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

altmin said:
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Is the US sending $50m in condoms to Gaza as Trump claims?

The US president has listed the stopping of condoms to Gaza as an accomplishment. But is he thinking of the wrong Gaza?
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“We identified and stopped $50m being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas,” Trump said on Wednesday. “They used them as a method of making bombs. How about that?”
Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, made a similar claim on Tuesday during her debut news briefing. She stated that the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) “found that there was about to be 50 million taxpayer dollars that went out the door to fund condoms in Gaza.”

She called the alleged aid “a preposterous waste of taxpayer money”.

Jesse Watters, host of a conservative-leaning talk show on Fox News, said Hamas was using the nonexistent US shipments to make “condom bombs”, floating explosives-laden balloons into Israel. Did he share any evidence to back up that bomb-astic claim? No.

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But it is interesting to note that according to the HHS grants database, the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation in Mozambique has received more than $83m in funding since 2021.

The money was assigned to reproductive health projects in two of the country’s provinces: Inhambane and Gaza.

This funding is expected to continue until September 2026, according to the grant details.

It is unclear whether Mozambique has lost funding because of any confusion over its Gaza province.
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This administration is such a joke.
 
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Paine said:
I know they’re limited here, but sending a firm letter isn’t going to stop this. Democratic senators and congresspeople have to speak up and stand up on the illegality of Trump’s actions. They can’t just sit and wait for Trump and co to burn it all down and hope they can rebuild amidst the ashes.
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Need to fight all of this in the courts. And need to impeach Trump and anyone who comes behind him that wants to do the same things. There is no way all of this is legal and most likely it's unconstitutional.
 
Paine said:
Yes, fight it in the courts. But that can’t be the only thing that happens. Democrats need to be actively showing they are fighting and constructing a political counter narrative.
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Yes, every single day. They need to bombard the media and Trump and tell the public this is wrong and it is going to destroy this country and people's lives.
 


And so now payments will be cut off down the line by Musk at Treasury until a different claim is made and so on …
 
TullyHeel said:
Need to fight all of this in the courts. And need to impeach Trump and anyone who comes behind him that wants to do the same things. There is no way all of this is legal and most likely it's unconstitutional.
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Did the first two impeachments not teach u anything? No one cares but you bunch of drama queens. No one cares about a bunch of time and money wasting investigations either. He is untouchable so deal with it. Your side enabled this orange monster so deal with it and stop whining like babies.
 
OGtruthhurts said:
Did the first two impeachments not teach u anything? No one cares but you bunch of drama queens. No one cares about a bunch of time and money wasting investigations either. He is untouchable so deal with it. Your side enabled this orange monster so deal with it and stop whining like babies.
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Another jerk and idiot to ignore.
 
from CNN
USAID was established in 1961 under President John F. Kennedy’s administration and is the US government’s humanitarian arm. It dispenses billions of dollars annually across the world in an effort to alleviate poverty, treat diseases, and respond to famines and natural disasters. It also promotes democracy building and development by supporting non-government organizations, independent media and social initiatives.

USAID is a key soft power tool of the US to foster relations with communities around the world, officials say, noting that US national security is approached with the “three D” pillars: defense, diplomacy and development, led, respectively, by the Defense Department, State Department and USAID.
 
I had a buddy I met in Grad School. He did a Peace Corp stint-then AID-he was CIA on the edges-collecting information
 

Key State Department Programs ‘Wiped Out’ After Dozens of Contractors Fired​

The deep cuts to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor — which focuses on advancing democracy — is the latest way Trump is trying to slash foreign aid.

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Key State Department Programs ‘Wiped Out’ After Dozens of Contractors Fired

The deep cuts to the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor — which focuses on advancing democracy — is the latest way Trump is trying to slash foreign aid.
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“Dozens of contractors working on foreign-assistance funding for the State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor were let go on Monday, according to four sources with knowledge of the matter.

Stop-work orders for all foreign-aid contracts went out last week, and contractors at the bureau applied for an exception, according to a person familiar.

About 60 contractors who applied for the exception were ultimately denied and let go on Monday morning, which “wiped out” significant programs from the office, the source said.

The bureau, coined DRL, serves as the State Department’s entity to help advance democracy both within the U.S. and across the globe, and help coordinate nations’ human rights policies. …”
 
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