Really, the Democratic Party’s payroll, only taxpayers were footing the bill. This is absolutely stunning news:
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Wednesday that Politico has been receiving funds from the U.S. government that will dry up as President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cracks down on spending.
Leavitt was asked about reports that “media outlets” will be impacted by Elon Musk’s plan to cut funding for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Politico received at least $8.2 million from the U.S. government in recent years, with $44,000 of that coming from USAID, according to USAspending.gov.
“Upon coming out here to the briefing room, I was made aware of the funding from USAID to media outlets, including Politico, who I know has a seat in this room, and I can confirm that the more than $8 million taxpayer dollars that have gone to, essentially, subsidizing subscriptions to Politico on the American taxpayers dime, will no longer be happening,” Leavitt said.
This is unbelievable. Politico is a relatively respectable news outlet that is friendly to, and often seen as a mouthpiece for, the Democratic Party. So USAID, which supposedly dispenses foreign aid–you can’t cut USAID spending, children will starve!–has been using taxpayer money to fund left-leaning news outlets here in the U.S. And the government’s subsidies must have been important to Politico–its employees were paid late this week.
And it isn’t just Politico:
Not for long.
This is obviously a huge waste of taxpayer money! https://t.co/7wJ8p4V603
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2025
The federal government–that is the Democratic Party, only using taxpayer funds–has secretly been funneling millions of dollars to Democrat-friendly news organizations. That this is a waste of money is the least of it. No wonder the Democrats are hysterical about DOGE!
However corrupt you thought the federal government and the Democratic Party were, you gave them too much credit.
STEVE adds: Remember how Rush Limbaugh liked to refer to the mainstream (or “drive-by”) media as “state-run” media? Turns out he was literally correct.
UPDATE: Here is Karoline Leavitt at today’s press conference, talking specifically about Politico:
🚨LEAVITT: "I was made aware that USAID has funded media outlets like Politico. I can confirm that more than $8M that has gone to subsidizing subscriptions will no longer be happening. We are going line by line to the Federal Government's books. If something is not a good use of… pic.twitter.com/5Be3Ub2y27
— Autism Capital 🧩 (@AutismCapital) February 5, 2025
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