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“We Are Going Line By Line Through the Federal Government’s Books.”
Who knew eleven words could inspire such abject panic?
“USAID has gotten a lot of attention in the past few days and some of the bizarre things that we’ve been funding, now it looks like there are a couple of media outlets that have been dragged into this conversation,” White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt was asked during a daily briefing session this week.
“So, upon coming out here to the briefing room, I was made aware of funding from USAID to media outlets, including POLITICO, who I know has a seat in this room,” Leavitt answered unapologetically. “And I can confirm that the more than $8 million taxpayer dollars that have gone to essentially subsidizing subscriptions to POLITICO on the American taxpayer’s dime will no longer be happening.”
“The DOGE team is working on canceling those payments now,” Leavitt promised. “Again, this is a whole-of-government effort to ensure that we are going line-by-line when it comes to the federal government’s books.”
“And this president and his team are making decisions across the board on ‘Do these receipts serve the American people?’ and ‘Is this a good use of the American taxpayer’s money?’ If it is not, then that funding will no longer be sent abroad and the American taxpayers are going to see significant…