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

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• Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Turns out, this isn’t true. Shocker.

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

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  • ZombiFrancis@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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 ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ 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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