11TH HOUR LAWSUIT! Last Attempt To SAVE USAID
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
- Sam Stein is joined by Josh Gerstein, Senior Legal Affairs Reporter at Politico, to talk about the last minute legal efforts to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk from dismantling USAID.
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For those who want to ignore the humanitarian need for the organization: Where does USAID get its medicine, food and other supplies? I am guessing they are mostly purchased from US sources. Losing those contracts will have an economic effect in the US.
They do, they even come from small independent farmers….. Rachel Maddow has a great interview with Samantha Power who gives some details about the food sourcing
Everyone is affected
- Most of the aid to Ukraine went to US companies for ammunition and shells -
Yep and letting go all those people in an already struggling job market.....
This is such an important and often overlooked point. All money that gets collected in taxes gets redistributed. It doesn’t just sit in the treasury. Government is an important economic engine.
We're giving up our soft power to our enemies, and we'll come to regret it, especially in Africa.
Why you giving up ? If you give these people power that's your fault!
Regardless of how this plays out, there is now a huge swath of the country that hadn’t even heard of USAID before this week, have no idea what it does, but have been thoroughly convinced by the likes of Elon, Mike Flynn, etc that is it a literal criminal operation that is responsible for “stealing” billions of taxpayer dollars.
Meanwhile, the actual ROI of USAID has to be among the best of any govt agency - not just in terms of soft power (which is next to impossible to calculate), but also as market driver for all kinds of US goods from farm products to vehicles, as a foreign training division for US professionals, etc.
Dark times indeed.
Till the other shoe drops
Very dark times like the 4 th Reich
Yuppers and next will be the indictments for misappropriation of government funds and associated crimes, hopefully there are enough FBI agents left to deal with the paperwork.
The thing about both parties is letting them!
How about let people know how the tax dollar is spent?
Rubio is not powerless he’s spineless
Sam - you are doing an amazing job with your reporting during this chaotic time. Hats off to you for all you are doing to keep us informed!
Thank you Sam, and man you guys have been on top of breaking news after breaking news, great job 👏
There are American farmers who sell their crops to USAID. They are also going to be hurt by this.
2 billion a year goes to red state farmers under usaid. It was less about other countries and more about subsidising crops for u.s. farmers instead of just paying them to let thier crops die.
The crops could be sold into the domestic market which might help would high prices
what you just said earned you a trip to find a tree..and apologize for wasting oxygen
@@jeffhreid not how that works...the crops were planted and already planned for. If these farmers are forced to have to attempt to sell these crops domestically they will still lose money if they can even find a buyer. Food distribution is not as simple as that. These crops will most likely die on the vine and be wasted. These farmers who will already struggling will probably be hurt tremendously, and then told to kick rocks.
The Fulbright Scholarship comes from USAid
the loss of USaid will be felt by many with real life consequences. and for what, 1% of a budget with an immeasurable impact and return. what happened to American values of helping and being a leader in humanitarian efforts? we also benefit from maintaining working relationships and alliances for times of need. are we gonna let it all burn down and let someone else seize it ?
Vote every single election against these people. This is out of hand. Holy hell. Lets hope we still have voting rights at mid terms.
That is really difficult to change, but we will need to fight in court, Congress, and lawsuits.
@@unconventionalideas5683 Yes and on the streets too!
not looking good
@@ubidiboo2068why? Why is government waste good?
Vote early and vote often
Really nice job Sam and Gosh. I know there's SO much happening and you guys are terrific for jumping on whenever something drops. If I could have one wish, it would be for a nightly "round-up" or a morning round-up of the day's news. That's a big ask but really needed.
There are crops already on ships for USAID that are waiting in port. Their cargo is in danger of spoiling.
Trump doesn’t give a shit he already went back on his contracts with them. Keep up
Short term loss for long term gains. Something you liberals know nothing about. You would trans your 10 year old so they are not uncomfortable in the moment
He’ll Rubio is even more useless than he was before
Facts
The country is going back in time
Thats what they voted for! MAGA??? What year would you consider that to be? I've asked numerous MAGA the last few days (and seen) they are all happy saying this is exactly what they voted for. Insanity.
Yep back to were it was GREAT
@@Bultaco-ql2pi when was that? Great for who?
@Bultaco-ql2pi which is when?
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Great job presenting Sam. I can't believe we're going through this. Meh!!
We will see who cares and we’ll see who doesn’t.
This is total chaos and illegal and we need to keep going.
uh, we are finding out all the ways our money is totally blown every year. how is this bad, again?
@@power2me1🤦♀️you need to do your research
Thank you!
It is insane to reduce it by that much when a full review has not been completed. All i can say is that the Chinese are rubbing their hands in glee and ready to step into the breach...
Russia, too. Putin laughing. America in Chaos "Mission Accomplished"
Cruelty is the point. People like musk and trump just done care who gets hurt.
as long as their egos are stroked....
Since this is totally illegal and unconstitutional I do not get why this can’t be stopped immediately??
Justice takes time, criminal activity, not so much
Because it not. USAID was created by executive order and funding was backfilled later using a grant of funding to the executive that " may" be used.
This bullshit is what creates the beurocratic state.
Trump is just using this quasi authorization to dismantle it.
not illegal not unconstitutional
Ignore the bot, its a matter of the speed of the branches of power
Frustrating but you keep fighting. Before it escalates and we have real trouble. But Trump's not gonna win long term with everything going on. It's just who does he take down with him
@@Bultaco-ql2piYes, unconstitutional. Article 1 of the Constitution gives Congress - not the President - the power of the purse. That is part of the structure of checks and balances that makes our government strong. For the President to try to impound the money already appropriated by Congress is a violation of the Constitution. And yes, there are laws against it as well, but the reason the Supreme Court has decided cases on those laws saying the laws are Constitutional is in part because the idea that the President would change what Congress did is Unconstitutional.
Sam Stein's statement at 13:20 is correct. If the reductions is is 14000 to 290 it is effectively ZERO. But, because no group of import understands that this is paramount...yep, that is where we are
Thank you Sam! Great interview tonight with Josh from Politico! I Appreciate you keeping me informed on this filing. With that said, I'm exhausted by all the Trump/Musk craziness;)
Yeah that is great, interviewing some one who took payouts from USAID, so his opinion will 100% be unbiased.🤦♂️
You keyboard warriors and paid protestors are all that exists. The grass roots is totally in opposition. Idk how long it going to take you to figure out that you are the freaks.
politico..yea they about to be homeless
@@karenwhite8839 Because politico is unbiased and surely didn't accept 8 mil dollars of tax money 🤡🤡
@@JoePackJoeNC They still got their 8 mil tho 🤷♂️
He's absolutely making the country unsafe.
This was actually a very informative report, thank you.
There are no last attempts. We will fight all this horror. Even we keyboard warriors who could never be heard without the Internet.
Horror? This comments section is hilarious. Can't wait to see what they cut next. Our government has turned into a bloated bunch of nonsense. I take it you've heard the things they've been spending money on?
@@deadgolfer6345If it is so terrible then why wouldn’t you leave up their website so people know what it is they do? Elon can’t propagandize about it then
@@ryanjacobs836 What wasteful nonsense do you think they're going to cut next?
@@deadgolfer6345 😂 and we’ll all be laughing at you when this affects you! Zero sympathy!
@@deadgolfer6345 Yes, we've heard the propaganda. It's a shame that it hasn't occurred to you that it was a lie.
Honestly, why file lawsuits in a lawless society?
What use is the law if there is no one to enforce it? It’s as if the Joker and the Penguin have taken over Gotham, and Batman is nowhere to be found.
Yea Biden and Camala. I remember.
Are they clueless or simply don’t care how this impacts the world and the safety of this country?
They don’t care. They only care about lining their own pockets and taring down the federal government.
Its even beyond that although they are important. This is America's footprint in the world. There are many reasons for USAid, and it shouldn't just be pulled like that without a strategic review.
So much for Trump's concern about the unemployment numbers. 🙄 He's tanking them even faster than he did first term.
Fortunately, only 205 weeks left of this nightmare!
I'm not 100% not sure
@@jaimeflores7730 Next week, it's only 204 weeks left!
unfortunately americans missed the boat... it fear you guys are too late
@@elbuggo To put it bluntly: what makes you so sure there's an election in 205 weeks that will produce an enforceable outcome?
Jd Vance 2028 and 2032...
Fuck that, it's a breach of contract!
People don't understand how important usaid is to the United States China. Would love to take this over. These people allow us so much information and help from each other. They get help from us but we get help from them too from all around the world. Information that we would otherwise would never have and China. Like I said, would love to take this over. Trust me
Your entire message is incoherent.
Nice informative chat.
Vough was confirmed! Tragic
Rubio flips like a flying fish on deck.
They are doing the same thing that Milei did in Argentina….it’s anarchic economy….
Thank you, Sam for keepings us apprised! Trump wants to destroy America and the world!!
The upside is that African governments will have to fend for themselves and provide for their own people. After 60 years of independence, they should be able to stand on their own.
They couldn't do what they wanted through channels with control of three branches to an agency that takes only 1% of the budget. The poor and people of color. 47 is incompetent as is Mucks. Both are egomaniacs and having a ton of money isn't enough. Mucks is a very strange manchild. Where does all the "saved" money go? I'm thinking to pay 47's bills. He owes Mucks big time. After all, he bought 47 the election, meddled with tech in ways we will discover and why would 47 give up so much power except that he owes Mucks. That said, it's all on 47.
Hi Sam ❤
At this time it’s a hostage situation, they are holding tax payer dollars that have legally been approved by congress. What he’s doing is illegal. Jail him.
Ban guns, meat, religion.
Save Humans, Animals, Planet.
Add Marco Rubio to this assault to USAID… his conduct is both spineless and despiteful
Marco Rubio did zero for Florida
Does this also mean Carrie Lake (sp) the new Voice of America is fired also? Hmmm.
LAw suites are doing nothing..they need jail
propublica lists the people on elons wrecking crew, everyone should look at those names
Flipping switches in real time is insanely responsible - no one would use that approach in software development - key word here is development, not freestyle experimentation
Systems techie here. Yeah there is a process and this doesn’t seem to follow best practices
China has a huge influence in Africa and now we've ceded any and all influence. That seems like a gift to xe.
When did republicans stop caring about taxation without representation? The whole reason the federal government can compel us to pay taxes is because our representatives hold power of the purse. If the president can impound funds, we no longer have representation. While legal, this has been a GOP rally cry since… well… forever.
Any judge that stops this will be overturned
The big problem is, the cats out of the bag... Elon opened Pandoras box...
VIVA LA REVOLUTION.
Its sadly time.
It is pronounced USA -ID AND it’s illegal to do. It was started when Kennedy was president for International development.
USAid has funded Politico. Now Politico is missing payroll. DARN! Will the starving Elbonians be featured next?
I've lived almost 60 years of "life" here on the third rock from Sol out of the 4.5 billion years of the Planet's existence. I missed being born someone else's property by just that little bit... of time is it? Thankfully, the way star systems come together and form, there were many periodic and random mass global extinctions caused by planetary bombardments that hurried my "kind" of existence along. imagine a universe of dead matter that comes together to become conscious. It takes awhile but the way things come together all point to wanting and promoting the evolution of living beings capable of consciously pondering the existence of the dead universe itself. And I got to live a lifetime of the best f* generation on the Planet's very f* existence! Rock and f* Roll! Movies that f* created entire alternate conceivable universes and were entertaining and educational! The birth of video games and the internet! And it's all down hill now for humanity!!! The Great Filter MAGA!!!!! HAHAHAHA!!!!!
That will have zero impact on national security, peace and prosperity. Zero.🥴🙄😳
I’m not sure a federal judge has authority to grant the TRO , the Executive Branch has broad authority to control the administrative state.
I like your 420 hat it's really cool
The point is, who controls the agency? The Congress or the President.
President Kennedy created USAID but later on Congress established it into law and appropriated the funds - therefore it can only be undone and not funded by Congress
The point is that we have a Constitution, laws and regs and the President does not get to do as he pleases. I thought we decided that in 1776.
I think these folks just don't like it because is says "US Aid," and they are more like US Smash types.
And JFK head of Health 😩
What is USAID?
Finally at last the DOJ and so-called supreme court are in charge.
So much for creating jobs
🩵Interesting🩵Video🩵
*Trump and Musk teaming up to shake things up? This sounds like a season finale plot twist!*
So naive
And many do not have places to live, no cars, and carrying only what they can in two suitcases…
How many of those voted for Orangus?
THIS GUY!
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Did USAID allocate millions to Politico? So why would I listen to this guy?
Trump misspoke (mistweeted) - 2 different organizations with similar names
No. Get the facts straight
Given the significant amount of crap they spent our money on it is over.
Nope, it's done. The majority of Americans don't want it.
The majority is what percentage?
Wait isnt POLITICO secretly 100% funded by USAID? $40 million or so. Complete conflict of interest ti report on this, clowns!
Are you really that gullible or are you just not trying
Watching your channel is like an excursion into a world of hilarious adventures and incredible jokes. Continue to delight us with your wit and creativity!🤠🦄🎂
Yes I love it for the comedy only not for the other shi..t he talks about.
The faster this agency is reformed into the State Department the better. Thank God for the Republicans.
The Foreign Service community is looking for patriotic volunteers to help these families as they are brought home. Why don’t you volunteer?
@@kennethduckworth7111 Done that.
😂 you are in for a rude awakening. The willful ignorance is astounding! LMAO.
Sam in his dunce hat. Always check out after that.
And yet your comment history suggests you return again and again to the Bulwark!
you can check out anytime you like but evidently you never leave
Unemployment numbers eill be really really ...Low I bet.
Impeach
From Politico?! That rag you and me sent (at least) $8 million to, according to DOGE?! Come on. This is a joke.
Double check bc it’s not Politico, but another organization with a similar name
Your channel is a place where quality always comes first. Thank you for your talent and professionalism!🚛⛹️🥭