OMB freezes all disbursements / USAID shutdown / GOP begs for exceptions for their states

BlueSmoke said:
Civil War, is too messy and who would want to keep us together after a few more weeks of Trump. Since Trump is already calling for himself to run again in four years, then just let the red states and Trump go form their own country. It would be wonderful to see how they deal with their leader on their own.
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One problem I see with that idea. I live in North Carolina. We’re part of Trumplandia.
 
Zoo_View said:
One problem I see with that idea. I live in North Carolina. We’re part of Trumplandia.
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The north gets 95, and the I-85 cooridor down to Charlotte. We will gerrymander the fuck out of the East Coast. Weirder borders exist.
 
nycfan said:
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Miller said on CNN that night that USAID is being targeted due to most of their employees being Democrats. Which means that Trump is openly stating he wants to get rid of any non-MAGATs working for the federal government.
 
sringwal said:
The north gets 95, and the I-85 cooridor down to Charlotte. We will gerrymander the fuck out of the East Coast. Weirder borders exist.
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Unfortunately, I see our Trumplican overlords siding with the New Christian Confederacy and seceding from the USA as their Confederate brethren did in 1861.
 
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Rubio backtracks on near-total foreign aid freeze, issues humanitarian waiver​

The secretary of state, in a memo, approved the continuance of potentially billions of dollars in “life-saving humanitarian assistance.” Many aid groups are still unsure what that means or whether they are allowed to continue work.


“… In the memo, obtained by The Washington Post, Rubio defined humanitarian assistance as “core lifesaving medicine, medical services, food, shelter, and subsistence assistance, as well as supplies and reasonable administrative costs as necessary to deliver such assistance.”

Programs will not be waived, he said, if they involve “abortions, family planning conferences … gender” or diversity programs, “transgender surgeries, or other nonlife saving assistance.”

“Implementers of existing lifesaving humanitarian assistance programs should continue or resume work if they have stopped,” the Tuesday memo said, but it added that “this resumption is temporary in nature, and except by separate waiver or as required to carry out this waiver, no new contracts shall be entered into.”

Humanitarian organizations apparently were left to determine for themselves what was covered by the waiver, and officials from several groups — who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid attracting undesired administration attention — said they were still seeking clarity on what is considered a “life-saving” activity. It was unclear, for example, whether the waiver extended to PEPFAR, the multibillion-dollar program for HIV/AIDS prevention and care in Africa. …”

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This strategy is not just overly broad or incompetent drafting. Repeatedly, this Administration is issuing intentionally vague orders and leaving it to individual government employees to implement them under fear of being accused of violating the policy and/or losing their jobs. In the meantime the Administration claims people are misconstruing or misapplying the orders if the public outcry to any particular outcome is loud enough. Or, in Stephen Miller’s case, crying media hoax when the orders and their implications are reported out (and even the new press secretary can’t explain what they cover).
 
nycfan said:

Rubio backtracks on near-total foreign aid freeze, issues humanitarian waiver​

The secretary of state, in a memo, approved the continuance of potentially billions of dollars in “life-saving humanitarian assistance.” Many aid groups are still unsure what that means or whether they are allowed to continue work.


“… In the memo, obtained by The Washington Post, Rubio defined humanitarian assistance as “core lifesaving medicine, medical services, food, shelter, and subsistence assistance, as well as supplies and reasonable administrative costs as necessary to deliver such assistance.”

Programs will not be waived, he said, if they involve “abortions, family planning conferences … gender” or diversity programs, “transgender surgeries, or other nonlife saving assistance.”

“Implementers of existing lifesaving humanitarian assistance programs should continue or resume work if they have stopped,” the Tuesday memo said, but it added that “this resumption is temporary in nature, and except by separate waiver or as required to carry out this waiver, no new contracts shall be entered into.”

Humanitarian organizations apparently were left to determine for themselves what was covered by the waiver, and officials from several groups — who spoke on the condition of anonymity to avoid attracting undesired administration attention — said they were still seeking clarity on what is considered a “life-saving” activity. It was unclear, for example, whether the waiver extended to PEPFAR, the multibillion-dollar program for HIV/AIDS prevention and care in Africa. …”

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This strategy is not just overly broad or incompetent drafting. Repeatedly, this Administration is issuing intentionally vague orders and leaving it to individual government employees to implement them under fear of being accused of violating the policy and/or losing their jobs. In the meantime the Administration claims people are misconstruing or misapplying the orders if the public outcry to any particular outcome is loud enough. Or, in Stephen Miller’s case, crying media hoax when the orders and their implications are reported out (and even the new press secretary can’t explain what they cover).
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The confusion is part of Project 2025.
 
Zoo_View said:
One problem I see with that idea. I live in North Carolina. We’re part of Trumplandia.
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What would be interesting, if it were put to a referendum in NC or any red states, would it be an automatic win for MAGA's? Would 100% of MAGA's be so dumb to vote for it? LOL! Or would Trump world actually want such a thing put up to a vote?
 
Yes. The OMB put out a memo rescinding yesterday’s order.

“In a memo dated Wednesday and distributed to federal agencies, Matthew J. Vaeth, acting director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, states that OMB memorandum M-25-13 “is rescinded.”
 
CarolinaFever said:
How are they going to try to spin this as anything other than a massive screwup?
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Looks like they're blaming the media for now.


Though White House aides publicly blamed the media for causing the confusion, arguing that none existed within the building, the administration had received a flood of calls from lawmakers and state officials with questions about its impact on their home states.
 
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