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Suzie's avatar

Russ Vought, “ as “the man on a ‘divine mission’ to traumatise U.S. bureaucrats.”

One can only hope.

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Suzie's avatar

Hah! The PA is going to start its own little NGO, albeit funded by them, to now be responsible for their “pay for slay” program.

Wonder where they got that idea?

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Insufficiently Sensitive's avatar

"And I think I could make a deal with Jordan, I think I could make a deal with Egypt."

Jordan has had to fight off an earlier group of Palestinian refugees in 1970, who decided they'd like to overturn the King run the country themselves. I think Trump's wrong with this estimate.

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Steven Brizel's avatar

Hamas has cancelled all prisoner releases falsely claiming they are starving Watch out of they try something en masse I think this ceasefire is on its last legs

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Unwoke in Idaho's avatar

One hopes. While getting the hostages out alive is important, this deal seems more designed to replenish Hamas

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Carol Kort's avatar

A 19-year-old acolyte of Elon Musk known online as “Big Balls” has taken on a new role as a senior adviser at the State Department, raising concerns among some diplomats about his potential access to sensitive information and the growing reach of his tech billionaire boss into America’s diplomatic apparatus, said U.S. officials familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a sensitive issue.

Edward Coristine, who briefly worked for Musk’s brain chip start-up Neuralink, was recently posted to the State Department’s Bureau of Diplomatic Technology, a critical hub for data both sensitive and nonsensitive, officials said. Coristine, who also holds positions at the U.S. DOGE Service and the Office of Personnel Management, has attracted significant attention across Washington for his edgy online persona and the relative lack of experience he brings to his new federal roles.

“This is dangerous,” said one of the U.S. officials, noting Coristine’s age and a report by Bloomberg News that he was fired for leaking a data security firm’s information to a competitor. WSJ

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Sharon F.'s avatar

The story not told about the indirect costs is that different agencies have different policies, apparently randomly, Research grants from the same agency may be different than other grants. USDA research has a 30% cap from the 2018 Farm Bill. It's a jungle out there.

I also didn't see this GAO study on NIH mentioned in reporting.https://www.gao.gov/assets/gao-16-616.pdf

And this DOD GAO report https://www.gao.gov/assets/a309243.html

I think the issue needs a "whole of government" look although maybe someone has done that.

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