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The Carly P Reilly Show
Is DOGE' War on USAID Destroying Democracy or Defending it?
Feb 26, 2025
12:18
Elon Musk, DOGE, and Donald Trump have waged war on USAID - the US agency that has become a lightening rod in the debate over which party is really killing democracy. I dived in to the primary source data to try to understand for myself what is going on!
My video giving a deeper legal breakdown: https://youtu.be/hWR06RnrSO8
Latest Legal Filings -
Against Trump: https://www.citizen.org/wp-content/uploads/2025.02.13-Order-on-TRO.pdf "In Favor" of Trump: https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/district-of-columbia/dcdce/1:2025cv00352/277213/49/0.pdf
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Chapters:
00:00 - Why USAID is a lightening rod
01:47 - Jon Stewart Rips Deputy Defense Secretary for waste
02:57 - What is DOGE doing when it comes to USAID
05:31 - All In pod misses the boat re: DOGE criticism
06:59 - Is this Legal?
08:42 - How concerned should you be?
10:43 - Imagine if this was George Soros, not Elon
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