Hear that, MAGAts? He’s doing this to you, on purpose. He could stop, any time he wants to…but he isn’t.

Yeah. But, one of them is clearly an elf, so…

It was actually more about the funding, than anything else. While the money allocated for USAID programs is determined by Congress, the accounts that contain those funds are under the control of the State Department. The Trump administration basically told the State Department to put “stop payment” orders on all transactions relating to USAID programs that DOGE deemed uneccessary. After that, no one got paid…and if you can’t pay your staff or the bills…your office has to close.

Jeremy Lewin oversaw the destruction of USAID. It’s not clear he had the legal authority to do so.

Ummm, no. It’s already been determined in court…they did not have authority to shut down any of those projects. That’s either for Congress to decide, or for Congress to appoint someone to decide. They did neither. Not only were they not consulted, at all…everything that DOGE cancelled was already approved by Congress and should not have been touched.

No, no…I think you nailed it. That is genuinely terrifying.

They don’t care. This is just a numbers game to these assholes. By taking this position, they risk losing 5% and hope to gain 10%. (don’t quote me on the exact polling numbers…but, you get the point)

Ooh. This is probably not a good idea. She’s toxic as fuck.