Thursday, February 6, 2025

Politico Accused of Receiving USAID!


Ok well this here is indeed a major scandal involving fake news Politico, with allegations that the political news outlet received significant financial backing from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). YUP So not only were they spending money on Trans and Somalia but this USAID was giving money to this news outlet which in return was feeding lies about Trump and helping the left rig elections by spreading misinformation on anyone MAGA.

The accusations have sparked widespread backlash, especially from conservative figures, who claim that taxpayer money was used to support a media organization that promoted politically biased content. The controversy began when right-wing journalist Benny Johnson revealed on X (formerly Twitter) that Politico had failed to pay its employees on schedule for the first time in the company's history. Johnson suggested that this issue was directly tied to the end of USAID funding, which he claimed had been keeping the company afloat.


Johnson criticized Politico's management for attributing the payroll delay to a "glitch," instead of acknowledging the true cause: the loss of government funding. Johnson posted a screenshot of an internal email from Politico, which informed staff about the missed pay period and blamed it on technical problems.


In addition to Johnson's claims, other conservative journalists, including Liz Wheeler, echoed the concern that Politico's financial struggles were a result of the halted USAID funds. Wheeler posted on X, suggesting that Politico was facing closure now that government-backed financial support had ended.
The allegations against Politico extended to other major media outlets, with some conservative commentators claiming that the Associated Press had also been receiving government funds for years.
However, the most significant claims were directed at The New York Times (NYT). Ian Miles Cheong, another prominent right-wing journalist, revealed that the U.S. government had provided tens of millions of dollars to the NYT over the past five years, raising concerns about the influence of government money on media organizations.

To support these claims, Cheong and other conservative journalists shared screenshots of funding receipts from USAspending.gov, a publicly accessible government platform that tracks and records U.S. federal spending. According to these documents, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had contributed $26.9 million to the NYT, while the National Science Foundation had provided $19.15 million. Notably, in August 2024 alone, the NYT received $4.1 million. Cheong argued that this funding was used to "prop up" the newspaper, which he claimed had published content aligned with specific political agendas, such as support for Ukraine and opposition to figures like Donald Trump and Elon Musk.

The growing controversy comes at a time when scrutiny of U.S. government spending is intensifying, particularly under the Trump administration. Concerns about the government's involvement in funding media outlets have prompted debates over transparency and accountability. USAspending.gov, a platform created under the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014, has become a key tool for investigating government spending, allowing the public to track financial data from over 100 federal agencies, including USAID.

This scandal also coincides with ongoing efforts by the Trump administration to cut government spending. The administration is reportedly considering significant reductions to various government-funded programs, including USAID. Thousands of USAID employees are said to be placed on leave, and the agency's role is being realigned with the administration’s policy priorities. These changes have sparked concerns about the future of government-funded programs and their potential impact on media organizations.
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025

New DNC Leader is Soy-boy David Hogg?


Democrats just picked an IDIOT as their NEW LEADER... You read it right the David Hogg who is a Crisis Actor and who lied about his involvement in the school shooting during Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School (2018) and now that his brain washing is complete as he went to Harvard University (2023) afterall. But he a liberal radical young dumbass has been named the DNC new leader! This is incredible both because it shows how incompetent the DNC is and how lost in translation they are as they are now under this guy? A guy who wants to abolish ICE, Defund the police, wants to take away our rights to bare arms and acts like a Chuck Schumer dictator clone when he gives speeches. 

This dude is a moron and will continue to showcase to the country just how evil these liberals are and I for one laugh at this move by the left. This is a gift to the Republicans who can now secure the elections for decades to come after this current Trump white house.

America will NEVER give up these rights as they keep us safe David so you should resign and go where you belong at a job at a fast food joint in China! GET OUT! But it's becoming clear to not just us who know this kid as a liar, and moron who voted for Trump but some centrist Dems fear David Hogg could ‘do more harm than good.’ 

Inside the Democratic Party, Hogg’s election and the resulting coverage has been accompanied by frustration among centrists that a 24-year-old March for our Lives co-founder with a million followers could hurt the party’s brand, especially in swing districts. 

They vented that his ascension is representative of Democrats’ failure to grapple with some voters’ frustration that the party is overly concerned with diversity and appeals to the far left. “The most worrying thing is if he carries into this new job a belief that saying what he was saying, but louder, is the way to prevail in red states,” said Matt Bennett, co-founder of the center-left group Third Way. “Because it isn’t … If he believes that it is, that’s going to be a real problem for our candidates in those places.” Bennett added, “He came up as an activist, but now he is a party leader, and that’s a very, very different role.”

Another Democratic strategist, granted anonymity to speak candidly, complained that Hogg can now “go on TV as a vice chair for the DNC, speak on behalf of the Democratic Party, in a way that can do more harm than good.” 

Hogg, who first rose to prominence after becoming a survivor of the 2018 school shooting at Parkland High School in Florida, pitched himself to DNC members as a solution to Democrats’ growing youth problem, calling for the party to make concrete efforts to include young people in party business for example, by covering the costs of travel to meetings for people who make less than $100,000, a barrier for some hoping to participate. 

He argued in DNC candidate forums that Democrats shouldn’t be “afraid to talk about the hard-to-talk-about issues.”

“Our party failed to connect with voters this year because they felt like we ignored them. We need to listen again and have the tough conversations with people from across the political spectrum and I’m committed to doing that work,” Hogg said in a statement to POLITICO. During his DNC campaign, Hogg didn’t pitch himself as a hardcore ideologue. Rather, he urged the party to “become better storytellers” about what Democrats do because the “American people do not think we care about them” and they “don’t think we deliver for them.”

“I found him to be focused and pragmatic because he understands that’s the best pathway for success,” said John Della Volpe, director of Harvard University’s youth poll, who has worked with Hogg. “Over the time I’ve known him, he’s grown into a leader who understands that the goal is to win.” 

The message resonated in the DNC elections over the weekend. Hogg carried an impressive list of endorsements, including from Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten and Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-Fla.). Artie Blanco, a union organizer and longtime DNC member from Nevada, and Pennsylvania state Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta were also elected to national vice chair positions over the weekend.

“Pumped for David, who is IN THE ARENA and helping DEMS BE COOL AGAIN,” Jack Schlossberg, a Democratic influencer and the grandson of President John F. Kennedy, wrote on X. But that’s not how Hogg’s election played in the conservative press. “New DNC vice chair sets social media ablaze after ‘radical’ posts exposed: ‘Learned absolutely nothing,’” blared Fox News. Newsweek reported, “New DNC Vice Chair Called to Abolish ICE,” while the National Review offered, “It’s Time to Go Hogg-Wild at the Democratic National Committee!”

In his statement to POLITICO, Hogg said of his reception from conservative media, in part, “I’m used to it, but I’ve never let that right-wing propaganda stop me from showing up, uplifting young voices, and working to unify all corners of our party.” In some ways, the discussion surrounding Hogg infused into the DNC elections an ideological debate that had been all but absent in the race for chair, which Ken Martin of Minnesota won after a campaign largely focused on the nuts and bolts of running elections.

It was a departure from long standing divisions in the party between centrists and the left flank a welcome development for many party operatives scrambling after their November losses to put up a unified front against President Donald Trump.

But Hogg’s elevation was a reminder of how tense some of those intraparty rifts remain. Following the election, Liam Kerr, co-founder of a PAC supporting centrist Democrats, wrote on X that Hogg was a “symptom” of many Democratic problems, including being a “white guy who panders” and a Democrat who “shits on moderates who won.” 

Of particular frustration was Hogg’s post on X after Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska) lost re-election in November. “Good riddance,” Hogg posted on Nov. 16. “Turns out being weak on gun control doesn’t save you. Peltola was awful on gun control.”

“Whose side are you on?” said Lauren Harper Pope, who co-founded Welcome PAC with Kerr. “Ok, you can have your perspective on guns, but you’re trying to make the tent smaller.” Shasti Conrad, the chair of the Washington State Democrats who challenged Hogg for one of the vice chair roles, said of Hogg, “I believe that for the party to rebuild itself effectively, we needed leaders who not only brought passion and energy but also have a strong understanding of how the party apparatus works.” Hogg was evidently sufficiently familiar with the party apparatus to win.

And some Democrats even those critical of his past comments are leaving open the possibility that he might moderate them now that he holds a position in the party. “He can either be the caricature of who he is on TV and online, or he can go deeper,” said a DNC member, granted anonymity to discuss the issue candidly. “We don’t know yet what to expect from him.”

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