Posted on 02/05/2025 9:37:38 AM PST by Red Badger
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.
Politico is a for-profit venture. In 2021, it was bought by Axel Springer for a staggering $1 billion.
Nevertheless, the company has received over $8 million dollars from USAID across hundreds of grants.
Additionally, there is evidence that the company was given $517,000 in return for 37 Politico Pro subscriptions, equivalent to roughly $14,000 per user.
The revelations happen to coincide with reports that Politico was unable to pay their staff this week.
However, this was blamed on a technical error, and the company insists it has now been resolved.
While masquerading as a middle-of-the-road news website, Politico has been involved in pushing Democrat Party propaganda since its inception.
Democrats are, therefore, understandably livid at Trump’s move to restructure and downsize the agency and have accused him and Musk of enacting a “coup” against the U.S. government.
Last month, two former Politico reporters revealed how the company had pressured them to kill stories critical of Joe Biden and related to the corrupt dealings of his son Hunter.
Speaking to reporters on Monday, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said that while USAID would not be abolished entirely, it would be refocused to align with actual U.S. foreign policy objectives.
“It’s supposed to respond to the State Department’s policies,” Rubio explained. "It refuses to do so.”
”A lot of functions of USAID will continue, but it has to be aligned with our foreign policy.”
What does the left even need $0r0$ for when it has USAID?
This left wing money funneling is obnoxious.
Politico, the Pravda of the 21st century.
Operation Mockingbird exposed. Government money funneled to shape opinion, otherwise known as propaganda paid for by tax dollars, while appearing to be an independent opinion, which it was not.
“It's supposed to respond to the State Department's policies,” Rubio explained. “It refuses to do so.”
”A lot of functions of USAID will continue, but it has to be aligned with our foreign policy.”
Ie - all your slush funds belong to us now, baby!
No wonder the Democrats are having a heart attack Trump just did a hostile takeover of their fraud and corruption machine.
Tip of the iceberg.
I think it is more Soros money was the primer and gave some credibility to how funding NGO and shadow payments could be hidden. The real funds came from USAID.
I was often confused how Soros could fund so much. In what I bothered to look up it seemed to me even his wealth just could not fund everything to a sustainable level.
Well, know we know he did not. His money was the cover for the bigger fraud.
We should probably prepare for far worse as things unfold.
All this time we thought he was using his own money!...............
claw back and imprison!
Most peoe don’t realize that the “shadow government” is a very real thing. It’s intended to replace the legitimate constitutional republic. Trump needs to wipe out the Patriot Act with congress. Otherwise, his goals will not succede for very long.
Politico is part of that shadow government.
Not that we didn’t already know it but We the People have been paying for our own brainwashing and propaganda material. Shocking!
Repubs should go on offense advertising line items, the most ridiculous expenditures, while folks in East Palestine and North Carolina suffered and were offered $700 for their pain.
Election meddling by the government. That’s Hatch act stuff.
Let’s see if the DOJ and FBI, under new management, will actually enforce the laws against the democrats.
What Rubio said doesn’t cut it. These agencies and their programs must go. I don’t care if “our side” can now play with them, that will just preserve them for when the vampire dems return. No more “new boss same as the old boss”!
The left can’t survive on efforts of any kind in the private sector because everything they support is anathema to freedom, liberty, free enterprise, etc. They have to get their money through scams and schemes until they can get control of everything (which they were on the threshold of accomplishing).
Wikipedia:
“Politico is considered generally reliable for American politics. A small number of editors say that Politico is a biased source.“
Next up? USAID funding to NPR ?
[“Politico is considered generally reliable for American politics. A small number of editors say that Politico is a biased source.“]
The lies of the Left just never stop
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