In the Bloggers & Personal forum, on a thread titled DataRepublican does a deep dive into the rabbit hole known as Consortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening (via patriots.win, link in comments), grey_whiskers wrote: RED ALERT DOGE *PING* This one is awkward:
🚀 Marco Rubio – Director at International Republican Institute (EIN 521340267) 🤔 U.S. Senator from Florida, 2016 presidential candidate (Republican)
https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4287546/posts?page=7570#7570
Peeps were wondering why Rubio was put in charge of the State Department as many consider him a Deep Stater. It seems likely president Trump put him in place to calm the Deep State, cause them to leave documents unshredded and server information in place, believing Marco had as much to lose as they did so his appointment meant they were SAFE, until Musk could get in and look around. Stealth MUSK
If I read it right, this tip of the tip of the iceberge accounts for 1.5 trillion in spending, yet:
"🔔 TOTAL Active Spending Grants: $3,829,490,800.46 | TOTAL Government Funding reported through 990s: $1,914,277,896"
Further, the State Department indirectly funds USAID, as does the Dept of Justice, National Science Foundation etc.
"Department of State gives nonprofits grants.
USAID gives nonprofits grants.The nonprofits then give each other grants."
I put the report you linked, in ThreadReaderApp form, in Festival, here, in case DDOS or other interference makes it hard to access. Actually, I feel like I photographed a massive car pile up on the side of the road because I just couldn't believe cars could land like that....
These are some satisfying 'finds' from among others on the list:
🚀 Thomas Daschle – Chairman at National Democratic Institute (EIN 521338892) 🤔 Former Senate Majority Leader (Democratic)
🚀 Michael Chertoff – Trustee at Freedom House (EIN 131656647) 🤔 Former Secretary of Homeland Security (Republican)
🚀 Stacey Abrams – Director at National Democratic Institute (EIN 521338892) 🤔 High-profile Georgia political leader (Democratic)
🚀 Mitt Romney – Director at International Republican Institute (EIN 521340267) 🤔 U.S. Senator from Utah, 2012 GOP nominee (Republican)
🚀 Lindsey Graham – Director at International Republican Institute (EIN 521340267) 🤔 U.S. Senator from South Carolina (Republican)
🚀 Joni Ernst – Director at International Republican Institute (EIN 521340267) 🤔 U.S. Senator from Iowa (Republican)
🚀 Tom Cotton – Director at International Republican Institute (EIN 521340267) 🤔 U.S. Senator from Arkansas (Republican)
🚀 Marco Rubio – Director at International Republican Institute (EIN 521340267) 🤔 U.S. Senator from Florida, 2016 presidential candidate (Republican)
🚀 Dan Sullivan – Chairman at International Republican Institute (EIN 521340267) 🤔 U.S. Senator from Alaska (Republican)
🚀 Kelly Ayotte – Director at International Republican Institute (EIN 521340267) 🤔 Former U.S. Senator from New Hampshire (Republican)
🚀 Mark Kirk – Director at International Republican Institute (EIN 521340267) 🤔 Former U.S. Senator from Illinois (Republican)
🚀 Karen Bass – Vice Chair at National Endowment for Democracy (EIN 521344831) 🤔 Former U.S. Representative, current Mayor of Los Angeles (Democratic)
🚀 Elise Stefanik – Director at National Endowment for Democracy (EIN 521344831) 🤔 U.S. Representative from New York, House GOP Conference Chair (Republican)
🚀 Mel Martinez – Director at National Endowment for Democracy (EIN 521344831) 🤔 Former U.S. Senator from Florida (Republican)
🚀 Peter Roskam – Vice Chair at National Endowment for Democracy (EIN 521344831) 🤔 Former U.S. Representative from Illinois (Republican)
🚀 Steve Biegun – Director at National Endowment for Democracy (EIN 521344831) 🤔 Former U.S. Deputy Secretary of State (Republican)
🚀 Steny Hoyer – Director at International Foundation for Electoral (EIN 521527835) 🤔 U.S. Representative from Maryland (Democratic)
🚀 Rob Portman – Director at International Foundation for Electoral (EIN 521527835) 🤔 Former U.S. Senator from Ohio (Republican)
🚀 Andrés Pastrana – Director at International Foundation for Electoral (EIN 521527835) 🤔 Former President of Colombia (Conservative Party)
🚀 Donna Brazile – Director at National Democratic Institute (EIN 521338892) 🤔 High-profile strategist, former DNC chair (Democratic)