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

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. …”
 


Bessent does double duty as acting admin of CFPB and starts shutting it down.

Now Rubio acting admin of USAID and starts shutting it down — after at least Dems in Congress signal they will fight illegally moving it into the State Department. Trump’s team keeps evading/delaying compliance actions, doing as much damage as they can until the next gambit is interrupted…
 
nycfan said:


Bessent does double duty as acting admin of CFPB and starts shutting it down.

Now Rubio acting admin of USAID and starts shutting it down — after at least Dems in Congress signal they will fight illegally moving it into the State Department. Trump’s team keeps evading/delaying compliance actions, doing as much damage as they can until the next gambit is interrupted…
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Bullshit. Complete bullshit. USAID does great work around the world. They just don't care because they are horrible people.
 
I mean whats the deal . I honestly don't get it
They supported , with like 1% of their budget "birth Control" Is that it??
 
Alleged list of key words that will be used to flag and pull NSF grant applications:

 
OldSchoolBlueBlood said:
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.
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So, I'm still a bit confused as to why Trump's coterie of Jaffars went after USAID so quickly out of the gate. Is it just because of the money, or is there some other ideological reason in addition?
 
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I assume NIH grants will be subject to a similar scheme. There are a lot of studies focused on women’s health (or minority health) that will be flagged. Most of these won’t have anything to do with DEI, but it could be used as a back door to slash a tens of millions in expenditures.
 
TarSpiel said:
So, I'm still a bit confused as to why Trump's coterie of Jaffars went after USAID so quickly out of the gate. Is it just because of the money, or is there some other ideological reason in addition?
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Because it's hard for Joe in Tuscaloosa to understand how it could possibly be in America's interest to be sending billions of dollars to Somalia and Mozambique. It's hard to imagine an agency that touches on more of the MAGA tropes -- (a) spending of taxpayer dollars (b) overseas (c) for mostly black and brown people (d) to live healthier and safer lives. MAGAs generally hate every one of those things.
 
TarSpiel said:
So, I'm still a bit confused as to why Trump's coterie of Jaffars went after USAID so quickly out of the gate. Is it just because of the money, or is there some other ideological reason in addition?
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It’s aid to foreigners which pleases the base and does not hurt the base (directly) and it’s a test run for how to destroy a government agency without congressional approval.
 
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