Sen. Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, is calling Biden administration To spend more than $1 trillion of taxpayer money on “government waste” this year, including a bearded lady cabaret show, an Arabic Sesame Street, and “girl-focused climate action.”
the Kentucky Senator It released its annual “Festivus” report detailing the various ways the current administration spent taxpayer money throughout the year.
The 2024 Festivus Waste Report found that the Biden-Harris administration spent more than $1 trillion this year, including providing a $10,000 grant to “Beards on Ice” — an ice skating show about climate change put on by Bearded Ladies, a self-titled cabaret . She described it as a “queer cabaret arts organization.”
Additionally, USAID spent $20 million on a Sesame Street spin-off in Iraq called “Ahlan Sesame” in an effort to promote “inclusion” and “mutual respect.”
Members of the Bearded Ladies Club cross Broad Street, before a rally of supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, July 25, 2016. (Tom Williams)
About $1.50 was spent experimenting with how different species, such as female kittens, respond to motion sickness.
According to the report, researchers strap the kittens to a table, where they are twisted in several directions and holes are drilled in their skulls to keep them in place — “and it's all done with your money,” Paul wrote in the report. . “More than a million and a half dollars of it.”
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reportedly given New York University (NYU) more than $400,000 to study whether lonely rats seek cocaine more than rats housed in positive environments, while the Department of the Interior (DOI) has allocated $12 million to fund it. Pickle complex in Las Vegas, according to the report.
Basma, the puppet from Hello Sesame, Sesame Street, speaks on stage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit – Day 1 at the Grand Hyatt New York on September 23, 2019 in New York City. (Ricardo Savy)
“Now, does the government really need to spend nearly half a million dollars to verify that social isolation and starvation might lead to increased drug use? One thing is for sure, we must end this wheel of waste!” Paul wrote in the report.
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The State Department spent $3 million on “girl-focused climate action” in Brazil, a program said to be designed “to empower young women to become Climate leaders “By integrating equity and inclusivity into environmental activism,” the report writes, citing details of the grant.
Sen. Rand Paul, the Senate ranking member for Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, filibustered a bill Wednesday that would have allowed local law enforcement agencies to track drones. (Jose Luis Magana)
“As ordinary American taxpayers struggle to pay rent, ironically, their hard-earned dollars are being diverted into more real estate,” the report said, referring to Biden’s struggle to spend $10 billion on maintaining and furnishing buildings that were almost completely empty. .
The Department of Energy (DOE) gave automakers $15.5 billion to push the industry over the edge Electric vehicle (EV) sector.While another $388,000 was given to “Magic in the United States,” a podcast that discusses how magical beliefs and practices developed in the United States.
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The senator also mentioned that the Biden administration provided $2.1 million in funding for Paraguay's borders. “Nothing says 'America first' like securing someone else's border,” Paul wrote.
