Republican Sen. Rand Paul called out the Biden administration for spending more than $1 trillion in taxpayer dollars this year on “government waste,” including bearded female cabaret shows, Arabic Sesame Street and girl-centered climate action. I am criticizing. .”
The Kentucky senator released his annual “Festivus” report detailing the various ways the current administration has spent taxpayer dollars throughout the year.
The 2024 Festivus Waste Report found the Biden-Harris administration spent more than $1 trillion this year, including a $10,000 grant to Beards on Ice. It was described as a “queer cabaret arts collective.”
Additionally, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) spent $20 million on the Sesame Street spinoff show “Ahlan Simsim” in Iraq to promote “inclusion” and “mutual respect.”
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Bearded ladies cabaret members cross Broad Street ahead of a march of supporters of Senator Bernie Sanders in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, July 25, 2016. (Tom Williams)
It cost about $1.50 to test how different species, such as young female kittens, react to motion sickness.
According to the report, researchers strapped the kittens to a table, rotated them in several directions, and drilled holes in their skulls to hold them in place. “All of this is done with your money,” Paul wrote in the report. . “It’s over $1.5 million.”
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reportedly awarded more than $400,000 to New York University (NYU) to study whether lonely rats seek cocaine more than rats in positive environments, and the Department of the Interior (DOI) awarded $1,200 in funding. It is reported that $10,000 has been allocated. A pickleball complex in Las Vegas, according to reports.
Muppet Basma, aka Sesame Street’s Ahlan Simsim, speaks on stage at the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit – Day 1 at the Grand Hyatt New York on September 23, 2019 in New York City. (Ricardo Xavi)
“Now the government actually had to spend almost half a million dollars to ensure that social isolation and hunger could lead to increased drug use? One thing is certain: we need to put an end to this cockroach of waste!” Paul wrote in his report:
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According to the report, the U.S. State Department spent $3 million on “girl-centered climate action” in Brazil. The program is “designed to empower young women to become climate leaders by integrating equity and inclusion into the environmental movement,” according to grant details.
Sen. Rand Paul, Ky., the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs ranking member, blocked legislation Wednesday that would have allowed local law enforcement to track aerial drones. (Jose Luis Magana)
“As average American taxpayers struggle to pay their rent, their hard-earned money is ironically being funneled toward more real estate,” the report said, adding that Biden is seeking to maintain and equip buildings that are almost completely empty. He mentioned that he was having a hard time spending $10 billion on it.
The Department of Energy (DOE) has given $15.5 billion to automakers to push the industry toward the electric vehicle (EV) sector, and $388,000 to “American Magic,” a podcast that discusses how magical beliefs and practices have evolved. Additional support was provided. us
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The senator also noted that the Biden administration has provided $2.1 million to help fund the Paraguayan border. “Nothing says ‘America First’ more than securing someone else’s borders,” Paul wrote.
