PaulFormerlyinSaudi Posted February 8 Posted February 8 1 hour ago, DKTanker said: USAID is an agency created in 1961 by an executive order signed by President Kennedy. What is created by executive order can be undone by executive order. Thank you. I am always happy to be corrected.
PaulFormerlyinSaudi Posted February 8 Posted February 8 57 minutes ago, Ivanhoe said: Cool. You got a cite?
Ol Paint Posted February 8 Posted February 8 (edited) Third hit on an internet search: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_72011523CA00001_7200/ Fourth hit: https://www.northcoastsbdc.org/about/contact/ Bottom of first page of results: https://opengovco.com/charity/20063002153 The filing information from 2020 in the third link shows a "Revenue from Government" of $51M. Not the half-billion claimed in the post, but then the post doesn't list a timeframe. Doug Edited February 8 by Ol Paint Added additional links.
PaulFormerlyinSaudi Posted February 8 Posted February 8 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Ol Paint said: Internews is a well-know, award-winning organization. The Russians do not like it. I was wondering about the old gas station in the photo. ==ETA== Nevermind. Found it. Edited February 8 by PaulFormerlyinSaudi
rmgill Posted February 8 Posted February 8 (edited) 3 hours ago, PaulFormerlyinSaudi said: Congress established the agency. Congress ordered the money be spent. The President decided he did not want to. Paul, are you justifying and implicating congressmen in what appears to be money laundering, fraud and conflict of interest corruption payments? Edited February 8 by rmgill
Stargrunt6 Posted February 8 Author Posted February 8 44 minutes ago, PaulFormerlyinSaudi said: Cool. You got a cite?
Ol Paint Posted February 8 Posted February 8 Funding to Internews Network FY2008 $21.5M FY2009 $15.5M FY2010 $17.5M FY2011 $22.7M FY2012 $30.9M FY2013 $23.7M FY2014 $22.1M FY2015 $37.4M FY2016 $19.3M FY2017 $20.4M FY2018 $19.1M FY2019 $32.1M FY2020 $28.9M FY2021 $42.8M FY2022 $33.3M FY2023 $32.7M FY2024 $39.8M FY2025 $12.9M Total $472.6M So the half-billion appears to be correct, but over an extended period. https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/668979ff-9e8a-29fa-4bb5-f6dd13711184-C/latest Doug
rmgill Posted February 8 Posted February 8 Remember during COVID when we were asked WHY media would be in the pockets of the government? Or when news media was flaking for Biden? Or Obama? Or how Kamala became the smartest woman in the room after being uncool up until after Biden blew the debate?
Ivanhoe Posted February 8 Posted February 8 So I finally found a reference for the USAID/Indian prostitution connection. Its from 2005, and it was the case which prompted the creation of USASpending.gov; behind a paywall; https://www.theepochtimes.com/us/2-decades-ago-a-senators-probe-of-usaid-funding-led-to-government-transparency-reform-5805547 Quote Nearly 20 years ago, in October 2005, the refusal of USAID officials to admit they were funding a prostitution ring in India so angered Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) that he vowed to introduce a new law enabling every U.S. citizen with the internet to quickly and easily find out how federal officials are spending his or her tax dollars. A year later, President George W. Bush’s signing of Coburn’s proposal into law—thus mandating the creation of today’s USASpending.gov—marked a huge step forward in making government spending easily accessible for every citizen with internet access. Coburn described the USAID coverup in detail in his Senate floor speech in April 2006 as he introduced the promised proposal, which was known as the Federal Financial Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA). Quote In his FFATA floor speech, Coburn described how USAID officials fought his staff investigators every step of the way in their probe of the agency’s funding of a nongovernmental organization (NGO) called “Sampada Grameen Mahila Sanstha (SANGRAM). Coburn quoted an unclassified State Department memorandum concerning how SANGRAM opposed a U.N. agency’s effort to free 17 young Indian girls from a prostitution ring. “The girls are now back in the brothels, being subjected to rape for profit,'' the memorandum said. Quote “Nonetheless, congressional investigators continued to pursue this matter and eventually proved that USAID money financed the pro-prostitution SANGRAM through a second organization named Avert, which was established with the assistance of four USAID employees as a pass-through entity.” Not only did USAID officials help start Avert and fund it, but one of them also served on the group’s board of directors. Between the vast reduction in unaccompanied children and interference with the flow of federal dollars to the prostitution industry, its all too easy to see why America's left wing has lost their stiffies.
Ol Paint Posted February 8 Posted February 8 (edited) One of the largest beneficiaries of USAID funding appears to be Chemonics International: https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/71710641-1c0a-d4c7-a593-1c039ee88fa2-C/latest FY2008 $407.9M FY2009 $434.7M FY2010 $260.5M FY2011 $425.7M FY2012 $438.5M FY2013 $215.7M FY2014 $353.1M FY2015 $400.1M FY2016 $909.8M FY2017 $1,600.0M FY2018 $1,500.0M FY2019 $1,500.0M FY2020 $2,200.0M FY2021 $1,700.0M FY2022 $1,600.0M FY2023 $1,400.0M FY2024 $1,600.0M FY2025 $541.6M Total $17,487.6M Interestingly, their intake spiked by $500M in 2016 and another $600M in 2017. Selected excerpts from the Wikipedia entry: "Chemonics International, Inc. is a private international development firm based in Washington, D.C. It was established in 1975 by Thurston F. Teele as a subsidiary of Erly Industries. The employee-owned company offers a variety of services globally and with more than $1.5 billion in USAID contracts in 2019 is the largest for-profit recipient of U.S. government foreign aid." "Chemonics was established as a subsidiary of Erly Industries in 1975 by Thurston Teele,[25] with support from Gerald D. Murphy, the parent company's CEO and largest shareholder.[13] According to Murphy, he started Chemonics because "I've always wanted a way to do two things: one, have my own C.I.A., and two, be helpful to people."[13] Teele served as the first president of Chemonics until 2002, when he became chairman of the board of directors." "In 2015, USAID awarded Chemonics a $9.5 billion, eight-year IDIQ contract, the agency's largest award to date.[3][14] The contract funds health supply chain programs to prevent and treat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.[15] In 2017, Devex reported that only 7 percent of the health commodity shipments delivered through the program arrived "on time and in full".[44] Chemonics acknowledged the challenges, saying it undertook a "foundational change," by restructuring "how the project itself functioned from a management perspective".[45] In Year 4, October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019, 85 percent of health commodity shipments were delivered on time and in full." "USAID also awarded a $37 million contract for Chemonics to operate the "Promote" program in Afghanistan, which seeks to help women find employment in the civil society, private, and public sectors; in 2018, the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction criticized USAID for results achieved to date.[47] Expending nearly $90 million in taxpayer funding over three years, the program placed just 55 women in Afghan government jobs.[47]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemonics Doug Edited February 8 by Ol Paint Added additional quotes. And changed "benefactors" to "beneficiaries."
Ivanhoe Posted February 9 Posted February 9 An oldie but goodie; https://www.nature.com/articles/435257b Quote One of the world's largest aid agencies, the US Agency for International Development (USAID), has been hauled before a congressional committee. It faces allegations that its malaria programme is neither financially transparent nor effective. If the agency doesn't start being more open about its spending, it could even see some of its funding being given to other malaria groups. Quote Roger Bate, the US director of Africa Fighting Malaria, a non-profit advocacy group located in South Africa and the United States, presented his best estimates based on the “flawed data” he got from USAID. In 2004, he says, the agency spent just 5% of its funds on commodities such as bednets, drugs and insecticides, and 13% on vaccine research. The rest of the money went on other costs such as technical assistance, meetings and consultancy fees. Speaking of whom; https://www.aei.org/articles/the-trouble-with-usaid/ Quote Adding to this “insider” culture, USAID employees tend to trade jobs between the Agency and its contractors with great frequency. The Research Triangle Institute, Chemonics and the Academy for Education Development are but three of the many contractors that actively court USAID employees. From the contractors’ perspective, inside knowledge of the Agency is valuable for procurement purposes. Indeed, a quick search of any international development job board shows that previous experience in procuring USAID funding is a high-demand skill. Hmm, Chemonics. I think I've heard that name before.
Ivanhoe Posted February 9 Posted February 9 Here's another one; https://globaldisconnect.substack.com/p/usaid-gifted-a-cement-factory-to?source=queue&autoPlay=false Quote Most people are unaware that USAID, the U.S. government agency tasked with foreign aid and development, gifted in 2016, $310 million of taxpayer money to start a Palestinian cement factory project. The project was a private venture, by a company called Sanad Construction Resources Company (SANAD), the establishment of multiple cement mills and factories which ultimately helped create Hamas' terror infrastructure in Gaza.
Ivanhoe Posted February 9 Posted February 9 https://www.newsmax.com/politics/elon-musk-doge-fraud/2025/02/08/id/1198368/ Quote "Yesterday, I was told that there are currently over $100B/year of entitlements payments to individuals with no SSN or even a temporary ID number. If accurate, this is extremely suspicious. "When I asked if anyone at Treasury had a rough guess for what percentage of that number is unequivocal and obvious fraud, the consensus in the room was about half, so $50B/year or $1B/week!! This is utterly insane and must be addressed immediately. There are rumors about a non-credible number of Social Security recipients older than 112.
DKTanker Posted February 9 Posted February 9 43 minutes ago, Ivanhoe said: https://www.newsmax.com/politics/elon-musk-doge-fraud/2025/02/08/id/1198368/ There are rumors about a non-credible number of Social Security recipients older than 112. Perhaps this is why Treasury employees were complaining about privacy issues in the suit they filed.
DKTanker Posted February 9 Posted February 9 Rumint is that Musk is spending $40M or so on SB ads outlining the waste and corruption that has so far been uncovered.
rmgill Posted February 9 Posted February 9 (edited) I can't wait... And Angry Cops summarizes a bunch of the USAID funding projects... Note, Angry Cops is wearing an Armor Friendly shirt... Edited February 9 by rmgill
Ivanhoe Posted February 9 Posted February 9 Wikileaks apparently has now smelled the blood in the water; https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1888072129327083979
Ivanhoe Posted February 9 Posted February 9 https://www.ernst.senate.gov/news/press-releases/ernst-demands-usaid-answer-for-payroll-fraud Quote WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is following up on her previous request for a comprehensive review of telework and locality pay policies by demanding action from the Inspector General (IG) of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse. This follows a USAID employee falsely using an office supply retailer’s mailing address in Virginia to defraud the taxpayer by claiming higher Washington, D.C. locality pay while living full-time in Florida – with the full knowledge and assistance of her supervisor. Meanwhile, multiple reports across different agencies have found as many as 80 percent of sampled federal employees are receiving the wrong locality pay. Ernst wrote, “In your January 11, 2024, response, you stated your office takes timecard abuses and locality pay issues ‘very seriously.’ Yet, you declined to initiate a comprehensive review of USAID’s remote work practices due to the agency’s ‘evolving posture remote work, telework, and hybrid work over the past three years,’ despite USAID’s requirement that employees report to their official worksites at least six days per two-week pay period has been in effect since the end of Fiscal Year 2023. You should need no reminder that there is certainly ongoing locality pay fraud at USAID.” One of my students a couple of years ago was a GS-12 who had been shop steward for his union, earlier in his career. He told me there are really only two ways a GS can get fired; sexual harassment, and timecard fraud. The above report from Ernst is dated June 27, 2024, so the arrows aimed at USAID predate the 2nd Trump administration and the Muskification.
Ivanhoe Posted February 9 Posted February 9 So the current narrative is that Politico wasn't receiving federal tax dollars. As expected, the debunkers are getting debunked; https://redstate.com/streiff/2025/02/08/the-media-is-lying-to-you-about-their-government-funding-n2185377 Oh, and it has been found that the National Park Service spent $862k on subscriptions to Politico;
Murph Posted February 9 Posted February 9 And now even WORSE! Tweets will not embed on many locations. https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2025/02/08/usaids-sloppy-trysts-with-politico-pales-in-comparison-to-this-scheme-n2651911 https://x.com/wikileaks/status/1888072129327083979?ref_src=twsrc^tfw|twcamp^tweetembed|twterm^1888072129327083979|twgr^b200665bab1da574ec0f8a4af823337c0930d985|twcon^s1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftownhall.com%2Ftipsheet%2Fmattvespa%2F2025%2F02%2F08%2Fusaids-sloppy-trysts-with-politico-pales-in-comparison-to-this-scheme-n2651911 WikiLeaks @wikileaks USAID has pushed nearly half a billion dollars ($472.6m) through a secretive US government financed NGO, "Internews Network" (IN), which has “worked with” 4,291 media outlets, producing in one year 4,799 hours of broadcasts reaching up to 778 million people and "training” over 9000 journalists (2023 figures). IN has also supported social media censorship initiatives. The operation claims “offices” in over 30 countries, including main offices in US, London, Paris and regional HQs in Kiev, Bangkok and Nairobi. It is headed up by Jeanne Bourgault, who pays herself $451k a year. Bourgault worked out of the US embassy in Moscow during the early 1990s, where she was in charge of a $250m budget, and in other revolts or conflicts at critical times, before formally rotating out of six years at USAID to IN. Bourgault’s IN bio and those of its other key people and board members have been recently scrubbed from its website but remain accessible at http://archive.org/. Records show the board being co-chaired by Democrat securocrat Richard J. Kessler and Simone Otus Coxe, wife of NVIDIA billionaire Trench Coxe, both major Democratic donors. In 2023, supported by Hillary Clinton, Bourgault launched a $10m IN fund at the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The IN page showing a picture of Bourgault at the CGI has also been deleted. IN has at least six captive subsidiaries under unrelated names including one based out of the Cayman Islands. Since 2008, when electronic records begin, more than 95% of IN's budget has been supplied by the US government (thread follows)
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