@seeker01201969 @MShimmield @JeremyKonyndyk @RedAnneBolynn @USAID This is not “data” just hearsay posted on social media.

RT @JeremyKonyndyk: OK, time to bust another @USAID myth. Stephen Miller said on Fox today that USAID is a rogue slush fund. Trump & Elon…

@krassenstein The relationship between trade deficits and national debt is just the opposite: higher budget deficits affect higher trade deficits since the difference is made up by foreign debt and investment. The budget deficit during Trump first term was the 3rd highest ever relative to GDP.

@EricLDaugh Great! What’s next? Kid Rock performing judicial reviews and overturning Supreme Court decisions?

@HamiltonBurger @Super70sSports That’s not true. If 50 Cent, Nelley, LL Cool J, Snoop Dogg or Dre Dre had performed some cool rap songs at halftime, it would have been more entertaining. Not some rap diss songs with unintelligible lyrics.

@CallMeMKJ @CalltoActivism I am a CPA and I will have to disagree with you there. Most audits are designed to determine whether financial statements are prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Fees are not incentive to lose your license and face arrest for fraud.

@OpStCyprian @wjameswright @rdqBlueRidge @CallMeMKJ @CalltoActivism You don’t understand checks and balances and the purpose of independent financial review, so let’s just leave it there.

@CallMeMKJ @rdqBlueRidge @OpStCyprian @CalltoActivism As much as I disagree with some of the appropriations of USAID, Congress established USAID as an independent establishment (defined in 5 U.S.C. 104), the President does not have the authority to abolish it; congressional authorization would be required to abolish USAID.

@OpStCyprian @rdqBlueRidge @CallMeMKJ @CalltoActivism What evidence have you seen? Just hearsay about Biden corruption posted on social media. Trump calls everything corrupt that doesn’t benefit him. If true, why no arrests?

@wjameswright @rdqBlueRidge @OpStCyprian @CallMeMKJ @CalltoActivism The CFO Act of 1990 simply requires 24 of the major executive branch agencies to submit financial statements to be reviewed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and Congress and to designate a CFO for each agency. The GAO, which works for Congress, performs the audits.

@rdqBlueRidge @OpStCyprian @CallMeMKJ @CalltoActivism Elon and his team are no more qualified to inspect financial statements than they are to perform judicial review and overturn Supreme Court decisions. This is an attempt to usurp checks and balances and consolidate power in the executive branch.

@CallMeMKJ @CalltoActivism Not sure it’s been established. I’m just seeing hearsay that fraud has been committed by agencies like USAID that doesn’t align with GOP politics. Auditors are CPAs who are held to a high professional and ethical standard and are committed to an independent financial audit.

@rdqBlueRidge @OpStCyprian @CallMeMKJ @CalltoActivism Yes because they have been granted no legal authority to audit federal funds.

@StephenM The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 formed the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate all matters related to the use of public funds. The GAO works for Congress which has constitutional authority to appropriate government funds.

@OpStCyprian @CallMeMKJ @CalltoActivism The Budget and Accounting Act of 1921 formed GAO to investigate all matters related to the use of public funds.

@CallMeMKJ @CalltoActivism Government Accountability Office (GAO) is the audit institution for the United States. The GAO audits the federal government's financial statements including the executive branch. It’s an independent group working for Congress. The executive branch has no audit authority,

@JDVance Congress appropriates federal funds, the OMB executes the budget and the GOA has oversight of the budget. The president’s responsibility is to ensure funding reaches its intended destination. What Trump is doing is impounding funds which is unconstitutional and meant to stall.

@GOP America is back to 1952.

RT @Nick_Carmody: Thread It still amazes me how much traction/justification Trump gets from people who claim that "he tells it like it is".…

@dawny005 Glad you are feeling better! You’re looking good as always!