Important Takeaways:
- The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), headed by Elon Musk, revealed the U.S. government manages over 4 million active credit card accounts, facilitating approximately 90 million transactions. According to DOGE, these transactions amounted to $40 billion in expenditures for Fiscal Year 2024.
- A detailed report from DOGE outlined that the Department of Defense (DOD) led in transaction volume, recording roughly 27.2 million purchases across 2.4 million accounts. Other notable agencies in terms of credit card spending included the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and the General Services Administration (GSA).
- President Donald J. Trump continues to back DOGE’s initiatives, urging a reduction in government waste and advocating for a downsized federal bureaucracy. The National Pulse reported earlier this week that DOGE discovered $4.7 trillion in federal transactions lack a Treasury Account Symbol (TAS), a vital tracking code. This suggests tens of thousands of payments over many years are likely untraceable.
- On Tuesday, President Trump issued a memorandum to all federal agencies “requiring radical transparency regarding wasteful spending of taxpayer dollars.” The document emphasizes the need to halt excessive government spending on programs and projects not aligned with American interests.
- “For too long, taxpayers have subsidized ideological projects overseas and domestic organizations engaged in actions that undermine the national interest,” the memo states, adding: “The Trump Administration is aggressively investigating Biden-era programs that wasted billions of taxpayer dollars on inefficient and politically-driven projects, including canceling unnecessary government contracts and grants that do not serve the national interest.”
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Important Takeaways:
- Rand Paul, R-Ky., is calling out the Biden administration for spending over a trillion taxpayer dollars on “government waste” this year…
- The 2024 Festivus Waste Report found that the Biden-Harris administration spent over $1 trillion this year, including giving a $10,000 grant to “Beards on Ice” — an ice skating drag show on climate change put on by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, a self-described “queer cabaret arts organization.”
- Additionally, the Agency for International Development (USAID) spent $20 million on a Sesame Street spin-off show in Iraq, titled “Ahlan Simsim,” in an effort to promote “inclusion” and “mutual respect.”
- About $1.5 million was spent experimenting how different species, such as young female kittens, respond to motion sickness.
- The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reportedly gave New York University (NYU) over $400,000 to study whether lonely rats seek cocaine more than rats who are in positive environments
- The Department of the Interior (DOI) allocated $12 million to fund a pickleball complex in Las Vegas, according to the report
- The State Department spent $3 million on “Girl-Centered Climate Action” in Brazil, a program reportedly designed to “empower young women to become climate leaders by integrating equity and inclusivity into environmental activism,” the report writes, citing the grant details.
- The Department of Energy (DOE) gave automakers $15.5 billion to push the industry into the electric vehicle (EV) sector, while another $388,000 was given to “Magic in the United States,” a podcast discussing how magical beliefs and practices have evolved in the U.S.
- The senator also mentioned the Biden administration giving $2.1 million to fund Paraguay’s border: “Nothing says ‘America First’ like securing someone else’s border,” Paul wrote.
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Important Takeaways:
- More Money! U.S. to Hand Over Another $1.2 Billion in Aid to Ukraine: Report
- The package is said to be valued at $1.2 billion. It will reportedly be used to purchase various air defense equipment for the country, alongside more ammo for artillery and rocket systems.
- According to a report by the Associated Press, the Joe Biden administration could announce the newest batch of military funding as early as Tuesday, with the package set to coincide with a Ukrainian counteroffensive against invading Russian forces.
- It will bring the U.S.’s total military aid contribution to Ukraine to $36.9 billion since the war began, with the country having already announced multiple separate munitions packages valued at well over $1 billion dollars just last month.
- Unlike many previous American donations, however, the equipment being sent east by the Democrat government as part of this package will reportedly not be sourced from existing Pentagon munitions stocks.
- Instead, the federal government will reportedly use taxpayer dollars to purchase brand-new equipment from various defense contractors, which will then be delivered to Ukraine over the coming months and years.
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