An alarming paper trail has revealed that American taxpayers have been handing millions of dollars over to “news” outlets Politico and the New York Times to push leftist, anti-Trump propaganda.
The tax dollars have been secretly funneled into the outlets via U.S. federal government agencies.
The funding was exposed after staffers at Politico revealed on Tuesday that their paychecks hadn’t been received.
Politico told employees their paychecks were delayed due to a “technical error” which supposedly caused a “payroll issue.”
Staff at Politico did not get paid for the latest pay period. The company just sent several emails to employees saying it believes there was a technical error, and is looking into how to fix the issue. pic.twitter.com/PYcWYdbrEC
— Max Tani (@maxwelltani) February 4, 2025
However, the “payroll issue” emerged shortly after President Donald Trump’s administration put a freeze on the United States Agency for International Development’s (USAID) funding.
The freeze came after investigations by the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) uncovered major corruption at USAID.
The timing led to many questioning whether Politico was being propped by tax dollars from USAID.
The suggestion that the Politico paycheck delay and the USAID freeze were connected prompted internet sleuths to look into the “news” outlet’s sources of funding.
According to the government spending tracker website USASPENDING.gov, Politico received up to $27 million (and by some counts $32 million) from various U.S. agencies during the Biden years.
Notably, Politico laundered the anti-Trump “51 intel officials” propaganda regarding Hunter Biden’s laptop during the 2020 election.
I found $27M during the Biden years. https://t.co/14sVnvkbEH
— Pacheco the Ghost (@PMtalking) February 5, 2025
The paper trail also uncovered another shocking and blatant attempt to misuse taxpayer funds.
Listed under a “disaster emergency fund,” over half a million dollars was paid from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to Politico for 37 “Politico pro subscriptions”
Elon Musk highlighted the huge payment, remarking that it was “odd.”
This is odd https://t.co/iGi82JqhzG
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2025
POLITICO has a subscription called PoliticoPro, which costs around $10,000 a year. @politico should be transparent about how many of these pro subscriptions are government-funded.
Given the ludicrous cost, I'm guessing its upwards of 90%.
It seems to me the entire program is a…— Chris Tomlinson (@TomlinsonCJ) February 5, 2025
Zerohendge noted that Politico was sold to German media giant Axel Springer (which also owns Business Insider) for $1 billion in 2021.
As such, American taxpayer dollars have been flowing to the German media giant to prop up its U.S. propaganda efforts.
So 90% of "subscribers" to left-wing publications like Politico are fake and "taxpayer funded". And then using fake subs to artificially pump up revenue, Politico gets to sell itself to German propaganda giant Axel Springer for $1 billion. https://t.co/j8wEv5MybL
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 5, 2025
It's not just the subscriptions: there are huge "ad contracts", dinner parties DC throws itself under the guise of "media conferences", sponsorships, etc all paid for by taxpayers.
Once done with Politico look at its spawn Axios, founded by Politico veterans https://t.co/ShM4zTbnyX
— zerohedge (@zerohedge) February 5, 2025
In addition, the NY Times received $3.1 million in taxpayer funds, while the UK’s BBC received $3.2 million.
All three of these outlets are known purveyors of anti-Trump propaganda.
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