May God Bless Elon Musk and his DOGE Minions.
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It is funny watching the shrill halfwits on the left scream "NO ONE ELECTED HIM!"White House announces DOGE is canceling payments to Politico
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed on Wednesday that Politico has been receiving funds from the U.S. government that will dry up as President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cracks down on spending.
Leavitt was asked about reports that "media outlets" will be impacted by Elon Musk’s plan to cut funding for U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID). Politico received at least $8.2 million from the U.S. government in recent years, with $44,000 of that coming from USAID, according to USAspending.gov.
"Upon coming out here to the briefing room, I was made aware of the funding from USAID to media outlets, including Politico, who I know has a seat in this room, and I can confirm that the more than $8 million taxpayer dollars that have gone to, essentially, subsidizing subscriptions to Politico on the American taxpayers dime, will no longer be happening," Leavitt said.
"The DOGE team is working on canceling those payments now," she continued. "This is a whole government effort to assure that we are going line by line when it comes to the federal government’s books."
Politico staffers received their bi-weekly direct deposits late this week, irking staffers who believe Elon Musk’s crackdown on government spending played a role in the late payment.
Musk, the world’s richest man, is in charge of DOGE.
The news from the White House came after a Politico staffer expressed concern that employees receiving their recent bi-weekly direct deposits late could have been tied to Musk’s spending crackdown.
Many Politico employees typically receive direct deposit every other Tuesday, but this week they woke up and noticed the funds didn’t hit their account. An employee told Fox News Digital that management didn’t communicate about the issue until 9 a.m., when they chalked it up as a "technical error."
According to the employee, many concerns went unaddressed as panicked Politico staffers expressed worry about paying bills and being hit with overdraft fees from their banks. Politico's management eventually insisted it was a technical error between the bank and payroll providers and that everyone would be paid by the end of the day.
The employees were eventually paid, but it didn’t appear as "pending" until after 5 p.m. ET and didn’t clear until Wednesday morning, according to the impacted staffer. The employee said there is internal concern that the late paychecks and the government cracking down on excess spending were somehow connected.
"Politico screwed a lot of people," the employee told Fox News Digital.
A Politico spokesperson provided the following statement: "Employees were paid yesterday, there was a technical error that was remedied in a matter of hours."
Politico did not immediately respond to a series of follow-up questions about whether or not Musk’s crackdown on government spending had anything to do with the delayed payment. ....
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Biden paid Politico over 24 million in the past three years. I guess this article should not surprise us.
Ex-Politico reporters reveal editors quashed, slow-walked negative Biden stories 'with no explanation'
It is especially ironic that they seem to forget who won the election and believe they are still calling the shots. They don't get much dumber than Democrats.
Lie, lame and retarded. You post the dumbest shit halfwit.
The guy is doing this for nothing. DUH!
Mental case thinks we've invaded Gaza. 
