Portland mayoral candidate spent $6,400 of taxpayer dollars to spruce up his Wikipedia page: report
Portland City Commissioner and mayoral candidate Rene Gonzalez recently paid more than $6,000 in taxpayer money to make favorable edits to his Wikipedia page, according to a new report. Gonzalez’s office in March hired New York City-based White Hat Wiki to oversee the desired changes to Wikipedia profiles. Oregon Live reported“The White Hat Wiki also […]
NYC’s ‘shoddy oversight’ wastes ‘millions of taxpayer dollars’ on unused hotel rooms, uneaten food for illegal aliens: Audit
New York City Comptroller Brad Lander (Democrat) audit On Tuesday, he accused the administration of Mayor Eric Adams (Democrat) of “shoddy oversight” of the city’s contract with Rapid Reliable Testing NY LLC, also known as DocGo. The Adams administration signed a $432 million contract with the company to provide shelter, lodging, food and other services […]
U.S. Government Sends Billions in Taxpayer Dollars to Architects of Online Censorship
The Freedom Online Foundation reports that members of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media (GARM), which has been accused of censoring online speech and trying to silence media outlets, including Breitbart News, have received billions of dollars in contracts from the federal government. The federal government is sending billions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer money […]
Fired director of police-related nonprofit in San Fran faces 34 felony charges over alleged misuse of taxpayer dollars
The former director of a San Francisco nonprofit was arrested Tuesday and charged with 34 felony counts for alleged theft and misuse of taxpayer funds, according to recent news reports. press release From the San Francisco District Attorney’s Office. Kayla Worthy, 49, was executive director of SF SAFE, an organization founded in 1976 to help […]
Amazon bleeding billions of dollars from Alexa speakers: report
Amazon’s Echo smart speaker, which features the virtual personal assistant Alexa, has reportedly cost the company billions of dollars in losses despite strong sales and popularity around the world. CEO Andy Jassy, who took over the helm of the Settle-based e-commerce giant in 2021 following the departure of billionaire founder Jeff Bezos, is looking to […]
Aussie, kiwi dollars struggle on China's rate cuts; dollar adrift By Reuters – Investing.com
By Ray Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The Australian and New Zealand dollars languished near multi-week lows on Tuesday after China cut several key interest rates, while the greenback was little changed awaiting fresh stimulus measures. China surprised markets on Monday by cutting key short- and long-term interest rates for the first time since August last […]
Bitcoin could soon reach 70,000 dollars! – Cointribune EN
13:30▪ 3 Takes a few minutes to read ▪ Luc Jose A. At the center of the volatile cryptocurrency market, Bitcoin has shown remarkable resilience. The price of the cryptocurrency asset has recently shown impressive signs of recovery. This movement has coincided with a notable increase in inflows into the Spot Bitcoin ETF. Encouraging price […]
Anti-Semitic Democrats Backed By Katie Hobbs Used Tax Dollars To Screen Anti-Israel Propaganda And Pro-BDS “Boycott” Film At Arizona Capitol (VIDEO)
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes Democrats in the Arizona Legislature and the ACLU hosted the screening of the anti-Semitic film “Boycott” at the Arizona Capitol Museum on Thursday. They used the film to promote the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) hate movement against United States ally, Israel. The Radical Left’s BDS movement discriminates against Israel […]
Citigroup has now been fined more than half a billion dollars after CEO Jane Fraser staked her tenure on fixing the bank – Fortune
Two government regulators on Wednesday fined Citigroup Inc. $135.6 million for failing to resolve long-running internal control and risk problems, a blow to the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Jane Fraser, who has staked her career on making the bank leaner and less complex. The penalties were imposed by the Federal Reserve and the Office of […]
Biden admin whistleblowers claim ‘billions of taxpayer dollars’ used by contractor to traffic children on border
The Biden administration’s Office of Refugee Resettlement failed to vet sponsors responsible for caring for unaccompanied children apprehended across the border, a whistleblower told senators on Tuesday, describing multiple cases of apparent human trafficking involving minors and their sponsors. “What I discovered was horrifying: children were being trafficked at the expense of billions of taxpayer […]