agpetz said:

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What's really frustrating is that USAspending.gov is not new....this information has been available for years and I think republicans should be held accountable as well.

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if you want a fun bit irony, look up who sponsored the federal funding and transparency act that created the database usaspending.gov uses

hint: it includes someone whose name rhymes with wobama

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45-70Ag said:

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👀 Reuters was paid millions of dollars by the US government for “large scale social deception”.

That is literally what it says on the purchase order!

Now we know why the left is total panic mode. The walls are literally closing in on massive scams. pic.twitter.com/gaRMFIagxv

— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 13, 2025

Corporate media should be banned in every way possible, they gave up their status in their effort to do these types of things.

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Thompson Reuters produced the majority of the software and web access I used for my tax/bookkeeping/payroll clients. If ihas seen this 15 years ago, I would never have switched to theor services.

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That's great. That is the software that I am using with my accountant.

Every time I turn around I step into another viper pit.

unmade bed said:

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Madman said:

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I mean we literally found out we fund terror groups that we are actively fighting.

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Which one was that?

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I don't remember specifically but I believe Benz talks about it on Rogan. I apologize for not having a source handy.

Secolobo said:

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unmade bed said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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Try following the news. It's posted here every day.

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Condoms to Gaza?

I know Trump said Hamas was using those condoms to make bombs.

Unclear how condoms made it to Gaza Strip from an AIDS prevention project in Gaza, Mozambique, but maybe there has been news on that I missed.

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BTW, @elonmusk, @Oilfield_Rando did find a $45 million award for reproductive health in the Gaza Strip. It was misclassified as "other" instead of a grant, which caused it to be excluded from my initial dataset. Additionally, the country was not mentioned in the text - but it was… https://t.co/Lq3bQbzrNt pic.twitter.com/qmFSPvvUEr

— DataRepublican (small r) (@DataRepublican) February 12, 2025

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So the $45,000,0000 referenced in that tweet is appears to be a budget item approved by Congress for the for FY2024 for Dept of State to pay to the United Nations Population Fund, however it does not appear that any of the $45m was outlayed during FY2024.

https://www.usaspending.gov/award/ASST_NON_SPRMCO24VC0339_1900

So is this what you guys are talking about when you say DOGE is finding $50 mil worth of condoms were sent to Hamas? Budget obligations for Sec of State to UNFPA that weren't even outlayed?

Don't forget ex reuters ceo Jim Smith is on the board for Pfizer, made employees get the jab, and is heavily involved in supporting the WEF. All while forcing employees to sign code of ethics and fighting "disinformation".

Piss on traditional journalism platforms.

Actually, correction. Burn them all to the ground first, take many scalps, and then I'll piss on the ashes.

And I'll bey 99% of leftists are still in denial.

Ellis Wyatt said:

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gabehcoud said:

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Is it coincidence that all of this dirty money being found is Left money? I'm not buying the Right isn't guilty as well. DOGE needs to find it all.

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As you well know, the federal bureaucracy is infested with liberals. Over 90+ vote blue. So, yes, it's mostly liberals.

But I am all for arresting anyone from either side involved in stealing from us.

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Amen. And make it so.

The misappropriation, stealing, etc. has to stop.

This Administration might be the last opportunity for the American voters to regain control of their tax dollars.

dreyOO said:

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Piss on traditional journalism platforms.

Actually, correction. Burn them all to the ground first, take many scalps, and then I'll piss on the ashes.

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Curiously, an edition of the Encyclopedia Galactica which fell through a rift in the time-space continuum from 1000 years in the future describes the Journalism Department of The Mainstream Media as: "A bunch of mindless jerks who were the first against the wall when the revolution came."

Ellis Wyatt said:

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Pretty clearly

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Okay, since it is pretty clearly fraudulent inappropriate use of taxpayer funds, what do you think should happen to those responsible for approving it?

Fwiw, looks like this contract began in 2018 which would have been Trump's Dept of Defense.

gabehcoud said:

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Is it coincidence that all of this dirty money being found is Left money? I'm not buying the Right isn't guilty as well. DOGE needs to find it all.

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If I'm reading correctly, the contract started in 2018 and ended in 2022. Equal ownership.

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jwhaby said:

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jwhaby said:

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They will claim that it is social deception done in other countries, not the US.

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I agree but I hardly see how that makes things any better. Especially if the countries in question are democracies.

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This is where it's a bit of a gray area. Let's say there is a democratically controlled country in a strategic location where we urgently need a military base for our national defense. What if their leader doesn't want to grant us that base? Is it better to put our nation at risk or use USAID funds to stage a social uprising to overthrow that leader in favor of one that's willing to grant us a military base?

Neither situation is ideal and the decision is filled with moral dilemmas. Should our politicians be more concerned with the safety of their constituents or the democracy and sovereignty of a foreign nation?

The real problem is when the swamp starts weaponizing these tactics against their own citizens.

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I have always heard activity like this described as something like - The american people are not sophisticated enough to be allowed to know what is going on in statecraft and world affairs, but doing these things ensures the American people have a higher standard of living.

The problem with that is I think the higher standard of living thing is not only gone, but resulting in a lower standard of living. And more to your comment I think in the past the argument was it will result in better national security. That is also the opposite. We are constantly fighting all over the planet for seemingly no reason.

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I mean we literally found out we fund terror groups that we are actively fighting.

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I hear you. Personally, I'm a big fan of isolationism (with free trade and critical manufacturing done domestically) and neutrality. Stay out of everyone's business and focus the military on the defense of the homeland. I think we learned from Vietnam that it's very difficult for even a vastly superior army to defeat an inferior but entrenched and motivated force on their own turf.

Who cares what is happening in the Middle East or Africa, unless they have critical natural resources that we need and don't have. Stay out of global conflicts but be prepared to destroy people if the fight is brought to our doorstep. I'm really not worried about this scenario as long as we continue to invest in our military and stay innovative in our technologies. Also, it's worth noting that America possesses something like 1/3 of the entire plant's firearms. No foreign nation could overthrow the US…unless we invite them in, give them a vote and they breed us out with larger demographics. This is the real threat.

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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Pretty clearly

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Okay, since it is pretty clearly fraudulent inappropriate use of taxpayer funds, what do you think should happen to those responsible for approving it?

Fwiw, looks like this contract began in 2018 which would have been Trump's Dept of Defense.

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If it's fraud, jail them. I don't care who did it. I am not like your side.

And "equal ownership?" If you haven't been paying attention, these bureaucrats have stayed in government through multiple presidencies, but they have made clear that they do not consider themselves to be working for Trump, since they're throwing wall-eyed fits over accountability. They are leftists. Period.

unmade bed said:

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Madman said:

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I mean we literally found out we fund terror groups that we are actively fighting.

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Which one was that?

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This was not the source I referenced the post you asked about but I also just saw this and its related.

Ellis Wyatt said:

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unmade bed said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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Pretty clearly

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Okay, since it is pretty clearly fraudulent inappropriate use of taxpayer funds, what do you think should happen to those responsible for approving it?

Fwiw, looks like this contract began in 2018 which would have been Trump's Dept of Defense.

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If it's fraud, jail them. I don't care who did it. I am not like your side.

And "equal ownership?" If you haven't been paying attention, these bureaucrats have stayed in government through multiple presidencies, but they have made clear that they do not consider themselves to be working for Trump, since they're throwing wall-eyed fits over accountability. They are leftists. Period.

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But before your said it was "pretty clearly" fraud, so why would you need to say "if it's fraud…" now? You were clear that this DoD contract with Reuters was fraud. You are clear that you are in favor of jail time for those that perpetrated fraud (I agree with you on this point fwiw). So since Trump's DoD defrauded citizens, you think he needs to be in jail, right??


Btw, when you reference "my side" are you talking about people that don't just assume that a particular use of funds is "fraudulent" without anything more than tweet and title, because that's my side.

jwhaby said:

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Madman said:

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jwhaby said:

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They will claim that it is social deception done in other countries, not the US.

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I agree but I hardly see how that makes things any better. Especially if the countries in question are democracies.

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This is where it's a bit of a gray area. Let's say there is a democratically controlled country in a strategic location where we urgently need a military base for our national defense. What if their leader doesn't want to grant us that base? Is it better to put our nation at risk or use USAID funds to stage a social uprising to overthrow that leader in favor of one that's willing to grant us a military base?

Neither situation is ideal and the decision is filled with moral dilemmas. Should our politicians be more concerned with the safety of their constituents or the democracy and sovereignty of a foreign nation?

The real problem is when the swamp starts weaponizing these tactics against their own citizens.

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They do not need USAID to do this type of clandestine behavior.