Message from the doghouse 2/3/2025

1. Dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has begun. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will be heading the agency. Often viewed as a front for CIA operations, USAID was responsible for the allocation of 53 million U.S. tax dollars to EcoHealth Alliance for gain of function research and development of Covid 19 in the Wuhan lab in China.

USAID Security Directors Placed on Leave for Refusing DOGE Govt Inspection, and Claiming “Classified Information” as Justification

Trump Says He’s Rooting Out the ‘Radical Lunatics’ at USAID, While Musk Slams Agency for Spending Taxpayers’ Money to Fund BIOWEAPON RESEARCH, Including COVID-19

USAID Leaders Tell Staffers Not to Show for Work as Musk Declares War on Agency

Elon’s DOGE Just Took Out Another Career DC Bureaucrat

Just Like That: USAID Is (Mostly) Dead

2. Do tariffs work? On Saturday, the Trump Administration imposed 25% trade tariffs on Canada and Mexico and a 10% tariff on Chinese trade. Today, the tariff issued on Mexico was lifted for 30 days as the Mexican government was willing to come to the table regarding the U.S./Mexico border mess.

BREAKING: Mexican President Agrees to Work With Trump to Close Border One Day After Tariffs Imposed

Trump pauses Mexico tariffs for one month after agreement on border troops

3. What’s up with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)?

WHOA: Border Crossings Down 93%

Customs and Border Protection Deputizes Texas National Guard, Allowing Them to ‘Assist with and Facilitate the Mass Deportation of Illegal Aliens’

Meet The Criminal Illegal Aliens Captured In ICE’s Sunday Raids

Rogues’ Gallery: Let’s Take a Look at Some of the People ICE Is Arresting

‘Without Apology’: Tom Homan Displays the Correct Attitude When a Reporter Confronts Him on Deportations

4. Ohio and election integrity.

Exclusive: Ohio Elections Chief Launches Portal Granting Citizens Greater Voter Roll Oversight

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