Banjo,

Again with the narrow definition. No one is saying that there were secret payments under the table, brown envelopes etc. No one is saying that there ought to be prosecutions for theft.

You rely on these claims to then regurgitate the legacy media's talking points, who hope to convince people that there is nothing to see. They'll be grateful to know that in your case it worked.

You rely on the fact that most of the money was subscriptions as though its decisive. But you've utterly missed the point. These inappropriate subscriptions were the means the funds were passed to organizations like Politico, Associated Press and NYT.

When you have one government department with 141 $12000/yr subscriptions to Politico, you know something smells.

These massive levels of subscriptions exploded in 2021-2022 and coincided with the medias efforts to assist the Democrats. I've already mentioned Politico's role in suppressing the Hunter Laptop facts. There are ex Politico journalists report they had stories unfavourable to the Democrats killed by Politico management.

And we know how helpful the NYT was in keeping a lid on Biden's growing incapacity, running, for example, a series of articles trying to debunk videos showing his decline.

Again these subsidies disguised as subscriptions that exploded in 2021-22 went to friendly media. You won't be surprised therefore that little went to Fox. Well not you but someone who isn't blinded by TDS.

Just because the subscriptions weren't illegal doesn't mean they weren't corrupt. Strange that that would go over your head.

As to the volume of funds that went to the NYT, Newsweek, creating smoke-screens, is working off old data. The DOGE algorithms are finding links that aren't apparent in the standard government databases that Newsweek uses. Monies that were filtered through third parties are now being uncovered. And multitudinous NYT subsidiaries are being conflated eg the NYT Education Dept!!.

Put your hands over your eyes and declare you can't see anything if you wish. But the facts are clear and the funds have stopped and those that supped at the taxpayer trough are screaming at their losses.

And the news keeps getting worse for the US deep state.

Musk now reveals that Treasury official have confirmed that AT LEAST $100 billion (with a 'B') gets paid annually to people who don't have a Social Security Number or any other recognised ID. Of that, they confirm that AT LEAST $50 Billion is fraudulent with the status of the other $50B unknown.

They knew about this but did nothing because their main concern was not to rock the boat and refusing payments to people potentially rocked the boat.

that's now stopped.

Note: this is BEFORE the DOGE boys have run the numbers through their algorithms. Expect that number to rise substantially.

Musk said he'd find savings on $1 Trillion (with a 'T') and probably $2 Trillion. Its looking like that job might be easier than thought.

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Australia isn't the US and the Australian system isn't the US system. But bureaucracy is bureaucracy. One wonders what would be found if the same type of AI algorithms were run through the Australian data

It is good for Americans that Trump is hopping into USAID, which has been using their tax dollars to aid drag Queens and other overseas perverts, and other crap in countries who hate America:

. DEI in Serbia
. A transgender opera Columbia
. Sex-”changing" in Guatemala
. Irrigation for opium poppies in Afghanistan
. Meals for al Qaeda-related terrorists in Syria,

just to name a few of the abuses of US taxpayers’ money.

Let's hope that a Dutton government has a good hard look at where and what for our foreign aid is used.

And some on this forum don't want Australia to send
aid to women and children in Gaza.

Sad really.

Sad really.
Foxy,
Yes it is very sad but with the benefit of hindsight it is also looking into the future !

There is no future for those who don't get aid.