limiting their access to advertising dollars. Legacy media, meanwhile, were consistently rated “less risky.”
Based on the staggering amount of federal largesse reflected in Paul’s 41- page report, Musk and Ramaswamy’s Department of Government Efficiency may already be halfway there. In addition to the $30 billion con-
struction cost, the Navy and Con- gress now plan to spend $60 billion to refurbish them. Several have already been decommissioned, including one that was barely two years old when it was yanked out of service.
secure U.S. borders, the Biden-Har- ris administration doled out millions in taxpayer dollars to the landlocked, Central American nation of Para- guay to help it beef up its own border control efforts.
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Development (USAID) is spending over $20 million for a Sesame Street program in Iraq called Ahlan Simsim that uses puppets to promote “inclu- sion” and “mutual respect.”
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Bankrolling ‘Influencers’ Price Tag: $4.8 million
Beyond funding the war in
Ukraine, the State Department fun- neled nearly $5 million to “Ukrainian influencers” to produce Instagram and TikTok narratives supporting the war.
awarded to a U.K. initiative in order to brand conservative media outlets as sources of disinformation, thereby
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Global Disinformation Index Price Tag: $330,000
State Department funds were
‘Sesame Street Diplomacy’ Price Tag: $20 million
The Agency for International
Border Security in Paraguay Price Tag: $2.1 million
Despite the crying need for 10 11
Luxury Pickleball Price Tag: $12 million
The Department of the
Interior built a spanking new pick- leball complex with 30 courts on a 5.43-acre lot in Las Vegas. But local news outlets reported homeowners wanted the city to oppose the deal and move the project somewhere else. They cited increased noise, traffic, and parking congestion.
Rat Cocaine Studies Price Tag: $419,470
Thanks to an HHS study
at New York University, we now know that if rats are starved and kept in isolation, they’re more likely to crave cocaine.
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competition, the Department of Agri- culture decided to pour $20 million in taxpayer funds into teaching farmers in four countries — Brazil, Colombia, Pakistan, and Vietnam — how to best use fertilizer to maximize their yields.
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Overseas Manure Subsidies Price Tag: $20 million
As if farmers don’t face enough
Endowment for the Arts spent five figures to promote a Bearded Ladies Cabaret ice-skating show, conduct- ed in drag, whose underlying mes- sage focuses on the perils of climate change.
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‘Beards on Ice’ Price Tag: $10,000
The taxpayer-funded National
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