A 28-Year-Old DOGE Operative Gutted USAID. HR Had No Record of Him Working There

https://www.wired.com/story/a-28-year-old-doge-operative-gutted-usaid-hr-had-no-record-of-him-working-there/

80•ck2•48m ago

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lawn•23m ago

Just the deaths of hundreds of thousands, nothing to see here.

estearum•21m ago

Really hard to see how someone who wasn't even part of the executive could possibly enjoy executive immunity. Welp into the wood chipper!

such a bummer /s

asadm•19m ago

USAID was cancer to the countries it operated in. Good riddance.

ck2•15m ago

just a reminder that tons and tons of food and medication that was ALREADY PAID FOR

was purposely left to rot in warehouses instead of being distributed

six months ago the NY Times documented half a million deaths attributable to the destruction of USAID

by now it's easily a million, slow-motion murdered

may you never suffer to death like those million that could have been spared

WillPostForFood•7m ago

NY Times has done no reporting substantiating the claim the hundreds of thousands have died. They have published an OpEd piece and have reported a memo by a USAID employee how was upset about being fired. It is all models and unsubstantiated claims.

scottLobster•12m ago

And DOGE decided to deal with that cancer by blasting it with a shotgun and leaving the patient to bleed out

orwin•11m ago

USAID was a vehicle for US intelligence. That said, it also helped a lot where it operated. Especially helped logistics and local administration tasks for NGOs which could be extremely bad at those two tasks.

Also USAID existing prevented NGOs to have too much local political power and the corruption that goes with it.

My opinion is that overall, USAID was a net positive, although in some specific cases it wasn't.

goodluckchuck•19m ago

The executive power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America.

This is appalling to think career appointees are trying to override the democratically elected president. USAID, etc., have zero constitutional independence or authority, and cannot be granted any by the legislature, except only as an agent of the executive.

gadders•16m ago

Oh man. They should make him come back and put back all the corruption and waste he fixed.

tbojanin•15m ago

The amount of wasteful spending USAID has done is crazy. Sex changes in Guatemala? It honestly was very polarizing reading about all the garbage they gave money towards.

See: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_72052024FA00001_7...

peaseagee•13m ago

What exactly is wasteful about gender-affirming care?

indy•11m ago

there's no such thing as gender-affirming care, it's just chemically castrating children.

jeffbee•2m ago

99% of the dipshits in the executive branch are on male hormones, which is gender-affirming care.

WillPostForFood•6m ago

Even if you support US healthcare paying for it for US citizens, is it not wasteful to send the money to other countries?

imzadi•8m ago

Interesting to see how USAID in the title is like the bat signal for scumbags

apercu•4m ago

Some of y’all need to stop reading 4chan in your moms basement.

paul7986•4m ago

omg have the political bots been directed at Hacker News. WTH?