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They are stuck in the mindset that more money is equivalent to better education. Of course this obviously an erroneous assumption because we already spend more money per pupil than everyone else. The money hasn't made it directly to the students. — Wit Cephandrius (@WitCephandrius) March 23, 2025
The Trump administration has taken a massive step by cutting $600 million annually from research funding for Australian universities. This has been a critical lifeline for projects in fields like biomedical and clinical sciences. Seven top universities, including the Australian National University and University of Technology Sydney, are now left scrambling. This isn’t just about …
A budding media start-up producing a culinary docuseries has been stuck in limbo for months. After being approved for USAID funding, the show’s co-founders discovered that the agency’s money never cleared — and now the Trump administration is caught in a legal battle to dismantle USAID. Styling itself as an heir to Anthony Bourdain’s legacy, …
ADDITIONALLY — According to (R-OK) Senator James Lankford, Chinese ORGANIZATIONS are buying up HUNDREDS of THOUSANDS (100,000+) of Acres in land and bringing in LABOR TRAFFICKING and HUMAN TRAFFICKING into Oklahoma in order to work these GROW OPERATIONS. pic.twitter.com/h3oL4ivXOP — livefreeopinion (@livefreeopinion) March 19, 2025
RANDI WEINGARTEN SUFFERS UNION FUNDING MELTDOWN. I’m so mad!! I’m spitting mad about this!pic.twitter.com/IdpoIYbIGZ — Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) March 17, 2025
President Donald Trump has suspended funding for research and programs at the University of Maine System (UMS) after he clashed with Democrat Governor Janet Mills over the state’s refusal to ban transgender athletes from girls’ sports. In an email received by UMS, the chief financial officer at the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) ordered all …
It’s satire. The guy is a comedian
The Trump administration implemented the funding freeze through an executive order issued in January 2025. The order directed a pause on all U.S. foreign assistance funds and grants, including those allocated to organizations like Catholic Charities. The Office of Management and Budget issued a memo specifying that funding for programs, including financial assistance for nongovernmental …
A former federal worker shared the truth about the inefficiencies plaguing government offices: employees boast about working remotely while running personal businesses, drinking margaritas during office hours, and never getting fired. This is the reality of our public sector, where only a small percentage of workers do the heavy lifting, and the rest coast until …
Congress and @doge should obliterate grants that claim to combat "mis-," "dis-," or "malinformation." These Orwellian terms identify government censorship. Americans shouldn’t be funding government efforts to deprive them of their own right to speak freely. pic.twitter.com/Z3TpXY5MaW — Thomas Massie (@RepThomasMassie) February 15, 2025 It’s time to defend our voices, not let bureaucrats redefine reality …
🚨BREAKING: President Trump signs Executive Order cutting ALL federal funding to schools that mandate the COVID vaccine. pic.twitter.com/kkUs20407X — Benny Johnson (@bennyjohnson) February 14, 2025 President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order halting federal funds for schools that require students to be vaccinated against coronavirus before they can attend classes in person. Trump’s administration has …
Why were U.S. taxpayers funding this nonsense in the first place? USAID: The NGO which Rory Stewart’s wife works for just has its USAID funding cancelled, The Turquiose Mountain Foundation, teaches ‘liberated’ Afghan women about modern art like Duchamp’s urinal. pic.twitter.com/0IJdoF2Rwn — @amuse (@amuse) February 13, 2025 Here is the wife’s company: https://www.turquoisemountain.org/ The things …
The Trump administration’s decision to slash overhead costs linked to federally funded research has sparked an immense backlash. But some doctors are praising the move, suggesting it will help “optimize” how taxpayer dollars are used when it comes to scientific research. A new rule from the Trump administration that went into effect Monday, capped facilities …
Moskowitz: If Elon Musk and DOGE has found all this fraud, waste, and abuse, well, then, we can't fund the government by CR because the CR would refund all of that waste, fraud, and abuse. Which means the only way to fund the government is to fund it by individual spending… pic.twitter.com/5yly2u3p9v — Acyn (@Acyn) …
A jaw-dropping discovery about USAID has emerged: nearly $500 million of taxpayer money funneled into a non-profit called Internews Network. This organization, led by Jeanne Bourgault, who takes home a $500k salary, claims to fight disinformation and train journalists. But the truth is far more sinister. Internews has trained 9,000 journalists across 4,291 media outlets …
BBC Link From X: seriously, politico, NPR, AP newswire, all paid big money by the US gov’t. now BBC turns out to get 8% of it’s revenue from US grants through a charity cutout. this is how the lockstep talking point complex was funded and kept in line. USAID was the beating heart of the …
Sanctuary cities were always part of a bigger scheme—one designed to weaken the nation from within. It’s no coincidence that this policy flourished under Biden. Now, Bondi’s move is a direct challenge to the deep-rooted corruption in states that protect illegal immigration at the expense of their own citizens. If sanctuary cities lose funding, why …
Just days after President Donald Trump issued an executive order to begin the process of withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO), a senior WHO leader turned to social media begging for donations. Maria Van Kerkhove, a leading infectious disease expert and the WHO’s technical lead on COVID-19, posted a call for …
Secretary of State Marco Rubio halted spending Friday on most existing foreign aid grants for 90 days. The order, which shocked State Department officials, appears to apply to funding for military assistance to Ukraine. Rubio’s guidance, issued to all diplomatic and consular posts, requires department staffers to issue “stop-work orders” on nearly all “existing foreign …
From my perspective, the main takeaway is that Fed liquidity has been locked into a “stair-stepping downwards” pattern since April 2024. Starting from a new lower base at the beginning of every quarter. The “stealth QE” that occurred during 2023 is now being wiped away. From now on, Fed liquidity will likely continue to generally …
Investors lose faith in China’s recovery; $18 trillion in wealth destroyed. China iPhone shipments fell by 47% y/y. 🚨INVESTORS LOST FAITH IN CHINA'S ECONOMIC RECOVERY🚨 China's 10-year government bond yield fell below 1.6% for the FIRST TIME EVER. CSI 300 index FELL for the 3rd STRAIGHT day in the worst start to a year in …
Reverse repo surges $72BN to $268.7BN for year-end window dressing. Funding market spreads already had blown out to 3 month highs amid spike in repo tightness pic.twitter.com/wyBoMBEPN8 — zerohedge (@zerohedge) December 27, 2024 The Federal Reserve's emergency Bank Term Funding Program dropped to $5 billion this week. It'll be $0 in January. pic.twitter.com/md8wCxDkVv — Financelot …
their time is coming. Trump has murmured 'Qatar' once or twice. — commentary (@gettingtrumpnow) December 24, 2024
SHOCK: @PressSec is warning Republicans that if they don't pass the Democrat's continuing resolution there could be a delay in the transition of power from Biden to Trump. If true this is a SERIOUS threat to democracy. h/t @TheChiefNerd pic.twitter.com/rykWpd1zDK — @amuse (@amuse) December 20, 2024 Wait…. what?! https://t.co/o8UBmHRPQF — Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) December 20, …
Johnson, who initially expected to release the text of the bill over the weekend, then on Monday, said Tuesday that it would be unveiled by the end of the day. The proposed legislation would keep the government funded through March 14 while addressing specific priorities, including disaster relief and $10 billion in assistance to farmers. …
Good! pic.twitter.com/yFut2gzQyR — White TRASH Gold (@JohnRotte2) December 16, 2024 I’m tired of this fool btw. All he does is beg for money. h/t NextDoorJimmy
President Biden’s post-presidency now looks as bleak as his brutal final months. Some top Democrats tell us they’re so furious about Biden’s abrupt, clumsy pardon of his son Hunter that they’re threatening to withhold donations from his future presidential library. “If they had their sh*t together, they would have been doing the work on this over …
**Tether Alert** The idea that Wall Street is embracing Tether and Bitcoin is much clearer.The more Tethers are being bought, the higher Bitcoin goes. The higher Bitcoin goes the more Tethers are being bought. As Tether grows in size the more US Treasury debt is being… https://t.co/SwF1Ha6rQf — bob coleman (@profitsplusid) November 13, 2024 The …
🚨BREAKING NEWS🚨 THE FEDERAL RESERVES BTFP DROPPED BY OVER $30B THIS WEEK WHICH LEAVES ONLY $26B LEFT POWELL IS PULLING LIQUIDITY TO TRIGGER A CRISIS JUST LIKE 2020,ALSO COINCIDENTALLY THE $36T DEBT CEILING WILL HIT TOMORROW WE ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE A 1929 LIKE CRASH…$SPY pic.twitter.com/2lV6ZoEbkD — Mike Investing (@MrMikeInvesting) November 15, 2024 https://twitter.com/_/status/1842670322157535529 And …
TLDR Calls to eliminate funding for HIAS (Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society) from the U.S. government HIAS received over $59 million from the State Department, $23 million from Health and Human Services, and more Allegations of HIAS providing maps to illegal migrants on how to enter the U.S. via Panama Concerns raised about Homeland Security head …