But we need to keep paying for aids treatment in Africa.
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But we need to keep paying for aids treatment in Africa.
https://scontent-atl3-1.xx.fbcdn.net...gA&oe=68412013
300,000 in 4 months huh? So AIDs, which doesn't kill you, but kills your immune system, works faster than the US postal service.
Robot overlords to the rescue again:
"how long does the undiagnosed aids patient live?"
In general, untreated and undiagnosed AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) can lead to death within 1–3 years after it develops. This is because the immune system becomes so weakened that the body can no longer fight off serious infections and certain cancers.
However, it's important to note:
- HIV vs. AIDS: Many people live for years to decades with untreated HIV (before it progresses to AIDS).
- Once HIV progresses to AIDS, the immune system is severely compromised, and the risk of life-threatening infections and cancers dramatically increases.
- Access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) can dramatically extend lifespan—even for people already diagnosed with AIDS. With treatment, many people live near-normal lifespans.
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how long does a diagnosed aids patient who is suddenly taken off their medications live?
That’s an important and serious question. If a person with AIDS who is stable on antiretroviral therapy (ART) suddenly stops taking their medications, several things can happen:
- Viral rebound: The virus can quickly start replicating again. In many people, viral load can rebound to high levels within days to weeks of stopping ART.
- Immune system deterioration: If the immune system was already severely damaged (low CD4 count) at the time of stopping, there’s a high risk of rapid progression of opportunistic infections or cancers.
- Life expectancy after stopping ART:
- Without treatment, after reaching AIDS (not just HIV), life expectancy is typically around 1–3 years.
- The actual survival depends on the person’s overall health, nutritional status, and whether they get any medical care for opportunistic infections.
- Infections like PCP (Pneumocystis pneumonia), tuberculosis, or cryptococcal meningitis can become fatal within weeks to months if untreated.
- Sudden stopping vs. gradual stopping:
- Suddenly stopping ART is very risky, because it can lead to immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome (IRIS) if the immune system had been partially recovering.
- In most cases, stopping ART for any reason is not advised unless absolutely necessary under close medical supervision.
If someone is in this situation, it’s urgent to get back on ART as soon as possible or seek medical care to manage complications. Let me know if you’d like to talk more about the biology behind this or practical considerations in such cases.
It's almost like the 300k number plucked from the air doesn't match the science. I thought democrats believed in science?
Much like the words "woke," "racist," "sexist," etc., they have destroyed the meaning of "science" too.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage
It's because destroying anything and everything is the only thing they ever do.
Because of retards like Back who have no ability to think, only to obey.
Democrats trust the science when it aligns with their beliefs.... when it runs in opposition, then it's not real science.. it's crazy conspiracy theories.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage
Musk says "Zero people have died" as a result of the DOGE cuts. Nobody believes that.
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Elon Musk brands Bono 'liar' and 'idiot' over foreign aid comments
After Bono said in a podcast interview that DOGE's dismantling of USAID will result in 300,000 deaths worldwide, billionaire Elon Musk hit back at the rock legend's comments on X
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The 300,000 figure cited by Bono comes from a model developed by Brooke Nichols, a mathematician and infectious disease professor at Boston University. The findings have been backed by The Washington Post, which reported that roughly 96,000 adults and 200,000 children have died due to foreign aid cuts under the Trump administration.
But Musk, who last week announced he was leaving his role in the Trump administration, hit out at Bono after his comments on the podcast. "He's such a liar/idiot. Zero people have died!" the billionaire commented on a tweet shared by Mike Benz, a former official with the US Department of State who wrote that the numbers mentioned by Bono were "f***** faker than their Covid numbers."
Show me the graves.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClydeR
I believe it. Your post is now invalid.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClydeR
FTFYQuote:
Originally Posted by ClydeR
Why is the US taxpayer responsible for people who die in other countries?Quote:
Originally Posted by ClydeR
Bono is a leftist lunatic.. love his music, hate his politics.
Get fucked.
A) Stop falling for literal fake news.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
B) If this were true, why aren't you calling on the rest of the nations of the world to step up and save those lives?
C) If the US spending a few billion dollars a year saves 300,000 people in four months, why isn't the rest of the world coughing up tens of billions of dollars a year to save 1+ million people every four months?
See how your argument and hysterics falls apart immediately when you actually sit down and think about it for more than 10 seconds?
Flag on the play.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
Unsportsmanlike conduct.
You know he can't do that.
Apologize.
My bad, Back. I didn't mean to imply you were capable of critical thought. I meant when other people sit down and think about it for 10 seconds.
This is way beyond Back's thinking capabilities.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
March 17, 2025
6 min read
USAID Funding Saved Millions of Children’s Lives. Recent Cuts Put It in Jeopardy
USAID investments significantly reduced deaths among children under age five and women of reproductive age, studies show
By Tanya Lewis edited by Dean Visser
https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...uts-put-it-in/Quote:
The cuts have been fast and sweeping. “We spent the weekend feeding USAID into the wood chipper,” Musk posted on February 3 on X (formerly Twitter), the social media site he owns.
The effects of these actions immediately ricocheted around the world, and they will continue to be felt for years to come. They will especially threaten young children and women, for whom USAID funding has been providing lifesaving basic medical services that have ranged from vaccines to treatments for diarrheal diseases to maternal health care. Studies show this funding has helped save the lives of nearly three million children under age five and at least one million women of reproductive age in recent decades, experts say.
Innocent women and children, gentlemen. Is all this talk about saving lives just virtue signaling?
You should be pissed that China and Europe haven’t stepped up to fill in the void. Why do you think it is always the responsibility of the US to save the world?Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
You don't get to decide what I should or should not be pissed about.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
United States did it because we are a force for good in the world.
Edited to say that the United States did past tense. It doesn't matter who does it it's a good thing to save lives. It's disappointing that we are not anymore.
It’s an opinion article and you can follow the author on bluesky.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
America voted to focus on domestic issues.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Whoa whoa! Don't get so angry now. No need to get violent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
The big question is why aren't you mad at China and Europe for not stepping up to fill in the supposed void left by the US? According to the fake news you consume literally millions of lives a year are at stake and the rest of the world together is way richer than the US is alone. Shame on those countries for not doing more to help.
It's so easy to manipulate the stupid.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Just say use the phrase "innocent women and children" and they are all in.
SPOILER: It's not the job of the US Taxpayer to save "innocent women and children" all over the world.
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Originally Posted by Back
What is a woman?
And yes, fuck off with your virtue signaling and emotional blackmail. You're still being manipulated, because low IQ people are easy to manipulate. You'll never understand this, for that same reason.
No one is stopping your from donating your own money directly to your choice of causes. You don't need to have it forced out of you by the government.
But anyway again, what is a woman?
Watch closely now as Back is about to refuse to tell me what a woman is in my previous post.Quote:
Originally Posted by Parkbandit
It's because he's a dishonest weasel.
That statement uses an appeal to emotion fallacy. It's not worth debating.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
What did weasels do to you to earn such insults as being compared to Back?Quote:
Originally Posted by Methais
I hereby apologize to the weasel community.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~Rocktar~
You all can stomp and scream and make up all the crazy shit you want want but you can't change the reality that DOGE fucked up the executive branch and more of the Federal Government and in doing so fucked the people that it serves, us. They also were able to get Thiel's software in there to create a unified database on all of us. I'm sure thats no problem with you though since its your party doing it?
I fucking love Backlash on Drunk Tuesdays.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
It's a cornucopia of drunken posts of sheer stupidity.
Imagine screaming and crying about a Department that is there to root out waste, fraud and abuse...
You keep misunderstanding the opposition to DOGE. Everyone wants to cut "waste, fraud, and abuse" to use a phrase you all like to mindlessly parrot. But the argument against DOGE is it HOW and WHAT to cut. Thats it.
There has to be a bipartisan solution we can all agree on so we can stop arguing and go outside to bbq in this nice weather.
How did it fuck with "us" the American people exactly? All you and the rest of the brainrot of the Democrat party point to is USAID, which is a program to "help" foreign countries.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
USAID's mission is not to help foreign countries. USAID, or the United States Agency for International Development, has the mission to "promote and demonstrate democratic values abroad, and advance a free, peaceful, and prosperous world."Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
Help me understand your argument... which specific cuts that DOGE recommended that has you this upset. Here's a little part of the list:Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Programs and Initiatives DOGE Recommended to Stop
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility (DEIA/DEI) Programs
Description: DOGE targeted contracts and grants related to DEI initiatives across multiple federal agencies, claiming they were wasteful or misaligned with priorities.
Claimed Savings: Approximately $1 billion from canceling 85 DEIA-related contracts at over a dozen federal agencies. Additionally, $203 million in National Science Foundation (NSF) DEI grants were terminated.
Cost to Taxpayers: No direct cost to taxpayers for these cancellations is specified, but critics argue that slashing DEI programs may reduce workplace inclusivity and long-term economic benefits, though these are not quantified. Indirect costs include potential legal challenges and loss of program benefits, which are not detailed in available data.
USAID Programs
Description: DOGE recommended significant cuts to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), including the near-total dismantling of its programs, which provide humanitarian aid to over 100 countries. Specific cancellations include:
$60 million for "Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment" in Colombia.
$74 million for "inclusive justice" in Colombia.
$79 million for "primary literacy" in Kenya.
$37 million for "female empowerment" programs.
Claimed Savings: Nearly $10 billion from axing 9,921 grants, many from USAID.
Cost to Taxpayers: The Partnership for Public Service estimated that DOGE’s actions, including USAID cuts, will cost taxpayers $135 billion in 2025 due to productivity losses, paid leave for furloughed workers, and rehiring costs. Specific USAID cuts may reduce U.S. global influence and humanitarian impact, potentially leading to indirect economic costs (e.g., reduced trade or stability in partner nations), though these are not quantified.
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Grants
Description: DOGE canceled NEH grants deemed non-merit-based or not aligned with "pro-America" causes, redirecting future grants to merit-based initiatives.
Claimed Savings: $163 million from canceled NEH grants.
Cost to Taxpayers: No specific taxpayer costs are detailed for NEH grant cancellations. However, cuts to humanities programs may reduce cultural and educational outputs, with unquantified long-term societal costs.
U.S. Census Bureau Surveys
Description: DOGE and the Census Bureau reviewed 102 surveys beyond the core Census, deeming many obsolete or underutilized. Five surveys were specifically flagged as wasteful.
Claimed Savings: $2.2 billion from reviewing and potentially canceling these surveys.
Cost to Taxpayers: No direct costs are specified, but reducing data collection could impair policy-making and economic planning, with potential long-term costs not detailed in sources.
Federal Contract Terminations
Description: DOGE terminated thousands of federal contracts, including:
A $67,000 Treasury Department coaching contract.
A $20,000 DHS "Speed of Trust" leadership training program.
A $181,000 USDA contract for a "technical climate advisor for central Africa."
A $2.75 billion Air Force Strategic Transformation Support I (AFSTS I) contract with eight management consulting firms.
An erroneous claim of an $8 billion ICE contract (corrected to $8 million).
Claimed Savings: $32 billion from terminating 10,871 contracts, with specific examples like the AFSTS I contract contributing $2.75 billion.
Cost to Taxpayers: NPR analysis found verified savings of only $2 billion, far less than claimed, with additional costs from contract terminations (e.g., settlement fees under "termination for convenience" clauses). The Partnership for Public Service estimated $135 billion in costs from firings, rehiring, and lost productivity across DOGE’s actions. Misreported savings, like the $8 billion ICE contract error, exaggerate benefits.
Federal Lease Terminations
Description: DOGE canceled leases on vacant or underutilized federal buildings, targeting 7,500 federal offices.
Claimed Savings: $660 million from 748 lease terminations, with annual rent savings increasing from $100 million to $171 million.
Cost to Taxpayers: No specific costs for lease terminations are detailed, but disruptions to federal operations and potential relocation expenses could offset savings. The Partnership for Public Service’s $135 billion estimate includes costs from such disruptions.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Workforce Reductions
Description: DOGE recommended mass layoffs at the IRS, including 3,600 auditors and nearly 40% of the Global High Wealth unit, which audits wealthy individuals and large businesses.
Claimed Savings: Not explicitly quantified for IRS cuts alone, but part of DOGE’s broader $175 billion savings claim.
Cost to Taxpayers: Significant revenue losses are projected due to reduced audit capacity. Yale’s Budget Lab forecasts $395 billion to $2 trillion in lost tax revenue over the next decade from halving the IRS workforce. A 2024 GAO report noted that auditing wealthy taxpayers yields $13,000 per hour, and cuts to the Large Business and International (LB&I) division, which recouped $5 billion over four years, could exacerbate losses. The Partnership for Public Service’s $135 billion cost estimate for 2025 includes IRS-related productivity losses.
Government Credit Card and Software License Reductions
Description: DOGE audited unused government credit cards (“P-cards”) and software licenses, deactivating ~523,000 credit cards across 32 agencies and canceling excess licenses (e.g., 3,000 Visio licenses at IRS, with only 25 used; 37,000 WinZip licenses at GSA).
Claimed Savings: $75 million annually from credit card deactivations; unspecified savings from software licenses.
Cost to Taxpayers: No direct costs are specified, but reduced access to software could lower productivity, contributing to the $135 billion estimated cost from DOGE’s broader actions.
U.S. Mint Penny Production
Description: DOGE recommended stopping the minting of pennies, citing production costs of over 3 cents per penny.
Claimed Savings: $179 million annually (based on 2023 fiscal year costs).
Cost to Taxpayers: No significant costs are noted, though economic impacts from phasing out pennies (e.g., on retail or pricing) are not detailed.
Department of Education Programs
Description: DOGE recommended a near-total dismantling of the Department of Education, including a $45 million scholarship program for students in Burma. This has left student loan borrowers in limbo as programs may be transferred to other agencies.
Claimed Savings: Not explicitly quantified for the Department of Education as a whole, but the Burma scholarship program cancellation saved $45 million. Part of the $40 billion from 15,149 grant cancellations.
Cost to Taxpayers: Potential administrative chaos and costs for transferring programs to other agencies are not quantified. The Partnership for Public Service’s $135 billion estimate includes costs from such disruptions.
I bet you are hoping for free food and alcohol.. aren't you?Quote:
There has to be a bipartisan solution we can all agree on so we can stop arguing and go outside to bbq in this nice weather.
Yeah but like 90% of their programs is giving money to other countries. They have strayed far, far away from their mission statement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Suppa Hobbit Mage
Nah you can shut the fuck up with that. I don't remember anything being bipartisan under Biden, so democrats can eat a bag of dicks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Don't like it? Tell your party to stop sucking and to quit doubling down on stupid and maybe they might win elections again.
No there doesn't. Our side compromising with you lunatics/retards has lead to people that think men can be women, drag shows in schools, USAID sending money around the world to fund gender studies, the corruption and kickbacks from USAID through ActBlue and so on. Along with the trillions in Covid waste, the war in Ukraine, dead soldiers in Afghanistan and a laundry list of atrocities a mile long. The Left loves to call for "Bipartisanship" and "compromise" when they want to curtail conservative action and get one more inch down the slippery slope to Totalitarianism. So no, there doesn't need to be and no we should not compromise with you for anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Why don't you tell us how this all plays out in the next five, 10, 20 years?Quote:
Originally Posted by ~Rocktar~
Hey bro, just relax and watch us make America great again. Enjoy the ride.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
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Originally Posted by Back
https://media3.giphy.com/media/11R5K...=200w.gif&ct=gQuote:
Originally Posted by Parkbandit
No matter what happens, it will still be 9947238423704x better than what would have happened with you retards running the show.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
What is your party's platform right now, other than "We hate Trump!!!!" ? Be specific.
Way to go guys. The US is going to burn 500 tonnes of food that was meant for starving kids in Afghanistan and Pakistan instead of just sending it. Fucking wheat biscuits used for emergency nutrition has sat to its expiration because billionaires decided USAID was waste fraud and abuse.
Shame.
Why is it my responsibility to feed the entire world?Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Show me in the Constitution where it is the US taxpayer's responsibility to ensure all kids in all countries have food paid for by the US taxpayer.
Your retarded gaslighting seriously needs work.
Survival/relief aid food has a very long lifespan, some more than a decade. Hell, Saltine crackers have a shelf life of like 2 years. This expired earlier this week meaning it was old when it was bought. It was purchased early this year by the Biden administration. Why didn't they have it set up to deliver since they bought nearly expired food? Why is it sitting in Dubai? Do you think that there is, in any conceivable way, the chance that the purchase of this food was a payoff to someone in the last days of the administration with the intent to make a "gotcha" for the incoming administration?Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
You can always send your hard earned blow job money to sponsor the poor kids. You just can't continue to send my tax dollars to disappear into NGO budgets - the vast majority of Americans voted for this.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...droidApp_OtherQuote:
The Trump administration has decided to destroy $9.7m worth of contraceptives rather than send them abroad to women in need.
A state department spokesperson confirmed that the decision had been made – a move that will cost US taxpayers $167,000. The contraceptives are primarily long-acting, such as IUDs and birth control implants, and were almost certainly intended for women in Africa, according to two senior congressional aides, one of whom visited a warehouse in Belgium that housed the contraceptives. It is not clear to the aides whether the destruction has already been carried out, but said they had been told that it was set to occur by the end of July.
:shocked2:
I think a lot of you right-wing extremist have forgotten that participating in the American democracy means compromise. We all work together towards the same goal of a great and prosperous nation sending our representatives to government to do our work. They have the unenviable task of working through our differences to get things done. Not everyone agrees on everything but the majority agree on some things and those things are for the benefit of our nation. Helping people in other countries is a good thing no matter how you look at it. It's better than bombing people.
Ah yes, the ol' Democrat whining of "But...but compromise!!!!" whenever Republicans control things, and by "compromise" you mean "Just give us what we want!!!" Not to mention when Democrats are in control they don't compromise on anything.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
It's hilarious how the first 3 sentences are about helping our nation, then you follow up with "This is why we have to give money to other countries!!1!11!!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Do you even think for 2 seconds before clicking that "Submit Reply" button to see if perhaps you are saying something dumb?
Explain to me why it is a good thing that we have almost 10 million dollars worth of contraceptives for other countries just sitting in a warehouse somewhere when there are Americans sleeping on the streets and American children who aren't getting enough to eat. Explain to me how that helps our nation be "prosperous" and how it "benefits" our nation.
I don't have all the answers. I barely grasp some of these concepts myself. But the people that we send the government have worked these things out in a bipartisan way.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
From what I understand no one in America is starving to death. There is food insecurity, which is more about what is available to who, but everyone eats. Sending food overseas helps our farmers because our government buys it from them. And we're not talking about Cheetos brother. Wheat biscuits. Beans, nuts, corn, basic stuff that in a lot of cases is surplus. It's a win-win where we help our farmers and prevent people from starving to death somewhere else.
Did you literally just come back with "Trust the government!"Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Weird. When the government says there is nothing to the Epstein story you sure don't accept "Trust the government!" as an answer.
Not exactly. All government actions must be questioned, observed, and viewed transparently. Our Constitution enshrines the right of the people to just that. If we don't like what we see we've got our votes to cast to get to people we don't like out and put the people we do like it. This isn't any obscure stuff.
Is there waste and inefficiency? Of course there is as there is with any system that handles money. But our government isn't collecting taxes from people so it can build palaces for our leaders to live in. It uses our money to create a society that is fair, as law & Order, has good infrastructure, and good services for us to take advantage of. It's only the enemies of America who think and say otherwise.
America is a land of immigrants that have entered into a contract with each other to pool our resources for a great place to live and thrive. Anyone telling you differently doesn't have your or our best interests in mind.
Okay great. So you can't rely on "The government knows what is best!" as a legitimate answer.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
So do can you think for yourself and explain to me why it is a good thing that we have almost 10 million dollars worth of contraceptives for other countries just sitting in a warehouse somewhere when there are Americans sleeping on the streets and American children who aren't getting enough to eat. Explain to me how that helps our nation be "prosperous" and how it "benefits" our nation.
I don't think it has to be an either or situation. We can do both. Promoting health globally helps keep global unrest down which is good for everybody.
In this specific case I don't know the details but I know it wasn't just a bunch of Democrats sitting around unilaterally saying let's send contraceptives somewhere and let our own people starve or anything like that. Republicans had to have been involved in the decision-making process. Even if it was just trading it for some other thing Republicans wanted to do.
what I don't understand from what you are saying is if we are going to stop helping people around the world to take care of our own why is our government cutting services like snap and Medicare and Medicaid?
At 37 trillion in debt, we can no longer afford to "do both." We have cleaned up the worlds messes since WWII and gotten screwed financially for it. It's time the rest of the world steps up.
We the voters may be indirectly responsible but it's actually the people that we sent to Congress who are directly responsible for this country being in debt. The president and the fed too to a certain extent.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~Rocktar~
Yet despite helping our own people and other people around the world we are still the richest, most powerful, home to the richest people, and most popular country on the planet. Well, we were.
The naivete and ignorance that is required to actually believe this astounds me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
or the 1.5 million to promote LGBT workplace inclusion in Serbia...Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
or the 2 million to Lebanon to promote tourism...
or the 2.5 million for EV chargers in Vietnam...
or the 6 million to Egypt to promote tourism...
or the 20 million for a children's show in Iraq...
or the 4.5 million to combat disinformation in Kazakhstan...
or the 8 million teaching Sri Lankan journalists to avoid "binary-gendered language"
The waste list goes on and on and on....
Your TDS is flaring up again... and I'm grateful.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Oh right, I forget you're a socialist who thinks there is an endless supply of other people's money to fund anything and everything you think should be funded.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Carry on then with your delusions.
Nope just a guy that thinks the system unfairly rewards the rich with our labor while the rest of us have to dedicate our entire lives to working long hours for shit pay.Quote:
Originally Posted by Tgo01
Speak for yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Shit pay = shit talent or shit drive or shit gumption or shit brain
There's a reason why you haven't amounted to anything.. and it's not the rich guy's fault.
Look in the mirror.
What is the specific criteria for one to be considered a right-wing extremist?Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Last time we did this, like 8 months ago, you cried that democracy had been destroyed. Because you lost. Electorally. And the popular vote.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Spoken like a true 430 credit score hero.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
The only person to blame for being a loser is yourself.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Couldn't decide if this went here or under Winning, I picked here since it was the first target of DOGE.
From Ken Blackwell on Facebook:
Yes, I voted this! I want MORE, MORE, MORE!Quote:
USAID Got Defunded — And Suddenly the Whole Liberal Machine Is “Broke”
Isn’t it funny how that works?
USAID finally got defunded. One of the most bloated slush funds in Washington — a taxpayer ATM for woke nonprofits, left-wing media fronts, and globalist pet projects — was finally unplugged.
And now?
Suddenly…
- The DNC is broke.
- Democrat candidates can’t raise a dime.
- PBS is begging for donations again.
- Media Matters is laying off staff.
- Planned Parenthood is slashing operations.
- CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, and MSNBC are downsizing.
- Even the sacred cows of the liberal press — New York Times and Washington Post — are shedding reporters.
- Facebook, Google, Disney, Paramount — all “coincidentally” cutting staff.
But hey — I’m sure it has nothing to do with the billions in taxpayer handouts that just stopped flowing. Nope. Pure coincidence, right?
This is what happens when the government stops laundering your tax dollars through “foreign aid” and “development programs” that somehow always find their way back to the same activist organizations and media empires that work to undermine this country from within.
For years, USAID has operated like a shadow funding pipeline. Billions earmarked for “democracy promotion” and “civil society” around the globe ended up propping up the same institutions that attack American values here at home. And now that the faucet’s been turned off?
They’re panicking.
You’re watching a crumbling cathedral of corruption — propped up for decades by taxpayer subsidies, protected by legacy media, and promoted by the same coastal elites who think patriotism is “problematic” and men can get pregnant.
No more. The grift is drying up.
Now they’re screaming about “authoritarianism” because for once, they’re being held accountable. For once, the American people aren’t funding their own destruction.
And here’s the real kicker:
None of these institutions ever earned their influence. It was bought and paid for with your money. Now they have to survive on merit — and they can’t.
Let the layoffs continue. Let the DNC cut back on drag brunch fundraisers. Let the NYT writers learn what it’s like to apply for real jobs. Maybe they’ll finally meet the “working class” they claim to care about.
We’ve been subsidizing a hostile ruling class for decades. It’s time we stop paying the enemy’s salary.
Patriots: this is what draining the swamp actually looks like.
And we’re just getting started.
Here's the problem: Nothing that Trump has done except the BBB is codified into law... so all it will take is a slick talking Democrat who just speaks well and doesn't give any specifics with a catchy slogan.. and our government will be right back in the funding Democrats again.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~Rocktar~
This Congress is fucking slacking and not doing the job we elected them to do: Codify President Trump's EOs, get his nominations passed and balance the budget.
USAID was a non-partisan organization. Both parties were involved in creating, maintaining, and funding it.Quote:
Originally Posted by ~Rocktar~
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Originally Posted by ChatGPT
I doubt it'll happen to any meaningful degree but I wouldn't mind seeing a fuckload of these cuck republicans get primaried for the midterms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Parkbandit
I agree.Quote:
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None of that changed anything about what I posted now did it? Nope. Piss off.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
That's like saying NPR is unbiased.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
Only a retard would believe it.
Oh hey, it's Backlash...
No one gives a fuck about what you posted because it's no coincidence that all the democrat funding dried up instantly when USAID got rekt.Quote:
Originally Posted by Back
TLDR:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCvmRfOXP9c
Big Balls, true to his name, confronted a mob of juvenile carjackers who were threatening a woman. He saved her but was mugged in the process. Fucking DC activist thugs… Big Balls is a real American hero.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/2-juvenil...-big-balls.amp
DC is like a 3rd world country... this is what happens when you are under Democrat control for the past 155 years............Quote:
Originally Posted by Suppressed Poet
What a cesspool.
Agreed. If that happened in Texas or Florida, Big Balls would likely have shot those thugs dead. If that didn’t happen, those minors would be prosecuted as adults and face real consequences as they should. In DC they won’t even give those delinquents a spanking.Quote:
Originally Posted by Parkbandit