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    Rand Paul's Airing of Grievances #Festivus2024

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    The Rand Paul Festivus Report 2024:

    https://www.hsgac.senate.gov/wp-cont...EPORT-2024.pdf
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    Rand Paul 'Festivus' grievances: US millions for Ukraine TikTokers
    Some will go hungry this holiday but at least we’re fighting the PR battle in Eastern Europe
    Jack Hunter - Dec 23, 2024

    Every December 23, Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) releases a “Festivus Report” based on the spoof holiday featured in the 1990s television show “Seinfeld.” On this made-up holiday, people would engage in an annual “airing of grievances,” and when it comes to wasteful government spending, each year Paul always has a very long list of beefs.

    But this year, in finding over $1 trillion in wasteful, stupid spending, like $12 million for a pickleball complex, $15 million in new furniture for empty federal offices, $873,000 for film making in Jordan, and over $400,000 to study lonely rats, there appears to be some substantial spending related to Washington's ongoing role in the Ukraine-Russia conflict.

    Th 2024 ‘Festivus Report’ reveals that, “despite American taxpayers providing nearly $174 billion in aid and military assistance to Kyiv since the beginning of Russia’s war in Ukraine, someone over at State thought it was a brilliant idea to drop an additional $4.8 Million for ‘KYIV, Ukraine public affairs - Influencer Staff.’”

    That’s right. Apparently the U.S. government was bankrolling Ukrainian TikTokers and Instagram personalities. To the tune of $4.8 million.

    From Paul’s report:

    “Apparently, what we really need in a war zone are more Instagram stories and TikTok dances. The dangers here are more than just cringeworthy content; this kind of spending opens the door to disinformation, propaganda, and international PR disasters. And don’t even get me started on the potential to escalate tensions with other nations.”

    Sen. Paul proceeds to mock the funding’s aim: “after all, nothing says ‘peacekeeping’ like a viral video.”

    More “Festivus” airing of the grievances: “But the absurdity doesn’t end there. The State Department also splurged $15,220 on an ‘influencers event’ and another $22,231 on a ‘USAID Social Media Influencers Campaign.”

    Think of the billions the U.S. has sent to fuel this war and so many of the lives lost. So many needlessly.

    Now think of those at the State Department who thought it so important to prolong the war that they were going to concentrate on and fund some of the most insignificant propaganda actors in the conflict.

    “At a time when Americans are scraping by, it’s baffling to see our government burning through taxpayer dollars on what amounts to a glorified selfie-fest,” Paul surmises.

    “We need to remind the government that taxpayer dollars should be used to protect our nation’s interests, not to fund the next viral sensation,” the senator added. “Let’s leave the Instagram fame to someone else and get back to serious diplomacy.”

    The State Department declined the comment over the weekend as it had not yet seen Sen. Paul's report.

    In September, federal prosecutors accused Russia of funding right-wing influencers in the United States to produce pro-Kremlin content. The validity of that claim isn’t important here. The fact that, at least according to Paul’s report, the United States appears to be doing essentially the same thing, only from a pro-Ukraine and/or pro-U.S. perspective, indicates that engaging in this level of propaganda is now seen as necessary by all involved.

    But the senator is correct: How many Americans would be comfortable with their tax dollars going to Ukrainian TikTokers?

    That’s a question you shouldn’t expect to hear from the U.S. government. But it’s a question you could reasonably expect to hear in the future from Sen. Rand Paul to the State Department.
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    Rand Paul’s 2024 ‘Festivus Report’: Border security for Paraguay, cocaine rats, and drag queen ice-skating
    By Christopher Tremoglie - December 23, 2024

    Today is Dec. 23, affectionately known as “Festivus,” a secular celebration that started in the 1960s, but was made popular by the sitcom Seinfeld in the 1990s. It was originally created as a societal counter to the commercialism associated with the Christmas season.

    Yet, despite its origins, it’s also become synonymous with wasteful government spending, particularly the millions and millions of dollars in taxpayer money exposed by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) in his annual – and appropriately named—Festivus Report. The senator discovered over a trillion dollars in government waste in this year’s report, including funding for projects focused on ice-skating drag queens, the construction of pickleball complexes, and cocaine rats, among many others.

    The fiscal irresponsibility highlighted by the senator is arguably quite tragic and not a positive development for the nation. However, for those clamoring for a return to financial stability and an ending to reckless government spending, Paul’s efforts and public revelations in his annual report are a joyous occasion.
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    More: https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/o...stivus-report/
    "Foreign aid is taking money from the poor people of a rich country, and giving it to the rich people of a poor country." - Ron Paul
    "Beware the Military-Industrial-Financial-Pharma-Corporate-Internet-Media-Government Complex." - B4L update of General Dwight D. Eisenhower
    "Debt is the drug, Wall St. Banksters are the dealers, and politicians are the addicts." - B4L
    "Totally free immigration? I've never taken that position. I believe in national sovereignty." - Ron Paul

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    The views and opinions expressed here are solely my own, and do not represent this forum or any other entities or persons.

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    Dr. Rand Paul Releases 2024 ‘Festivus’ Report on Government Waste




    WASHINGTON, D.C. – Recently, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released his 2024 “Festivus” Report, totaling $1,008,313,329,626.12 in government waste.


    This marks Dr. Paul’s tenth edition of the Festivus Report as he continues working to alert the American people to how their federal government uses their hard-earned money.

    Some of the highlights include the National Endowment for the Arts funding ice-skating drag queens and promoting city park circuses. Additionally, the Department of the Interior (DOI) invested in the construction of a brand new $12 million Las Vegas Pickleball complex. DOI also allocated $720,479 to wetland conservation projects for ducks in Mexico. This year, the Department of State is featured eleven times, with expenditures including $4.8 million on Ukrainian influencers, $32,596 on breakdancing, $2.1 million for Paraguayan Border Security, $3 Million for ‘Girl-Centered Climate Action’ in Brazil, and much more!

    You can find Dr. Paul’s 2024 Festivus Report HERE.
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