{"id":187932,"date":"2025-02-04T11:03:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:03:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=187932"},"modified":"2025-02-04T11:03:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T19:03:53","slug":"at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=187932","title":{"rendered":"At USAID, Waste and Abuse Runs Deep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;From the White House&#8230;&#8221;For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been unaccountable to taxpayers as it funnels massive sums of money to the ridiculous \u2014 and, in many cases, malicious \u2014 pet projects of entrenched bureaucrats, with next-to-no oversight.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhiteHouse25.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhiteHouse25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"361\" height=\"204\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-187469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhiteHouse25.jpg 361w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhiteHouse25-300x170.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/WhiteHouse25-123x70.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 361px) 100vw, 361px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here are only a few examples of the WASTE and ABUSE:<\/p>\n<p>$1.5 million to \u201cadvance diversity equity and inclusion in Serbia\u2019s workplaces and business communities\u201d<br \/>\n$70,000 for production of a \u201cDEI musical\u201d in Ireland<br \/>\n$2.5 million for electric vehicles for Vietnam<br \/>\n$47,000 for a \u201ctransgender opera\u201d in Colombia<br \/>\n$32,000 for a \u201ctransgender comic book\u201d in Peru<br \/>\n$2 million for sex changes and \u201cLGBT activism\u201d in Guatemala<br \/>\n$6 million to fund tourism in Egypt<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of thousands of dollars for a non-profit linked to designated terrorist organizations \u2014 even AFTER an inspector general launched an investigation<\/p>\n<p>Millions to EcoHealth Alliance \u2014 which was involved in research at the Wuhan lab<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHundreds of thousands of meals that went to al Qaeda-affiliated fighters in Syria\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Funding to print \u201cpersonalized\u201d contraceptives birth control devices in developing countries<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of millions of dollars to fund \u201cirrigation canals, farming equipment, and even fertilizer used to support the unprecedented poppy cultivation and heroin production in Afghanistan,\u201d benefiting the Taliban<\/p>\n<p>The list literally goes on and on \u2014 and it has all been happening for decades.<\/p>\n<p>Under President Trump, the waste, fraud, and abuse ENDS NOW.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Washington, DC&#8230;From the White House&#8230;&#8221;For decades, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been unaccountable to taxpayers as it funnels massive sums of money to the ridiculous \u2014 and, in many cases, malicious \u2014 pet projects of entrenched bureaucrats, with next-to-no oversight. 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