[jetpilot]

USAID funneled $27MM to BLM. The hits just keep on coming.

https://x.com/JohnLeFevre/status/1887613066512068792

[jetpilot]

USAID employees being cut from 14,000 to 294. Trump administration is saving this country at warp speed.

https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1887616112017481906

[SEKYFAN]

USAID employees being cut from 14,000 to 294. Trump administration is saving this country at warp speed.

https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1887616112017481906

What are they, idiots?' Conservative slams 'outrageous' Trump claim about federal workers

ttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-are-they-idiots-conservative-slams-outrageous-trump-claim-about-federal-workers/ar-AA1yBmdJ?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=5870099af0814fed8a572404e1d82620&ei=17


"All of that is being shut down. The camps are being collapsed in many areas, and people who've had their houses burned down, their children raped, who are traumatized, were getting food aid from us, the whole operation is going to be shut down," he told the hosts. "Now, Marco Rubio, who I've always had great respect for, is being blamed for this. But this is being orchestrated by Musk, not Marco Rubio and by the director of OMB. They don't care what happens to the people of the world because they don't vote in the United States."

"They don't care that hundreds of millions of people are going to be at the edge of starvation if these programs aren't restored immediately," he added. "Now, let me let me say the notion that you're going to spend $38 billion with 292 people is ridiculous.I am, one, a conservative Republican. I served in the Massachusetts House for 12 years as a Republican. I am a lieutenant colonel in the reserves, I am retired, I served in the first Gulf War. I am not a liberal. I am not on the left. Many, many church-based organizations get large amounts of money from USAID to do humanitarian work. There will be no one to process the grants, there will be no one to ship the food aid, because all those people have been fired or laid off."

How do you think food aid gets moved? It doesn't just appear it magically. You have to have people, experts in logistics –– 294 people to spend to spend $38 billion. What are they, idiots?"

[jetpilot]

USAID employees being cut from 14,000 to 294. Trump administration is saving this country at warp speed.

https://x.com/BehizyTweets/status/1887616112017481906

What are they, idiots?' Conservative slams 'outrageous' Trump claim about federal workers

ttps://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/what-are-they-idiots-conservative-slams-outrageous-trump-claim-about-federal-workers/ar-AA1yBmdJ?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=5870099af0814fed8a572404e1d82620&ei=17


"All of that is being shut down. The camps are being collapsed in many areas, and people who've had their houses burned down, their children raped, who are traumatized, were getting food aid from us, the whole operation is going to be shut down," he told the hosts. "Now, Marco Rubio, who I've always had great respect for, is being blamed for this. But this is being orchestrated by Musk, not Marco Rubio and by the director of OMB. They don't care what happens to the people of the world because they don't vote in the United States."

"They don't care that hundreds of millions of people are going to be at the edge of starvation if these programs aren't restored immediately," he added. "Now, let me let me say the notion that you're going to spend $38 billion with 292 people is ridiculous.I am, one, a conservative Republican. I served in the Massachusetts House for 12 years as a Republican. I am a lieutenant colonel in the reserves, I am retired, I served in the first Gulf War. I am not a liberal. I am not on the left. Many, many church-based organizations get large amounts of money from USAID to do humanitarian work. There will be no one to process the grants, there will be no one to ship the food aid, because all those people have been fired or laid off."

How do you think food aid gets moved? It doesn't just appear it magically. You have to have people, experts in logistics –– 294 people to spend to spend $38 billion. What are they, idiots?"

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! "DON'T FIX IT!!!" They kept 294 because that's how many it takes to do the actual work. The rest was waste, fraud and abuse. And mostly fraud.

[Hoot Gibson]

Elon Musk is questioning how Samantha Power increased her net worth to $30 million on an annual salary of $180,000 as the head of USAID. Democrats like the Clintons and their friends seem to have a knack from growing their net worth on government salaries. Musk says that maybe we should be taking investment advice from them.

A salary of $180,000 in Washington, DC, is insufficient to buy a comfortable, safe home in or near DC because of the high cost of living. It certainly is not enough to account for the ability to amass large personal fortunes without a large amount of income from other sources.

[Hoot Gibson]

Elon Musk is questioning how Samantha Power increased her net worth to $30 million on an annual salary of $180,000 as the head of USAID. Democrats like the Clintons and their friends seem to have a knack from growing their net worth on government salaries. Musk says that maybe we should be taking investment advice from them.

A salary of $180,000 in Washington, DC, is insufficient to buy a comfortable, safe home in or near DC because of the high cost of living. It certainly is not enough to account for the ability to amass large personal fortunes without a large amount of income from other sources.

Power's net worth increased from $6.7 million to $30 million during her three years as head of USAID. Friends of Bill Clinton seem to do very well on government salaries.

[SEKYFAN]

Missouri Farmer Who Used Online Quiz to Vote for President Now Faces Losing Family Farm After Funding Freeze.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/...9d96&ei=11

First-generation Missouri farmer Skylar Holden said he wishes he’d been more careful with his vote now that he faces financial ruin due to a freeze instituted by President Donald Trump on funding for key conservation programs.

Holden had signed a $240,000 contract with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to improve water lines, fencing, and wells on his farm.

Project 2025, the conservative policy blueprint that Trump disavowed during the campaign, aims to reshape federal agencies by limiting regulatory oversight and restructuring funding mechanisms.

According to the policy guide book “Mandate for Leadership 2025: The Conservative Promise,” the USDA should scale back regulatory interventions and focus on removing barriers to agricultural production. The book attacks policies that prioritize climate change and equity, advocating instead for a USDA that prioritizes efficiency, free-market principles and reducing environmental regulations that could hinder farm productivity, Newsweek reports.

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'Played for suckers': Kansas agriculture expert chides fellow farmers who voted for Trump.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pla...cf13&ei=11

He takes particular aim at Trump's decision to launch trade wars with longtime allies who buy large amounts of American agricultural goods.

"We are now living and working in an environment where the only constant is chaos," he explains. "Chaos produces uncertainty, and that leads to loss of trust. The buyers of U.S. farm products are not going to deal with nations that cannot be trusted. There are plenty of options in today’s world for those buyers to bypass the United States. Why on God’s green earth would they put up with the insanity that we have in Washington now?"

He concludes his column by urging farmers to put aside their political tribalism and realize that the trajectory Trump has put the nation on is unsustainable.

"My fellow farmers — you’ve been played," he writes. "This nation cannot exist as an island. But that is the path that this administration is on, and the onus is on responsible folks from all political persuasions to find common ground to stop this madness."



His last comment about isolationism rings true, it did not work in the early 40's and it will not work now.

[Hoot Gibson]

Missouri Farmer Who Used Online Quiz to Vote for President Now Faces Losing Family Farm After Funding Freeze.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/...9d96&ei=11

First-generation Missouri farmer Skylar Holden said he wishes he’d been more careful with his vote now that he faces financial ruin due to a freeze instituted by President Donald Trump on funding for key conservation programs.

Holden had signed a $240,000 contract with the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) under the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) to improve water lines, fencing, and wells on his farm.

Project 2025, the conservative policy blueprint that Trump disavowed during the campaign, aims to reshape federal agencies by limiting regulatory oversight and restructuring funding mechanisms.

According to the policy guide book “Mandate for Leadership 2025: The Conservative Promise,” the USDA should scale back regulatory interventions and focus on removing barriers to agricultural production. The book attacks policies that prioritize climate change and equity, advocating instead for a USDA that prioritizes efficiency, free-market principles and reducing environmental regulations that could hinder farm productivity, Newsweek reports.

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'Played for suckers': Kansas agriculture expert chides fellow farmers who voted for Trump.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pla...cf13&ei=11

He takes particular aim at Trump's decision to launch trade wars with longtime allies who buy large amounts of American agricultural goods.

"We are now living and working in an environment where the only constant is chaos," he explains. "Chaos produces uncertainty, and that leads to loss of trust. The buyers of U.S. farm products are not going to deal with nations that cannot be trusted. There are plenty of options in today’s world for those buyers to bypass the United States. Why on God’s green earth would they put up with the insanity that we have in Washington now?"

He concludes his column by urging farmers to put aside their political tribalism and realize that the trajectory Trump has put the nation on is unsustainable.

"My fellow farmers — you’ve been played," he writes. "This nation cannot exist as an island. But that is the path that this administration is on, and the onus is on responsible folks from all political persuasions to find common ground to stop this madness."



His last comment about isolationism rings true, it did not work in the early 40's and it will not work now.

Boo hoo. Somebody had a quarter million dollar federal handout delayed or cancelled.