Losing USAID likely means the CIA will hit back hard on the subject of Ukraine as retaliation.  USAID was the front group for CIA interventionist operations globally.  The omnipotent silo will not accept this decision by Secretary Marco Rubio.

The State Department has formally informed congress of their intent to dissolve USAID terminating the employment of every associate within the agency.  [per this release]

Watch the geopolitical events/actions closely in the next few weeks. This is a very big hit against the Intelligence Community network, and likely one of the reasons for CIA manager John Ratcliffe scheduling a meeting with DOGE head Elon Musk.

This announcement coincides with a 3-judge appeals court ruling that now permits DOGE and Elon Musk to take apart the USAID silo. [Ruling pdf Here]

(Via Politico) – A federal appeals court on Friday cleared the way for Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency to resume their efforts to shut down the U.S. Agency for International Development.

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After a massive earthquake hit the region with epicenter in Myanmar, the death toll continues to climb.  As far away as Bangkok (600km from epicenter), rescue workers are still trying to find the victims of a downtown high-rise collapse.  The devastation is widespread.

BANGKOK — Myanmar’s ruling military said Saturday on state television that the confirmed death toll from a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake rose to 1,644, as more bodies were pulled from the rubble of the scores of buildings that collapsed when it struck near the country’s second-largest city.

The new total is a sharp rise compared to the 1,002 total announced just hours earlier, underlining the difficulty of confirming casualties over a widespread region and the likelihood that the numbers will continue to grow from Friday’s quake. The number of injured increased to 3,408, while the missing figure rose to 139.

Rescue efforts are underway especially in the major stricken cities of Mandalay, the country’s No. 2 city, and Naypyitaw, the capital. But even though teams and equipment have been flown in from other nations, they are hindered by the airports in those cities being damaged and apparently unfit to land planes.

[…] The earthquake struck midday Friday with an epicenter not far from Mandalay, followed by several aftershocks, including one measuring 6.4. It sent buildings in many areas toppling to the ground, buckled roads, caused bridges to collapse and burst a dam.

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In an announcement on his Twitter (X) account, Elon Musk announces that xAI is purchasing X (Twitter) in an internal stock swap.  Twitter was valued at $33 billion, and xAI at $80 billion.

The remaining $12 billion in debt attributed to Twitter, can now be removed and paid to the debt holders without worry of the financial instability a repayment would generate. IMHO this was the motive.

Those who followed my research on Twitter financials, clearly understand how the platform needed to restructure.  The same people who organized the Twitter financing are the same people who just organized the merger.

As noted by The Wall Street Journal, “The new valuations were determined during negotiations between the two Musk arms, which both had the same advisers.”

The Twitter debt holders can now get repaid without impact to Twitter.  Note, by Musk’s own admission the debt within Twitter is the same today as it was on the original purchase date. No debt was paid down.

Elon Musk – “xAI has acquired X in an all-stock transaction. The combination values xAI at $80 billion and X at $33 billion ($45B less $12B debt).

Since it’s founding two years ago, xAI has rapidly become one of the leading AI labs in the world, building models and data centers at unprecedented speed and scale.

X is the digital town square where more than 600M active users go to find the real-time source of ground truth and, in the last two years, has been transformed into one of the most efficient companies in the world, positioning it to deliver scalable future growth.

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President Trump held an impromptu press availability aboard Airforce One just prior to landing in Florida.

[It is smart for President Trump to get out of Washington DC as much as possible, to work in an environment less controlled by the IC/CIA operatives that continually attempt to conduct surveillance, monitoring and penetration of the office.]

President Trump took a few questions from the assembled press pool. WATCH:

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In an effort to keep the Daily Open Thread a little more open topic we are going to start a new daily thread for “Presidential Politics”. Please use this thread to post anything relating to the Donald Trump Administration and Presidency.

This thread will refresh daily and appear above the Open Discussion Thread.

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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.

For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

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Just an interesting placeholder given all things related to the IC control over government.

Yes, factually and taking an objective review of all datapoints as they continue to assemble in the big picture, almost all roads of compromise and corruption trace a path back to Langley, Virginia, home of the CIA operation.

As people are aware, the CIA is an unaccountable, uncontrollable, self-activated and self-authorized power within the core of the intelligence apparatus.  Their operations are unknown, their source of their financing (govt and private) is unknown, their networks and affiliations around the world are unknown, and every branch of government defers to their power and authority.

CIA operations both domestic and foreign are carried out by a network of people who are siloed within the main silo structure, keeping everyone in the dark as to how their activity interconnects to the activity of others.  It is a large system of control and corruption, and arguably no CIA Director in recent memory -at least since the 2001 shift to automate the continuity of government- has control over the operation.

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President Trump holds a press availability in the oval office answering multiple media questions.

President Trump outlines the upcoming tariff program, his conversation with Prime Minister Mark Carney, the decision to pull the nomination of Elise Stefanik for U.N ambassador, and the ongoing deportation efforts. WATCH:

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President Donald Trump through the Acting Solicitor General has filed an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court seeking intervention and relief from lower court rulings blocking deportation efforts against criminal aliens. [pdf Filing Here]

The DOJ is arguing that lower court judge James Boasberg is unconstitutionally intruded on the president’s national security powers by barring Trump from using the two-century-old Alien Enemies Act to swiftly deport Venezuelans the administration says are members of Tren de Aragua.

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“Only this Court can stop rule-by-TRO from further upending the separation of powers—the sooner, the better. Here, the district court’s orders have rebuffed the President’s judgments as to how to protect the Nation against foreign terrorist organizations and risk debilitating effects for delicate foreign negotiations.

More broadly, rule-by-TRO has become so commonplace among district courts that the Executive Branch’s basic functions are in peril. In the two months since Inauguration Day, district courts have issued more than 40 injunctions or TROs against the Executive Branch.

Whereas ‘district courts issued 14 universal injunctions against the federal government through the first three years of President Biden’s term,’ they issued ’15 universal injunctions (or temporary restraining orders) against the current Administration in February 2025 alone.'”

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President Trump releases the following statement from his Truth Social account:

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This conversation comes on the heels of Prime Minister Carney declaring the era of Canada and U.S. working together is finished.

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