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https://x.com/GuntherEagleman/status/1886879926957...

BREAKING: Trump just called for investigations to find out who's getting kickbacks from all the ludicrous money spent at USAID.

Now you know why Democrats are sweating.

They know the Hammer of Justice is coming.

Pam Bondi doesn't play. The libs effed up by blocking Matt Gaetz; now, they get to deal with a ruthless, triple-awesome AG with zero fVcks to give.

And now, we've got money laundering to look into. Like groups like this one:

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/18872091708831...

You're unlikely to find an active politician directly receiving salaries—that would be too obvious.

For instance, consider Consortium For Elections And Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS), a politically connected NGO that receives substantial USAID funding - $528,658,494.00 worth of awards.

Despite managing vast sums of money, CEPPS doesn’t report paying a single salary. On the surface, this seems financially illogical. The takeaway? Compensation can take forms that don’t show up in traditional accounting.

UEI E3U6WMW4XSK7, EIN 521943638

Zero salaries spent. I'm suuuuuure that's a just a clerical error!

Winning. Never get tired of it, never gets old.

And here's https://cepps.org/

El toast-o.

Pam Bondi doesn't play

I’m in awe of the tough, outspoken women selected by President Trump who can put down any lib
that dares challenge them and do it with a smile on their lips..
And they are beautiful women to boot!

I’m in awe of the tough, outspoken women selected by President Trump who can put down any lib
that dares challenge them and do it with a smile on their lips..
And they are beautiful women to boot!

The d's are being made to pay for not being able to think 5 minutes ahead. Had they let Gaetz through, they could have issued a press release casting doubt on everything that guy said or did as AG and the media would dutifully report it. Could have hauled him in front of Congress and asked him loads of embarrassing questions unrelated to anything he's investigating, just to mess with him.

Now they get Pam Bondi, who is going to hammer them flat over the next 4 years. Actually, here's hoping she lasts 2 glorious years in the AG slot, then steps down to run for the Florida governorship when DeSantis terms out in 2026.

Never fear, though. That's when Andrew Bailey from Missouri takes over as USAG. Bwahahahahahaha. As I've said for years - the GOP has a bench like the 1934 American League All-star team.

Pam Bondi doesn't play. The libs effed up by blocking Matt Gaetz; now, they get to deal with a ruthless, triple-awesome AG with zero fVcks to give.

And now, we've got money laundering to look into. Like groups like this one: - Dope

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From Dope's link:

For instance, consider Consortium For Elections And Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS), a politically connected NGO that receives substantial USAID funding - $528,658,494.00 worth of awards.

Even more maddening, besides the utter waste of taxpayer money, some of our NGO largess is actually used against us when the USAID recipient uses it to fund other downstream charities and activist groups who operate the overland railroad shuttling immigrants North. Have you ever wondered why so many of them show up clean, well fed, well dressed, white sneakers looking brand new. Not what you would expect if the would be immigrant just walked 1,000 miles thru jingles and deserts. I am sure they all miss the good old days when Biden would fly them in to the city of their choice, no vetting required.

Even more maddening, besides the utter waste of taxpayer money, some of our NGO largess is actually used against us when the USAID recipient uses it to fund other downstream charities and activist groups who operate the overland railroad shuttling immigrants North. Have you ever wondered why so many of them show up clean, well fed, well dressed, white sneakers looking brand new. Not what you would expect if the would be immigrant just walked 1,000 miles thru jingles and deserts. I am sure they all miss the good old days when Biden would fly them in to the city of their choice, no vetting required.

Oh, he flew them in, also.
Basically this is the funding mechanism that allowed the left to get their policies in place and keep them there no matter what the voters said: Elect the most ardent border hawk ever, it doesn't matter - the Deep State will route buckets of cash out to whatever group to subvert the President's policies.

All that stops right now. I can't describe how much I'm enjoying seeing all these people scream on television because they KNOW the game is up.

The democrats aren't quite finished. If we've learned anything from horror movies it's that you have to keep after the serial killer until you've thrown it down an active volcano or it'll come back (and yes libs, I'm saying your party is the political equivalent of Michael Myers).

The Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (CEPPS) is composed of non-profit, organizations and has the stated aim of advancing and supporting democratic practices and institutions around the globe. Established in 1995, CEPPS is a combination of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute.

So of course Dope cheers when their website is taken down.

Let’s hear it for dictatorship!

I’m in awe of the tough, outspoken women selected by President Trump who can put down any lib
that dares challenge them

The new job description for the Attorney General of The United States

Let’s hear it for dictatorship!

So you're all in favor of pass-through groups that spread cash around.

That's called "money laundering".

That's called "money laundering".

Money laundering is taking the proceeds from criminal enterprises and running it through legitimate enterprises to make it reappear as “clean”.

How is this “money laundering?

Money laundering is taking the proceeds from criminal enterprises and running it through legitimate enterprises to make it reappear as “clean”.

You mean like getting news outlets to run stories favorable to your candidate, then rewarding them with fraudulent subscription payments? To the tune of millions of dollars?

That's money laundering. And you people are all on board with it.

It's all good, though. America's Hottest AG is about to show you who Mommy is.

Money laundering continued…

Dope seems to think that if the mission committee of his congregation disburses a gift to the United Way of his communit, and the United Way disburses a donation to a local food bank, and then that food bank gives free food to an individual who turns out to have scammed the food bank, then his congregation must be destroyed for “money laundering”

That's money laundering. And you people are all on board with it.


If that’s what they actually did, though as you’ve already made clear, I wouldn’t trust a damned thing coming out of Elon’s antics.

There is not one ounce of truth or integriy in either Trump or Musk.

Give it to the IG to investigate.

Oh wait! All the IGs have been fired!

And remember——- you guys told us over and over, that you didn’t vote for Trump for his ethics.

No shit, Sherlock.

This is exactly what you get when character doesn’t matter-

Results you can’t trust to be true and illegal takeovers of the government by unelected madmen.

I’m in awe of the tough, outspoken women selected by President Trump who can put down any lib
that dares challenge them

LOL. They are mostly lightweights who have the advantage of being able to speak a little more clearly than Trump. But, get real, their only important qualification is that they are sycophantic yes-women.

Established in 1995, CEPPS is a combination of the International Foundation for Electoral Systems, the International Republican Institute and the National Democratic Institute.

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30 years of benign neglect is plenty of time to drift far from any initial mission you once had. There was a time when the focus of USAID was Disaster Relief, Fighting Poverty, and Promoting Democracy before losing sight of that noble mission. And making matters worse is their arrogant defiance of being help accountable for their decisions.

Marco Rubio, acting Administrator of USAID, speaking in El Salvador on Monday, put it this way,

"They think their master is the globe and not the United States. The goal always has been to reform it, but now we have rank insubordination... Their basic attitude is that we don't work for anyone. We work for ourselves and no agency of government can tell us what to do."

Results you can’t trust to be true and illegal takeovers of the government by unelected madmen.

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Unelected. Much to your surprise Trump was elected. As President Hhe is free to appoint agents to represent and assist him. Those agents have zero independent of their own and any power they exercise emanates from the President.

Put another way, Silly rabbit, agents are not elected.

So you're all in favor of pass-through groups that spread cash around.

Not so. Until we get some explanations it could very easily be perfectly innocent. Elon's crew may trace disbursements, but until it's given a fair look with explanations, ya got nothing. Innuendo City.

Not so. Until we get some explanations it could very easily be perfectly innocent. Elon's crew may trace disbursements, but until it's given a fair look with explanations, ya got nothing. Innuendo City. - Lambo

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I think that is the correct and logical way to look at it. Questionable expenditures deserve their day in court so to speak where reasons for spending or not sending or redirecting spending can be reviewed. Hopefully much of it will be found to pass muster. It's not the $40B of good work done by USAID, it is within the other $20B where questions arise, questions that good oversight requires an answer to.

However, the issue of insubordination is quite another matter. If someone stands on some sort of personal principal that as President you don't have the right to know and should not even be asking, well that sort of arrogance means you need to resign right away before you are fired.

We agree on the first.

If someone stands on some sort of personal principal that as President you don't have the right to know and should not even be asking, well that sort of arrogance means you need to resign right away before you are fired.

Here is where I differ with you. If the President was there - no problem, but the President wasn't there. It looked like there was no notice for one, two - clearances? They walked in unannounced, and it wasn't clear, but it seemed none of them had the proper clearances. So I bet you, that even though those 2 fellows were put on paid leave, that in the meantime there was a scramble to 1. get them the proper clearances, 2 think through what level of clearance they needed, and 3. verify with the White House that they were there on orders from the President.

Here is where I differ with you. If the President was there - no problem, but the President wasn't there. It looked like there was no notice for one, two - clearances? They walked in unannounced, and it wasn't clear, but it seemed none of them had the proper clearances. So I bet you, that even though those 2 fellows were put on paid leave, that in the meantime there was a scramble to 1. get them the proper clearances, 2 think through what level of clearance they needed, and 3. verify with the White House that they were there on orders from the President. - Lambo

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I don't think we differ that much. If there is an established procedure to credential Presidential agents, then it should be followed. And if Trump was in too big of a hurry to get going, that comes as no surprise to me. So by now I assume everyone is properly credentialed and the President, through his agents, can get back to bringing in the sunshine.

Innuendo City.

A lot of folks seem to like living there.

Strangely, they call the place “Reality”.

disbursements, but until it's given a fair look with explanations, ya got nothing. Innuendo City.

Totally normal for the government to pay off reporters.

You’ve got wishful thinking.

I don't think we differ that much. If there is an established procedure to credential Presidential agents, then it should be followed. And if Trump was in too big of a hurry to get going, that comes as no surprise to me. So by now I assume everyone is properly credentialed and the President, through his agents, can get back to bringing in the sunshine.

Bringing in the sunshine is welcome, but what seems to happen here is the steady drip, drip, drip that titillates some of the MAGA. Money passing through various entities to other entities is normal. Nearly all of the various charitable entities will work with another charity. Had an acquaintance who had worked with charities his entire life and he moved from one charity to another and was on loan many times. He was not the greatest at paperwork after a motorcycle accident and ultimately died from complications of head injuries from 2 motorcycle accidents. He was brilliant, but not so much by the time he died. RIP I was the only white guy at his funeral.

I don't think we differ that much. If there is an established procedure to credential Presidential agents, then it should be followed. And if Trump was in too big of a hurry to get going, that comes as no surprise to me. So by now I assume everyone is properly credentialed and the President, through his agents, can get back to bringing in the sunshine.

Somewhat. After our discussion the other day, I had a little free time and dug into a bit. A lot of what DOGE is trying to do appears to run afoul of the Privacy Act of 1974:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy_Act_of_1974

In a nutshell, the Act prevents federal agencies from disclosing personally identifiable information collected or stored by their agency to any other agency, or for purposes other than that for which it was collected. So (for example) the Treasury Department can't just give people from another agency access to their entire payments systems data. There are a few categories of exemption (not relevant here), and you can disclose with notice and consent of the individuals involved (probably not feasible here). As you can guess from the date, this was done in response to Watergate and the Nixon Administration's perceived misuse of agency records for an "off-label" purpose.

That appears to be the statute that's being cited by folks trying to stop DOGE from gaining total control of all these systems. The agencies aren't supposed to allow other agencies to access information protected by the Privacy Act.

That appears to have been the line drawn in the injunction that was agreed to in the first of those suits, which bars Musk and DOGE from having access to the Treasury records and systems. Musk's lieutenants that are part of Treasury can look at the data, but Musk cannot.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-weigh-block-doge-a...

Bringing in the sunshine is welcome,

If someone had all the details of anyone’s entire life and merely released carefully curated details in order to create a pattern, just about any pattern desired could be created.

That’s not sunlight.

That’s propaganda


See! Here’s Adolph Hitler kissing a baby and patting a little boy on the head.


See! Here’s Mother Theresa yelling at an underling.


Sunlight is more than releasing carefully selected and accurate details

which bars Musk and DOGE from having access to the Treasury records and systems. Musk's lieutenants that are part of Treasury can look at the data, but Musk cannot.

Super explanation, Albaby. If Musk gets Lieutenants assigned to the agency beforehand, he might not have run afoul of the law?

Super explanation, Albaby. If Musk gets Lieutenants assigned to the agency beforehand, he might not have run afoul of the law?

That's correct. The Privacy Act restricts agencies from disclosing records (broadly defined) that have personal identifying information to those outside the agency, subject to various exemptions and caveats not relevant here. The folks that Musk had hired by the Treasury are part of the agency, so the Act wouldn't impose any restrictions on their access to the records. The folks over at DOGE, though, are not part of the agency, so they wouldn't be allowed access to records protected by the Act.

The folks over at DOGE, though, are not part of the agency, so they wouldn't be allowed access to records protected by the Act.

Thanks, Albaby. :)

"I don't think we differ that much. If there is an established procedure to credential Presidential agents, then it should be followed. And if Trump was in too big of a hurry to get going, that comes as no surprise to me. So by now I assume everyone is properly credentialed and the President, through his agents, can get back to bringing in the sunshine."

It is hilarious that you actually think the purpose of DOGE is to let in sunshine....

Do you ever get sick of being conned and taken advantage of?

I remember when Republicans shut down the government under Obama and you were one of the people cheering them on. Then you became one of the people who were outraged that National Parks were closed. You were outraged because your political masters who know how to fire you up made you think it was Obama that closed the parks, not the reality that a government shutdown means all non-essential personnel don't work. Just like then, you are happy that Musk is going in and breaking all sorts of stuff, but will be one of the first people outraged when something you rely on breaks. You will be outraged because your political masters will again take advantage of your ignorance and make you think it was Biden's fault, or DEI, or whatever bugaboo they have buried in your brain.

You’ve got wishful thinking.

Mike has wishful thinking? You sure Mr Innuendo?

Maybe you think that $10M spent on trans surgery for mice is a good expenditure, but I’m going to guess that you’re alone in that.

Maybe you think that $10M spent on trans surgery for mice is a good expenditure, but I’m going to guess that you’re alone in that.

I smell a rat.

I will go out on a limb and guess this is mostly or entirely bullshit in its implications.

Maybe you think that $10M spent on trans surgery for mice is a good expenditure, but I’m going to guess that you’re alone in that.

You think Mike supports trans surgery on mice now?

Maybe you think that $10M spent on trans surgery for mice is a good expenditure, but I’m going to guess that you’re alone in that.

Animal trials are a pre-requisite to human trials.

Or maybe you agree with PETA and believe we should go straight to operating on humans?

Whether or not medicine should offer human gender reassignment surgery is a separate issue.

But IF medicine offers ANY sort of new surgical or pharmaceutical intervention , THEN animal studies are the requisite first step.

Maybe you think that $10M spent on trans surgery for mice is a good expenditure, but I’m going to guess that you’re alone in that.

You think Mike supports trans surgery on mice now? - Lapsody

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Well in the abstract, who wouldn't support mice just trying to live their best lives.

But given the need to focus on the must haves and scale back the nice to haves, I think the $10M would do more to improve our country by investing in Veterans housing or constructing more border wall (red meat left on purpose for your bashing pleasure because I like you guys). Priorities ya' know.

Animal trials are a pre-requisite to human trials.

I'm not down with animal mutilation, especially for that stuff.

Then there's Fauci's Mengele-like treatment of Beagles where he had flies eat them. The guy should be hung up by his ballsack from the National Monument for that.

But given the need to focus on the must haves and scale back the nice to haves, I think the $10M would do more to improve our country by investing in Veterans housing or constructing more border wall (red meat left on purpose for your bashing pleasure because I like you guys). Priorities ya' know.

After looking at the mice thing, it appears no studies have been done so we might as well do one so the French and RFK can tell us we're wrong. We should make a Charity corp in the Virgin islands and run it all through there. :) Elon, you have it too easy.

I don't mind if the border wall gets constructed - we should hire illegals to do it as its cheaper and The American Way. Every three months we hold an American citizenship lotto and award citizenship to one lucky illegal working on the fence. God how I love America.

Just put vets in the empty gov leased buildings - cheaper.

I'm not down with animal mutilation, especially for that stuff.

Everything I can find shows it was hormone treatments - no mutilation. But I also have no problem with animal studies - if it can be done just as well another way - fine, but if not, I'm OK with it.

Then there's Fauci's Mengele-like treatment of Beagles

The study was not funded by NIAID,


Studies in Tunisia

In its August post, the White Coat Waste Project said its investigators had discovered photos and government records showing that the NIAID awarded over $375,000 in funding for a study in Tunisia “to drug beagles and lock their heads in mesh cages filled with hundreds of infected sand flies.” However, both the NIAID and the journal that published a paper on the study have since said the NIH did not fund that research.

“That’s right: these taxpayer-funded white coats intentionally had the insects eat these beagles alive,” the post said, adding that beagles were also locked “in cages in the desert overnight for nine consecutive nights to use them as bait to attract infectious sand flies.”

The photos, which have been shared widely online, were pulled from a paper about a study that investigated whether the flies were more attracted to dogs with or without leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease found in the tropics, subtropics and southern Europe. The paper, published this past summer, originally said the authors received funding for the research from the Wellcome Trust foundation and the National Institutes of Health.

But NIAID said it did not fund the study in question.

“The images of beagles were drawn from a manuscript published in July 2021 in the journal PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases. The manuscript mistakenly cited support from NIAID, when in fact NIAID did not support this specific research shown in the images of the beagles being circulated,” the NIAID said in a statement a spokesperson emailed to us.

https://www.factcheck.org/2021/11/answering-questi...

The studies they did fund were to vaccinate dogs against disease carried by sand fleas. And them let them out in an area with sand fleas to see how well the vaccination protected them.

Everything I can find shows it was hormone treatments - no mutilation.

So I'll feed you a bunch of estrogen and give you a ruler. You tell me what happens afterwards.

The studies they did fund were to vaccinate dogs against disease carried by sand fleas. And them let them out in an area with sand fleas to see how well the vaccination protected them.

Loads of sleight of hand in this answer. And why in the first place would you fund a lab that's doing the kind of research that's all but banned in the US because of animal cruelty?

We can add puppy mutilation to the list of hills you people are willing to die on in service of the Church of Progressivism.

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