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This week’s GH goes to the U.S. Congress — especially the Democrats controlling both chambers — for pouring billions of taxpayer dollars into lawmakers’ pet projects through the revived process of earmarking.
A total of 4,975 earmarks worth over $9 billion combined were funded in the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill passed in March and signed by President Biden, the Associated Press reported.
While lawmakers in both parties collected billions in earmarks for their home states, Democrats’ projects cost 50% more than those of Republicans.
The omnibus spending bill approved $5.1 billion in earmarks (now formally euphemized as “member-directed spending”) for Democrats, $3.4 billion for Republicans and $600 million for bipartisan sponsored projects.
Democrats had 3,682 earmarks compared to 1,014 for Republicans, an analysis by the New York Times showed.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer topped the list for number of earmarks with a total of 203 projects worth a whopping $314 million.
His projects included $27 million to upgrade water systems at upstate New York’s Fort Drum and $23 million for hospitals, violence prevention and other programs in Brooklyn, his home borough, the AP reported.
Schumer also secured $2.75 million for the “Chemung Center for Innovation” at Waverly Central School District and $1.97 million for a Family YMCA in Plattsburgh, a review of Senate appropriations records by Just The News shows.Oregon Democratic Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkeley came in second after Schumer in the number of projects funded, with the pair raking in a total of $173.3 million for 149 projects for their state. Documents reviewed by JTN show the Democratic senators got $4.87 million for Ochoco Irrigation District Watershed projects; $2.5 million for East Fork Irrigation Modernization; $50K for a fossil library; and $50K for broadband solar trailers, among other pet projects.While the three Democratic senators earned the dubious distinction of having the […]
Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
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