Elon Musk described what they have found at USAID as (and I paraphrase) not a worm in the apple, but a bowl of worms.
You probably all know by now that Elon Musk’s DOGE team has paused all operations at USAID and locked the doors while their investigation is being conducted. Why?
When members of Elon Musk’s DOGE team try to get into the USAID building to examine the books, directors and employees physically blocked them from accessing their computer systems.
They were willing to risk going to jail rather than let anyone audit their books. They may end up going to jail anyway, based on everything that DOGE has discovered.
“USAID is a criminal organization,” tweeted Musk. “Time for it to die.”
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What Musk has now uncovered is the fact that tons of high-profile American political figures and government employees have been using USAID as a piggy bank to enrich themselves and their family members.
Sadly, this includes some Republicans. Want to become fabulously wealthy in Washington, DC? Just start an NGO.
Bill Kristol is the President of an NGO called “Defending Democracy.” That NGO has been the recipient of $46 million in taxpayer money, which has been used to smear Donald Trump for the past decade.
An NGO called the National Democratic Institute has also raked in gobs of taxpayer cash. Its directors include familiar names like Barbara Mikulski, Tom Daschle, and Stacey Abrams.
The International Republican Institute appears to be its GOP counterpart. Its directors include a large number of current and former Republican Senators. You’ll recognize most of their names: Mitt Romney, Lindsey Graham, Joni Ernst, Dan Sullivan, Tom Cotton, Kelly Ayotte, and Mark Kirk.
[…] Now that USAID’s books have been made public, it’s stunning to see how much fraud, waste, and abuse is directly connected to current and former members of the US Congress. The National Endowment for Democracy has raked in $1.6 billion in grants from USAID. The Institute for International Education has received $640 million from the taxpayers. The Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening has taken $528 million.
Members of Congress are protesting in opposition outside the USAID offices and the Treasury, even suggesting that the public should “take to the streets”, just as Hakeem Jeffries did in opposition to the recent and different actions by Customs & Border Patrol to stop illegal immigration and deporting of criminal illegal aliens.
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