DOGE (Department of Government Efficiency) has made the news recently slashing spending in the US Gov't, and most recently, the shutting down of USAID for receipts for things that the current administartion does not feel aligns with our country's stated mission. Was it the appropriate thing to do? What can we look at in the past to see if things can be effectively utilized and not squandered?

Executive Producers:

Dame Slamy

Kyle of the "Pocket Parley" and "Light Tickle" podcasts

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/blackburn-drafts-doge-act-legislation-will-limit-federal-agencies

https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2025/2/issues/jobs-and-economy/blackburn-introduces-doge-acts-to-make-federal-government-more-efficient-and-slash-wasteful-spending

Commission to Relocate the Federal Bureaucracy Act:

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/202/text

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/senate-report-unveils-only-six-percent-federal-employees-work-person

https://justthenews.com/government/federal-agencies/few-federal-employees-work-regularly-office-wasting-taxpayer-dollars

https://justthenews.com/sites/default/files/2025-01/011525_Telework%20Staff%20Report_FINAL.pdf

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/us/politics/usaid-funding-trump-fact-check.html

https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/list-insane-priorities-of-usaid-spending-during-biden-administration-foreign-assistance-president-donald-trump-karoline-leavitt-condoms-in-gaza-elon-musk-department-of-government-efficiency

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/02/08/usaid-trump-musk-doge-00203191

https://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/09/world/global-war-against-aids-runs-short-of-vital-weapon-donated-condoms.html

https://crisismagazine.com/vault/dirty-little-secret-why-condoms-will-never-stop-aids-in-africa

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/2-decades-ago-senators-probe-usaid-funding-led-government-transparency-reform

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14355251/shocking-ways-usaid-spent-money.html

https://dotchuoinon.com/2024/12/24/swapping-gas-for-batteries/

https://selex.vn/en/swapping-gas-for-batteries/

https://www.bbc.com/mediaaction/documents/bbc-media-action-impact-report-2023-24.pdf

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2025/02/even_a_short_list_of_how_usaid_spent_our_money_is_outrageous.html

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/02/usaid-was-spending-268-million-fund-6000-approved/

USAID commits to reducing its carbon footprint and improving its operational sustainability:

https://medium.com/usaid-2030/doing-our-part-54ac6204a32

https://www.usaspending.gov/explorer/agency

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1888975907567903075

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1888612732230090863

https://x.com/DataRepublican/status/1888438050231103559

USAID Funding Summary FY 2023:

https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development?fy=2023

USAID Funding Summary FY 2024:

https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development?fy=2024

USAID Funding Summary FY 2025:

https://www.usaspending.gov/agency/agency-for-international-development?fy=2025

https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/climate/publications

https://datarepublican.com/award_search/

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME (Build Back Better in Iraq):

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_72065621IO00001_7200

https://apnews.com/article/usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-international-development-325c807f4f3930adbaa5c42dfef69c69

https://www.usaidstopwork.com/

https://www.globalaidfreeze.com/

NGOs and money laundering:

https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/551323/EPRS_BRI(2015)551323_EN.pdf

https://www.fatf-gafi.org/content/dam/fatf-gafi/guidance/BPP-combating-abuse-non-profit-organisations.pdf

https://www.sanctions.io/blog/aml-considerations-for-ngos

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/revealed-the-charities-making-billions-off-of-the-border-crisis/ar-BB1mnIQi

https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/how-politicians-use-nonprofits-hide-dark-money

https://billybon3s.com/

https://www.tabletopwoodworks.com/

https://modernpodcastapps.com/