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USAID Less than One Fifth its Former Size

pgnewser March 11, 2025 0

Secretary of State Marco Rubio says 83% of USAID programs canceled – KYMA
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 83% of United States Agency for International Development (USAID) programs have been canceled, according to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

In a social media post Monday, Secretary Rubio said after a six-week review, 5,200 contracts have been canceled, and the programs “did not serve, and in some cases, even harmed” the national interests of the United States.

Rubio went on to say the remaining 18%, or about 1,000 contracts, will “now be administered more effectively under the State Department.”

However, Rubio did not provide details about which programs had been cut, and which will remain in place.

He also thanked the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) and his staff for the “overdue” reforms.

Rubio Keeping 1,000 USAID Programs, Slashing 5,200 Contracts– legalinsurrection.com
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the department will only keep 1,000 USAID programs and canceling 5,200 contracts.

Rubio wrote on X:

After a 6 week review we are officially cancelling 83% of the programs at USAID.

The 5200 contracts that are now cancelled spent tens of billions of dollars in ways that did not serve, (and in some cases even harmed), the core national interests of the United States.

In consultation with Congress, we intend for the remaining 18% of programs we are keeping (approximately 1000) to now be administered more effectively under the State Department.

Thank you to DOGE and our hardworking staff who worked very long hours to achieve this overdue and historic reform.

Justice Alito’s USAID dissent is a map for Trump – Salon
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In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court disparaged Trump’s claim that presidents can do whatever they want, by ordering the administration to disburse $2 billion in USAID grants in compliance with lower court rulings. Although the narrow ruling has been widely applauded as at least a temporary victory for the rule of law, the victory is overshadowed by ominous signaling in the dissent.

In response to a one-paragraph ruling, Justices Alito, Thomas, Kavanaugh and Gorsuch wrote lengthy and strident dissents. Of the four justices, at least two are ethically compromised by their refusals to recuse from cases involving their own billionaire benefactors. Justices Alito and Thomas have also faced credible impeachment demands following their partisan embrace of Trump’s MAGA ethos.

They did not just dissent in the USAID ruling, they dissembled. They lied about both the court record and the district judge, and they drew a map to show Trump how to frustrate the case going forward.

The majority protected the legislature’s role 

The Court’s 5-4 majority opinion, in which Justices John Roberts and Amy Coney Barrett joined the three liberal justices to narrowly protect Congress’ power of the purse, holding that under Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. Constitution, since Congress had already appropriated the USAID and it was already signed into law, Trump could not legally freeze it. In other words, a president does not have the power to break, disregard or rewrite laws just because he disagrees with them.

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U.S. Contractor Looks to Squeeze China out of Panama

pgnewser March 4, 2025 0

Black Rock Inc looks to take over operating duties of Panama Canal ports after a Hong-Kong-owned company is being forced to sell its interests in the venture.

BlackRock strikes deal to bring ports on both sides of Panama Canal under American control – Newsday
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The Hong Kong-based conglomerate that operates ports near the Panama Canal has agreed to sell shares of its units that operate the ports to a consortium including BlackRock Inc., after President Donald Trump alleged Chinese interference with the operations of the critical shipping lane.

In a filing, CK Hutchison Holding said Tuesday that it would sell all shares in Hutchison Port Holdings and all shares in Hutchison Port Group Holdings. The two units hold 80% of the Hutchison Ports group that operates 43 ports in 23 countries.

The consortium, comprised of BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners and Terminal Investment Limited will acquire 90% interests in Panama Ports Company, which owns and operates the ports of Balboa and Cristobal in Panama, according to the filing.

Zelensky Loses PR War to Trump

pgnewser March 4, 2025 0

Two recent polls show Donald Trump won the American audience in his battle with Ukrainian PM Volodymyr Zelensky in the oval office, which ended with Zelensky being kicked out.

Majority of Americans Back Trump Over Ukrainian Dictator Zelenskyy– lidblog.com
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As far as who supports Trump and who supports Ukraine’s Zelenskyy, it appears that the Democrats, the Never Trumpers, and the Neocons are on the opposite side of the issue with the American people, a pair of new polls suggest.

Two polls have been released and both seem to show that Trump is coming out on top in this dust up between the president and the Ukrainian dictator.

A new YouGov poll, for instance, finds that Trump’s approval rating on the war in Ukraine is 24 points higher than Biden’s was.

Meanwhile, a slew of questions polled by 2Way as related by Mark Halperin also seems to show that Americans support Trump more.

In one finding, nearly 50 percent of those polled by 2Way said that Donald Trump and VP JD Vance had a stronger argument during that messy White House visit last week. Worse for Zelenskyy, 62 percent said they were offended by his actions in the White House meeting.

The results also show that Americans understand that Ukraine doesn’t want to give itself away, but few Americans support the idea that Ukraine can keep all the territory it lost to Russia in this war.

So far, at least, Americans are on the same page Trump is on for the most part.

Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: facebook.com/Warner.Todd.Huston, X at WTHuston, or Truth Social at @WarnerToddHuston.

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NJ AJ Accused of Targeting Pro-Life Centers for Crime of Being “Anti-Abortion”

pgnewser March 4, 2025 0

Attorney General Faces Impeachment for Targeting Pro-life Centers– www.dailysignal.com
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The New Jersey attorney general is facing impeachment, in part, for allegedly targeting pregnancy resource centers for investigation because of their pro-life stance and for demanding the names of their staff and donors in the process.

Republicans in the New Jersey Assembly filed articles of impeachment against Attorney General Matthew Platkin on Thursday. They accused him of targeting “certain organizations based upon the political beliefs of the organization, specifically pro-life pregnancy centers.”

The resolution refers to Platkin targeting First Choice Women’s Resource Centers, which has five locations in the state.

Platkin demanded documents and information from First Choice last year, including the names of staff and the identities of its donors. The attorney general brought the investigation under multiple statutes, but most notably under the Consumer Fraud Act, according to Alliance Defending Freedom legal counsel Gabriella McIntyre.

USAID Tax Dollars for India’s First Transgender Clinic Was Just Canceled– lidblog.com

pgnewser March 4, 2025 0

USAID Tax Dollars for India’s First Transgender Clinic Was Just Canceled– lidblog.com
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I know what you are asking: WHY the heck were our tax dollars in the form of cash from USAID going to pay for a clinic for transgender people in India?

That is a really good question. If one is worried about transgender people getting a health clinic, shouldn’t we be spending that cash on American transgender people? As for me, I don’t want ANY of my tax dollars paying for transgender anything, not here or in India. But I sure as HELL don’t want it being spent in India!

Regardless, according to the BBC, that cash has now been cut off and the transgender clinic in India is now forced to exist on its own efforts… as it should have been in the first place.

Doctor targeted by Biden DOJ for exposing trans medicine for minors invited to Trump congressional address – AOL

pgnewser March 4, 2025 0

Doctor targeted by Biden DOJ for exposing trans medicine for minors invited to Trump congressional address – AOL
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A Texas surgeon indicted by the Biden Justice Department for blowing the whistle on transgender medicine has been invited to attend President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday night.

Dr. Eithan Haim called the feeling “indescribable” after staring down the threat of a decade-long prison sentence.

“It’s a hard thing to try to wrap into words,” Haim told “Fox & Friends First” Monday.

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Trump XO Wrests Executive Power from Admins to President by Ending Independent Entities

pgnewser February 21, 2025 1

President Donald Trump signed an executive order that effectively ends “independent” boards, commissions and agencies that began to be created 90 years ago under then-President Franklin Roosevelt.

The move effectively cuts off unaccountable administrative power from most government agencies that are currently populated with such entities.

Trump said in his order, “These agencies issue rules and regulations that cost billions of dollars and implicate some of the most controversial policy matters, and they do so without the review of the democratically elected President. They also spend American tax dollars and set priorities without consulting the President, while setting their own performance standards.”

Trump Executive Order Wipes Out 90 Years of Practice and Permanently Changes the Executive Branch – RedState– redstate.com
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President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday affirmatively pulled all the “independent” boards, commissions, and agencies that have proliferated since the Roosevelt administration under the management of the White House. The order, titled Ensuring Accountability for All Agencies – The White House, states, “For the Federal Government to be truly accountable to the American people, officials who wield vast executive power must be supervised and controlled by the people’s elected President.”

In an informational document about the executive order, shared with The Washington Post, White House officials referred to “so called independent agencies,” citing the FTC, FCC and SEC as examples of agencies over which Trump is seeking to exert more control. A White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the objectives of the new executive order, said it aims to rein in “rogue agencies.”

“These agencies issue rules and regulations that cost billions of dollars and implicate some of the most controversial policy matters, and they do so without the review of the democratically elected President,” White House officials wrote in the document. “They also spend American tax dollars and set priorities without consulting the President, while setting their own performance standards.”

 The new order has several points. First, it does not apply to the Federal Reserve. I think Trump’s strategists believe that having the White House take control of the Fed might be a bridge too far.

This order shall not apply to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or to the Federal Open Market Committee in its conduct of monetary policy.  This order shall apply to the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System only in connection with its conduct and authorities directly related to its supervision and regulation of financial institutions.

The formerly independent agencies must clear all regulations through OMB.

Moreover, all executive departments and agencies, including so-called independent agencies, shall submit for review all proposed and final significant regulatory actions to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) within the Executive Office of the President before publication in the Federal Register.

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Trump Axes Biden-Appointed Prosecutors

pgnewser February 21, 2025 0

President Donald Trump announced the termination of Biden-appointed Attorney Generals on a Truth Social post, stating “Over the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before. Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining ‘Biden Era’ U.S. Attorneys. We must ‘clean house’ IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence.”

Trump to all Biden-era US attorneys: You’re fired– www.theblaze.com
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President Donald Trump drained more of the swamp on Tuesday night, firing all U.S. attorneys appointed by his predecessor, President Joe Biden.

As is his wont, Trump took to the Truth Social platform to make the announcement. In his post, Trump indicated that the firings were a major step in ridding the Department of Justice of partisan hacks who waged a lawfare campaign against him, his supporters, and other conservatives for political purposes.

“Over the past four years, the Department of Justice has been politicized like never before. Therefore, I have instructed the termination of ALL remaining ‘Biden Era’ U.S. Attorneys,” Trump wrote. “We must ‘clean house’ IMMEDIATELY, and restore confidence.”

Trump also claimed that the move would help usher in “America’s Golden Age,” which he said “must have a fair Justice System.” That fair justice system “BEGINS TODAY!” he assured everyone.

Chutkan Allows DOGE to continue probing, for now

pgnewser February 21, 2025 0

Judge Chutkan rejects call from Democratic AGs for temporary restraining order blocking DOGE’s access to federal data – CNN
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A federal judge declined on Tuesday to temporarily block Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency from accessing federal data systems at a slew of executive branch agencies.

The decision by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan is an early blow to efforts by a group of Democratic state attorneys general to hamstring Musk and DOGE as they undertake efforts to upend the federal workforce.

But the judge also indicated she was skeptical about the Trump administration’s statements about Musk and his powers in DOGE. Musk and DOGE’s access to closely guarded government data – including sensitive information it has collected about and from the American public – has become a battleground in the legal fight against the Trump administration’s efforts to reshape the federal bureaucracy.

The attorneys general sued Musk last week, arguing that his role in the government is a violation of the Constitution’s Appointments Clause, which gives presidents the power to appoint officials who must then be confirmed by the Senate.

Army Enacts “Transgender” Ban

pgnewser February 21, 2025 0

US Army officially bans gender-confused individuals from joining, halts ‘transition’ procedures– www.lifesitenews.com
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WASHINGTON, D.C. (LifeSiteNews) — The U.S. Army has indicated that President Donald Trump’s executive order banning gender-confused individuals from entering the military has gone into effect and that the “transitioning” of military members has been halted.  

“The U.S. Army will no longer allow [professed] transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members,” stated a Valentine’s Day post by the U.S. Army on X.   

“Effective immediately, all new accessions for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are paused, and all unscheduled, scheduled, or planned medical procedures associated with affirming or facilitating a gender transition for Service members are paused,” read a subsequent post, adding, “Individuals with gender dysphoria have volunteered to serve our country and will be treated with dignity and respect.” 

The posts by the Army closely echo a memo by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, circulated on February 7. 

“Effective immediately, all new accessions for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are paused,” wrote Hegseth. “All unscheduled, scheduled, or planned medical procedures associated with affirming or facilitating a gender transition for Service members are paused.” 

While pro-transgender activists claim there are currently 15,000 military members who claim that they are “transgender” – out of a total 1.3 million active duty personnel – officials say that the actual number is a fraction of that.  

During his inauguration speech, President Trump promised that the federal government would only acknowledge two sexes – male and female – while vowing to “defeat the toxic poison of gender ideology.”  

Trump then signed an executive order on Day One of his presidency, rescinding a Biden administration executive order that had allowed gender-confused people to join the military. 

As reported earlier by LifeSiteNews, the Biden order made it “the policy of the United States to ensure that all [so-called] transgender individuals who wish to serve in the United States military and can meet the appropriate standards shall be able to do so openly” and without alleged “discrimination.” 

The Biden order revoked President Trump’s first-term decision to prohibit gender-confused individuals from enlisting in the military. 

As commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of the United States, on January 27, Trump ordered the Pentagon to craft a policy to ensure the readiness and effectiveness of the Armed Forces, which included addressing the issue of gender-confused individuals in the military.  

“The United States military has a clear mission: to protect the American people and our homeland as the world’s most lethal and effective fighting force,” wrote Trump. “Success in this existential mission requires a singular focus on developing the requisite warrior ethos, and the pursuit of military excellence cannot be diluted to accommodate political agendas or other ideologies harmful to unit cohesion.” 

“Recently, however, the Armed Forces have been afflicted with radical gender ideology to appease activists unconcerned with the requirements of military service like physical and mental health, selflessness, and unit cohesion,” he explained. It is the longstanding policy of the Department of Defense (DoD) “to ensure that service members are ‘[f]ree of medical conditions or physical defects that may reasonably be expected to require excessive time lost from duty for necessary treatment or hospitalization.’”   

As a result, many mental and physical health conditions are incompatible with active duty, from conditions that require substantial medication or medical treatment to bipolar and related disorders, eating disorders, suicidality, and prior psychiatric hospitalization. 

Consistent with the military mission and longstanding DoD policy, expressing a false “gender identity” divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service.  Beyond the hormonal and surgical medical interventions involved, adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life.  A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.  

For the sake of our Nation and the patriotic Americans who volunteer to serve it, military service must be reserved for those mentally and physically fit for duty.  The Armed Forces must adhere to high mental and physical health standards to ensure our military can deploy, fight, and win, including in austere conditions and without the benefit of routine medical treatment or special provisions. 

“If you want to have a ‘sex change’ or a social justice seminar, then you can do it somewhere else, but you’re not going to do it in the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, Space Force, or the United States Marines — sorry,” warned then-candidate Trump at a campaign rally in North Carolina in August.   


19 States Say Fauci Not Safe from Prosecution

pgnewser February 21, 2025 1

19 State Attorneys General Signal Intent to Prosecute Fauci – PJ Media– pjmedia.com
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The venal little worm who posed as America’s Doctor over the past five years may have gotten an unprecedented pardon spanning a decade of potential criminality by the Biden regime on its way out. Still, he can’t slip the proverbial noose at the state level quite so easily.

In perhaps a case of state law trumping federal law, nineteen state attorneys general recently penned a letter to the GOP leadership in Congress requesting cooperation in gathering evidence that might lead to a successful Fauci prosecution at that level of government, despite Biden’s generous federal pardon:

A pardon by former President Biden does not extend to preclude state-level investigations or legal proceedings. As state Attorneys General, we possess the authority to address violations of state law or breaches of public trust. We are fully committed to investigating any malfeasance that may have occurred to the fullest extent of our authority and are prepared to collaborate with you in further efforts.

DOGE Eliminates Another $370 Million in Taxpayer-Funded DEI Grants– slaynews.com

pgnewser February 20, 2025 0

DOGE Eliminates Another $370 Million in Taxpayer-Funded DEI Grants– slaynews.com
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President Donald Trump’s Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency(DOGE) has just taken a sledgehammer to the Democrats’s taxpayer-funded “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) agenda.

In just 48 hours, DOGE slashed a staggering $370 million in taxpayer dollars being blown on far-left DEI initiatives at the Department of Education (DOE).

It comes as DOGE continues to purge wasteful spending and fraudulent abuse of taxpayer funds by the federal government.

DOGE revealed the latest cuts in a post on X.

Musk’s team terminated 70 DEI training grants within the DOE.

Wall Street banks scrub DEI language from websites in latest retreat from corporate wokeness: report – New York Post

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Wall Street banks scrub DEI language from websites in latest retreat from corporate wokeness: report – New York Post
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Major Wall Street banks are reportedly scrubbing DEI verbiage from their websites in the latest industry retreat since Donald Trump took office and took aim at corporate wokeness.

JPMorgan Chase, Morgan Stanley and Citigroup have been erasing so-called diversity, equity and inclusion language from their websites, people familiar with the matter told The Wall Street Journal.

Wells Fargo and Bank of America have also started to scrutinize their own DEI language, some of the people told the Journal.

Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo, Bank of America and HSBC did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Russia reportedly frees American Kalob Byers, detained for alleged cannabis, as Trump seeks Ukraine deal – CBS News

pgnewser February 20, 2025 0

Russia reportedly frees American Kalob Byers, detained for alleged cannabis, as Trump seeks Ukraine deal – CBS News
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Russia freed a U.S. citizen arrested earlier this month on drug smuggling charges and he has returned to the U.S., according to Russian media reports, his mother, and a U.S. official who spoke with The Associated Press. CBS News learned Tuesday that Kalob Byers, 28, from Ohio, was back in the U.S.

The move appeared to be an effort to ease tension between Moscow and Washington ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, which are expected to focus on the war in Ukraine and the fragile ceasefire between Hamas and Israel in Gaza.

Byers was detained on Feb. 7 at Moscow’s Vnukovo airport after customs officials allegedly found cannabis-laced gummies in his baggage. Byers’ mother, Tonya Shuler, said in a social media post on Saturday that Byers was “now in American custody and at the US embassy waiting for his flight home” from Russia.

According to Shuler’s Facebook post and the Russian media reports, Byers had traveled from Istanbul with his Russian fiancee, who was also detained. The authorities said he had attempted to smuggle a “significant amount” of drugs into the country and put him in custody on the charges of drug smuggling, punishable by a prison term of up to 10 years.

From farmland to construction: Bacteria strains offer sustainable biocement solution – Phys.org

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From farmland to construction: Bacteria strains offer sustainable biocement solution – Phys.org
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A recent study examines the effectiveness of environmental strains for the production of biocement. The study’s lead author, Dimitrios Terzis, is an EPFL senior scientist and a co-founder of Medusoil, a company that produces organic binders and that opened a production plant in Vaud in 2024.

DOGE Prepares To Audit Fort Knox– gellerreport.com

pgnewser February 20, 2025 0

DOGE Prepares To Audit Fort Knox– gellerreport.com
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Is the gold still there?

The US Government claims it has almost 5000 tons of Gold, but Fort Knox US Gold Reserve has not been audited since 1974, almost 50 years ago. No one has seen any of it.