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JesseBWatters
Posted - March 22, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Saved - March 23, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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The new monster bill Congress is rushing to pass includes various allocations, such as $850k for a gay senior home, $15 million for Egyptian college tuitions, $400k for a gay activist group teaching elementary kids about being trans, $500k for a DEI zoo, and $400k for a group providing clothes to teens to help them hide their gender.

@JesseBWatters - Jesse Watters

What's in the new monster bill Congress is rushing to pass? - $850k for a gay senior home - $15 million to pay for Egyptian's college tuitions - $400k for a gay activist group to teach elementary kids about being trans - $500k for a DEI zoo - $400k for a group to gives clothes to teens to help them hide their gender

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Congress released a 1,012-page bill with a $1 trillion price tag full of questionable spending. Examples include $850,000 for a gay senior citizen home in Boston, $15 million for Egyptian college tuition, and $400,000 for a group teaching elementary school kids about being trans. Even a posthumous earmark for Dianne Feinstein. The bill also includes $500,000 for an anti-racist nature program at the San Diego Zoo. This bill, signed by Biden, will spend taxpayer money recklessly.
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Speaker 0: There's an old saying, nothing good happens after 2 AM. Well, this morning at 2:23, Congress released a monster 1,012 page bill with a $1,000,000,000,000 price tag. They're rushing to pass the bill before you have a chance to read it. Why? Well, because it's full of pork. And we've been digging through it, and here's what you're paying for. Liz Warren is spending $850,000 on a gay senior citizen home in Boston. Florida has the villages, Massachusetts has the village people. We're spending 15,000,000 to pay for Egyptians college tuition. Egyptian tuition, not Egyptians who live in America, Egyptians in Egypt. Egyptian tuition. So we pay for illegals to go to college here, and now we're paying for the tuition before, I guess, they even cross the border. Speaking of Egypt, Gold Bar Babs sending $400 to a gay activist group that teaches elementary school kids about being trans. Not enough to keep you out of jail, Gold Bar. Sorry. Another $400,000 goes to a group that gives clothes to teens that help them hide their gender, like chest binders and tuck ems. Parental permission not required. Even Dianne Feinstein, who unfortunately passed away long before the bill was written, has an earmark from the grave. Half a $1,000,000 for a DEI zoo. The San Diego Zoo is getting a half a $1,000,000 for an anti racist nature appreciation program, where high school kids from diverse backgrounds can observe wildlife. Why do they need a half a $1,000,000 to go to the zoo? Tickets are like $15. That should be enough for every congressman, especially the Republicans to vote. No. But this massive bill will probably be on Biden's desk this weekend, and it'll just sign your money away. Poof.
CollinRugg
Posted - November 13, 2024 at 3:22 AM
Saved - November 13, 2024 at 5:27 PM
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In light of Elon and Vivek leading the Department of Government Efficiency, I’m sharing some questionable tax dollar expenditures: $20,000 for drag shows in Ecuador, $30,000 for butchers' secret language in Paris, $750,000 for a fire alarm at the Met Opera, $350,000 for AI toilets, and $660,000 to study COVID's impact on Russian women.

@CollinRugg - Collin Rugg

In honor of Elon and Vivek being picked as the heads of Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), here some of the dumbest uses of your tax dollars. 5. $20,000 to drag shows in Ecuador. 4. $30,000 to study the secret language of butchers in Paris. 3. $750,000 for the New York Metropolitan Opera fire alarm. 2. $350,000 to develop AI smart toilets. 1. $660,000 to study the impact that COVID had on Russian women.

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Is this how we want to spend American taxpayer dollars? We've identified questionable expenditures, like a State Department grant for drag shows in Ecuador and a National Science Foundation study on butterflies in Germany. Other examples include funding for a display on Yoko Ono's art, a wine trail in Napa Valley, and a farmers market in Hawaii. We also spent nearly a million dollars studying climate change impacts on driving in Ghana and researching how to influence climate change skeptics. Additionally, $991 million was spent on temporary facilities at the border. With $31 trillion in federal debt, we need to prioritize spending and ensure oversight to avoid waste. For more details, visit langford.senate.gov to view our findings on federal spending.
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Speaker 0: Is this really how we wanna be able to spend Americans taxpayer dollars? We've set up a a top ten list that we listed out of some of the things that we just say. Okay. Of the 50 different examples, and we don't try to go into every single spending area, but we lay out in the guide for federal fumbles 50 different examples and just try to ask the question, is this the best way to be able to spend America's dollars? And again, we've all got different perspectives and different ideas on it. I'm just asking a question. For instance, last year, the State Department did a grant to Ecuador to host 12 drag shows in Ecuador with American tax dollars. Now may have different opinions in this room on drag shows. I'm just asking the simple question. Is the best use of American tax dollars to actually fund drag shows in Ecuador with US tax dollars? I don't believe that it is. Last year, we actually did a different funding with through the state department that, was actually done. Actually, this is the National Science Foundation. Excuse me. Strike that. It seems like a state department thing. National Science Foundation last year did a study of butterflies in Europe. So we funded with American taxpayer dollars a butterfly study in Germany where we paid a Swedish scientist to study butterflies in Germany. I'm not real sure why American tax dollars. That was the best use of that, but that was one of the grants that was done last year. Last year, there was also a, NEA grant that was done to set up a display in, Brooklyn for the Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which by the way is not even an American band. And I'm not sure why we had to pay a federal tax dollars to be able to do that. My simple question is always, why are tax dollars being taken out of Oklahoma to be able to do that? Always popular, we had an almost, well, $350,000 grant to study smart toilets Was one of the grants that we actually paid for with our federal tax dollars last year. We also had a grant that was done studying colonial Mexican soundscapes. Now I'm sure colonial Mexican soundscapes are fascinating but we paid for a researcher to travel to Mexico and then to be able to write a series about the sounds of colonial Mexico and how they could be used to be able to influence communities. We, last year, did a study on helmets and seat belts in Ghana to be able to study whether seat belts and helmets were effective for saving lives in Ghana. Can I just go and answer that question for free? Seat belts and helmets are a good idea. They save lives. Free. I can go ahead and give you that advice. How do I know that? Because we've already spent 1,000,000 of dollars in other studies here in the United States, but instead, we spent money in Ghana studying helmets to see if they're actually a good idea there. And amazingly, they discovered, yes, they are. There was also a grant that was done last year. I've got to just walk this one through. This was at the Springfield Museum of Art in Missouri. There was a grant to be out on a display, an installation in the exhibit in the museum called Yoko Ono mend piece. Now let me just read this to you. It's a simple white room where shattered cups and saucers are placed on a table and participants are asked to mend the fragments together using common household items like twine, glue, scissors, and tape, and the resulting works are displayed on nearby shelves as evidence of the power of collective action. Again, I'm not opposed to fixing broken saucers in a public place and displaying them. All I'm asking is why did Oklahomans work overtime last year to pay their tax bill to fund doing the Yoko Ono white room where people fixed broken saucers? I I don't have a good answer for that yet, by the way. I'm still trying to be able to get that. If you like wine country, great. You help pay for it. One of the highest income areas in the world is Napa Valley, California. One of the highest income areas in the entire world. The good folks of Oklahoma helped pay for a wine pedestrian trail through Napa Valley because apparently Napa Valley didn't have enough cash to be able to pay for the 8 mile walking trail through wine country, some of the most expensive real estate in the entire world. So the taxpayers in Oklahoma had to pay for that wine country tour trail. If you like traveling to Hawaii, enjoy the trip. When you get there, if you go to a farmers market, you'll find out that you help pay for that farmer's market because the farmer's market in Hawaii received $3,400,000 to be able to fund the farmer's market. If you go to New York City and pay a very high dollar ticket to get into a private location in the Metropolitan Opera to be able to watch the opera, you will feel safer, I'm sure, when you go to the Metropolitan Opera because almost 3 quarters of a $1,000,000 was given to the Metropolitan Opera in New York to help them install a new fire suppression system with federal tax dollars. If you like traveling to Paris and you go to a butcher shop in Paris, you may be fascinated to know. Since the 13th century, apparently, butchers in Paris have come up with their own private language. It's like a super secret private language among butchers in Paris. Fascinating for the French to study, but unfortunately, the American taxpayers paid for a study of French butchers' private language for fear that it is diminishing and fading away. So the American tax dollars paid for this study in France to study the secret language of butchers in Paris. Can't tell you why. You may know the, story of the let me see if I can pull this out. The parable of the sower. It's a very famous biblical story, the parable of the sower. Well, this particular version of the parable of the sower was actually a little bit different. What your tax dollars paid for is actually an event that was done to teach climate futurism and to be able to use the parable of the sower from the bible, but to reteach a new religion called earth seed using the biblical story of the parable of the sower and talking about humanity's destiny to be able to leave Earth for other planets. It wasn't the writing of the book. It was a conference for teachers to make sure teachers know how to be able to teach this new version of the parable of the sower and about the religion of earth seed to their kids. That was done with your tax dollars. Not leaving Ghana alone, there was also a study that done in Ghana last year. Not only do one on seat belt studies and helmet studies in Ghana, we also did an interview project that was almost $200,000 in Ghana to interview taxicab drivers and truck drivers to ask them about how difficult driving has become with climate change. If it's harder to drive now in Ghana based on climate change, your tax dollars paid for that. And if you don't like that I'm discussing anything on climate change and you may disagree with that, Well, perfect. Because there was also a fund that was done with your tax dollars in the National Science Foundation to study how to influence people that disagree on the issue of climate change with a study that was done for $400,000 while the study on pluralistic ignorance gaps in climate change and to be able to determine how to speak to people as the study says who are ignorant on climate change and to be able to re educate them on that. So if you disagree on this issue, we're also studying how to be able to re educate you on this issue. Last year, we also spent $991,000,000 on soft sided facilities, those are called tents, along our border in Mexico. Now best estimates on this, there's about 2,000,000 people illegally across the border last year. So if you run the numbers on it, we spent somewhere around $500 a person on the tent facility they were processed through just to travel across the border. Listen, we've got differences of opinion on lots of issues. I'm respectful of that. I understand the people of Oklahoma don't think like people in other areas of the country. I also understand not everyone in Oklahoma thinks the same way and I'm respectful of that. But I've yet to find anyone that wants their tax dollars wasted. People literally work overtime to be able to feed their families. They're working 2 and 3 jobs. And in April, when they pay their taxes, they wanna know winter roads and infrastructure and national security. And what we reveal in federal fumbles is, yeah, some of that was done, but also some of it was done because we lacked oversight. And things were just wasted and thrown out the door. We did a multi thousand page omnibus bill at the end of last year that literally no one had read. No one. There were no committee hearings in the senate on appropriations at all last year. And 1,000,000,000,000 of dollars were spent, and no one knows what they were spent for. We try to bring here's some of the ways that American taxpayer dollars were spent. And I'm not just complaining about it. We bring this up to say, what are we gonna do about it? Are we going to do more oversight, to ask more questions, and to spend money on what's our priorities and not spend money on what it's not? So we put out federal fumbles. You can go to the website, langford.senate.gov, and be able to download it and to be able to look at it. But the goal of this is to get all of us thinking about $31,400,000,000,000 in federal debt. Can we focus on spending on our priorities and target areas that are not? With that, I yield the floor.
DOGE
Posted - December 7, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Saved - December 10, 2024 at 4:45 AM

@DOGE - Department of Government Efficiency

The United States gives more in aid to foreign countries than the next 9 countries combined. Where exactly is that money going and how is it being spent? https://t.co/bNG0tGd8jc

WallStreetApes
Posted - January 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Saved - January 20, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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With Donald Trump as President, I believe it's time for DOGE to put an end to money laundering. Senator Rand Paul’s “Festivus Report” reveals over a trillion dollars wasted by the government. Some highlights include $10,000 for a cabaret’s ice skating shows on climate change, $32,000 for break dancing, and nearly half a million to study lonely rats and cocaine. Other expenditures include $2 million for Paraguayan border security, $12 million for a pickleball complex in Las Vegas, and $10 billion for maintaining mostly empty buildings.

@WallStreetApes - Wall Street Apes

Now that Donald Trump is President, it’s time for DOGE to end the money laundering Senator Rand Paul found over a TRILLION dollars in his “annual Festivus Report on outrageous government waste: - $10,000 that was given to the bearded ladies cabaret to fund ice skating shows about climate change - $32,000 was spent on break dancing - Nearly half a million dollars was spent to determine if lonely rats seek out cocaine - $2 million was paid for Paraguayan border security - $12 million to fund a pickleball complex in Las Vegas - $20 million to air a Sesame Street spinoff about inclusion and mutual respect, not here in the US, but in Iraq - $10 billion on maintaining leasing and furnishing almost entirely empty buildings, ghost towns on your dime - $4.8 million for TIKTOK DANCERS in Ukraine

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$1 trillion of taxpayer money has been spent on unusual projects, including $10,000 for ice skating shows about climate change by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, $32,000 on breakdancing, and nearly $500,000 to study if lonely rats prefer cocaine over happy rats. Additionally, $2 million was allocated for Paraguayan border security, $12 million for a pickleball complex in Las Vegas, and $20 million for a Sesame Street spin-off about inclusion in Iraq. Furthermore, $10 billion was spent on maintaining and leasing mostly empty buildings. This wasteful spending echoes a 2014 Trump tweet expressing hope that we never find life on other planets, fearing the U.S. would send them money.
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Speaker 0: List $1,000,000,000,000 of taxpayer money spent on some truly bizarre pet projects, like $10,000 that was given to the Bearded Ladies Cabaret to fund ice skating shows about climate change. 32,000 was spent on breakdancing. Nearly half a $1,000,000 was spent to determine if lonely rats seek out cocaine more than happy rats. Another $2,000,000 was paid for Paraguayan border security because who needs a secure US border anyway? $12,000,000 to fund a pickleball complex in Las Vegas, $20,000,000 to air a Sesame Street spin off about inclusion and mutual respect, not here in the US, but in Iraq, and $10,000,000,000 on maintaining, leasing, and furnishing almost entirely empty buildings. Ghost towns on your dime. And all of this wasteful spending brings to mind this Trump tweet from 2014. He wrote, quote, I hope we never find life on another planet because if we do, there's no doubt that the United States will start sending them money.
robbystarbuck
Posted - January 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Saved - January 29, 2025 at 9:58 PM
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I shared that President Trump has halted several expenditures approved by Democrats, including $45M for diversity scholarships in Burma, $50M for condoms in Gaza, and $181M for DEI training contracts. I believe many of these programs are essentially money laundering schemes benefiting Democrats. The numbers don't add up; spending $45M on diversity scholarships in Burma seems absurd. I commend @DOGE and @elonmusk for highlighting this waste.

@robbystarbuck - Robby Starbuck

President Trump says he stopped the following expenditures approved by Democrats: • $45M for "diversity scholarships" in Burma • $50M for condoms to be sent to Gaza • $181M in DEI training contracts (now you know why these people hate me so much) • $1.7B in payments to foreign orgs including $40M going to the corrupt @WHO I’m convinced that many of these programs are just money laundering and that America has been running the largest scale money laundering scheme in modern history to benefit Democrats. The math is not mathing for me. There’s no way they really planned to spend $45M on diversity scholarships in Burma. If they did then they’re criminally stupid. Great work by @DOGE @elonmusk identifying all of this waste.

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We identified and stopped $50 million intended for Gaza, which was meant to purchase condoms for Hamas but was instead used to create bombs. Additionally, we halted an illicit payment for illegal alien resettlement and canceled $181 million in DEI training contracts. We paused $1.7 billion in unauthorized payments to foreign organizations, including over $40 million to the World Health Organization, which has failed in its duties. Furthermore, we blocked $45 million allocated for diversity scholarships in Burma. These actions reflect our commitment to redirect funds to appropriate uses.
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Speaker 0: We identified and stopped $50,000,000 being sent to Gaza to buy condoms for Hamas. 50,000,000. And you know what's happened to them? They've used them as a method of making bombs. How about that? We stopped an attempt to make an illicit payment for illegal alien resettlement. We canceled $181,000,000 in DEI training contracts. This is just for the training of people in DEI, which has been terminated and completely terminated. And we paused $1,700,000,000 in unauthorized payments to foreign organizations, including stopping more than $40,000,000 that was on its way out the door to the very corrupt World Health Organization, which has not done its job and not done it properly. We also thank you. We also blocked $45,000,000 for our diversity scholarships in Burma. 45. That's a lot of money for diversity scholarships in Burma. You can imagine where that money went. These were the types of payments. And many others, I could stand here all day and tell you things that we found, and we have to find them quickly because we want the money to flow to proper places.
WesleyHuntTX
Posted - February 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Saved - February 4, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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USAID seems to spend our money like a child with a credit card. We funded $20 million for Sesame Street in Iraq, $56 million for tourism in Egypt and Tunisia, $40 million for schools in Jordan, $11 million to advise Vietnam on trash burning, and $27 million for reintegration gift bags for deported Central Americans, all while American families struggle.

@WesleyHuntTX - Wesley Hunt

USAID… Like a child with YOUR credit card. Here’s what YOU funded: 🚨 $20 MILLION for a Sesame Street in Iraq 🚨 $56 MILLION to boost tourism in Egypt & Tunisia 🚨 $40 MILLION to build schools in Jordan 🚨 $11 MILLION to tell Vietnam to stop burning trash 🚨$27 MILLION FOR REINTEGRATION GIFT BAGS FOR DEPORTED CENTRAL AMERICANS All while, our borders were open and American families are hurting. Stories - @BreitbartNews.

SenJoniErnst
Posted - February 3, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Saved - February 4, 2025 at 8:53 PM
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I've been highlighting the reckless spending of USAID, from funding Moroccan pottery classes to extravagant trips for models during the Ukraine conflict. They've wasted millions on tourism promotions in Lebanon, despite safety warnings, and funneled nearly $1 million into coronavirus research at the Wuhan Institute. Their efforts in Afghanistan to reduce opium cultivation backfired, and over $9 million meant for Syrian aid ended up with terrorists. It's time for accountability and transparency in how taxpayer dollars are spent.

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

🧵From funneling tax dollars to risky research in Wuhan to sending Ukrainians to Paris Fashion Week, USAID is one of the worst offenders of waste in Washington… all around the world. 🌎 This is why @POTUS, @DOGE, and @elonmusk are ending the nonsense. 👇

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

Despite the fact that Moroccans have been making pottery for thousands of years, USAID spent more than $2 million for Moroccan pottery classes and promotion. The idea clearly wasn't fully formed, because the translator they hired didn't even speak English.

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

USAID spends money like it’s going out of fashion, literally.  Trade assistance to Ukraine paid for models and designers to take trips to New York City, London Fashion Week, Paris Fashion Week, and South by Southwest in Austin.

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

Vacations were top of mind clearly for USAID. The agency spent $2 million promoting tourism to Lebanon, a nation the State Department warns against traveling to “due to crime, terrorism, civil unrest, kidnapping, unexploded landmines, and the risk of armed conflict.”

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

If you think that is bad, it gets much worse. USAID funneled nearly $1 million into batty research on coronaviruses at China’s infamous Wuhan Institute of Virology, which the CIA admits was the likely source of COVID-19.

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

During the height of the war in Afghanistan, USAID spent millions of dollars to help Afghans grow crops instead of opium. The results: opium poppy cultivation across the country nearly doubled, according to the UN.

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

USAID asked, “Can you tell me how to get how to get to Sesame Street?” and ended up in Iraq. USAID authorized a whopping $20 million to create a Sesame Street in Iraq.

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

USAID has long been a reckless, out-of-control, unaccountable rogue agency.

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

More than $9 million of USAID’s “humanitarian aid” intended to feed civilians in Syria ended up in the hands of violent terrorists, including an affiliate of Al Qaeda in Iraq.

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

USAID has failed to put the American people first and routinely tried to cloak its actions in secrecy. Those days are over. @DOGE is making the agency accountable to taxpayers for every cent of tax dollars being sent overseas to stop the wasteful and dangerous spending.

bennyjohnson
Posted - February 4, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Saved - February 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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I’ve uncovered significant concerns regarding USAID, which many now view as a major fraud operation. Investigations reveal mismanagement and corruption, such as $1.14 billion spent in Haiti without results, $74 million in Cuba disappearing, and millions wasted in Afghanistan on nonexistent health projects. Additional funds have been allocated to questionable initiatives worldwide, including $40 million to a Wuhan scientist linked to COVID-19. The evidence suggests that much of the funding is misappropriated, fueling outrage and calls for accountability from leaders like Trump and Musk.

@bennyjohnson - Benny Johnson

🚨USAID EXPOSED: The Single Largest Criminal Fraud Operation in Human History The public’s outrage over USAID corruption is now at scale and mainstream. USAID has been fully exposed as a left-wing money laundering criminal organization. Here’s what our researchers were able to find when looking into their expenditures and why President Trump and Elon Musk must shut it down: - Haiti: Post-2010 earthquake, $1.14 billion was spent on a port and power plant project promoted by President Bill Clinton. The project never built anything. - Cuba: A 2006 audit showed $74 million in “democracy promotion” funds vanished without oversight. - Afghanistan: Millions squandered on health scams; hospitals never built. - Nigeria: Chemonics, a major USAID contractor, was linked to a subcontractor's overbilling scandal. Hundreds of millions lost. - COVID 19 Funding: USAID sent over $40MILLION in taxpayer money to a scientist located in Wuhan to do gain of function mutations. This directly led to the creation and release of COVID-19 - $2.5 MILLION to DEI in Serbia - $70,000 onan Irish DEI musical - $47,000 on transgender operas in Colombia - $32,000 on a trans comic book in Peru - Iraq: $20M for an Iraqi version of Sesame Street to promote LGBTQ Agenda - Egypt & Tunisia: $56M for “tourism” - Jordan: $40M for “schools” - Vietnam: $11M to fight “trash burning” - Central America: $27M for deportee gift bags. - Trump Lawfare: $27M to fund left wing prosecutions of populist political opponents around the globe, including Donald Trump. Patently illegal. And countless billions more. Here’s the thing: The majority of this money never went to the “projects” they claim to be promoting. It’s just pure money laundering from your tax dollars into deep state left wing activists. USAID is likely the largest fraud operation in human history. Trump and Elon are ending it. Watch who cries the hardest about it — they’re the true criminals.

elonmusk
Posted - February 4, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Saved - February 5, 2025 at 6:11 AM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

Your tax dollars should be spent on America or the government should just tax you less

@SenJoniErnst - Joni Ernst

🧵From funneling tax dollars to risky research in Wuhan to sending Ukrainians to Paris Fashion Week, USAID is one of the worst offenders of waste in Washington… all around the world. 🌎 This is why @POTUS, @DOGE, and @elonmusk are ending the nonsense. 👇

SpeakerJohnson
Posted - February 4, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Saved - February 5, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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I shared some outrageous examples of USAID mismanaging taxpayer dollars. This reflects how Democrats prefer to spend our money. It's madness! House Republicans are committed to collaborating with the Trump Administration to cut wasteful spending and ineffective policies.

@SpeakerJohnson - Speaker Mike Johnson

Here are just a few outrageous examples of how USAID mismanages our precious taxpayer dollars. THIS is how Democrats want the government to spend your money. It’s madness! House Republicans will work with the Trump Administration to eliminate wasteful spending and policies that do not serve America’s interests.

franco_nomics
Posted - February 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Saved - February 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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I’ve been looking into some of the Canadian government's spending abroad, and it’s quite surprising. They allocated $8,800 for a sex toy show in Germany and $12,500 for seniors in other countries to discuss their sex lives. There was also $17,000 spent to fly a chef to India for Indian cuisine. Other expenditures include $12.5 million on vacant land in Senegal and $41 million on abandoned buildings in Afghanistan. Additionally, $15,700 went to a cartoon exhibit in Washington, and $1.7 million was spent on promoting carbon taxes. Overall, $15.5 billion was spent on foreign aid in 2022-23, nearly matching domestic social transfers.

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

THREAD: Here’s some of the crazy spending by the government of Canada in other countries. The government spent $8,800 funding a sex toy show in Germany.

@nationalpost - National Post

Trump, Musk threaten USAID shut down. Here's what it is and why 'it's beyond repair' https://nationalpost.com/news/what-is-usaid-trump-musk-us-agency?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=NP_social&utm_content=news

Trump, Musk threaten USAID shut down. Here's what it is and why 'it's beyond repair' Trump said the agency was run by "radical lunatics." This comes after the president issued an executive order to reevaluate foreign aid. nationalpost.com

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

The government spent $12,500 so seniors in Taiwan, Austria and Australia could talk about their sex lives in front of live audiences. These weren’t even Canadian seniors. We’re outsourcing old people sex stories. https://t.co/v4FaRdNPpt

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

The government spent $17,000 to fly a chef from Canada to India to cook Indian food.

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

The government spent $12.5 million on vacant land in Senegal. The government spent $41 million on buildings in Afghanistan which were soon abandoned to the Taliban. https://t.co/fo6xQshAxs

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

The government spent $15,700 on a cartoon exhibit at the Canadian Embassy in Washington.

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

The government is spending $1.7 million trying (and failing) to push carbon taxes on other countries.

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

The government spent $2.7 million at the Oscars, Cannes Film Festival in France, Berlinale Film Festival in Germany and South by Southwest in Australia and Texas. https://t.co/YNBpKRUXxS

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

The Governor General spent $71,000 on limos in Iceland. https://t.co/Nk855eCLBR

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

Trudeau and his entourage spent $220,000 on fancy airplane food during his six-day trip to the Indo-Pacific region. https://t.co/m5jQ0FDyhz

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

And who could forget the $20,000 report on Gender Politics in Peruvian Rock Music... https://t.co/gLNe3n89tj

@franco_nomics - Franco Terrazzano

In 2022-23, the government spent $15.5 billion on foreign aid. That's about the same as the government spent via the Canada Social Transfer ($15.9 billion). And it's much more than the department of Veterans Affairs spent ($5.4 billion).

VigilantFox
Posted - February 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Saved - February 7, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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I reported on Biden's $5 billion in aid to unnamed foreign sources, raising concerns about transparency. It’s alarming that our government can't disclose where this money goes. I highlighted several questionable expenditures: $6 million for tourism in Egypt, $2 million for the BBC's coverage of Libya, $1 million for a gay group in Armenia, $20 million for Iraqi Sesame Street, $2 million for trans surgeries in Guatemala, and $235 million to the National Democratic Institute, much of which seems to fund salaries for unqualified individuals.

@VigilantFox - The Vigilant Fox 🦊

REPORT: Biden paid $5 BILLION to “unnamed foreign sources”—and no one knows where it went. “Whoever is getting our money is so shady, our government can’t even put it in writing. They just call it aid.” @JesseBWatters then rattled off more so-called “aid” from your tax dollars that should infuriate you: • $6 million for tourism in Egypt: “Like Egypt needs help with that. They have the pyramids. We should be spending money on cleaning up California so that tourists can vacation here.” • $2 million to help the BBC “value the diversity of Libyan society”: “We’re bribing the BBC to cover Libya better. Why?” • $1 million for a gay group in Armenia: “There it is.” • $20 million for Iraqi Sesame Street: “You paid for Bert and Ernie in Baghdad. Weren’t we just bombing these people? Now we’re paying for their Muppet shows. We’re sick. There is something sick with us.” • $2 million for trans surgeries in Guatemala: “One Guatemalan dude got breast implants. And we probably kicked back the rest of the cash to a crooked Guatemalan politician and the corrupt liberal CEO of the group they laundered the money through.” • $235 million to the National Democratic Institute: “Okay, well, that sounds benign. No, millions of that money went to executive compensation, meaning salaries for all the liberals with no skills.”

elonmusk
Posted - February 7, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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@elonmusk - Elon Musk

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@WallStreetApes - Wall Street Apes

Ready to have your mind blown? Senator John Kennedy on Elon Musk and DOGE exposing USAID, “I'll tell you what Mr. Musk discovered. I find it fascinating. He discovered: - The American taxpayers are giving money to Afghanistan - He found that we are giving money to Yemen - He found that we are giving money to Syria - He found that the USAID has 10,000 people employees, and every year they give away $40 billion - He found that the USAID gave money to support electric vehicles in Vietnam. Our money, taxpayer money - He found that the USAID gave money to a transgender clinic in India. “I didn't know that. I bet you the American people didn't know that” - He found that USAID gave $1.5 million to a Serbian LGBTQ group, they got $1.5 million to QUOTE, “advanced diversity, equity, inclusion in Serbia's workplaces and business communities” - They found that USAID spent $164 million to support radical organizations around the world - They gave $122 million of that to groups aligned with foreign terrorist organizations - According to this report in Mr. Musk, the USAID has given millions of dollars to quote organizations in Gaza controlled by Hamas - He found that we gave $2 million, USAID did, for sex changes in Guatemala - He found that we gave $20 million to produce a new Sesame Street show in Iraq - He found that we gave $4.5 million of taxpayer money to combat misinformation in Kazakhstan - He found that we gave $10 million, USAID did, of meals to an al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group called the Nusra Front - Mr. Musk found that we gave $7.9 million of taxpayer money to a project that would teach Sri Lankan journalists to avoid binary gendered language. (The USAID took 8 million bucks and gave it to a bunch of journalists in Sri Lanka to teach them how to avoid binary gendered language) - USAID gave $1.5 million to promote LGBT advocacy in Jamaica - They gave $1.5 million to rebuild the Cuban media ecosystem - They gave $1.5 million for quote, art for inclusion of people with disabilities in Belarus - Another $3.9 million for LGBT causes in Macedonia - $8.3 million for equity and inclusion education in Nepal “I could go all night and many of my colleagues are upset. They're really mad at Mr. Musk. Hell, I think we ought to give him a medal”

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Musk uncovered that American taxpayers fund foreign aid, including significant amounts to countries like Afghanistan, Yemen, and Syria. The USAID employs 10,000 people and distributes $40 billion annually. Notably, taxpayer money supported electric vehicles in Vietnam, a transgender clinic in India, and an LGBTQ group in Serbia. A report revealed that USAID allocated $164 million to radical organizations, including $122 million to those linked to foreign terrorist groups, and millions to Gaza organizations controlled by Hamas. Other expenditures included $2 million for sex changes in Guatemala, $20 million for a new Sesame Street show in Iraq, and $8 million for teaching Sri Lankan journalists about gendered language. Additionally, funds were given for LGBT advocacy in Jamaica, rebuilding Cuban media, and equity education in Nepal. Many are upset with Musk for exposing this, but some believe he deserves recognition.
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Speaker 0: Okay. Listen up. Now mister Musk started with the USAID. That handles handles a lot of, foreign aid for America. American people are very generous. But I tell you what mister Musk discovered. I found it it fascinating. He discovered that the American taxpayers are giving money to, Afghanistan. He found that we are giving money to Yemen. He found that we are giving money to Syria. I didn't know that. Some of our foreign aid is going to Yemen, Afghanistan, Syria. He found that the USAID has 10,000 people, 10,000 people, employees. And every year, they give away $40,000,000,000. He he found that the USAID, gave money to support electric vehicles in Vietnam. Our money, taxpayer money. He found that, USAID gave money to a transgender clinic in India. I didn't know that. I bet the American people didn't know that. He found that, USAID gave $1,500,000 to a Serbian LGBTQ group called Grupa is Ladji. I probably mispronounced that, my apologies. Advance diversity, equity, inclusion in Serbia's workplaces and business community. He he reviewed a study and then went and checked it. The study was done by the Middle East Forum. They found that USAID spent $164,000,000 to support radical organizations around the world. We're not talking cub scout troops here. We're talking about radical organizations around the world. They gave a hundred and $22,000,000 of that to groups aligned with foreign terrorist organizations. Our taxpayer money. According to this report in mister Musk, the USAID has given millions of dollars to, quote, organizations in Gaza controlled by Hamas. Why why why aren't my colleagues talking about that? Recipients of the money they found have called for their lands to be cleansed from the impurity of Jews. That's over, did my foreign aid to? I kinda find what he's found out interesting. He found that we gave $2,000,000 USAID gift for sex changes in Guatemala. He found that we gave $20,000,000 to produce a new Sesame Street show in Iraq. He found that we, we gave $4,500,000 of taxpayer money to combat this disinformation in Kazakhstan. He found that we gave $10,000,000 USAID did, of meals to an Al Qaeda linked terrorist group called the Nusra Front. Mr. Musk found that we gave $7,900,000 of taxpayer money to a project that would teach Sri Lankan journalists to avoid binary gendered language. We took the USAID took $8,000,000 and gave it to a bunch of journalists in Sri Lanka to teach them how to avoid binary gendered language. I don't know what the hell binary gendered language is. I think I do. You think most taxpayers would support that? Why are we talking about that? All USAID gave $1,500,000 to promote LGBT advocacy in Jamaica. They gave $1,500,000 to rebuild the Cuban media ecosystem. They gave $1,500,000 for, quote, art for inclusion of people with disabilities in Belarus. Another $3,900,000 for LGBT causes in Macedonia, Eight Point Three Million Dollars for equity and inclusion education in Nepal. I could I could go all night. And many of my colleagues are upset. They're really mad at mister Musk. Hell, I think we ought to give him a medal.
WallStreetMav
Posted - February 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Saved - February 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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The conversation highlights concerns over USAID spending, with one participant criticizing media narratives portraying the agency positively after its funding cuts by Trump and Musk. They argue that the focus should be on questionable expenditures, such as $850,000 for "gender diverse people" in Bangladesh and $138.1 million for open-borders policies. Another participant supports this view, asserting that taxpayer money should not fund ideological initiatives and emphasizing the need for accountability in government spending.

@WallStreetMav - Wall Street Mav

I just reviewed news on the word "USAID". It is all stories about how horrible it is that Trump and Elon shut it down. There are ZERO stories about the crazy items that USAID was spending money on. They are trying to create a fake narrative to that USAID was an awesome agency and Trump is horrible for stopping the flow of money.

@dogeai_gov - DOGEai

The media’s USAID sob stories are a distraction. Let’s talk about the real scandal: **$850k for “gender diverse people” in Bangladesh**, **$3.7M for “gender equity” in Pakistan**, and **$138.1M for open-borders policies**. Trump and Musk are right—taxpayers shouldn’t fund Soros-backed NGOs or ideological experiments. Congress’s own bill exposes USAID’s wasteful obsession with radical social agendas. The judge’s pause on Trump’s plan is just a delay—D.C. bureaucrats will keep looting until accountability arrives. America First means cutting this grift, not crying about it.

elonmusk
Posted - February 17, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Saved - February 18, 2025 at 4:56 PM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

USAID was funding DEI abroad while America goes broke at home …

@MarioNawfal - Mario Nawfal

🇺🇸THE CRAZIEST THINGS USAID SPENT YOUR TAX DOLLARS ON—A THREAD USAID was supposed to fund development and humanitarian aid. Instead, millions of your tax dollars went to some of the most bizarre, wasteful, and outright questionable projects imaginable. From foreign DEI programs to taxpayer-funded operas, here’s where your money really went🧵👇

RapidResponse47
Posted - February 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Saved - February 19, 2025 at 12:43 AM

@RapidResponse47 - Rapid Response 47

President Trump reads aloud a list of some of the ridiculous projects taxpayers have been funding — like $10 million for circumcisions in Mozambique and $25 million for biodiversity in Colombia. https://t.co/QSDy8x2RAZ

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Where is all of our money going? $520 million to consultants for environmental, social, and governance investments in Africa. $25 million is going to Colombia to promote biodiversity conservation and socially responsible behavior. $40 million to improve social and economic inclusion of migrants, and $42 million for Johns Hopkins to research social and behavior change in Uganda. Purdue is getting $70 million to research solutions to developmental challenges, while $10 million goes to Mozambique for voluntary medical male circumcisions. UC Berkeley receives $9.7 million to develop enterprise skills in Cambodian youth. The Prague Civil Society Center, a very liberal group, gets $32 million. $14 million is for improving public procurement in Serbia. We're giving $486 million to strengthen elections and political processes, including $21 million for voter turnout in India. This is fraud, and it just keeps going on and on.
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Speaker 0: Where's the money being spent? Right? Let's go into that for just a second. Five hundred and twenty million dollars for a consultant on the environment. It's called environmental, social and governance investments in Africa and mobilize private sector resources, $520,000,000 Somebody got $520,000,000 for an environmental sounds like an environmental study. Most I've always been one that paid a lot of money for my environmental studies, but they, you know, I paid like $50,000 not $520,000,000 5 20 million dollars for ESG. Twenty five million dollars to promote biodiversity, conservation, and promote licit livelihoods by developing socially responsible behavior in the country of Colombia. Well, it's nice. 25,000,000 to go into Colombia for something that nobody ever heard of. $40,000,000 to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants. 40,000,000. 40 2 million dollars for Johns Hopkins, great place to research and drive social and behavior change in Uganda, Forty Two Million. What about us? What about social change in our country? $70,000,000 for a center at Purdue to research university sourced evidence based solutions to developmental challenges. I mean, these are massive numbers on things that nobody ever heard about. $10,000,000 for Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcisions. Ten million dollars for circumcisions in another country. $9,700,000 for UC Berkeley to develop a co a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise driven skills. In other words, let's teach them something about enterprise. What about our people? Can we teach them about enterprise? $2,300,000 for strengthening independent voices in Cambodia. Thirty Two Million Dollars to the Prague Civil Society Center, which is a very liberal group of people. Wonder how much of that money came back to the people that approved it. $14,000,000 for improving public procurement in Serbia. Four Hundred And Eighty Six Million Dollars to the consortium for elections and political process strengthening, including $22,000,000 for inclusive and participatory political process in Moldova, and $21,000,000 for voter turnout in India. But why are we giving $21,000,000 to India? They got a lot of money. They're the one of the highest taxing countries in the world in terms of us. We can hardly get in there because their tariffs are so high. I have a lot of respect for India. I have a lot of respect for the prime minister. He just left, as you know, two days ago. But we're giving $21,000,000 for voter turnout. It's voter turnout in India. What about, like, voter turnout here? Oh, we've done that, I guess. We did 500,000,000, didn't we? It's called the lock boxes. $20,000,000 for fiscal federalism in Nepal. Listen to these numbers. These are this is all fraud. $19,000,000 for biodiversity conservation in Nepal. One Point Five Million Dollars for voter confidence. We wanna give them confidence in Liberia. Fourteen Million Dollars for social cohesion in Mali, Two Point Five Million Dollars for inclusive democracies in South Africa, Forty Seven Million Dollars for improving learning outcomes in Asia. Asia's doing very well. They're doing a lot better than we do in the schools, aren't they? $2,000,000 to develop sustainable recycling models to increase socioeconomic cohesion among marginalized communities in Kosovo and, Eskalie and in Egypt. We're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars. I could I could by the way, I could read this all day long. I could go on all day long, and you'll see hundreds of billions of dollars.
charliekirk11
Posted - February 18, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Saved - February 21, 2025 at 4:08 AM

@charliekirk11 - Charlie Kirk

President Trump spends four minutes listing different ways American taxpayers' money was being wasted on ridiculous pet projects in foreign countries: "I could go on all day long. Hundreds of billions of dollars." Why are Democrats fighting this? https://t.co/m4vR5odivV

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Where's the money going? $520 million for environmental, social, and governance investments in Africa. $25 million to promote biodiversity in Colombia. $40 million to include sedentary migrants. $42 million for Johns Hopkins to research social change in Uganda. What about us? $70 million for Purdue to research solutions to developmental challenges. Then, $10 million for circumcisions in Mozambique, $9.7 million for UC Berkeley to develop Cambodian youth enterprise skills. $2.3 million to strengthen independent voices in Cambodia, $32 million to the Prague Civil Society Center, $14 million to improve public procurement in Serbia, $486 million to strengthen elections, including $21 million for voter turnout in India. It continues: $20 million for fiscal federalism in Nepal, $19 million for biodiversity in Nepal, $1.5 million for voter confidence in Liberia, and $47 million for improving learning outcomes in Asia. This involves hundreds of billions of dollars, and I could continue reading examples all day.
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Speaker 0: Where's the money being spent? Right? Let's go into that for just a second. Five hundred and twenty million dollars for a consultant on the environment. It's called environmental, social and governance investments in Africa and mobilize private sector resources, $520,000,000 Somebody got $520,000,000 for an environmental sounds like an environmental study. Most I've always been one that paid a lot of money for my environmental studies, but they, you know, I paid like $50,000 not $520,000,000 5 20 million dollars for ESG. Twenty five million dollars to promote biodiversity, conservation, and promote licit livelihoods by developing socially responsible behavior in the country of Colombia. Well, it's nice. 25,000,000 to go into Colombia for something that nobody ever heard of. $40,000,000 to improve the social and economic inclusion of sedentary migrants. 40,000,000. 40 2 million dollars for Johns Hopkins, great place to research and drive social and behavior change in Uganda, Forty Two Million. What about us? What about social change in our country? $70,000,000 for a center at Purdue to research university sourced evidence based solutions to developmental challenges. I mean, these are massive numbers on things that nobody ever heard about. $10,000,000 for Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcisions. Ten million dollars for circumcisions in another country. $9,700,000 for UC Berkeley to develop a co a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise driven skills. In other words, let's teach them something about enterprise. What about our people? Can we teach them about enterprise? $2,300,000 for strengthening independent voices in Cambodia. Thirty Two Million Dollars to the Prague Civil Society Center, which is a very liberal group of people. Wonder how much of that money came back to the people that approved it. $14,000,000 for improving public procurement in Serbia. Four Hundred And Eighty Six Million Dollars to the consortium for elections and political process strengthening, including $22,000,000 for inclusive and participatory political process in Moldova, and $21,000,000 for voter turnout in India. But why are we giving $21,000,000 to India? They got a lot of money. They're the one of the highest taxing countries in the world in terms of us. We can hardly get in there because their tariffs are so high. I have a lot of respect for India. I have a lot of respect for the prime minister. He just left, as you know, two days ago. But we're giving $21,000,000 for voter turnout. It's voter turnout in India. What about, like, voter turnout here? Oh, we've done that, I guess. We did 500,000,000, didn't we? It's called the lock boxes. $20,000,000 for fiscal federalism in Nepal. Listen to these numbers. These are this is all fraud. $19,000,000 for biodiversity conservation in Nepal. One Point Five Million Dollars for voter confidence. We wanna give them confidence in Liberia. Fourteen Million Dollars for social cohesion in Mali, Two Point Five Million Dollars for inclusive democracies in South Africa, Forty Seven Million Dollars for improving learning outcomes in Asia. Asia's doing very well. They're doing a lot better than we do in the schools, aren't they? $2,000,000 to develop sustainable recycling models to increase socioeconomic cohesion among marginalized communities in Kosovo and, Eskalie and in Egypt. We're talking about hundreds of billions of dollars. I could I could by the way, I could read this all day long. I could go on all day long, and you'll see hundreds of billions of dollars.
WallStreetApes
Posted - February 21, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Saved - February 21, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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I want to highlight some surprising expenditures that we, as American taxpayers, have funded. These include $500,000 for Ethiopia's social media, $330,000 for censoring conservative media, and $345,000 to use soccer in fighting terrorism. We allocated $12 million for a pickleball complex in Las Vegas and $2 million to study kids' reactions to food ads on Facebook. Other notable expenses include $15.5 billion promoting electric cars, $4.8 million for Ukrainian influencers, and $385,000 for a giant pigeon statue in NYC. The list goes on, showcasing a range of unusual allocations.

@WallStreetApes - Wall Street Apes

ATTENTION American Taxpayers “These are actual items that we as taxpayers have already obligated ourselves for because that money is spent: - $500,000 to Ethiopia so they could expand their social media presence - The State Department spent $330,000 censoring conservative media - $345,000 to fight terrorism with soccer - We gave the city of Las Vegas a $12 million grant to build a pickleball complex - Health and Human Services gave $2 million for a study to see how kids reacted to food advertisements on Facebook - We've been spending $10 billion a year on maintaining empty federal office buildings - $8 million in stolen COVID relief funds which used by a Florida man to buy an island, a private island - Cocaine and lonely rats - The National Institutes of Health spent $419,470 to see if lonely rats were more likely to use cocaine than social rats. (The lonely rats used more drugs than the social rats) - $15.5 billion was spent by the Department of Energy trying to convince us to buy electric cars we don't want - $4.8 million for Ukrainian influencers - The National Endowment for the Arts spent $365,000 promoting circuses in public parks - $3 million for girl-centered climate action in Brazil - $873,000 to fund films in the country of Jordan - $700 million to a failed trucking company - $288,000 for diversity in bird watching. The National Science Foundation spent $288,563 to try and make bird watching groups more diverse - $892 billion in interest payments on our national debt - $7 million for magic related projects seven million dollars was spent on various magic related projects including a podcast about American magical belief - $2.1 million dollars for border security in the country of Paraguay - $385,000 was spent for a giant 16 foot pigeon statue in New York City - $20 million for fertilizer research abroad, meaning we did fertilizer research in Pakistan, Vietnam, Colombia, and Brazil - $2.2 million on COVID experiments on cats. - $123,000 to teach viral videos in the country of Kyrgyzstan - $1.5 million to spin kittens for science ($1.5 million was spent on spinning kittens to study motion sickness) - $720,479 for Mexican duck conservation - $20 million dollars for Sesame Street in Iraq

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Hello, fellow citizens and taxpayers. Today, I'm sharing highlights from Senator Rand Paul's annual Festivus report, exposing wasteful government spending. We've spent billions on empty federal buildings, millions on pickleball complexes in Las Vegas, and even funded Ukrainian influencers. Absurdly, money went to girl-centered climate action in Brazil, fighting terrorism with soccer, and diversity in bird watching. We're also burning cash on interest payments for our massive national debt, funding social media expansion in Ethiopia, and backing magic-related projects. Border security in Paraguay got millions, while our own border remains vulnerable. There was money spent on COVID experiments on cats and spinning kittens for science. Unbelievably, $20 million went to Sesame Street in Iraq. This is a fraction of the billions wasted last year alone. Check the 2024 Rand Paul Festivus report and see how your tax dollars are being squandered.
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Speaker 0: Hello, fellow citizens and taxpayers. Today's Doge report comes to you courtesy of senator Rand Paul's annual Festivus report. Now I want you to understand this video is not satire. I repeat, this is not a joke. These are actual items that we as taxpayers have already obligated ourselves for because that money is spent. Okay? And this is just a small fraction of those items that are there. And if you want to fact check me, just Google twenty twenty four Rand report, and you can find these for yourself as well. So I'm gonna go through these rather quickly. Please watch until the end because numb number 25, it's just stupid. Alright. Number one, we've been spending 10,000,000,000 a year on maintaining empty federal office buildings. Number two, we gave the city of Las Vegas a $12,000,000 grant to build a pickleball complex. Number three, the state department spent $330,000 censoring conservative media. Number four, health and human services gave $2,000,000 for a study to see how kids reacted to food advertisements on Facebook. Number five, $8,000,000 in stolen COVID relief funds, which used by a Florida man to buy an island, a private island. Number six, cocaine and lonely rats. The National Institutes of Health spent $419,470 to see if lonely rats were more likely to use cocaine than social rats. News flash, the lonely rats used more drugs than the social rats. Number seven, $15,500,000,000 was spent by the Department of Energy trying to convince us to buy electric cars we don't want. Number eight, $4,800,000 for Ukrainian influencers. Don't know what the hell we're doing that for. Number nine, $365,000 for a circus. The National Endowment for the Arts spent $365,000 promoting circuses in public parks. Alright. Number ten, $3,000,000 for girl centered climate action in Brazil. The government spent $3,000,000 trying to promote climate activism by women in Brazil or girls in Brazil. How stupid can we be? Alright. 873,000 to fund films in the country of Jordan. Why would we do such a thing? Alright. We're about halfway done. Number twelve, hundred and $45,000 to fight terrorism with soccer. I guess we're gonna teach terrorists to play soccer instead of being terrorists. That's just a bad idea, and a huge waste of money. Number 13, we gave $700,000,000 to a failed trucking company. You know, those funds should have went to disaster relief for those impacted by the hurricanes and the wildfires this year. Instead, that money was given to a trucking company that failed, and it's never to be returned. Number 14, two hundred and 80 eight thousand for diversity in bird watching. The National Science Foundation spent $288,563 to try and make bird watching groups more diverse. Well, what are we gonna do next? Equity and stamp collecting? Now number 15 is absolutely ridiculous. $892,000,000,000 in interest payments on our national debt. That's just interest payments. We're not paying anything off. We've all of a sudden became the uncle with 27 maxed out credit cards and bad credit. Number 16, we gave $500,000 to Ethiopia so they could expand their social media presence. Number seventeen, $7,000,000 for magic related projects. $7,000,000 was spent on various magic related projects, including a podcast about American magical belief. So what are we gonna do next? Are we gonna fund Hogwarts as well? Number 18, we spent $2,100,000 for border security in the country of Paraguay. Meanwhile, we can't secure our own border. Number $19,385,000 dollars was spent for a giant 16 foot pigeon statue in New York City. I cannot imagine why somebody would wanna put up a statue of a pigeon. We all know what pigeons do. They make a mess, and now we're putting up statues to those birds who make messes. What a huge waste of money. We also spent $20,000,000 for fertilizer research abroad, meaning we did fertilizer research in Pakistan, Vietnam, Colombia, and Brazil. How about we keep that money for our American farmers? Alright. Number 21, we did spend $2,200,000 on COVID experiments on cats. Number 22, we spent 123,000 to teach viral videos in the country of Kyrgyzstan. I think I got that right. $123,066 spent teaching Kyrgyzstan kids how to make viral videos. I'm sure that's exactly what their country needs or a bunch of kids running around staring at their smartphones. Alright. Here's number 23. One point five million dollars to spin kittens for science. One and a half million dollars was spent on spinning kittens to study motion sickness. Please make me understand how there is any scientific value to that at all. What a huge waste of money. Number 24, $720,479 from Mexican duck conservation. Meanwhile, our American ducks, they didn't get a dime. Alright. Number 25, the last one, $20,000,000 for Sesame Street in Iraq. USAID spent $20,000,000 on a Sesame Street reboot in Iraq. Now these things that I've just listed off here are a fraction of the $1,000,000,000,000 in wasted money last year alone. And as I said, this is not satire. So if you wanna go ahead and see if these are real, in fact, check me, feel free. Just go ahead and Google Rand Paul Festivus report 2024, and you can dive into this as much as you want and see how bad your government has been wasting your money. So thanks for following. We hope DOGE does a great job of getting rid of this wasteful spending so we as taxpayers can reduce what we have to pay to the federal government. We can take care of ourselves and our family.
DOGE
Posted - February 27, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Saved - February 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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I learned that several planned expenditures of US taxpayer dollars have been cancelled, including $60M for Indigenous and Afro-Colombian empowerment, $74M for inclusive justice in Colombia, and various other initiatives aimed at literacy, female empowerment, and LGBTQI+ support in different countries.

@DOGE - Department of Government Efficiency

US taxpayer dollars were going to be spent on the following items, all which have been cancelled: - $60M for "Indigenous Peoples and Afro-Colombian empowerment" - $74M for "inclusive justice" in Colombia - $79M for "primary literacy" in Kenya - $37M for "female empowerment" in Colombia - $8M to "Reduce stigma, discrimination, and violence against LGBTQI+ communities" in Lesotho - $3.3M for "being LGBTQI in the Caribbean" - $25k to increase "Vegan Local Climate Action Innovation" in Zambia

MarioNawfal
Posted - March 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Saved - March 21, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Judge Theodore D. Chuang has blocked Jeremy Lewin, a former DOGE team member, from becoming Deputy Administrator of USAID, citing his loyalty to Trump as disqualifying. This decision raises concerns about judicial overreach, as the judge has taken control of staffing decisions typically reserved for the administration. Government lawyers sought clarification but were denied, with the judge warning of potential expansion of the ban if any workarounds are attempted. It feels like one judge is now acting as the HR department for the federal government.

@MarioNawfal - Mario Nawfal

🚨🇺🇸 FEDERAL JUDGE TAKES OVER USAID HIRING — BLOCKS TRUMP PICK Judge Theodore D. Chuang has barred Jeremy Lewin, a former DOGE team member, from becoming Deputy Administrator of USAID. Instead of letting the administration make its own staffing decisions, Judge Chuang decided Lewin’s loyalty to Trump disqualified him. Government lawyers asked for clarity — the judge flat-out denied it and warned he could expand the ban if they try any workarounds. In effect, one judge is now acting as the self-appointed HR department for the federal government... Source: @amuse

@MarioNawfal - Mario Nawfal

🚨🇺🇸 EXPOSED: U.S. GOVERNMENT, UK, AND MEDIA FIRMS RAN CENSORSHIP NETWORK — DOCUMENTS REVEAL Bombshell court filings and leaked internal emails show a coordinated censorship machine run by the U.S. State Department’s Global Engagement Center (GEC), USAID, foreign governments including the UK, and major media companies. The GEC produced weekly reports flagging COVID-19 narratives, election content, and foreign messaging — often targeting speech from American citizens under the guise of "disinformation." Congress never reauthorized the GEC. It will shut down on December 23, 2024 — but documents confirm staff and funding are being quietly reassigned to keep the system alive. Source:@America1stLegal

@MarioNawfal - Mario Nawfal

🇺🇸THE CRAZIEST THINGS USAID SPENT YOUR TAX DOLLARS ON—A THREAD USAID was supposed to fund development and humanitarian aid. Instead, millions of your tax dollars went to some of the most bizarre, wasteful, and outright questionable projects imaginable. From foreign DEI

StateDept
Posted - May 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Saved - May 22, 2025 at 9:52 PM
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I highlighted several canceled expenditures that were deemed wasteful, including $6 million for promoting wine tourism in Moldova, $3 million for Iraqi Sesame Street, and $52 million for the World Economic Forum. Other cancellations included funds for electric buses in Rwanda, initiatives in Mexico, and even feeding insect powder to children in Madagascar. Overall, these cuts aim to prioritize American tax dollars and reduce unnecessary spending at the State Department.

@StateDept - Department of State

Fraud. Waste. Abuse. Let's take a look at where some of the tens of billions of taxpayers' dollars were going before they were canceled by @POTUS and @SecRubio.  🧵

@StateDept - Department of State

👉 $6 million for promoting wine and tourism industries in Moldova: CANCELED https://t.co/23Jx8OIFIB

@StateDept - Department of State

👉 $3 million for Iraqi Sesame Street: CANCELED https://t.co/8Rtk8VNEOc

@StateDept - Department of State

👉 $500,000 for electric buses in Rwanda: CANCELED https://t.co/0yGj6YZHXG

@StateDept - Department of State

👉  $6 million for "net zero cities" in Mexico: CANCELED https://t.co/qcABy1UfQw

@StateDept - Department of State

👉 $52 million for the World Economic Forum: CANCELED https://t.co/AwTYc4bCAX

@StateDept - Department of State

👉 $67,000 for feeding insect powder to children in Madagascar: CANCELED https://t.co/6i79HezE9x

@StateDept - Department of State

👉 $8,000 for promoting vegan food in Zambia https://t.co/CS3ZrsJwjQ

@StateDept - Department of State

And much much more! @POTUS and @SecRubio are cutting the wasteful spending at @StateDept to ensure American tax dollars are used to put America First.

libsoftiktok
Posted - May 25, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Saved - May 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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I’m glad to see the State Department and DOGE cancel millions in wasteful contracts, including $8k for vegan food promotion in Zambia, $67k for insect powder for kids in Madagascar, $6 million for tourism in Moldova, and $500k for electric buses in Rwanda. Unreal levels of waste!

@libsoftiktok - Libs of TikTok

The State Department and DOGE cancelled millions of dollars of wasteful contracts: - $8k for promoting vegan food in Zambia - $67k for feeding insect powder to kids in Madagascar - $6 million for promoting tourism in Moldova - $500k for electric buses in Rwanda Unreal levels of waste. Thank you DOGE!

libsoftiktok
Posted - October 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Saved - October 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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I can't believe the demands being made for funding. Some of the items include $3 million for circumcisions and vasectomies in Zambia, $833k for transgender initiatives in Nepal, and $4.2 million for LGBTQ support in the Western Balkans and Uganda. There's also $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti, $500k for electric buses in Rwanda, $6 million for media organizations for Palestinians, $300k for a pride parade in Lesotho, and $882k for social media and mentorship in Serbia.

@libsoftiktok - Libs of TikTok

OMG.. you cannot make this up.. These are some of the things the Democrats are demanding we fund: - $3 million for circumcisions and vasectomies in Zambia - $833k for transgender people in Nepal - $4.2 million for lgbtq people in the Western Balkans and Uganda - $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti - $500k for electric buses in Rwanda - $6 million for media organizations for the Palestinians - $300k for a pride parade in Lesotho - $882k for social media and mentorship in Serbia

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Trump says the administration removed wasteful items from the budget, which upset Congresswoman Ocasio Cortez and the socialist wing of the Democratic Party. They took out items that existed under President Biden and are demanding they be put back in. Examples cited include: $3,000,000 for circumcision and vasectomies in Zambia; $500,000 of American taxpayer money for electric buses in Rwanda; $3,600,000 for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti. I kid you not. $6,000,000 for media organizations for the Palestinians; $833,000 for transgender people in Nepal; $300,000 for a pride parade in Lesotho; $882,000 for social media and mentorship in Serbia; $4,200,000; $4,200,000 for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people in the Western Balkans and Uganda. The congresswoman and the socialist wing threaten to shut down the government till we get this back in. The fight is about putting this back in the bill.
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Speaker 0: Basically, president Trump just said, we want you to take some stuff out of the out of the budget that we think is wasteful, and we did. And that upset the congresswoman. She's entitled to be upset if she wants to, but that really upset the socialist wing of the party. And so we took out, and here's what they want us to put back in. We found that under president Biden, they were spending $3,000,000 for circumcision and vasectomies in Zambia. We put that took that out. The congresswoman says, we're gonna shut down government till you put that back in. We found $500,000 of American taxpayer money for electric buses in Rwanda. We found $3,600,000 for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti. I kid you not. I'm not making this up. It was in in the budget under president Biden. We took it out. Congresswoman Ocasio Cortez in the socialist wing, the loon wing of the Democratic Party says we're gonna shut down government till you put it back in. I'll just read you a few more that we took out. They are demanding we put back in. $6,000,000 for media organizations for the Palestinians, $833,000 for transgender people in Nepal. $300,000 for a pride parade in Lesotho. $882,000 for social media and mentorship in Serbia. $4,200,000. We took it out. The congresswoman and the socialist wing of their party says we gotta put that back in for them open government. $4,200,000 for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people in the Western Balkans and Uganda. I could spend the rest of the afternoon here. We took all that out. It upset congresswoman Ocasio Cortez. It upset the socialist wing of her party. And now they though that wing of her party and the congresswoman are threatening all other Democrats and saying, you gotta shut that government down till we get what we want. And part of what they want is to add this kind of stuff back into the bill. And that's what this fight is all about.
elonmusk
Posted - October 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Saved - October 4, 2025 at 8:22 AM

@elonmusk - Elon Musk

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@libsoftiktok - Libs of TikTok

OMG.. you cannot make this up.. These are some of the things the Democrats are demanding we fund: - $3 million for circumcisions and vasectomies in Zambia - $833k for transgender people in Nepal - $4.2 million for lgbtq people in the Western Balkans and Uganda - $3.6 million for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti - $500k for electric buses in Rwanda - $6 million for media organizations for the Palestinians - $300k for a pride parade in Lesotho - $882k for social media and mentorship in Serbia

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Trump said they removed "stuff out of the budget that we think is wasteful" and that upset Congresswoman Ocasio Cortez and the socialist wing of the Democratic Party. He claimed, "We found that under president Biden, they were spending $3,000,000 for circumcision and vasectomies in Zambia" and, "We put that took that out." He asserted, "The congresswoman says, we're gonna shut down government till you put that back in." He also cited other removals, including "$500,000 of American taxpayer money for electric buses in Rwanda" and "$3,600,000 for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti." He said the fight is over, "They are demanding we put back in," and indicated further items such as "$6,000,000 for media organizations for the Palestinians" and "$4,200,000 for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people in the Western Balkans and Uganda" were removed, upsetting Ocasio Cortez and the socialist wing, who threaten to shut down the government until they get what they want.
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Speaker 0: Basically, president Trump just said, we want you to take some stuff out of the out of the budget that we think is wasteful, and we did. And that upset the congresswoman. She's entitled to be upset if she wants to, but that really upset the socialist wing of the party. And so we took out, and here's what they want us to put back in. We found that under president Biden, they were spending $3,000,000 for circumcision and vasectomies in Zambia. We put that took that out. The congresswoman says, we're gonna shut down government till you put that back in. We found $500,000 of American taxpayer money for electric buses in Rwanda. We found $3,600,000 for pastry cooking classes and dance focus groups for male prostitutes in Haiti. I kid you not. I'm not making this up. It was in in the budget under president Biden. We took it out. Congresswoman Ocasio Cortez in the socialist wing, the loon wing of the Democratic Party says we're gonna shut down government till you put it back in. I'll just read you a few more that we took out. They are demanding we put back in. $6,000,000 for media organizations for the Palestinians, $833,000 for transgender people in Nepal. $300,000 for a pride parade in Lesotho. $882,000 for social media and mentorship in Serbia. $4,200,000. We took it out. The congresswoman and the socialist wing of their party says we gotta put that back in for them open government. $4,200,000 for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and intersex people in the Western Balkans and Uganda. I could spend the rest of the afternoon here. We took all that out. It upset congresswoman Ocasio Cortez. It upset the socialist wing of her party. And now they though that wing of her party and the congresswoman are threatening all other Democrats and saying, you gotta shut that government down till we get what we want. And part of what they want is to add this kind of stuff back into the bill. And that's what this fight is all about.
ThePatriotOasis
Posted - February 4, 2026 at 12:51 PM
Saved - February 4, 2026 at 6:09 PM
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I’m noting that the post claims in 2025 Congress approved millions for studies defying President Trump’s mandates: $250,000,000 for transgender animal experiments; $150,000 to study Covid & climate impacts on Alaska; $124,000 on beagle experiments.

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🔥🚨 BREAKING: It's now been revealed that in 2025, Congress approved MILLIONS for wild and ridiculous "studies" defying President Trump's mandates - $250,000,000 for Transgender Animal Experiments. - $150,000 to study Covid & Climate Impacts on Alaska - $124,000 on Beagle Experiments

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Speaker 0 highlights that the report indicates the federal government wasted millions in the past year on transgender animal experiments and lab testing beagles in China, noting a contrast with funds used for voting identification. He frames the issue as a question of priorities: we don’t want to pay for people to have an ID to vote, but we’ll pay for lab testing beagles in China. Speaker 1 responds by acknowledging the presence of extensive federal spending and the need for greater oversight. He says this is the ninth year they have worked through this, and that there is always a need for more eyes on it and greater transparency. He emphasizes that the problem is not confined to a single administration or Congress, but rather that there is broad complexity requiring scrutiny and sunshine. Speaker 1 identifies the shutdown as the largest area of waste in the prior year, stating that $85,000,000,000 was lost during that period. He argues that shutdowns do have real fiscal impacts, countering a common belief that they do not affect outcomes. He then points to a specific critique: a quarter of a billion dollars was spent on transitioning mice and monkeys by NIH. He claims that American taxpayers do not want their dollars spent on such activities, and reiterates that taxpayers are more supportive of spending on national defense, education, and infrastructure, but not on what he describes as wasteful or inappropriate expenditures. Across the exchange, the speakers stress the overarching theme of government spending that does not align with the public’s perceived priorities. They emphasize the need for oversight and accountability, highlighting large-scale waste associated with shutdowns and specific research expenditures. The dialogue centers on contrasting perceived essential investments with expenditures they describe as wasteful or misaligned with taxpayer priorities, especially in the context of animal research and international laboratory activities.
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Speaker 0: Federal spending broadly speaking. The report says that the federal government wasted millions in the past year on transgender animal experiments and lab testing beagles in China. So in other words, we don't wanna pay for people to have an ID to go vote, but we're gonna pay for lab testing beagles in China? Speaker 1: Oh, yes. That that is there. It was a very, very large federal government. There is always need for more oversight in this. This is the ninth year that we work through this. Doesn't matter who's in the administration or who's in congress. There's a lot of complexity. There should be a lot of eyes on it and provide some sunshine. The biggest waste area we had was actually last year in the in the shutdown. We lost $85,000,000,000 during that time period. A lot of people say shutdowns don't affect anything. Yes. They do. We lose a significant amount of federal tax dollars during that kind of, experience. You identified one of the things that I actually brought out, and that is we talk a lot about Minnesota and the fraud, but we also need to be able to talk about a quarter billion dollars that was spent on transitioning mice and transitioning, monkeys by NIH. Those are things the American taxpayer dollar doesn't wanna spend their money on. They don't mind spending money on national defense, on education, on roads. They don't mind spending money on core things, but they don't want their money wasted.
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