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Tell me how evil Elon Musk is...


US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items, all which have been cancelled:

$10M for “Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcision”
$9.7M for UC Berkeley to develop “a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise driven skills”
$2.3M for “strengthening independent voices in Cambodia”
$32M to the Prague Civil Society Centre
$40M for “gender equality and women empowerment hub”
$14M for “improving public procurement” in Serbia
$486M to the “Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening,” including $22M for “inclusive and participatory political process” in Moldova and $21M for voter turnout in India
$29M to “strengthening the political landscape in Bangladesh”
$20M for “fiscal federalism” in Nepal
$19M for “biodiversity conversation” in Nepal
$1.5M for “voter confidence” in Liberia
$14M for “social cohesion” in Mali
$2.5M for “inclusive democracies in Southern Africa”
$47M for “improving learning outcomes in Asia”
$2M to develop “sustainable recycling models” to “increase socio-economic cohesion among marginalized communities of Kosovo Roma, Ashkali, and Egypt”

For all the Trump / Musk haters.....tell me how much you hate them from stopping your tax dollars paying for these programs.

Or, you could say that DOGE did a good job with this.

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The lack of inclusive and participatory political process in Moldava has kept me awake nights, and now the evil Musk is taking the funding away. Boo.

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But Elon dun stole our social security numbers!!! He's a robber baron, looting the treasury!!!!!11

Don't expect a rational response from these nutbags - hell, they likely approve of the type of dreck that's being cut.

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It gets even better than that, take a look at what Town Hall listed as wasted expenses:
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/miacathell/2025/02/13/usaid-congressional-hearing-n2652163

$11.75 million on measuring the effectiveness of DEI promotion efforts in Nepal (Award ID #AID367C1500001);
$750,000 on Princeton University's DEI survey in the Middle East (Award ID #7200AA21C00087);
$859,000 on hiring a DEI specialist at USAID's headquarters in Washington, D.C. (Award ID #720BHA23S00034);
$23,000 on hosting DEI recruitment seminars in San Martin, Iquitos, and Lima, Peru (Award ID #72052723P00066);
$558,000 on "emergency" DEI support (Award ID #7200AA22C00075);
$1 million on hiring an LGBT advisor for USAID's U.S. Personal Services Contractor program (Award ID #7200AA22S00012);
$15,500 on a DEI staff retreat in Nigeria (Award ID #72062023P00088);
$100,000 to conduct a DEI survey in Ghana (Award ID #72062423C00002);
$50,000 on the establishment of a DEI fellowship in Uzbekistan (Award ID #72012224P00001);
$30,280 on "DEIA-facilitated conversations" in Senegal (Award IDs #72068523F50009, #72068520A00009);
$23,300 on purchasing promotional materials for an upcoming DEI retreat (Award ID #720RFS22PC00011).

$5.5 million to "improve the lives of LGBT individuals" in Uganda (Award ID #72061724CA00004);
$37.67 million for providing "services" to prostitutes, their clients, and "transgender"-identifying people (Award ID #72067418CA00027);
$65.7 million on vasectomies in the Congo (Award ID #7200AA20CA00011);
$6 million on the "social inclusion of LGBTQ+ people" in countries around the world (Award ID #7200AA22CA00008);
$4.3 million to provide "services" for men who have sex with other men in South Africa (Award ID #72067423FA00008);
$14.9 million to "enhance the leadership" of LGBT leaders in Cambodia (Award ID #72044223C00001);
$3.5 million for "empowering LGBT Colombians" to take part in the political process (Award ID #72051423IO00002);
$1.3 million to "create a comfortable environment for LGBTQ people" in North Macedonia (Award ID #72016524FA00001)
$3,9. million to "strengthen equality and democracy" for the LGBTQ+ population in the Western Balkans (Award ID #7200AA24CA00023);
$18,800 to help LGBT individuals vote in the 2021 Honduras elections (Award ID #72052221P00044);
$108,700 on "strategic approaches" for advancing LGBT rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina (Award IDs #72016818F00001, #AID168I1500001);
$1.1 million on "empower[ing]" the LGBT community in Armenia (Award ID #72011119CA00002);
$595,000 to "empower" Uganda's LGBT community to "push back against anti-LGBT legislation" (Award ID #72061723FA00001).

USAID also funded circumcisions across the globe through a flurry of projects (Award IDs #72061723F50035, #72061724F50003, #72067320CA00001, #72065620CA00001, #72061220CA00003, #AID674A1500001, #AID674A001100005, #72061220CA00001, #72065623CA00003, #AID617E1200004, #AID617E1200003, #AID617E1200002, #AID674Q1300002, #72061723F00005, #72061721D00003, #72067419F00003, #AID674C1200004, #72067418N00001, #72067421C00001, #72062120F00002, #72067418F00005, #72061218F00001, #AIDOAAI1400039, #72067418F00008, #72067418F00012, #AID617BC1200001, #AID617BC1300004, #AID617BC1300001, #AID617BC1200002, #72061723F50006, #72061723F50032, #72061723F50004, #72061723F50005, #72061723F50002, #72061721F50001, #72061722F50018, #72061723F50034, #72061724F50002, #72061723F50031, #72061723F50033, #72061723F50003, #72061723F50007, #72061723F50015, #72061723.F50030, #72062120F00001, #72061719F50001, #72061723F50036, #AID617BC1500003, #AID617E1400001, #72061723F50016, #72062120D00001, #AID674H1700002, #AID674A1500002, #72061721F50010, #72061722F50008, #72061720F50008, #72061719F50020, #72061722F50021, #72061719F50017, #AID617BC1500002, #AID617E1400002, #72061722F50020, #72061722F50019, #72061720F50006, #72061720F50015, #72061721F50004, #72061721F50003, #72061722F50028, #72061723F50014, #72061721F50006, #72061719F50022, #AID674A1500005, #AID612LA1300001, #72061720FA00001, #AID617BC1300015).

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To Democrats, eliminating fraud and waste is an infuriating activity.

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