I confirmed that over $8 million in taxpayer dollars subsidized Politico. Eugene Daniels from Politico stated on PBS' "Washington Week with The Atlantic" that DOGE isn't showing evidence of waste or abuse. It feels concerning that an employee from a previously taxpayer-subsidized outlet is now on another subsidized platform spreading what I see as misinformation. Politico has been defunded, and I believe PBS should be next.
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February 5: Karoline Leavitt confirms that over $8M taxpayer dollars went to subsidizing Politico.
February 8: Politicoโs Eugene Daniels declares that DOGE is not producing evidence of waste or abuse.
Danielsโ comments were made on PBSโ "Washington Week with The Atlantic."
So, an employee of a formerly taxpayer-subsidized print-propaganda outlet (Politico) is appearing on a still-taxpayer-subsidized TV-propaganda outlet (PBS) spreading lies and propaganda.
Politico has been defunded. Now itโs PBS turn.
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We've stopped the $8,000,000 in taxpayer subsidies for Politico subscriptions. The team is working to cancel the payments immediately.
Large organizations inevitably miss things. Claims of widespread waste and abuse haven't been substantiated with evidence. We haven't seen proof of the alleged misuse of funds.
Speaker 0: I can confirm that the more than 8,000,000 taxpayer dollars that have gone to essentially subsidizing subscriptions to Politico, the American taxpayers' dime will no longer be happening. The DOGE team is working on canceling those payments now.
Speaker 1: I think when you have a bunch of humans doing one thing and the bigger the organization gets, there's always going to be something that is missed. I think what we have not seen The show, for instance, for example. What what we've seen what we have not seen from Elon Musk or this administration is any evidence of all of this abuse that they're talking about, right? You, they, right? Like they, they, they say they've gone in, they found all of this, all of this waste that has been happening.
We haven't seen it.
