Arab Muslim democrat judge rules against Trump cutting aid to foreign Muslim terrorist nations.

[mark francis]

Is that what America has become? A nation where crooked politicians appoint crooked judges to block good Americans from doing right by the American people?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/trump-foreign-aid-cuts-judge.html

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Move to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid​

The judge expressed deep skepticism of the administration’s arguments that it had the power to withhold funds appropriated by Congress.

On Wednesday, Judge Amir H. Ali of Federal District Court in Washington, a Biden appointee, said he was deeply skeptical of the administration’s arguments that it had the power to not spend money appropriated by law. Judge Ali wrote that the government had changed its stated rationale for canceling foreign aid several times over months of court battles, and did so again in arguments for this case.

There is no telling how much of this USAID money will find its way back into the bank accounts of Ali and fellow democrats like USAID money found its way back into Biden family bank accounts from Ukraine.

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

The number one Terrorist Nation is ISRAEL, you dunces.
There are no "terrorist Muslim nations".
But there are some seriously stupid dunces in this forum, Mark Francis is one of them.

 

[mark francis]

The number one Terrorist Nation is ISRAEL, you dunces.
There are no "terrorist Muslim nations".
But there are some seriously stupid dunces in this forum, Mark Francis is one of them.

Leftist stupidity:

Blacks cannot be racists and Muslims cannot be terrorists.

 

[the annoying thing]

The number one Terrorist Nation is ISRAEL, you dunces.
There are no "terrorist Muslim nations".
But there are some seriously stupid dunces in this forum, Mark Francis is one of them.

no terrorist in Muslim nations are you stupid or insane .
never mind we all know its stupid

Global Terrorism Index 2020: The ten countries most impacted by terrorism

While terrorist attacks can occur anywhere in the world, these ten countries suffer the most due to their proximity to ongoing conflicts.

www.visionofhumanity.org

 

[Boris Norris]

Is that what America has become? A nation where crooked politicians appoint crooked judges to block good Americans from doing right by the American people?

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/us/politics/trump-foreign-aid-cuts-judge.html

Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Move to Cut $4.9 Billion in Foreign Aid​

The judge expressed deep skepticism of the administration’s arguments that it had the power to withhold funds appropriated by Congress.

On Wednesday, Judge Amir H. Ali of Federal District Court in Washington, a Biden appointee, said he was deeply skeptical of the administration’s arguments that it had the power to not spend money appropriated by law. Judge Ali wrote that the government had changed its stated rationale for canceling foreign aid several times over months of court battles, and did so again in arguments for this case.

There is no telling how much of this USAID money will find its way back into the bank accounts of Ali and fellow democrats like USAID money found its way back into Biden family bank accounts from Ukraine.

The USAID is legislated and has to be in legislated to stop it. It hasn't and trump is wrong as you are.

Show the evidence where Biden received money,into his bank accounts, from Ukraine.

Your reply is a typical reply to reverse the blame you elected a fascist fraudulent charlatan.

 

[mark francis]

The USAID is legislated and has to be in legislated to stop it. It hasn't and trump is wrong as you are.

Show the evidence where Biden received money,into his bank accounts, from Ukraine.

Your reply is a typical reply to reverse the blame you elected a fascist fraudulent charlatan.

The deep state has been funding leftists and leftist causes around the world with trillions of wasted dollars and Trump is right to put the brakes on that fraud, waste, and abuse.

 

[Boris Norris]

The deep state has been funding leftists and leftist causes around the world with trillions of wasted dollars and Trump is right to put the brakes on that fraud, waste, and abuse.

Note the last sentence.

Deep state[1] is a term used for (real or imagined) potential, unauthorized and often secret networks of power operating within a government, but independently of its political leadership, and in pursuit of their own agendas and goals.

Although the term originated in Turkey ("Derin Devlet"),[2][3][4] various interpretations of the concept have emerged in other national contexts. In some, "deep state" is used to refer to perceived shadowy conspiracies, while in others it describes concerns about the enduring influence of military, intelligence, and bureaucratic institutions on democratic governance. In many cases, the perception of a deep state is shaped by historical events, political struggles, and the balance of power within government institutions.

The use of the term has expanded beyond political science into popular culture, journalism and conspiracy theories, reflecting a broad range of beliefs about hidden networks of power operating behind the scenes. Particularly after the 2016 United States presidential election,

 

[mark francis]

Note the last sentence.

Deep state[1] is a term used for (real or imagined) potential, unauthorized and often secret networks of power operating within a government, but independently of its political leadership, and in pursuit of their own agendas and goals.

Does a ‘Deep State’ Actually Exist? A New Economic Study Suggests Yes (Sort of)

The deep state need not be a matter of conspiracy—it’s just individuals pursuing their self-interest within the perverse incentive structure of bureaucracy.

fee.org

Monday, May 17, 2021

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Economics
Adam Smith
Bureaucracy
Deep State

Does a ‘Deep State’ Actually Exist? A New Economic Study Suggests Yes (Sort of)​

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  Peter Jacobsen

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A recent NBER paper took a close look at the political makeup of US federal bureaucracies and found that bureaucrats tend to perform worse when they are “politically misaligned.”​

One of the defining features of the Trump presidency was the introduction of the term “deep state” into the political zeitgeist. Although the term has been associated with conspiracy theories, it does highlight reasonable concerns shared by many voters.

Fear of a deep state can be thought of as rooted in two basic worries. First, there is concern about whether the US has a class of unelected bureaucrats in Washington who are insulated from democratic accountability.

Second, if this insulated bureaucratic class exists, does it have a political bias? This question seems to be at the root of Trump’s focus on the deep state.

A recent paper out of the National Bureau of Economic Research seems to provide evidence that both of these concerns are warranted. In Ideology and Performance in Public Organizations the authors analyze records of US bureaucracy from 1997-2019 and highlight some interesting conclusions.

Whether intentional or not, bureaucracies seem to be unresponsive to the will of the majority.

The first finding is that the makeup of US federal bureaucracies tends to have an anti-conservative bias. Democrats made up around 50% of bureaucrats from 1997-2019, whereas Republicans made up only 32% in 1997 and fell to 26% in 2019. Further, as you look at more senior positions, bureaucratic over-representation of Democrats increases.

The study also finds evidence that this isn’t clearly the result of some conspiracy. Rather, more educated Republicans tend not to become bureaucrats, whereas more educated Democrats do. Further, even Republicans who do self-select into bureaucratic jobs tend to voluntarily exit more frequently.

However, the reason for the biased outcomes doesn’t alter the fact that bureaucrats do tend to lean left, and this does have important implications for policy.

Unaccountable Bureaucrats​

Another finding of the study is that US bureaucrats are indeed somewhat unaccountable to democratic outcomes.

From the data analyzed, the authors find no clear increase in exit from bureaucracies in the Clinton-to-Bush transition, the Bush-to-Obama transition, or the Obama-to-Trump transition. In other words, bureaucracies don’t change composition significantly when the president changes.

At first, this may not seem bad. If everyone quit or got fired whenever the president changed parties, it’s possible some important knowledge could be lost in transition.

However, one last finding in the research makes this unresponsive bureaucracy worrisome.

The authors find bureaucrats tend to perform worse when they are “politically misaligned” (when the bureaucrat is of a different party than the president). When that happens, projects tend to be more costly and this leads to the authors’ conclusion that “political misalignment is detrimental to contract performance.”

Therefore, whether intentional or not, bureaucracies seem to be unresponsive to the will of the majority. If bureaucrats are unaccountable for ineffectiveness, less effective under a president of the opposite party, and most bureaucrats are Democrats, it seems conservative concerns are warranted, at least to a degree.

Even despite the fact that the over-representation of Democrats is due to self-selection and not conspiracy, the result will be a bureaucracy which is ineffective at working with Republican presidents.