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Politico swept up in USAID scandal as records show government paid $8.2 million to left-leaning news site

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Submitted ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨UniversalMonk@sh.itjust.works⁩ to ⁨conservative@sh.itjust.works⁩

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-14364887/doge-politico-payments-USAID-elon-musk-karoline-leavitt.html

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  • Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Turns out, this isn’t true. Shocker.

    theguardian.com/…/trump-politico-usaid-subcriptio…

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    • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      In reality, $44,000 of the payments to Politico came from USAid, for subscriptions to E&E, an energy-focused offshoot of the company, in 2023 and 2024, the Dispatch reported after reviewing the purchases.

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      • Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Yes, their office paid for a service they provide that is not their news paper, nor was it just given to them. It also is no where near 8 million dollars. Beyond that, politico offers services that almost everyone in congress, GOP or DNC, pays for, that has nothing to do with their news paper

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