>>22512477 USAID gets pulled and Politico suddenly can’t pay their "staff."PN

Remember when Trump said 7 years ago or more, the NYTs is bankrupt, they won't last long? How did the last so long? WAPO just let go of a lot of staff. Almost all oppo media has cut their staff long before discovering USAID and cutting funds.

I wouldn't doubt if all of them were being funded by USAID in the US and WW. All Ukraine media shut down the same day, Zelensky immediately asked the EU countries pay they news outlets, of course the EU won't, they are over Ukraine and Zelensky.

Many of them have had and still have major financial problems long before this exposure. The entire network and print media have lost in some case 80% of readers and viewership, in the last year or two. Trump has been winning defamation cases, NBC, CBS.

Media outlets cannot lose 70%-90% of viewership and readership and survive financially.

I wouldn't be surprised that most of opposition media has been cut off, except the Atlantic and WAPO because they have billionaire owners.

Remember when Bidan got in 2021, he almost immediately subsidized and paid almost all FAKE media outlets, journalists and reporters, and there seemingly was no end until he left office.

The FAKE NEWS is almost dead!

>>22513289, >>22513308 @ChrisVanHollen - Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems & locking out career employees. NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research & more. Their critical work saves lives. My team and I are looking into this & we will not stand for it.PN

The only reason I can think of them doing this, if they are,Trump and team are shutting down weather weapons, DEW, etc. for Mass Casualty events All of these weapons were created by our military.

Trump said in CA, we know what caused this, but we won't talk about it.

>>22513289, >>22513308 @ChrisVanHollen - Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems & locking out career employees. NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research & more. Their critical work saves lives. My team and I are looking into this & we will not stand for it.PN

He is owned by the Teachers union, was the Union subsidized by USAID

01.31.2025

VAN HOLLEN, LEE INTRODUCE BILL TO FULLY FUND TITLE I, SPECIAL EDUCATION

U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Congresswoman Susie Lee (D-Nev.) have reintroduced their Keep Our Promise to America’s Children and Teachers (PACT) Act, legislation to put Congress on a fiscally responsible path to fully fund Title I and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) on a mandatory basis. These programs, which support public education for children in low-income areas and education for individuals with learning disabilities, respectively, have been chronically underfunded since their inception, leaving our public schools, students, and teachers at a disadvantage. Van Hollen has introduced the Keep Our PACT Act every term he has served in Congress. Van Hollen and Lee were joined in introducing the legislation bySenators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Cory Booker (D-N.J.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ed Markey (D-Mass.), Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Tina Smith (D-Minn.), and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).

“Every child – no matter their zip code – deserves access to a high-quality education and the opportunity to succeed. But too many children still don’t have that opportunity because the federal government has never lived up to its commitment to fully fund Title I and IDEA – the federal programs designed to keep our promise to all students, including those facing the greatest challenges. The Keep Our PACT Act will ensure the federal government finally makes good on its obligation to invest in a first-rate education for all our students,” said Senator Van Hollen.

“Education is the key to opportunity, which is why I've spent my career working to help Nevada students achieve their highest potential,” said Congresswoman Lee. “Fully funding the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act and Title I will provide school districts across the country, including in Clark County, with the resources they need to strengthen opportunities for all students, regardless of their needs or what zip code they live in.”

The Keep Our PACT Act is supported by education, civil rights, and disability rights organizations nationwide,including the National Education Association (NEA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT), Alliance to Reclaim Our Schools (AROS), National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Council of the Great City Schools (CGCS), National School Board Association, Journey For Justice (J4J), National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP), National Center for Learning Disabilities (NCLD), National Disability Rights Network (NDRN), First Focus Campaign for Children, National Urban League, Council for Exceptional Education (CEC), National PTA, AFT-Maryland, Maryland State Education Association (MSEA), Public School Superintendents' Association of Maryland (PSSAM), Maryland Association of Elementary School Principals (MAESP), and Maryland Association of Secondary School Principals (MASSP).

Title I, which gives assistance to America’s highest-need schools, is a critical tool to ensure that every child, no matter their zip code, has access to a quality education. However, it has been deeply underfunded, disadvantaging the most vulnerable students. According to the Congressional Research Service (CRS), the Title I funding gap for school year 2024-2025 was $35.9 billion. Maryland alone was shortchanged by $647.2 million.

https://www.vanhollen.senate.gov/news/press-releases/01/31/2025/van-hollen-lee-introduce-bill-to-fully-fund-title-i-special-education

>>22511781 Councilwoman Stacie Gilmore of Denver, Colorado encouraged local residents to report ICE activity to her “more than 600 volunteers” who are available 24/7.PN

She as an elected politician is breaking federal law for interfering with a federal law enforcement agency. All of these politicians are breaking Federal law enforcement programs.They should expect a knock on their door by Federal agencies, for endangering personnel

>>22513741

Yes all weather weapons

>>22511941 @SenAdamSchiff - Shuttering the agency responsible for international assistance. Turning the government over to wealthy oligarchs motivated by economic self-interest. Telling all CIA officers they will be paid if they quit. China and Russia are winning so much they’re getting tired of winning.PN

Schitt is probably the highest paid politician through USAID, along with billions from Ukraine and other countries that hate the US and most especially Trump. That means even the EU and especially Germany IC agencies are paying him.

I personally think the Ukrainian Born Congresswoman works for Ukraine.

>>22512394 Bill Gates 'worried' about scaling back USAID: 'You could have literally millions of deaths'PN

What, Gates loves death, is it possible he's been using US money and not his own? I guess he only loves death of the poor and impoverished. He has worked closely with the UN.

Wouldn't doubt the UN got tons of money from USAID, to accelerate mass death WW.

Where's the freak out about Trump withdrawing from UN Councils?

>>22512093 Foreign aid freeze results in mass layoffs that could ‘crash’ the industryPNquite a frantic article, here's the whole thing

Foreign aid freeze results in mass layoffs that could ‘crash’ the industry. 1/3

Thousands of U.S. workers in the foreign development field are being furloughed or laid off, as the industry coffers run dry.

By MAGGIE MILLER and CARMEN PAUN02/04/2025

The Trump administration’s halt on foreign aid is starting to hollow out international development groups and private federal contractors that carry out aid missions abroad — and threatens to cause long-lasting damage to U.S. engagement around the world.

Last month, the State Department ordered an immediate pause on U.S. foreign aid for 90 daysand issued “stop-work orders” on nearly all existing foreign assistance awards. This swift decision has effectively left many government contractors and global aid providers — including groups that supplyHIV/AIDS care, provide child health services, set up education programs, fight food insecurity and counter disinformation in developing nations — struggling to operate or pay their workers.(HIV/AIDS money is the biggest grift WW started by Fauci. They first get countries shots with HIV in them, then they come in and treat them medically for years and years to come)

Eight U.S.-based individuals who work in the foreign aid sector, all granted anonymity due to concerns about retaliation from the administration, told POLITICO that the foreign aid freeze had undermined their ability to carry out global aid efforts.Some predict that thousands of foreign aid professionals across the industry may soon be out of work.(exactly the point)

“I can’t even begin to describe how cataclysmic it is, everyone is furloughing or laying off staff,” said one person. “It’s almost 5,000 people, and it’s just starting.”

The U.S. is the largest provider of humanitarian assistance globally, deploying billions of dollars through multiple agencies, including the U.S. Agency for International Development. The majority of USAID’s funds are awarded competitively through contracts, grants or cooperative agreements with international development groups and private federal contractors.

These organizations often pay out of pocket to support their missions abroad and are reimbursed by the federal government. But a break in federal funding for these critical programs has left many organizations in crisis mode. (BooHoo and a big lie)

It may take months or years for some of these federal contractors and NGOs to recover, while others do not have enough funding to survive the 90-day freeze.

“We’re currently looking at the possibility of many hundreds of seasonedprofessionals in the humanitarian and development and human rights fieldgoing completely out of business,” said a senior executive for an aid group.

One person who spoke to POLITICO said their group had not received federal funding for more than a month. Another individual saidthey expected multiple non-governmental organizations to declare bankruptcy this week. A third blamed what they said was the “30-day world” of development, where the organizations are paid out by the federal government month to month. If that lapses, funds run out fast, making the situation urgent.

“Every company has lost so much now as a result of offering these furloughs,” one person who works in the industry said. “Even if they start back up say two months from now, there’s likely going to be very few implementations … they will have no more staff.”

Another person who works for a USAID contractor said that looking at their projects and budgets, there was no way to sustain themselves for “even a fraction” of the 90-day pause period. “It’s not a pause if there are no pieces to be picked up when you want to resume. It would be like pausing feeding your dog for 90 days.”

Secretary of State Marco Rubio has issued a waiver allowing “life-saving humanitarian assistance” to continue, though the definition of that assistance remains vague. One person who spoke with POLITICO said the funds from that waiver program had not yet begun to flow, and the stop work order was still in place.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/foreign-aid-layoffs-trump-funding-freeze-00202373

>>22513890

2/3

A State Department spokesperson said via email that some salaries and administrative expenses, including travel for U.S. direct-hire staff conducting ongoing programs, will be allowed to continue under waivers.“Staff have been given a template for waiver requests,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson underlined the purpose of the aid freeze was to ensure it’s aligned with the America First foreign policy agenda. “For far too long, the United States foreign aid industry and bureaucracy have not been aligned with American interests, and in many cases, antithetical to American values,” the spokesperson wrote. “They serve to destabilize world peace by promoting ideas in foreign countries that are directly inverse to harmonious and stable relations internal to and among countries.” USAID did not respond to a request for comment.

A State Department official clarified in a memo Saturday which parts of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief — which delivers HIV treatment for millions of people, mostly in Africa— were covered. But Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), the chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, wrote Monday on the social platform X that he was told “drugs are still being held at clinics in Africa.” Cassidy asked for that to be reversed.

This crisis is likely to intensify as the Trump administration makes moves to fold USAID into the State Department, which could further complicate how funding for these groups is decided and distributed.

Some influential Republicans support the idea of folding USAID into the State Department and welcome a mass restructuring across the industry.Rep. Brian Mast(R-Fla.), who chairs the House Foreign Affairs Committee, told CBS’ Face the Nation on Sunday thathe wasn’t concerned about the layoffs “because of the grift that has been working on to the American taxpayer, the American worker.”

Mast said only between 10 to 30 percent of the money USAID handled was ultimately going to aidand that he’s working with Rubio “to make sure there’s the appropriate command-and-control of these agencies.” Researchers dispute the claim that such a low percentage of USAID funding reaches its intended beneficiaries.

Some of these anticipated layoffs have already begun. According to an email obtained by POLITICO, early last week development groupCredence Management Solutionssent formal emails to contractors in its global health bureau laying off around 400 employees.

=The CEO of DT Global, one of the world’s leading development contractors, reportedly told employees last week that 2,000 to 3,000 positions would likely be eliminated in the sector the first week of February. Both Credence Management Solutions and DT Global did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

A director at aleading USAID contractorwho spoke with POLITICO said that more than two-thirds of their company would be furloughed by the end of the week, describing the future of the sector as “bleak at best.”

“This is starting to look like an industry crash,” a different person in the aid sector said.

In addition to companies facing crisis, individuals who work in foreign aid in Washington say the job market is about to be oversaturated with thousands of newly unemployed people with no clear path forward. One person who spoke with POLITICO had been due to begin a job in the foreign aid space but had their offer rescinded because the job no longer exists.

“We’re all flooding the next-door neighbor sectors, which cannot possibly absorb all of us,” the person said. “Even though we know we’re each other’s competitors, there is still a community that I hope we’ll maintain.”

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/foreign-aid-layoffs-trump-funding-freeze-00202373

>>22513903

3/3

In an interview for “The Megyn Kelly Show” last week, Rubio said that the aid pause was meant to provide the federal government with time to review existing contracts.He noted that the funds should “be a tool that we use to advance the national interest,” and asserted that the U.S. government “is not a charity.”

One individual who had worked in the foreign aid space through multiple administrations stressed that while it was typical for there to be a review of contracts at the start of a new administration, the blunt approach the Trump administration is taking goes well beyond what has been done in previous years.

“Each administration has their own priorities, they take a pause, they reflect, they review, they adjust,” the person said. “What is damaging is the fact that it was so abrupt and unequivocal.”

“It’s very challenging to have a reform conversation when you’re in the middle of shutting everything down,” another person added.

The groups affected are those across the spectrum, including the International Republican Institute, which counts Republican senators on its boardand carries out pro-democracy work abroad. ==IRI President Daniel Twining= said in a statement to POLITICO that he believes a review of foreign aid funding is “quite in order,” but that “we can only hope that the review happens expeditiously, because our adversaries aren’t pausing, and they would relish in seeing [foreign assistance] go away.”

As the U.S. waffles on foreign assistance,other nations may be waiting to fill the voids created. Specifically, the Chinese governmenthas pursued its “Belt and Road Initiative” for the past decade to build infrastructure in developing nations around the world —particularly in Latin America and Africa— and exert political influence. (Oh a threat, thats terrible!)

Some lawmakers are also particularly worried about this prospect.The top Democrats on the House and Senate committeeswith oversight of the State Department and of USAID on Friday sent a letter to the agency making clear their strong concerns around the funding pause.

“Not only will lives be lost, but we are also ceding ground to China, damaging our standing in the world at a time of heightened geopolitical competition,” the lawmakers wrote.

Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, tweeted Saturday that “China will fill the void” in developing nations, which will “ONLY be able to rely on China for help.”

Beyond giving Beijing and other adversarial nations an opening, the funding freeze also risks undermining the U.S.’ standing around the world as a reliable development partner. The withdrawal of U.S. funding, often a key way that the nation builds trust and relationships abroad, could knock the nation’s public diplomacy efforts.

In some cases, this involves direct assistance to other governments, helping to secure the U.S. by maintaining allies in times of peace. That method looks set to disappear.

“We have spent more than 50 years building up goodwill around the world, because it’s the right thing to do, and it protects our national security,” a person in the foreign aid sector said. “It costs a whole lot less to feed someone than it does to kill someone.” (So Dems have been paid by USAID for 50 years)

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/04/foreign-aid-layoffs-trump-funding-freeze-00202373

I hope the Dems paid Politico to write this article, they're broke right now. Kekoh yeah, China, China, China is the new cry! Do they really think Trump, Rubio and Team didn't plan for everything?

Citizen Free Press

@CitizenFreePres

ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS YOU WILL EVER SEE

From J.K. Rowling

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https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1887036248600027377

Ryan Saavedra

@RealSaavedra

Holy shit this is hilarious LOL

7:33 PM · Feb 4, 2025

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https://x.com/RealSaavedra/status/1886936078914826498

Trump 2.0 does not care about your feelings — Hilarious moment from presser.

Benny Johnson

@bennyjohnson

🚨BREAKING: Trump says he has left instructions to OBLITERATE Iran if they assassinate him:

“That would be a terrible thing for them to do. If they did that, they would be obliterated. I've left instructions.”

“There would be nothing left.”

3:42 PM · Feb 4, 2025

·4.6M Views

https://x.com/bennyjohnson/status/1886878113164079120

'SHOCKWAVE': Trump lays out plan to take over, rebuild Gaza Strip

Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wis., joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss his reaction and the fallout to President Donald Trump's proposed plan for Gaza and how the administration is reverting to the 'maximum pressure' campaign against Iran.

6:22

https://youtu.be/JfLem_HAO6k

Hosts break down in laughter over media's reaction to Trump's Gaza plan

President Donald Trump proposed the idea of the United States taking over and rebuilding the Gaza Strip during a press conference with Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu at the White House. The 'Fox & Friends' co-hosts react and discuss the media's meltdown over the proposition

10:15

https://youtu.be/gLk0mkPToMs

>>22514036

Ok, your choice. Please find another place to cry. No crying on the board.

Greg Gutfeld: DNC virtue signalers fear contempt, and lose anyway

Gutfeld!’ panelists discuss the DNC being lambasted for a 'beyond parody' leadership vote that included singing and gender rules.

A little comedy this am

8:05

https://youtu.be/JX0NrAv6MzY

>>22514102

This is so bizarre, the democrats are stuck in a time loop, when they had power but no intellect. The whole party are incapable of disagreeing with anything the fake leaders state. Did you see when the NYTs editor asked if they all based the loss of Kamala on race and gender bias? They all resistantly raised their hands. If one of them didn't, that one should have been the leader. But they would have been shouted down.

Why is the NYTs the leader that tells democrats what they believe. The party is much worse than it's ever been. They are doubling down on what they lost on.

It's a good sign though, the left have lost their minds and souls, the little they had left.

>>22514177

Agreed

>>22514157

Yep

5 Feb, 2025 13:08

Moscow welcomes Trump’s stance on Kiev’s NATO bid

The US president earlier said he understands Russia’s position that Ukraine should not be part of the military

(Zelensky is losing his mind right now, and he should. Trump has cut off communication with him.)

Russia welcomes the statements made by US President Donald Trump regarding Ukraine’s NATO membership ambitions, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Trump is the first Western leader to admit that it was wrong to support Kiev’s plans to join the military bloc, the diplomat said on Wednesday.

Trump stated last month that he understands the Russian stance that Ukraine should not be part of NATO. Speaking to reporters in Florida, the US president said Moscow’s position had long been “written in stone,” but that his predecessor, Joe Biden, had ignored it, which contributed to the current conflict.

“Somewhere along the line, Biden said, ‘[Ukraine], they should be able to join NATO.’ Well, then Russia has somebody right on their doorstep, and I can understand their feelings about that,” Trump added.

Speaking at an ambassadors’ roundtable on Ukraine, Lavrov said Trump’s comments suggest Washington may finally be ready to address issues linked to Ukraine’s NATO bid and the bloc’s eastward expansion.

“President Trump bluntly said that one of the main mistakes was drawing Ukraine into NATO, and that if he had been in power the past four years, the conflict would not have happened,” Lavrov noted.

“For the first time, a Western leader… the leader of the entire Western world, uttered these words, which we welcome because for the first time the problem of NATOwas identified as something that the US is ready to discuss seriously,” he added. Lavrov reiterated Moscow’s stance that Ukraine’s NATO aspirations were a root cause of the current conflict, saying that warnings not to encourage these aspirations either fell on deaf ears or were met with “duplicity” and “hypocrisy” by Western politicians.

“The root cause is the conscious, long-term desire and… practical steps of the West to create direct military threats to Russia on our borders, on the territory of Ukraine, and drawing it into NATO. We have raised this issue repeatedly, demanding NATO honor its pledge not to expand eastward, but all was in vain,” Lavrov said.

He suggested Trump’s remarks could signal a shift in US policy, which he called crucial as “Washington is the one who will ultimatelymake the decisions” regarding Ukraine’s NATO membership.

Moscow has long opposed Ukraine’s NATO aspirations, insisting any settlement of the ongoing conflict must include Kiev’s neutrality and demilitarization. Ukraine, however, considers its membership a strategic foreign and security policy objective, and has recently claimed that it sees its admission to the US-led military bloc as a security guarantee to agree to a ceasefire with Moscow. While NATO last year declared that Ukraine was on an “irreversible” path to joining the bloc, its members warned that Kiev would have to meet certain conditions first, such as resolving the conflict with Moscow.

https://www.rt.com/russia/612216-lavrov-trump-nato-ukraine/

Watch for Zelensky to do something crazy. He lied the other day that we didn't receive $177 billion from the US, we only got $77 billion. They stole and doled out $100 billion and now willl have to hide all their theft. I hope every Western politician from the EU and America gets revealed that took the money. Lindsey Graham's bank accounts should be searched.