliberately spreading falsehoods,” the outlet said. “Let’s be clear: POLITICO has no financial dependence on the government and no hidden agenda. We cover politics and policy — that’s our job.”
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BDKJMU wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:47 pm
Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for tens of thousands of subscriptions for magazines.
It’s not that type of prescription, silly.

JFC this isn’t that hard to drill down, is it?
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kalm wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:49 pm
BDKJMU wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:47 pm

Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for tens of thousands of subscriptions for magazines.
It’s not that type of prescription, silly.

JFC this isn’t that hard to drill down, is it?
I DGAF what kind of subscription it is, taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for it.
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BDKJMU wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:53 pm
kalm wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:49 pm

It’s not that type of prescription, silly.

JFC this isn’t that hard to drill down, is it?
I DGAF what kind of subscription it is, taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for it.
I know, I know… :lol:
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kalm wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:49 pm
BDKJMU wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 9:47 pm

Taxpayers shouldn’t be paying for tens of thousands of subscriptions for magazines.
It’s not that type of prescription, silly.
And it isn’t a prescription, its a subscription, silly.
https://thecontentauthority.com/blog/su ... -prescribe
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UNI88 wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:56 pm
SeattleGriz wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:26 pm

Spoken like a typical gubmint worker. How about you list his ideology instead of throwing out a trite statement? Where is Trump failing? Then we can talk. Until then, you are being intellectually lazy and repeating USAID talking points.

Defend your stance or STFU.
Which agencies has trump targeted for reductions? The ones more likely to have liberal staffers? Why hasn't he targeted the military? Is there no waste in military spending worth going after?

Stop being a MAQA yahoo poser and step up your game.
Do some work lazy ass.
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kalm wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:34 pm
Baldy wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 5:08 pm
Seems the "REPORTER" was Chad Pergram from FOX...infotainment, not journalism. Nothing to see here. :coffee:
So Fox entertainment…better at political reporting than Fox News?

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Millions were going to board members of major news outlets. $260 million to Soros?
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Pelosi must have been giving her stock picks..
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Another example of Musk’s ignorance and wanton destruction of the U.S.

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kalm wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:19 am Another example of Musk’s ignorance and wanton destruction of the U.S.

Just because there are some good ingredients in the stew doesn’t mean the stew isn’t rotten

Dump it out and start from scratch
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Caribbean Hen wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:42 am
kalm wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:19 am Another example of Musk’s ignorance and wanton destruction of the U.S.

Just because there are some good ingredients in the stew doesn’t mean the stew isn’t rotten

Dump it out and start from scratch
The bolded is a good description of musk and DOGE.
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BDKJMU wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 8:24 am Pelosi must have been giving her stock picks..
Peanuts if true (and that’s a big “if”.)

The grifting runs deep on both sides starting with your boy, Elon.
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Caribbean Hen wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 7:22 pm
UNI88 wrote: Sat Feb 08, 2025 6:56 pm

Which agencies has trump targeted for reductions? The ones more likely to have liberal staffers? Why hasn't he targeted the military? Is there no waste in military spending worth going after?

Stop being a MAQA yahoo poser and step up your game.
They will be soon enough
Here ya go and long overdue

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Caribbean Hen wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:42 am
kalm wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:19 am Another example of Musk’s ignorance and wanton destruction of the U.S.

Just because there are some good ingredients in the stew doesn’t mean the stew isn’t rotten

Dump it out and start from scratch
Stew? It’s an 11 course meal, son. Sure the Beef Wellington was a little overcooked and dry but the duck rillete was fantastic,
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UNI88 wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:46 am
Caribbean Hen wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:42 am

Just because there are some good ingredients in the stew doesn’t mean the stew isn’t rotten

Dump it out and start from scratch
The bolded is a good description of musk and DOGE.
I have you down for supporting government fraud, waste and abuse
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kalm wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:52 am
Caribbean Hen wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:42 am

Just because there are some good ingredients in the stew doesn’t mean the stew isn’t rotten

Dump it out and start from scratch
Stew? It’s an 11 course meal, son. Sure the Beef Wellington was a little overcooked and dry but the duck rillete was fantastic,
What are you even saying

The stew comment was describing USAID, a few good deeds done to mask fraud, waste and abuse and the spreading of liberal manure ideologies… and enriching themselves on the side

Trump has learned that the cure for TDS was to create a new boogeyman … petty smart guy that Donald Trump
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Caribbean Hen wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:53 am
UNI88 wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:46 am
The bolded is a good description of musk and DOGE.
I have you down for supporting government fraud, waste and abuse
Trying to root out government fraud, waste and abuse are some of the good ingredients. musk and his merry band of bigots using the opportunity to obtain sensitive data they shouldn't have access to and purge people they disagree with is the rotten part of the stew.
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Caribbean Hen wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:59 am
kalm wrote: Sun Feb 09, 2025 9:52 am

Stew? It’s an 11 course meal, son. Sure the Beef Wellington was a little overcooked and dry but the duck rillete was fantastic,
What are you even saying

The stew comment was describing USAID, a few good deeds done to mask fraud, waste and abuse and the spreading of liberal manure ideologies… and enriching themselves on the side

Trump has learned that the cure for TDS was to create a new boogeyman … petty smart guy that Donald Trump
If you’d like me to draw some pictures to help you comprehend, I can.

You are tremendously gullible and ignorant. Like all Musk-Trump supporters. When the last time you stepped out of the echo chamber and consumed some real facts? It’s been awhile, hasn’t it? :lol:
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