US Elections (& Politics) :)

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Let’s get this straight. Dr. Fauci’s NIAID and USAID handed over $41 million in U.S. taxpayer funds to the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV)—the same lab now linked to Ben Hu, the likely Patient Zero of COVID-19. And the kicker? That funding ended right before the pandemic started. (source here)

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This isn’t a conspiracy theory—it’s all right there in FOIA-obtained documents exposing how EcoHealth Alliance acted as a middleman, shuffling money from the U.S. government to Chinese scientists working on gain-of-function experiments—the kind that make viruses deadlier and more transmissible.

And where was all this happening? In a lab that was already playing fast and loose with safety protocols.

Follow the Money

Ben Hu, a lead researcher at WIV, was directly funded by U.S. grants to conduct gain-of-function studies on bat coronaviruses.

NIAID (Fauci’s agency) and USAID funneled over $41 million to EcoHealth Alliance, which then sent taxpayer dollars straight to the Wuhan lab.

The funding ran from 2014 to 2019, just in time for the Wuhan lab to be ground zero for a pandemic.

What are the odds?

The Smoking Gun: U.S. Funded COVID’s Patient Zero

 

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Moderate GOP Sen. Susan Collins is throwing her weight behind Tulsi Gabbard to serve as the next director of national intelligence, providing the embattled nominee with a key endorsement on the eve of a critical committee vote scheduled for Tuesday.

This from the Daily Beast no less:

Tulsi Gabbard Earns Crucial Endorsement on Eve of Committee Vote

 

[gwminor48]

^^^^
Agreed.

But he did just sing an EO to create a Sovereign Wealth Fund

Which together with Tariffs could in theory bring in enough to offset some taxes

I want to see that video of Trump singing! Just joking I know it's only a typo.

 

[Oceanslider]

 

[bigredfish]

I want to see that video of Trump singing! Just joking I know it's only a typo.

Boy you guys don't miss anything

 

[Oceanslider]

Check out all the American flags flying.

 

[Sybertiger]

Oh no, poor Mexico...a mini-me Trump wannabe is born.

 

[Oceanslider]

 

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Acting US Attorney for DC, Ed Martin announced his office would be charging and arresting individuals who threatened Elon Musk’s DOGE team.

BREAKING: ARRESTS IMMINENT: Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin Announces Incoming Charges Against Individuals Who Threatened Elon Musk’s DOGE Workers

Ed Martin did not name any names as he announced that arrests and charges were coming. It is unclear which laws were violated.

“Our initial review of the evidence presented to us indicates that certain individuals and/or groups have committed acts that appear to violate the law in targeting DOGE employees,” Ed Martin said.

“We are in contact with the FBI and other law-enforcement partners to proceed rapidly. We also have our prosecutors preparing,” Ed Martin added.
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Earlier Monday Ed Martin sent Elon Musk a letter informing him that his office will not tolerate threats against DOGE workers.

“I recognize that some of the staff at DOGE has been targeted publicly. At this time, I ask that you utilize me and my staff to assist in protecting the DOGE work and the DOGE workers. Any threats, confrontations, or other actions in any way that impact their work may break numerous laws,” Ed Martin wrote in a letter to Elon Musk.

“Let me assure you of this: we will pursue any and all legal action against anyone who impedes your work or threatens your people. We will not act like the previous administration who looked the other way as the Antifa and BLM rioters as well as thugs with guns trashed our capital city. We protect DOGE and other workers no matter what.”
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Tech reporters at Wired outed a list of DOGE workers who gained access to the US Treasury payment system over the weekend.

The Trump Admin put two top leaders at the US Agency for International Development on leave after they refused to give Elon Musk’s DOGE classified documents.

Musk’s DOGE got the classified materials on Saturday after the two officials initially withheld the materials.

The two officials, John Vorhees and Deputy Brian McGill, claimed the DOGE employees did not have the security clearance to obtain the classified materials.

However, no classified material was accessed without the proper security clearances.

Reporters at Wired tweeted out a list of DOGE workers. Soon after the DOGE workers were publicly named, others began doxxing and threatening them.

Elon Musk warned the reporters that they had committed a crime.

BREAKING: ARRESTS IMMINENT: Acting DC US Attorney Ed Martin Announces Incoming Charges Against Individuals Who Threatened Elon Musk's DOGE Workers | The Gat

 

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No wonder that the Democrats are upset that this agency is being eliminated.

 

[David L]

 

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U.S. Air Force Intelligence aircraft have entered Mexican airspace after Mexico agreed to cooperate in fighting the cartels

This is practically UNHEARD OF.

Pete Hegseth sent a warning to the cartels saying “all options are on the table.”

President Trump demanded 100% operational control of the border, and Hegseth is delivering.

Nick Sortor on X: " #BREAKING: U.S. Air Force Intelligence aircraft have entered Mexican airspace after Mexico agreed to cooperate in fighting the cartels This is practically UNHEARD OF. Pete Hegseth sent a warning to the cartels saying “all options are on the table.” President Trump demanded https://t.co/EPzKOnf4Ti" /

 

[bigredfish]

Wow, gathering targeting info

Trump and Elon are putting on a Master Class in multitasking

 

[David L]

https://www.amazon.com/Yolscue-President-Garbage-Election-Souvenirs/dp/B0DPSMK1NN

 

[David L]

Kewl. Guess since Huckabee is leaving to be the Ambassador to Israel, Kirk gets his time slot...

 

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DOGE plans to slash 70% of bureaucrats in top federal agency in latest shock move​

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is the latest federal agency staring down significant cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

Brian Bjelde, a top DOGE lieutenant, informed senior staff at OPM to plan for the loss of 70 percent of internal staff, according to CNN.

OPM leaders were ordered to prepare for an initial 30 percent reduction, which would ultimately grow to 70 percent, according to reports.

The order has significantly rattled government employees who did not expect to lose their jobs under the Trump administration.

'People around OPM look like they have seen ghost. People are shocked,' a source told Federal News Network.

Officials also directed OPM leaders to stop working on any project not required by law to continue, according to the Federal News network.

DOGE continues to email federal workers offering them a deferred resignation opportunity that allows individuals to resign from their federal positions by Thursday, February 6 and allow them to receive full pay and benefits until September 30th.

The now infamous 'Fork in the Road' memo has earned the ire of federal workers, as protesters gathered outside federal offices Monday morning to protest Musk's culling of federal government workers.

Former federal employee Keya Chatterjee, the executive director of Free D.C. told USA Today that 'Musk can fork off.'

Other protesters shouted, 'We don't want your tech solutions, give us back our constitution,' and 'Elon, Elon, have you heard? You're a nasty, fascist nerd.'

DOGE plans to slash 70% of bureaucrats in top federal agency in latest shock move | Daily Mail Online

 

[JNDATHP]

No wonder that the Democrats are upset that this agency is being eliminated.

Hmmm…Could it be the graft and kickbacks the Democrats get from USAID?

 

[samplenhold]

“I will shut down the federal Department of Education, and we will move everything back to the states where it belongs!”

That was one of Vivek's ideas. He had talked about that a lot during the election. He said that ever since the D of Ed was formed, the US schools have gotten worse, not better.

 

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