Andrew it is always fantastic to read your work - we need more like it. I did not realize how avaliable the USAID info always was till reading this piece!
As far as "censorship" that's not what USAID is about. Sure, they will utilize censorship if that helps a specific intelligence agenda. But USAID is a CIA cutout designed to do various forms of "soft intel" work: from giving cover to CIA field operatives to flaming discord within opposition groups in a country whose government is one we oppose.
Thank you Andrew for putting the USAID story in perspective! Knowing that all the info from the hyped up DOGE demolition was already in the public domain is essential. I know you don’t want to speculate so I’ll do it for you: this seems to be yet another intentional diversion to get anti-establishment critics on board w the deep state’s unrelenting (regardless of who occupies the WH) push towards ever increasing levels of control and surveillance.
What is the mechanism by which DOGE activities (incl I presume coverage thereof) are making anti-establishment types more amenable to expanding surveillance and control tools?
If you can convince the people on the "right" who were awake to the Covid atrocities that DOGE is working on their behalf, then when Trump's puppeteers/billionaires say "we need digital IDs to screen out illegal immigrants" or "we need online censorship to weed out Palestinian terrorists" they will get on board.
I feel like a feeding frenzy has been ignited. We must continue to dig and ferret out and expose all of it…and it needs to move out from X and substack into the wider culture for full sunlight. This information needs to be translated into action by congress to fully dismantle this leviathan.
This was such helpful, necessary nuance. Curious about your thoughts on stuff like SFFAS56 as well. No doubt in my mind that this is just the tip of the iceberg and that news dumps like this can feel a little bit like psyops when you know there is so much going on behind the scenes that every administration will fight tooth and nail to not let out.
Andrew it is always fantastic to read your work - we need more like it. I did not realize how avaliable the USAID info always was till reading this piece!
As far as "censorship" that's not what USAID is about. Sure, they will utilize censorship if that helps a specific intelligence agenda. But USAID is a CIA cutout designed to do various forms of "soft intel" work: from giving cover to CIA field operatives to flaming discord within opposition groups in a country whose government is one we oppose.
We look forward to your reporting on this. Taibbi’s too. Collectively, all of the exposés hit us like a full frontal firehose onslaught.
Thank you Andrew for putting the USAID story in perspective! Knowing that all the info from the hyped up DOGE demolition was already in the public domain is essential. I know you don’t want to speculate so I’ll do it for you: this seems to be yet another intentional diversion to get anti-establishment critics on board w the deep state’s unrelenting (regardless of who occupies the WH) push towards ever increasing levels of control and surveillance.
Debbie, I'm not sure I follow your logic here.
What is the mechanism by which DOGE activities (incl I presume coverage thereof) are making anti-establishment types more amenable to expanding surveillance and control tools?
If you can convince the people on the "right" who were awake to the Covid atrocities that DOGE is working on their behalf, then when Trump's puppeteers/billionaires say "we need digital IDs to screen out illegal immigrants" or "we need online censorship to weed out Palestinian terrorists" they will get on board.
I’m sure some good folks and some good work will be sacrificed during this purge. I don’t care. USAID is corrupt and it’s destroying the country.
For some, albeit slight, light relief, here is footage from the USAID funded Irish DEI Musical:
https://open.substack.com/pub/twentyx/p/usaid-funded-irish-dei-musical-footage
They are running scared
Now those are fun!
DRAIN THE SWAMP! 🦇🕸️🦂🐍🦑🪳
....FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT! 🥋🥊🔔🗽
💰🐀💰🐀💰🐀 FOLLOW THE MONEY ♠️🃏♠️🃏♠️🃏
I feel like a feeding frenzy has been ignited. We must continue to dig and ferret out and expose all of it…and it needs to move out from X and substack into the wider culture for full sunlight. This information needs to be translated into action by congress to fully dismantle this leviathan.
This was such helpful, necessary nuance. Curious about your thoughts on stuff like SFFAS56 as well. No doubt in my mind that this is just the tip of the iceberg and that news dumps like this can feel a little bit like psyops when you know there is so much going on behind the scenes that every administration will fight tooth and nail to not let out.