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Trump and Musk Are Pushing an Absurd Lie About Government and the Media
Rolling Stone ^ | 2/6/25 | Ryan Bort

Posted on 02/06/2025 8:52:22 AM PST by DallasBiff

Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Fox News, Republican lawmakers, and countless prominent right-wing commentators across social media are pushing a ridiculous lie about the Biden administration funding the media.

It started on Tuesday when staff at Politico reportedly didn’t receive their paychecks on time because of technical glitch. The right began speculating that the delay was related to Musk taking a blowtorch to the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), with many pointing out that the government had ferried $8.2 million to Politico over the past year.

(Excerpt) Read more at rollingstone.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barfalert; duke; media; musk; rollingstone; ryanbort; staterunmedia; thisarticleisabsurd; usaid
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Oh gawd Rolling Stone, must have been smoking some strong stuff for this article.
1 posted on 02/06/2025 8:52:22 AM PST by DallasBiff
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“Rolling Stone”

Wonder how much they get from USAID for their lie machine?


2 posted on 02/06/2025 8:53:36 AM PST by kiryandil (No one in AZ that voted for Trump voted for Gallego )
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To: DallasBiff

Well shoot, you guys on the left control the media that tells people what to think, just tell ‘em it ain’t so.

Or is that model maybe not working for ya anymore?


3 posted on 02/06/2025 8:54:10 AM PST by bigbob (Yes. We ARE going back!)
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To: DallasBiff

Ask the Duke Lacrosse team just how credible Rolling Stone’s reporting is.


4 posted on 02/06/2025 8:54:35 AM PST by Behind Liberal Lines
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To: kiryandil

Elon’s New Walkup Music

“Gimme Three Steps Towards the Border”

I was scared and fearing for my life
I was shaking like a leaf on a tree
‘Cause he was lean, mean
Big and bad, Lord
Pointin’ that D.O.G.E. at me!


5 posted on 02/06/2025 8:54:36 AM PST by hardspunned (Look for the“Putin Stooge” libel, news from Ukraine you’ve gradually grown to trust over 30 months )
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To: DallasBiff

They’re still around?!

There’s enough old hippies to keep it in circulation?


6 posted on 02/06/2025 8:54:51 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: DallasBiff

I guess it’s safe to say that RS got USAID money too.


7 posted on 02/06/2025 8:58:22 AM PST by gibsonguy
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To: DallasBiff

so says the stoners.....pfft


8 posted on 02/06/2025 8:58:51 AM PST by cuz1961
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To: DallasBiff

LOL! NOPE! Rolling Stone is pushing an absurd lie that USAID did not in fact fund a bunch of Leftist media outlets both domestic and abroad. We have the receipts A-holes. Your lies do not stand up.


9 posted on 02/06/2025 9:00:30 AM PST by FLT-bird
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To: hardspunned

XLNT!......................


10 posted on 02/06/2025 9:00:30 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegals are put up in 5 Star hotels....................)
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To: DallasBiff

R.S…..
Sorry you lost 😂


11 posted on 02/06/2025 9:01:00 AM PST by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you are filthy animal! )
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To: kiryandil
Wonder how much they get from USAID for their lie machine?

I wonder how many of the periodicals based in New York City are getting some sort of payment from USAID?

12 posted on 02/06/2025 9:01:42 AM PST by RayChuang88 (.FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: gibsonguy

Yes. I also wonder how much government money Rolling Stone got...


13 posted on 02/06/2025 9:02:01 AM PST by marktwain
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To: DallasBiff

Edibles?


14 posted on 02/06/2025 9:02:17 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within ? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this💩? 🚫💉! 🇮🇱👍!)
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To: DallasBiff

What is High Times saying?

LOL

Even though USAID is gone, DOGE has not nuked the centralized narrative machine. Where is this nerve center? They need to find that through investigation and wipe it out.


15 posted on 02/06/2025 9:02:25 AM PST by WeaslesRippedMyFlesh
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To: kiryandil

The funding for leftist media will be found all over .gov agencies.

The hunt has just begun.

Let us see where the rolling stone finally settles...


16 posted on 02/06/2025 9:02:35 AM PST by cgbg (It is time to pull the Deep State out of the mass media--like ticks from a dog.)
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To: DallasBiff

If the news media secretly gets money from the government, and reports on the government. It’s pure corruption and tyrannical propaganda.


17 posted on 02/06/2025 9:02:49 AM PST by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI...)
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To: DallasBiff

Rolling Stone is worse than Atlantic for fake news.


18 posted on 02/06/2025 9:03:14 AM PST by Fido969
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To: DallasBiff

No they’re probably being funded by the government too! The ones that scream the loudest are the ones that are getting kickbacks off the American taxpayer’s backs! I hate these effing rags to the core!


19 posted on 02/06/2025 9:03:28 AM PST by RoseofTexas
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To: DallasBiff

Did the USAID check bounce, Rolling Stone?


20 posted on 02/06/2025 9:03:35 AM PST by Repeat Offender (While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy saints surrounded.)
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