Doge isn't a new government agency though? You honestly don't know anything about it, do you?
Do you know what the name of doge was before it was publicy called "doge"?
Why don't you look up the department of digital services 😉 you'll really love who founded this government agency lmfao
Peak irony is the left's current boogeyman is a monster of their own making lol
At the very least, DOGE is every bit the agency USAID is. I don't understand how people can continue to claim otherwise.
No just doing the right thing
FWIW, I’m pretty sure the issue is statutory rather than constitutional. And as I think otherwise noted, I think the doge predecessor usds has some authorization.
Yep. Methinks bates is going to refine the phrase “love hate relationship”.
Except USAID's activities are explicitly controlled by acts of Congress.
True, but Congress clearly has failed in the oversite of USAID when our taxpayer money is going to things such as the $1.5 million they sent to advance DEI in Serbian workplaces. That is insane & wrong no matter how you look at it, and I am glad they are stopping some of this rediculous spending when we have so many Americans who are in need. And, the chances are hight that at some point Congress will take this over too.
We no longer have a functioning Congress, so it’s cool that the co-Presidents do this. Signed, Goldmom et al
If you think there is any REAL oversight going on with USAID then you are the clueless one. No disrespect intended
Every time I read someone saying stupid shit about foreign aid, I’m reminded of this.
There is oversight but it is not nearly as rigorous as suggested. There is a reason that the big accounting firms refuse to contract to do audit work on usaid expenditures.
And whose fault is that Hawk? This “USAid” fund is no secret department ..it is funded by Congress and can be audited at the request of any one member of Congress…Congress is notorious for failure of oversight….renember tge mortgage/insurance collapse during Junior’s presidency? Lack of congressional oversight….
Somehow, "Things I don't like" became "fraud" in the minds of MAGA. A very dangerous precedent to do. They are putting a lot of faith in the idea that Democrats won't turn around and use these new interpretations of power on them when they get in power again. In fairness, it's not like Democrats have given them a whole lot of reasons to fear them.
I can show you TONS of wonderful things that Congress funds. By using your logic, that would mean that congress never allocates anything that should NOT be funded. You don't want to die on that hill do you?
Joel, it is the fault of Congress for sure. That is the whole point. I don't blame Dems anymore then I blame Republicans. That is why Trump was elected and why the RHINOS are sticking with the Dems on this stuff. They all want status quo and the Amercian people are tired of it. And thus, we have an actual audit of these bloated agencies going on right now.
Elno tells them that. They believe it w/o even questioning any of it.
A lot of the “headlines” will turn out to Bev bullshit and lies… how in the hell can a kid walk into someone’s books and declare billions of $$$ of waste after looking at the books for a couple of days? There is no reputable accountant/biokkeeper/auditor that works that way…only those folks with an agenda. This, like everything Trump is nothing more than theatrics and diversion. Trump will make up some numbers to ram through a tax cut that will greatly serve his billionaire friends and cohearts. He will phuque every American he has to and every American ally he can to accomplish his ends.
That doesn’t matter. Congress needs to fix it. You can’t skirt the constitution. Which is what they are doing. This isn’t a difficult concept to grasp. It’s why you can’t go shoot someone while they are awaiting trial.
