The lights are being turned on and the cockroaches are scampering for cover. From Joel Bowman at joelbowman.substack.com:
Corruption and scandal as USAID has its day of reckoning…
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“Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries.”
~ Doug Casey, Crisis Investing (1979)
Joel Bowman with today’s Note From the End of the World: Buenos Aires, Argentina…
Vroom… Vroom… VROOM!
What’s that we hear, dear reader? Could it be the sweet euphony of gnarled chainsaw teeth ripping into the flabby underbelly of the Leviathan?
Yesterday, greasy-palmed grifters at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) suddenly found their keys no longer fit the locks. On the bed stand lay a note:
“It’s not us, it’s you.” ~ Signed, D.O.G.E.
Conflicts of Interest
Here’s how the once serious BBC “reported” the story on Monday…
The future of the US government’s main overseas aid agency has been cast into doubt, with employees locked out and the Trump administration planning to merge it with the US Department of State.
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) would continue to function as a branch of the state department, but the plan involves a significant reduction in its funding and the workforce, CBS News, the BBC’s US partner, reports.
On Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio accused USAID’s leadership of “insubordination” and said he was now its “acting head”.
US President Donald Trump and one of his top advisers, billionaire Elon Musk, have been strongly critical of the agency.
But the move to shut it down could have a profound impact on humanitarian programmes around the world.
It wasn’t until the tenth paragraph of the story that the BCC thought it worth disclosing the following…
The BBC’s international charity BBC Media Action, which is funded by external grants and voluntary contributions, receives funding from USAID. According to a 2024 report, USAID donated $3.23m (£2.6m), making it the charity’s second-largest donor that financial year.
Hmm…
Why are American taxpayers, through USAID, funding the British Broadcasting Corporation, you wonder?
Andy Ngo has the tweet grabs of comrades talking about catching DOGE members slipping in a hunting them down style.
You can do that on social media?