Earlier today evidence emerged that the leftist political outlet Politico had been the recipient of about $34 million in federal funding during the Biden administration; over $8 million was spent during the 2024 election year as Politico bludgeoned the Trump campaign and relentlessly covered up Joe Biden's mental incapacity and Kamala's incompetence; see NEW: Massive Press Scandal As USAID Funding for 'Politico' Revealed, and It Gets Worse From There.

As more people became familiar with open-source search tools, more federal payments to media organizations became apparent.

EXCLUSIVE: Politico paid $34.3M by federal govt https://t.co/iyIYQPPVUL

— Liz Wheeler (@Liz_Wheeler) February 5, 2025

Reuters was in on the grift.

Bigtime government money has been going to Reuters, too.

It's no wonder the establishment media stopped holding the U.S. government accountable to the people pic.twitter.com/LTUIOHme02

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) February 5, 2025

So was the AP.

Holy shit, no wonder @BryonTau was defending Politico's grift. They are pikers compared to .@AP https://t.co/w16XyMcBlM pic.twitter.com/HVeCuxV14A

— streiff (@streiffredstate) February 5, 2025

The left and the media are trying to portray these as "premium subscriptions," which cost $10K-$30K each. Feel free to laugh.

Just hours after the revelations, the White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said the gravy had ended.

.@PressSec on Legacy Media outlets receiving funding from USAID:

"The more than 8 million taxpayer dollars that have gone to essentially subsidizing subscriptions to @politico... will no longer be happening. The @DOGE team is working on canceling those payments now." pic.twitter.com/wjvSWWr1kA

— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) February 5, 2025

"The more than 8 million taxpayer dollars that have gone to essentially subsidizing subscriptions to Politico will no longer be happening. The DOGE team is working on canceling those payments now."

Canceling these payments and contracts is a critical first step to untangling the ball of worms that has been uncovered thanks to the direct and indirect efforts of DOGE. I'm sure more equally disturbing events will be discovered in the coming days.