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| ▲ | rl3 4 months ago | parent [-] | | Thanks. Admittedly "Probably something to do with Starlink" would've been more accurate. https://web.archive.org/web/20250101100055/https://www.usaid... That's now removed from the live website. Point being, it's a little strange USAID was immediately targeted for destruction with extreme prejudice by the same man providing the terminals. Especially given their contentious history: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-66752264 | | |
| ▲ | ConfusedDog 4 months ago | parent [-] | | I'm not refuting Musk probably hate them like all other regulators or might take advantage of getting into like FAA's operation. It's been obvious on both sides of the aisle. Is USAID corrupt? I think so, foreign money is the most difficult to track. Is FAA technology and management sucks? I believe that, too. Many things can be true at the same time. Since no body can fix it before Musk got his butt in started farting, why are people not benefiting from the kickbacks or inefficiencies complaining is beyond me. | | |
| ▲ | rl3 4 months ago | parent [-] | | >Is USAID corrupt? I think so, ... Yeah wow, so corrupt. /s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Agency_for_Inter... https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-usaid-official-calls-closur... https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2q13113wwo | | |
| ▲ | ConfusedDog 4 months ago | parent [-] | | You should have lived long enough to know a person can be a good father to his kids and still murder innocent people. Both things can be true. If a person doing these good things while made $30 million in 3 years on $200k salary, I can reasonably assume some serious corruption is going on. | | |
| ▲ | rl3 4 months ago | parent [-] | | Keep believing those baseless conspiracy theories. [0] >"U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, ..." >"Nichols noted that despite Trump’s claim of massive “corruption and fraud” in the agency, government lawyers had no support for that argument in court." Meanwhile, the reality of the situation is simply tragic. [1] [0] https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/07/judge-blocks-trump-... [1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/24/donald-trump-u... | | |
| ▲ | ConfusedDog 4 months ago | parent [-] | | "USAid money is spent supporting independent journalism" is an oxymoron. When a state sponsors something journalistic, it's called propaganda... not independent. Not saying they are not heroic doing this work, this money shouldn't come from US. If they can't keep the effort alive organically, they should get help from donations. These US congressmen for God sake need to keep their hands in their own wallets, not taxpayers. Not sure what's your point on the Politico article. It is tragic that disrupt a lot of people's lives. Like I said, it doesn't mean there's no corruption, only good is happening. Both things can be true at the same time. This thing can be tragic, Congress might get their shit together - hopefully. | | |
| ▲ | rl3 4 months ago | parent [-] | | >If they can't keep the effort alive organically, they should get help from donations. Harsh words for people documenting genocide. >Not sure what's your point on the Politico article. It was a supporting citation for the federal judge pointing out that no evidence was presented of the supposed corruption. |
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