Taxpayer Funded Politico….
$8.2 Million
from 237 transactions
At least $19.5 MILLION in government contracts, mostly from the State Department and the U.S. Agency for Global Media.
In just the past few years, AP has pocketed over $619,000 from the feds—87% of it straight from the State Department.
Steve Bannon had a front-row seat to Trump’s first presidency in 2017, so I wanted his take on how Trump’s return to the White House is unfolding. We discussed his assessment of the first two weeks, the weaponization of Biden’s DOJ, and what’s next for the MAHA-MAGA movement. pic.twitter.com/ed8NCYtF21
— Nicole Shanahan (@NicoleShanahan) February 4, 2025
The US Government gave the New York Times tens of millions of dollars over just the past 5 years despite paying relatively little money to the NYT in the years preceding 2021. For instance, in August 2024, the US government awarded $4.1 million to the NYT.
The bulk of the funds came from the US Department of Health and Human Services at $26.90m, followed by the National Science Foundation at $19.15m
US Congressman Marc Pocan’s website:Today, U.S. Representative Mark Pocan (WI-02) announced plans to introduce the Eliminate Looting of Our Nation by Mitigating Unethical State Kleptocracy (ELON MUSK) Act. The legislation would direct Federal Agencies to terminate any contracts held by a Special Government Employee, similar to bans for Members of Congress and other federal employees.
