Showing posts with label NGOs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NGOs. Show all posts
Thursday, October 15, 2026
Tuesday, July 14, 2026
NGO's
Full Measure with Sharyl Attkisson
Jul 12, 2026
NGO’s, or non-governmental organizations, feed the hungry and provide medical care to victims of disasters in the US and around the world. but your tax dollars help fund them, and many use that to push political agendas. Scott Thuman investigates.
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🇺🇸 House DOGE Subcommittee | 'Public Funds Private Agendas: NGOs Gone Wild' Hearing
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Sunday, February 15, 2026
Thursday, December 04, 2025
Sunday, August 03, 2025
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Friday, May 30, 2025
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
A Closer Look at John Lomacang's MAGA Sermon
March 16, 2025
Gerry Wagoner
59:32 – He states, without offering evidence, that some in our church are leaning towards evangelicalism, and buying into their agenda. Exactly what that agenda is, he doesn’t say, but it is presumed to be bad.
59:56 – He says conservatism is not biblical, and we should not get the two mixed up. In this he appears to be taking a shot at those who oppose unbiblical liberalism in the church. He quotes selectively from 5T:
“The work which the church has failed to do in a time of peace and prosperity she will have to do in a terrible crisis under most discouraging, forbidding circumstances. The warnings that worldly conformity has silenced or withheld must be given under the fiercest opposition from enemies of the faith. And at that time the superficial, conservative class, whose influence has steadily retarded the progress of the work, will renounce the faith”--5T 463 (1885).
I believe Lomacang uses this particular passage in 5T because of the word conservatism, which provides a springboard to his political concerns which follow.
He fails to point out that Ellen White is not referring to theological conservatism, but rather those who put “worldly conformity” first and God’s cause second. We agree with him that superficial believers will renounce the faith, the Bible is clear on that, calling it the ‘Falling away’ in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. The term ‘falling away’ comes from the Greek word apostasia which refers to defection from the one true God—‘repenting’ from good unto evil. Christ declared, “As it was in the days of Lot, … even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed” (Luke 17:28-30). This is home central for apostate Protestantism and apostate Adventism, which are ideologically aligned and will become more so in these last days.
John Lomacang recently gave a sermon titled Make Adventism Great Again. While the title is praiseworthy, the latter part of his sermon drifted into politics, highlighting his own political preferences. Some of the high points of his message are:
59:32 – He states, without offering evidence, that some in our church are leaning towards evangelicalism, and buying into their agenda. Exactly what that agenda is, he doesn’t say, but it is presumed to be bad.
59:56 – He says conservatism is not biblical, and we should not get the two mixed up. In this he appears to be taking a shot at those who oppose unbiblical liberalism in the church. He quotes selectively from 5T:
“The work which the church has failed to do in a time of peace and prosperity she will have to do in a terrible crisis under most discouraging, forbidding circumstances. The warnings that worldly conformity has silenced or withheld must be given under the fiercest opposition from enemies of the faith. And at that time the superficial, conservative class, whose influence has steadily retarded the progress of the work, will renounce the faith”--5T 463 (1885).
I believe Lomacang uses this particular passage in 5T because of the word conservatism, which provides a springboard to his political concerns which follow.
He fails to point out that Ellen White is not referring to theological conservatism, but rather those who put “worldly conformity” first and God’s cause second. We agree with him that superficial believers will renounce the faith, the Bible is clear on that, calling it the ‘Falling away’ in 2 Thessalonians 2:3. The term ‘falling away’ comes from the Greek word apostasia which refers to defection from the one true God—‘repenting’ from good unto evil. Christ declared, “As it was in the days of Lot, … even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed” (Luke 17:28-30). This is home central for apostate Protestantism and apostate Adventism, which are ideologically aligned and will become more so in these last days.
Saturday, March 01, 2025
Frozen funds: why Europe will struggle to fill USAID gap
Joanna Gill
Published: February 25, 2025
A Rohingya man poses for a picture with a nutrition supplement packet provided by USAID among Rohingya refugees, in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, February 5, 2025. REUTERS/Ro Yassin Abdumonab
What’s the context?
It's a multibillion-dollar question: Who will fill the aid gap left by the USAID freeze? The answer is unlikely to be Europe.
The U.S. administration's 90-day foreign aid freeze has left a huge hole in funding worldwide for everything from HIV medicines to mosquito nets, but as calls go out for alternative donors to plug the gap, Europe is ill-placed to step up.
Despite court rulings challenging the funding freeze, the fate of the U.S. Agency for International Development remains in doubt as the administration reviews all projects to see if they align with President Donald Trump's "America First" policy.
With activities from demining, to teaching, to preventing malaria suspended, the question is who can step up to secure the future of those programmes that do not fall under waivers granted by the Trump administration for life-saving projects.
The European Union has been non-committal.
"Everyone in the international community must shoulder their responsibility. The EU cannot fill this gap left by others," a commission spokesperson said.
NGOs say programmes on reproductive health, chronic diseases and psychosocial health are particularly at risk, as everything except emergency aid is paused.
"It's like going back to the 80s and 90s when we were coming with food trucks. That's the risk that we will return to the bad practices of the past," said Jean-Yves Terlinden, humanitarian director at Caritas Europa, a network of Catholic relief, development and social services organisations in Europe.
Falling short
The U.S. contributed approximately 42% of global humanitarian aid in 2024, with the EU and Germany accounting for around 8% each, according to the United Nations.
"Everyone in the international community must shoulder their responsibility. The EU cannot fill this gap left by others," a commission spokesperson said.
NGOs say programmes on reproductive health, chronic diseases and psychosocial health are particularly at risk, as everything except emergency aid is paused.
"It's like going back to the 80s and 90s when we were coming with food trucks. That's the risk that we will return to the bad practices of the past," said Jean-Yves Terlinden, humanitarian director at Caritas Europa, a network of Catholic relief, development and social services organisations in Europe.
Falling short
The U.S. contributed approximately 42% of global humanitarian aid in 2024, with the EU and Germany accounting for around 8% each, according to the United Nations.
Thursday, February 13, 2025
HHS splurged more than $22B on grants for migrants — including cash for cars, home loans and startups
By
Josh Christenson
Published Feb. 13, 2025, 12:18 p.m. ET
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ramped up grants for migrants from 2020 to 2024 — which included cash assistance to buy cars, homes and even build credit for startup businesses, according to a shocking watchdog report that found taxpayers were left on the hook for $22.6 billion.
HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) — which came under fire last year for having lost track of 32,000 migrant kids in the US — handed out the high sum to a host of nonprofits, effectively acting as a “giant magnet” for those crossing the US border and claiming asylum, auditors from the money monitor OpenTheBooks revealed exclusively to The Post.
Tasked with settling migrants, asylum seekers and other refugees in America, ORR drastically increased the number of noncitizens eligible to receive funding over the bulk of President Joe Biden’s term, with more than $10 billion shelled out to grant-receiving organizations just in fiscal year 2023.
Josh Christenson
Published Feb. 13, 2025, 12:18 p.m. ET
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) ramped up grants for migrants from 2020 to 2024 — which included cash assistance to buy cars, homes and even build credit for startup businesses, according to a shocking watchdog report that found taxpayers were left on the hook for $22.6 billion.
HHS’ Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) — which came under fire last year for having lost track of 32,000 migrant kids in the US — handed out the high sum to a host of nonprofits, effectively acting as a “giant magnet” for those crossing the US border and claiming asylum, auditors from the money monitor OpenTheBooks revealed exclusively to The Post.
Tasked with settling migrants, asylum seekers and other refugees in America, ORR drastically increased the number of noncitizens eligible to receive funding over the bulk of President Joe Biden’s term, with more than $10 billion shelled out to grant-receiving organizations just in fiscal year 2023.
The OpenTheBooks audit comes after FEMA came under fire for sending around $80 million, which was subsequently clawed back by the Trump administration, to put migrants up in New York City hotels and provide other services.
Luiz C. Ribeiro for New York Post
That coincided with all-time records being set for southern border crossings into the US, with 2.4 million apprehensions by Customs and Border Protection over the same period.
Non-governmental groups bilked taxpayers for up to $1.7 billion in services including dollar-for-dollar matching savings plans for cars, homes, college educations or startups; small-business loans of up to $15,000; loans to repair credit history of up to $1,500; “cultural orientation,” “emergency housing support,” legal assistance and Medicaid care.
That coincided with all-time records being set for southern border crossings into the US, with 2.4 million apprehensions by Customs and Border Protection over the same period.
Non-governmental groups bilked taxpayers for up to $1.7 billion in services including dollar-for-dollar matching savings plans for cars, homes, college educations or startups; small-business loans of up to $15,000; loans to repair credit history of up to $1,500; “cultural orientation,” “emergency housing support,” legal assistance and Medicaid care.
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