Politico Received Huge Amounts
of Taxpayer Money From USAID — Awarded
Over $8 Million in Hundreds of Grants
Gateway Pundit,
by
Ben Kew
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/5/2025 1:09:01 PM
Now it is starting to make sense.
Unbeknownst to the vast majority of Americans, Politico was receiving huge amounts of taxpayer money from USAID.
As Donald Trump and Elon Musk seek to gut the corrupt agency and stop the disbursement of billions of dollars around the world, many people have pointed out some of the most ludicrous “grants” handed out by USAID.
Among the lucky recipients is Politico, a prominent digital news company covering U.S. and global politics.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Strike3 2/5/2025 1:17:47 PM (No. 1889996)
New York Times? WaPo? These democrat propaganda outlets are not surviving on customer subscriptions.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
DVC 2/5/2025 1:50:20 PM (No. 1890028)
And we wonder how these corrupt propaganda operations kept the doors open.....and the answer is CIA/USAID funneling taxpayer money to LIE TO US.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
RCFLyer98 2/5/2025 1:50:44 PM (No. 1890030)
How abut the Guardian, The Atlantic and The Nation, too?
31 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
anniebc 2/5/2025 1:57:21 PM (No. 1890042)
We can just assume every leftist organization has raped and pillaged American and American taxpayers. They all need to pay dearly. No mercy and no parachutes for them. End this!
36 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
BarryNo 2/5/2025 2:05:19 PM (No. 1890049)
Not surprising. They've always been rabid leftists.
14 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
Corndoggies 2/5/2025 2:15:53 PM (No. 1890059)
Who got the billion dollars when it was purchased??
6 people like this.
Reply 7 - Posted by:
chance_232 2/5/2025 2:41:07 PM (No. 1890084)
So.......USAID basically laundered money thru NGO'S to fund the democrats.
I would like to know, what percentage of each dollar actually went to aiding people in need? It seems to me that USAID is like Jesse Jackson's Rainbow Push Coalition on steroids.
21 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
felixcat 2/5/2025 2:52:32 PM (No. 1890093)
So much for USAID feeding the starving children of Africa....
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bamboozle 2/5/2025 4:35:19 PM (No. 1890137)
How many dollars got shifted to the Ukraine?
11 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
kdog 2/5/2025 5:07:44 PM (No. 1890166)
The 37 Federal employees who got "Pro Politico" subscriptions at the cost to taxpayers of $500,000 need to be identified and fired IMMEDIATELY. The level of their entitlement and disrespect of taxpayers money is criminal.
16 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
danu 2/5/2025 9:15:53 PM (No. 1890340)
arrogant jerks -- on welfare. same for nyt wyts
4 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
judy 2/6/2025 2:32:55 AM (No. 1890448)
Politico , NYTIMES, NBC & NPR offices were removed from the Pentagon !
8 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
ARKfamily 2/6/2025 6:02:46 AM (No. 1890505)
According to another website, 84 million to Chelsea Clinton? All I can say is "wow" as we taxpayers have no idea what is happening to the money we pay to the government. . .
7 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
Hazymac 2/6/2025 7:09:10 AM (No. 1890524)
The Tampa Bay Times's imprint PolitiFact--the reason I cancelled my subscription--was given a pile of money by the Biden administration. All these leftwing entities should go out of business. Not a cent more for any of them. They lie; they mislead.
7 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
Calvinesq 2/6/2025 9:08:07 AM (No. 1890614)
Question: Those 37 employees who received money for Politico Pro subscriptions, totaling around $500,000 - did they report that “employment benefit” on their individual tax returns? Just thought I’d ask.
9 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
stablemoney 2/6/2025 9:41:14 AM (No. 1890628)
The left must grow government to exist, because no customer would buy what they are selling.
4 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
Zigrid 2/6/2025 10:23:33 AM (No. 1890667)
Very simple...Politico pays American taxpayers back the money they stole from tax payers...I know...I know...they are protected by the First Amendment...but who decides if they qualify for that status .....open your books Politico...and let Pam have a good look at your status....I'm sure there is some recourse for Americans that have been robbed of their money....just a thought....perhaps the Supreme Court can take a look at it...except for Ethel merman...she's busy rehearsing for another broadway extravaganza.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
janjan 2/6/2025 10:29:48 AM (No. 1890678)
As more comes out every day about the shocking abuse of USAID funds to support the extremely unpopular liberal agenda, the usual suspects are dancing around the microphones screaming something about democracy and the Constitution, while the liberals in charge of the slush fund think they can refuse to divulge to anyone, including the President, exactly where all the money is going. You couldn’t make this s*** up.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 2/6/2025 11:11:36 AM (No. 1890711)
That surprises me, given the booster seats provided by KNOWN columnists back in the beginning. My late mother-in-law would comment, "Well I wondered!" when something predictable proved true.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
TurtleDove 2/6/2025 12:03:48 PM (No. 1890738)
To # 1...add to that list, AARP, Planned Parenthood, NPR, PBS...the list of indoctrinators not surviving on customers goes on & on & on. According to #13 monies went to C Clinton ??? What for - they still owe Haiti BILLIONS & while they are at it, take a good look at that "foundation"....
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
TurtleDove 2/6/2025 12:05:11 PM (No. 1890739)
TurtleDove add'l thought...what about ABC< CBS< NBC, CNN, MSNBC, etc., etc.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
Starboard_side 2/6/2025 1:28:42 PM (No. 1890773)
How free is the free press when it's essentially funded by the Democrat-led U.S. government?
Same with all of those PSA's you've seen more of over the past decade. That's the government tipping the scales of reporting to ensure they continue to see that gravy train of revenue.
All you need to do is look at a story and ask how they would treat that same thing if it was a Democrat.
Recently there was a former Clinton and Obama administration person who was caught in the UK with "stuff" in his luggage and was looking to hook up with an 11 year old.
Hear much about that story?
But what if that person was a Republican? Do you not think they'd have spread that out 24/7?
It may not just be BIAS but that many of these "news" organizations have been paid which influences their coverage.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
little guy 2/6/2025 3:07:38 PM (No. 1890806)
Obviously Musk and his precocious "kids" have stumbled upon the secret honey pot that every Lib bear has been dipping into for years!
Not ONE employee of USAID ever turned whistle blower. Not one. They were all in on it too! Fire them all --- I couldn't care. Then cancel the bank accounts and transfers.
Watch how the illegals all start heading home when the NGOs run out of free money for them now that the spigot is turned off.
Then sit back and enjoy the layoffs that are coming to all the "Progressive" media companies when they can't meet payroll once Uncle Sap ... I mean Sam ... stops paying them.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Foghorn 2/6/2025 3:26:03 PM (No. 1890823)
They were awarded the grants on poorly written plans. Anyone else submitting a grant much have proper English and not mistakes in writing, none, notta, zip point do da. I have seen some of the grants submitted and that was one way of eliminating grants was just throw them out for minor mistakes regardless of the real justifacation of the request.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
TCloud 2/6/2025 8:39:57 PM (No. 1890974)
They owed their Souls to the Co. Store.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
danu 2/7/2025 6:56:41 PM (No. 1891738)
number 23 is correct. not a single creature -not even a mouse---grassed on 'aid', blew the whistle, said nooooooo.
the last info we saw was that aid employees have been reduced from 10k worldwide-to 290.
not good enough. lock it up; burn it down; salt the ground.
seems these creatures kept silent, kept the con going- for decades, for dizzying amounts of payola.
we've all suffered for this, as did so many we know--losing health, hearth and home, income, savings, insurance.
moreover, we know ppl who worked for aid, who looked us all in the eye as they bought ski chalets in gstaad,
mansions in chevy chase, retirements in ranchos palos verdes... nicking salary from their neighbours.
we also have seen news blurbs that eff-bee-liars wont lose their jobs, if they were just following orders.
where have we heard that before?
didn't they also stay silent? didn't they kick doors down, lie, cheat, injure and conceal as well?
help us out here. is this fair and square?
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