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Saturday, May 31, 2025

U2 frontman Bono lectured podcaster Joe Rogan about the "evils" of his buddy Elon Musk during a new podcast episode.

The conversation began with Bono, who has a long history of involvement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), citing a study that estimates the number of deaths caused by Musk's cuts at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at more than 300,000 worldwide.

He explained Friday that food is currently "rotting" in boats and warehouses because Musk fired the people responsible for distributing it.

"That's not America, is it?" Bono asked Rogan.

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"Bono told Rogan that he "gets the instinct" to shrink "big government""but that doing so has consequences.

"To choose which child to pull off the IVs"it just seems to me like, I don't know if evil' is too strong a word, but what we know about pure evil is, it rejoices in the deaths, in the squandering of human life, particularly children," Bono said as Rogan nodded along.

"It actually rejoices in it, and whether it's incompetence, whether it's unintended consequences, it's not too late."

Bono revealed that he's brought his case on this issue directly to Secretary of State"and acting administration of USAID"Marco Rubio, who is "convinced people aren't dying" despite all evidence to the contrary.

"I just want to remind Americans of the size of their country, and I'm not talking about the geography," Bono said, as Rogan chimed in with, "The impact."

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"The ironic thing is, even though Elon Musk has proposed all these things and the DOGE committee has proposed all these things, they've made no cuts in terms of the budget," Rogan then admitted. "They've cut nothing."

A Financial Times report earlier this month found that DOGE has fallen far short of its initial goal to cut $2 trillion in federal spending, saving the federal government even less than the $170 billion in savings DOGE has publicly claimed."

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Musk lied, children died.

#1 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-31 08:01 PM | Reply

The world's richest person denying vital healthcare to the world's poorest people.

#2 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-31 08:13 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

More from the cited article ...

... During the conversation, Rogan acknowledged the negative impact of cuts to USAID while still alleging the agency had misspent money.

"So there's a lot of fraud, a lot of money-laundering," Rogan said, "But also, we help the world and when you're talking about making wells for people in the Congo to get fresh water, when you're talking about food and medicine to places that don't have access, no way that should have been cut out. And that should have been clear before they make these radical cuts." ...


I notice that Mr Rogan offered no substantiation for what he asserted.

But he goes on ...

... "The ironic thing is, even though Elon Musk has proposed all these things and the DOGE committee has proposed all these things, they've made no cuts in terms of the budget," Rogan then admitted. "They've cut nothing." ...

Really, DOGE has cut nothing from USAID?

If that is the case, then why might food be rotting in warehouses because it is not delivered to those who need it?

And, if I may also add ... how does this make the American Excellence soft power stronger? Or does this weaken it?


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-31 08:30 PM | Reply

I'm tired of these dumbf^*%s asserting, without evidence, that there's substantial fraud or even money laundering.

The shamelessness that some people have in making absurd assertions with a straight face is appalling.

#4 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-31 08:51 PM | Reply

#4

Amazing isn't it that the Carnival Barking Pres can still get the rubes to so easily believe anything he says... Trump would have made a bigger fortune werking for PT Barnum.

#5 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-31 09:00 PM | Reply


@#4 ... I'm tired of these dumbf^*%s asserting, without evidence, that there's substantial fraud or even money laundering. ...

Without providing any evidence of such asserted fraud or money laundering, I may add.



#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-31 09:21 PM | Reply

DOGE's "170 billion" nonsense was mostly cutting entire functioning government agencies, and no documented "fraud" or "money laundering" (seriously? seriously?) Even if you said ever dollar they posted was entirely waste, fraud, abuse (which it isn't) that amounts to 2.5% of the annual budget for the United States.

I doubt many corporations have a number that low.

#7 | Posted by YAV at 2025-05-31 10:21 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#7 ... and no documented ...

Wait, what?

You expect documentation from DOGE?


#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-05-31 10:34 PM | Reply

If that is the case, then why might food be rotting in warehouses because it is not delivered to those who need it?

Where is this? The only place this is happening that has been verified is Gaza, with Hamas hoarding supplies.
www.reuters.com

I'm tired of these dumbf^*%s asserting, without evidence, that there's substantial fraud or even money laundering

Of course theres money laundering. NGO execs are making millions and kicking it back to Democrat politicians via fundraising.

First-class flights, seven-figure salaries: How NGO bosses are living good on the taxpayer dime

A constellation of nonprofit organizations collectively receiving billions of dollars from government agencies such as U.S. Agency for International Development shower their executives with lucrative compensation, luxury travel, generous contracts for family members, and top-tier office spaces, a Washington Examiner review of public records found.
www.washingtonexaminer.com

y/you're an uninformed idiot for not know what was going on.

#9 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-31 11:54 PM | Reply

Without providing any evidence of such asserted fraud or money laundering, I may add.

There was plenty of evidence before DOGE now its all out in the open, but you're too blind to see it, I may add.

#10 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-31 11:54 PM | Reply


The conversation began with Bono, who has a long history of involvement with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), citing a study that estimates the number of deaths caused by Musk's cuts at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) at more than 300,000 worldwide.

It wasn't a study, it was a model. Where is the evidence 1000 have died worldwide?

#11 | Posted by oneironaut at 2025-05-31 11:55 PM | Reply

@#9 ... Where is this? ...

US aid cuts leave food for millions mouldering in storage (May 16, 2025)
www.reuters.com

... Food rations that could supply 3.5 million people for a month are mouldering in warehouses around the world because of U.S. aid cuts and risk becoming unusable, according to five people familiar with the situation.

The food stocks have been stuck inside four U.S. government warehouses since the Trump administration's decision in January to cut global aid programmes, according to three people who previously worked at the U.S. Agency for International Development and two sources from other aid organisations. ...


#12 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-01 12:04 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

@#10 ... There was plenty of evidence before DOGE now its all out in the open, ...

Really?

Perhaps, then, your current trolling alias might be able to provide any manner of substantiation for that assertion.

#13 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-01 12:06 AM | Reply

you're an uninformed idiot for not know what was going on.

#9 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

No, that's not what money laundering is you stupid f^*#.

Seriously, you've gotta be one of the stupidest yet most smug pieces of s%^# here.

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2025-06-01 01:07 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

And because you're a stupid pile of s^%#, you post garbage from sites like the Washington Examiner that plays games like this

A prime example of a publicly funded private foundation that could raise eyebrows among U.S. taxpayers is the African Agricultural Technology Foundation. The nonprofit organization, which exists to provide technical assistance to African farmers, pays its four directors between $190,097 and $272,302 per year. While this is far from the seven-figure salaries some NGO heads bring in, AATF is based in Kenya where the average income is just over $7,000 annually, meaning that its leaders earn close to 30 times more than the typical Kenyan.

They don't even bother moving the goal posts, the just push them over and toss in some hockey nets.

And you're worthless idiot dumb a%^ slurps it up.

At least you've stopped pretending to be a "liberal." F^*+ing idiot.

#15 | Posted by jpw at 2025-06-01 01:10 AM | Reply

There was plenty of evidence before DOGE now its all out in the open, but you're too blind to see it, I may add.

#10 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

STFU you lying sack of s%^*.

There's nothing "in the open" because DOGE didn't actually do anything you stupid f^*%.

Jesus Christ you're f^*+ing stupid.

#16 | Posted by jpw at 2025-06-01 01:13 AM | Reply

@#10 ... There was plenty of evidence before DOGE now its all out in the open, but you're too blind to see it, I may add. ...

 

DOGE ... out in the open?

Surely your current trolling alias jests.

DOGE looks to be one of the most secretive part of the Trump government that I have seen.

Yeah, Mr Musk had promised transparency, but when push came to shove about his apparent true intentions for transparency ...


Musk's DOGE asks Supreme Court to shield it from transparency lawsuit (May 21, 2025)
www.axios.com

... The Department of Government Efficiency asked the Supreme Court Wednesday to block a lower court's order that it provide a government watchdog group with documents about its work.

Why it matters: The request is a retreat from Elon Musk's November vow that DOGE would provide "maximum transparency" as it set about firing thousands of federal workers, ending billions in spending and attempting to eliminate entire agencies. ...


So... what else yer current trolling alias got?



#17 | Posted by LampLighter at 2025-06-01 01:41 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

I love Bono. Musk's activities duribg the past few months will "achieve" hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths but only a small fraxtion of the promised savings in the budget. IMHO Musk is one of the most despicable people tp ever wield sp much unelected and unaccountable power all because of yhe Imbecile in Chief!

#18 | Posted by danni at 2025-06-01 08:40 AM | Reply

I was going to post the same link LampLighter posted in #12, but no need. He was way ahead of me. That "stupidest yet most smug pieces of s%^# here" hasn't been back since, again, having its ass handed to it.

#19 | Posted by YAV at 2025-06-01 10:17 AM | Reply

There was plenty of evidence before DOGE now its all out in the open, but you're too blind to see it, I may add.

#10 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

That's why we had the 17 Inspectors General that Trumpy immediately fired.

Now can you tell the class how much money the 17 Inspectors General, whose job it was to uncover fraud waste and abuse in our government, recovered each year compared to how much DOGE is expected to recover.. ever?

The Inspector General reports are all publicly available. (Or at least they were last time I looked before DOGE got to the database).

#20 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-06-01 12:05 PM | Reply

Re 17

Do we even know who is actually officially in charge of DOGE yet so he or she can be brought before Congress to explain what they are doing?

#21 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-06-01 12:31 PM | Reply

" Seriously, you've gotta be one of the stupidest yet most smug pieces of s%^# here.

#14 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-06-01 01:07 AM | FLAG: | "

Holy projection, Batman!

#22 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-01 12:56 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

#22 you're not smart enough to make that assessment, gutes deutsch.

#23 | Posted by jpw at 2025-06-01 01:17 PM | Reply

There was plenty of evidence before DOGE now its all out in the open, but you're too blind to see it, I may add.
#10 | POSTED BY ONELUMPYMORON

Why is it Trump supporters got nothing but lies?

All of them.

One Lumpy Moron being no exception.

All he can do is spread his gas.

#24 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-01 01:30 PM | Reply

Holy projection, Batman!
#22 | POSTED BY BULLBRINGER

Remember when you made comments worth reading?

Neither do I.

#25 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-01 01:31 PM | Reply

you're an uninformed idiot for not know what was going on.
#9 | POSTED BY ONEMAGAMORON

Self retorting retorts are always amusing.

#26 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-06-01 02:01 PM | Reply

" 22 you're not smart enough to make that assessment, gutes deutsch.

#23 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-06-01 01:17 PM | FLAG: "

Clearly I am. Your depiction of Oneironaut described yourself to a "T".

#27 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-01 05:43 PM | Reply

You look like an idiot on par with Onenut by defending him and attacking JPW.

If you're trying to troll him, you just ended up looking dumb.

#28 | Posted by YAV at 2025-06-01 10:13 PM | Reply

I was forced to watch and listen to this stupity spouting out all those numbers and doing it with a straight face.

as someone says here...." facts please or something like that

where is this non citizen getting all those numbers from the US govt ?

prob ny times who writes what "you people" want to hear / not what might be true.

30,000 is a good number for him ....enough to incite outrage and incite violence but not too much for leftists stooges and punx to doubt.

#29 | Posted by shrimptacodan at 2025-06-01 10:51 PM | Reply

#28

JPW doesn't need you to white knight for him. He's an attack dog. It's what he does. To his credit, he doesn't whine or play victim when being on the receiving end.

#30 | Posted by BellRinger at 2025-06-01 10:54 PM | Reply

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