You just have to love how one unelected judge is demanding that stupid foreign aid be taken off of pause and spent right now
Judge warns Trump administration not to dodge court order unfreezing foreign aid
A federal judge delivered a stern warning to the Trump administration that it must abide by a court order to unfreeze foreign-aid funding, but he stopped short Thursday of holding administration officials in contempt of court for continuing to hold up some of the money.
In a seven-page order, U.S. District Court Judge Amir Ali seemed troubled by complaints from aid groups that much of the funding remained on hold despite his Feb. 13 order suspending the blanket freeze put in place by the Trump administration.
An official overseeing the administration’s foreign-aid revamp, Peter Marocco, filed a declaration with the court Tuesday that seemed to confirm the bulk of payments remained suspended. Marocco said, however, that the administration was not invoking the across-the-board freeze to suspend those payments; rather, he insisted, officials had separate authority stemming from the aid contracts or federal law to halt those payments.
That prompted aid groups to seek to hold Marocco and his boss, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, in contempt for what the groups called the officials’ “brazen defiance” of the court’s order.
In the new ruling, Ali said his Feb. 13 restraining order was “clear.” He warned officials at the U.S. Agency for International Development and the State Department not to attempt to use other labels or directives to avoid the court’s order.
Is this what they want to continue?
Please notice that none of this USAID spending went to feeding the poor. pic.twitter.com/nfdPhCDRB6
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The judge wants the Congressional authorized spending to continue right now. Did the budget, er, continuing resolutions specify a time frame? Because there is plenty of time in the government calendar to spend it. I doubt the continuing resolutions authorized for “$15 million for ‘contraceptives and condoms’ in Taliban-Controlled Afghanistan” specifically. Is any of the crazy spending time sensitive? They don’t need money for transgender puppet shows in Ukraine immediately, right? Is it that important that the left wing groups get their slush funds immediately? How about giving it a chance to audit exactly how the money is being spent, whether it is going where it’s supposed to go.
Judge denies unions’ request to block mass firing of probationary employees, buyout offer
A federal judge has denied federal labor unions’ request to temporarily block the Trump administration from carrying out mass firing of probationary employees and deferred resignation offers, saying the court “likely lacks subject matter jurisdiction” over the matter.
Instead, Judge Christopher Cooper, overseeing the matter, wrote in his ruling that the matter should be brought before the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
“The Court will now deny the motion because it likely lacks subject matter jurisdiction over the unions’ claims,” the judge wrote.
“They must pursue their challenges instead through the scheme established by Congress in the Federal Service Labor-Management Relations Statute (‘FSLMRS’), which provides for administrative review by the Federal Labor Relations Authority (‘FLRA’) in the first instance, followed by judicial review in the courts of appeals,” he added.
If the Chief Executive cannot do Chief Executive things, they, why do we actually have a Chief Executive? At least this judge ruled using law.
Teach exhumes the DOGE generated list of BS. At least they took the $50-$100 MILLION for condoms to Hamas/Taliban off the list.
USAID was about 0.5% of spending. Musk and his Muskrats won’t be serious until they hack at Defense/VA, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid and interest on debt (Donnie has already talked of ‘negotiating’ down the debt – ya’ know, paying creditors only half or less what they’re owed).
Killing USAID, NIH, NOAA, IRS, HUD, USPS etc is all PR bull.
Is Don’s DOJ bringing fraud charges against all the fraudsters stealing from the taxpayers?
Ellie,
I know people who are struggling to keep the power turned on to their homes, purchase RX and food.
Why should their tax dollars be sent to any foreign country?
Relax James. Most of that money will go into bank accounts right here in the USA. What looks like overseas spending programs are really just the excuse democrats use to award no-bid contracts (that they also call “grants”) to friends and supporters of theirs. So you see, it’s not the wasteful spending you were told. It is good old fashioned corruption and payoffs. And that is why Democrats and democratic party judges want the funding restored right this minute, before the Trump administration rightfully claws the money back and returns it to the treasury. They want access to the funds so they can send it down a rabbit hole of private accounts and subcontractors where it will never be found. They are all in on it and personally benefiting from it.
You may think it is foreign aid, but really is is good old red-blooded American rich people getting richer.
Well Ellie?
Cat got your tongue?
ED: “USAID was about 0.5% of spending.”
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. Besides, the only people who will miss USAID government largesse are Non-Governmental Organization laundromats.
NGO. Now there’s a laugh.
Jeff,
You are obsessed with the condoms. You do realize that millions were spent involving condoms and contraceptives being given to another sh.thole country in Africa.
Porter,
Both Trump and his bitchy spokesdrone claimed there was $50 million spent on condoms.
Jeff,
Just think if you had spent as much time researching for your corporation as you do gathering false information about Trump, you would have a great company now. Your research is wrong.
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Of note. I had a recent brush with DOGE. I must say that without exception, they are exceptional no-nonsense people who gave away their valuable time and energy just because Musk asked them to. Also, the deep state is stonewalling them at every step. The gravy train does not want to be derailed.