Our Tax Dollars Hard At Work 👍

Thank you, https://dogegov.com/ and (unofficial—>)https://www.doge-tracker.com/

• $6 million to finance tourism in Egypt; https://2017-2020.usaid.gov/egypt/press-releases/dec-16-2019-united-states-commits-6-million-bilateral-assistance-egypt

  $20 million for a Sesame Street show in Iraq https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/FESTIVUS-REPORT-2024.pdf

• $310 million to start a Palestinian cement company (to create “terror tunnels”?) https://en.palbas.org/post/822/sanad-holds-a-press-conference-about-establishing-the-first-company-f

  $4.5 million to combat disinformation in Kazakhstan. https://www.whitehouse.gov/uncategorized/2025/02/at-usaid-waste-and-abuse-runs-deep/

• State media: Since 2014, Politico had received $34.3 million from assorted federal agencies, the bulk of which appeared to have been payments for subscriptions (specifically E&E News and Politico Pro) https://www.usaspending.gov/search/?hash=06f9eb87528583dd211eb3ce06521f22 millions to the AP (Associated Press) https://www.usaspending.gov/search/?hash=046067b76c698482fdd0b298ee287716 and the New York Times https://www.usaspending.gov/search/?hash=b18e21a3c33c4e90f09bb2a804162a7c

• $7.9 million to teach Sri Lankan journalists how to avoid “binary-gendered language” https://www.usaid.gov/document/usaidsri-lanka-fact-sheet-media-empowerment-democratic-sri-lanka

• $2 million to Asociacion Lambda, a Guatemala-based activist organization, to help provide “gender-affirming care,” https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_72052024FA00001_7200/

• State Department Paying For Play Where God Is Bisexual And Communists Are Good In Bid To Push LGBT Rights Abroad - The State Department has committed $20,000 to staging the play in Macedonia, according to grant records. An additional $10,500 in non-federal funding has also been allocated for the production. https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_SMK80024GR0072_1900

• White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday criticized the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Her remarks followed President Donald Trump’s appointment of secretary of state Marco Rubio as acting administrator of USAID, effectively placing the humanitarian agency under the State Department’s control. Speaking to reporters, Leavitt said, "If you look at the waste and abuse that has run through USAID over the past several years, these are some of the insane priorities that the organization has been spending money on — $1.5 million to advance DEI in Serbia’s workplaces, $70,000 for the production of a DEI musical in Ireland, $47,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia, and $32,000 for a transgender comic book in Peru." https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/32000-for-a-transgender-comic-book-trumps-press-secy-leavitt-rips-usaid-amid-doge-scrutiny/videoshow/117916959.cms and https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_SEI30022GR0010_1900h ttps://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_72016922FA00001_7200

• $2.5 million backing electric vehicles in Vietnam https://www.usaid.gov/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CUSAID's%20role%20facilitated%20our%20collaboration,the%20potential%20reduction%20in%20emissions.

• transgender clinic in India

• An inspector general discovered that Chemonics, a USAID contractor, overbilled the feds by “as much as $270 million through fiscal year 2019” and was caught “possibly offering kickbacks to terrorist groups.” Chemonics had been heavily involved in a $9.5 billion USAID initiative to beef up global health supply chains, which ultimately ended in dozens of arrests and indictments over the resale of agency-funded products on the black market. Chemonics agreed to pay $3.1 million in a settlement with the government over “fraudulent” billing. https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/chemonics-international-inc-pay-31m-resolve-allegations-fraudulent-billing-under-global

• July 2024: FEMA is “tremendously prepared” for upcoming hurricane season, “this is what we do”  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/mayorkas-claim-that-fema-is-tremendously-prepared-comes-back-to-haunt-him-amid-helene-aftermath/ar-AA1rHTWS 

• ……….FEMA Tapped Out for Hurricane Recovery as GOP Points to $1B Spent on Migrants https://www.newsweek.com/fema-migrant-funding-hurricane-disaster-relief-1963336 “there is not enough money available for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to meet the needs of the communities affected by Hurricane Helene, which has killed more than 160 people” https://nypost.com/2024/10/03/us-news/feds-say-theres-no-money-left-to-respond-to-hurricanes-after-fema-used-640-9m-this-year-on-migrants/

• The funding shortfall has come under scrutiny at a time when at least $640 million in FEMA funding is being spent on assisting communities across the country dealing with an influx of migrants. It's the latest wave of funding, after over $259 million was allocated in April as part of the Department of Homeland Security's Shelter and Services Program (SSP). In 2023, over $780 million was distributed, https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/2023-11/2023_1018_fema_shelter_and_services_program_fy23.pdf

• OCTOBER 4: The United States will provide nearly $157 million in new U.S. humanitarian assistance to support populations affected by conflict in Lebanon and the region. https://www.state.gov/united-states-provides-humanitarian-assistance-in-response-to-the-escalating-crisis-in-lebanon/

• OCTOBER 4: Biden-Harris Administration Sends South Carolina $2 Million in Emergency Relief Funding for Roads and Bridges Damaged by Hurricane Helene https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-sends-south-carolina-2-million-emergency-relief-funding

• 2022 video nukes White House spokesperson’s claim FEMA funds weren’t diverted to illegal immigrants. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAyliE4p_4p/?igsh=ZnI4M3A5c21wbzZv

• $34.7 trillion debt load. https://www.cnbc.com/2024/06/13/treasury-secretary-yellen-says-us-debt-load-is-in-reasonable-place-if-it-remains-at-this-level.html During the 2024 fiscal year, net interest costs on the debt have totaled $601 billion — more than the government has spent on health care or defense and more than four times what it has laid out for education.

• Sep ‘24: Congress has passed five bills appropriating $175 billion to Ukraine https://www.cfr.org/article/how-much-us-aid-going-ukraine

• Fraud Risk Management: 2018-2022 Data Show Federal Government Loses an Estimated $233 Billion to $521 Billion Annually to Fraud  https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-24-105833

• June: congressional budget office says federal budget deficit for current fiscal year may be close to 2 trillion dollars, 3rd largest in US history, caused by new government spending like student loan “cancellation” and funding for Ukraine, plus rising mandatory spending and interest rates…by 2034 debt will be $50 trillion https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60039   

• HR7691 Biden Qualifying Refugees from Ukraine to claim social security benefits - not paying into system, not from this country, didn’t help build this country, getting money taken out of our paychecks https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/7691

• $35 million for “Russiagate” (See Lies)  https://time.com/5557693/mueller-report-cost/

• California spent $24 billion on homeless in last 5 years alone and the problem increased https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/04/11/california-homelessness-programs-audit-billions/73282144007/ and corruption, much? Looking for $16.1 Million. City Approves Homekey Funds to Pay Double for Senior Center Conversion into Homeless Shelter https://www.westsidecurrent.com/news/looking-for-16-1-million-city-approves-homekey-funds-to-pay-double-for-senior-center/article_6532da30-2dda-11ef-9801-0ffcb80548ba.html

• Biden-Harris admin accidentally sent Taliban $239 million in aid, investigation finds https://www.judicialwatch.org/taliban-gets-239-mil/ and https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/audits/SIGAR-24-31-AR.pdf$165 million on houses for homeless https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/taxpayer-funded-new-high-rise-for-homeless-features-gym-cafe-and-apartments-with-skyline-views/ar-BB1nURcG

• An $9.4 million experiment doled out money to homeless people in Denver, no strings attached. Here’s what happened.  https://coloradosun.com/2024/06/19/homeless-payments/  About 45% of participants were living in a house or apartment that they rented or owned by the study’s 10-month check-in point, according to the research

• Meanwhile…LA residents, sick of homeless, put planters out front to deter, IT WORKED, but the city REMOVED them for lack of permit https://ktla.com/news/local-news/planters-to-deter-homeless-encampments-in-hollywood-removed/ great job, guys

• 1600 feet of high speed rail after 9 years and 11 billion dollars  https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/california-mocked-over-11-billion-high-speed-rail-bridge-to-nowhere-that-took-9-years-to-build/ar-BB1lPC6p

• Biden’s $7.5 billion investment in EV charging has only produced 7 stations in two years https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/biden-s-75-billion-investment-in-ev-charging-has-only-produced-7-stations-in-two-years/ar-BB1kI8y7

• $250k on “woke kindergarten” and shocker the kids don’t know their alphabet https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/woke-kindergarten-glassbrook-hayward-18635504.php

• The nation spent $752.3 billion on its 48 million children in public schools in fiscal year 2019, a 4.7% increase from the previous year and the most per pupil in more than a decade. https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2021/05/united-states-spending-on-public-schools-in-2019-highest-since-2008.html (yet our children are not getting smarter—>https://www.discovery.org/education/2023/07/11/our-public-school-system-is-set-up-to-fail-and-its-succeeding/)

• A US intelligence agency is celebrating Pride Month by giving its workers free manicures and hosting workshops where staff can learn to crochet their own LGBTQ+ flags. Multiple different activities will be held throughout Pride Month by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), all occurring during working hours.https://www.gbnews.com/news/us/pride-month-us-intelligence-agency-lgbt-manicures-crochet

• FCC commissioner Brendan Carr: Biden Has Not Connected One Person with High-Speed Internet with $42.5 Billion from Infrastructure Bill (see Kamala Now)  https://dnyuz.com/2024/06/15/brendan-carr-biden-has-not-connected-one-person-with-high-speed-internet-with-42-5-billion-from-infrastructure-bill/

• …meanwhile illegal immigrants receive debit cards with cash, free housing in hotels, flights, free legal advice, and Americans paying high prices due to inflation, taxes, high interest rates, more expensive everything (see Immigration)

• Transgender surgery is now free for military, thanks to Biden executive order. Taxpayers will now foot the bill for gender reassignment surgery for active military personnel and veterans, with some treatments costing upward of $200,000 under an executive order signed by President Biden. https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/2872426/transgender-surgery-is-now-free-for-military-thanks-to-biden-executive-order/  The news analysis revealed that the Pentagon spent $8 million to treat just 1,500 transgender military officials, which included hormone treatments and some surgeries.

• California’s Dream for All Shared Appreciation Loans program allows applicants to secure “loans” of up to $150,000 or 20% of the home’s purchase price — or, about what a typical down payment is — with zero down payment on this state “loan,” and no payments. In exchange, the state receives the original loan amount plus 20% of the appreciated gain when the home is refinanced, sold, or transferred. The California Senate passed a contentious bill to allow for undocumented immigrants to use the state’s zero-down, zero-interest home “loans” program despite national backlash following coverage of the bill’s looming passage. https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/california-senate-passes-0-down-0-payment-home-loans-for-illegal-immigrants/ar-AA1pxhQx

• A taxpayer funded housing support group in Portland, Oregon, has been offering grants of $30,000 to first-time buyers in the state, but with ONLY those who are NOT U.S. citizens eligible to apply. https://www.newsweek.com/oregon-scheme-offers-30000-help-illegal-immigrants-buy-homes-1944214

• Trump wanted to build wall for $4 billion (as per above, we have sent well over $100 billion to Ukraine) and Biden admin halted construction of it, and now Kamala wants funding to built it back https://www.nbcnews.com/investigations/trump-harris-border-wall-arizona-rusting-2021-rcna173094

• Waste: Believe it or not, more than 1,200 expired federal programs receive a total of $516 billion a year in taxpayer money. This amount is up from 1,100 last year.  Some of these programs expired as far back as the 1980s.  https://x.com/DavidADitch/status/1818674601603355062?mkt_tok=ODI0LU1IVC0zMDQAAAGUwWTAIAuuf8-Hz9p4TPijYLBXaHD3-Tlj-WVHCEpAXiH1jvnY0S1u1q7JL8GNdmSy_io9XEUYolph1n19QOcwDdKU5PVgxERQ8N7ekI4u0YaoQkG5rw