Associated Press
A federal judge on Friday dealt President Donald Trump and billionaire ally Elon Musk their first big setback in their dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development, ordering a temporary halt to plans to pull thousands of agency staffers off the job.
U.S. District Judge Carl Nichols, a Trump appointee, also agreed to block an order that would have given the thousands of overseas USAID workers the administration wanted to place on abrupt administrative leave just 30 days to move families and households back to the U.S. on government expense.
Both moves would have exposed the U.S. workers and their spouses and children to unwarranted risk and expense, the judge said.
Nichols pointed to accounts from workers abroad that the Trump administration, in its rush to shut down the agency and its programs abroad, had cut some workers off from government emails and other communication systems they needed to reach the U.S. government in case of a health or safety emergency.
The Associated Press reported earlier that USAID contractors in the Middle East and elsewhere had found even “panic button” apps wiped off their mobile phones or disabled when the administration abruptly furloughed them.
5 comments
Michael K
February 8, 2025 at 2:25 pm
The unelected Afrikaner grifter who bought his way into a co-presidency needs to be stopped and the Republican enablers need to accountable for the breach of security and confidentiality.
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
February 8, 2025 at 2:41 pm
Enjoy your “FAKE VICTORY” from a “FAKE DOOK 4 BRAINS JUDGE”, over this weekend, Dook 4 Brains Leftys [like Dook Michael K].
Come Monday the “Beautiful Pam Bondy” will put the Fear of Christian God In Heaven On High into this “FAKE DOOK 4 BRAINS JUDGE”. And the “Fake Dook Order Blocking The Purge Shall Be Lifted”.
THE EARL HAS SPOKEN,
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
Skeptic
February 8, 2025 at 6:32 pm
People are saying that the Muskateers have or will soon have access to the ATF background checks on gun owners. Not sure how much they can sell it for on the dark web. We may never know. Wish a judge could help out, but under the law, equitable remedies require clean hands.
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
February 8, 2025 at 9:40 pm
Sorry, ALL YOU DOOK 4 BRAINS LEFTYS,
Your time has passed.
Now WE, THE SAGE PATRIOTS, are in control and you idiots have been cast upon the Trash Pile of “IRRELEVANCY”.
You have the choice to 1.) Pretend you like Trump … or 2.) Slip into “IRRELEVANCY”.
THE END:
Thank You, all you ALL YOU DOOK 4 BRAINS LEFTYS,
The Sage EARL PITTS AMERICAN,
Good Bye “DOOKS”,
EARL PITTS AMERICAN
*Please go quietly away so you will quit draging down F. P. and allow us to soar with the Eagles and make some Money for our beloved Boss Peter,
Thank you, Dooks, for going away,
THE SAGE EARL PITTS AMERICAN
Michael K
February 10, 2025 at 6:11 pm
The 19 year old racist who resigned and was rehired by Musk was fired from a company for leaking confidential data. His name is “big balls.” Can’t make this stuff up. That’s who’s running DOGE.
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