Posted on 02/27/2025 9:15:57 AM PST by Oldeconomybuyer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Agency for International Development workers who have been fired or placed on leave as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency began paying mournful final visits to their abruptly closed Washington headquarters on Thursday, under the administration’s 15-minute windows to clear out their offices while escorted by federal officers.
Some staffers wept as they carried out grocery bags and suitcases with what was left from their life’s work. Supporters clapped and cheered outside or drove by tapping their car horns to bolster their spirits.
A woman coming back out of the building loaded down with backpacks and bags burst into tears at the cheers that greeted her. Many of a small but growing crowd of supporters outside enveloped her in hugs.
Trump and Musk have moved swiftly to shutter the foreign aid agency, calling its programs out of line with the Republican president’s agenda and asserting without evidence that its work is wasteful. In addition to its scope, their effort is extraordinary because it has not involved Congress, which authorized the agency and has provided its funding.
Virginia Democratic Rep. Gerald Connolly said in a statement that the attack on USAID employees was “unwarranted and unprecedented.” Connolly, whose district includes a sizable federal workforce, called the aid agency workers part of the “world’s premier development and foreign assistance agency” who save “millions of lives every year.”
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I don’t recall any articles by AP about the suffering of tens of thousands of private employees who were laid off during the four years of the Biden regime.
They should learn how to code.
Mournful end to allocating of our tax dollars to thier mental illness causes
Boo Hoo Girl is going to be busy today.
Reminds me of the silicon valley story about how the entire staff was riffed and someone went and got beer and while they were commiserating in the parking lot, here came their bosses, carrying their own cardboard boxes...
Keep going!
With border security and deportations coming along nicely, there’s plenty of jobs in gardening, landscaping, roofing, carpentry, drywall, painting, pressure washing, concrete, nannies, or picking fruit and vegetables.
So many new opportunities!
Even in our little Commiefornia hamlet there are suddenly dozens of jobs available in the food, beverage and hospitality industry. Plus, soon!, no tax on tips!
Well said. LOL with you.
My company was “downsized” in the late 1990s and I saw many of my close working colleagues pack up their stuff in a box and be escorted to the door. Yes it is a gut wrenching experience, but it happens to many of us in our working careers.
No. It's not a foreign aid agency. It's a kickback program and agency used to control foreign governments, not aid them.
“It is really sad to see such an important agency and it’s best and brightest, kicked to the curb for money laundering and not be prosecuted.”
Oh well, really terrible! Hey, Spring training baseball is in full swing.
A woman coming back out of the building loaded down with backpacks and bags burst into tears at the cheers that greeted her....................................
I retired after 30 years and cleared my office with my briefcase. 2 pictures, 2 awards some note pads, pencils and my pistol.
The leftist trick is to create an agency with a noble purpose.
Then they selectively throw in a few poison pills.
After a few decades the poison pills vastly outnumber the reasonable elements of the agency.
Don’t fall for their games.
Worthwhile functions can always be re-instated in some form if they survive close scrutiny.
Really. Everyone knows ones coworkers. Where I worked they would fire you in an instant if you knew or witnessed unethical behavior that ran afoul of company policy or the law and didn't report it straight to HR. Don't stop at your supervisors desk either! Straight to HR.
Nominated for best post for flawless brevity and accuracy in the fewest words needed! You sir, are a dangerous person in today's society. They fear you bigly.
Just going to post that. They never learn, do they? On the upside of media shakeup, Joy Reid is out at MSNBC and looks like Maddow may be looking at the door as they cut her staff.
Also, Bezo who owns Washington Post has instructed his editorial people to write more pro-America opinions. Then you have Musk buying Twitter and turning it into a fair social media.
Seems there are some legacy media reading the writing on the wall that their audiences are tired of their negative bias.
Oh, and don't forget the Gutfeld show that has bigger numbers than all the late night shows combined. If you haven't seen Gutfeld, you're in for some entertaining and LOL comedy. Although it is a little risque at times, he has the most clever, witty, informed, intelligent guests. Three or four of President Trump's Cabinet members have been on the Gutfeld show and I was impressed with their America First positions and demeanor, plus they can be funny off the cuff. It's kind of like a roast because they all mess with each other.
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