Michigan lawmaker wants to pay reporters, news organizations to uncover corruption and save taxpayers cash
(The Center Square) – A Michigan lawmaker wants to pay reporters and media outlets to expose public corruption and save taxpayers money. Republican Councilman Joseph Aragona of Clinton Township came up with the idea after The Detroit News recently exposed questionable spending surrounding a $20 million grant by businesswoman Faye Beydoun, who served on the […]
Taxpayers still on hook for COVID-shuttered ICE facility amid objections by blue state lawmaker
Federal officials are again extending an evaluation of a mostly shuttered California detention center that holds thousands of illegal immigrants, with one lawmaker calling for the facility to be reopened amid continuing costs. “Although the Administration ended the COVID-19 national emergency over a year ago, the Adelanto ICE facility remains prohibited from processing new detainees,” […]
$85M ICE detention center remains mostly empty on taxpayers’ dime: Contractors, nonprofits ‘are the ones benefitting’
According to reports, U.S. Customs and Immigration Enforcement recently increased funding to a facility in California that serves as a detention center for illegal immigrants. building owner. Earlier this week, security firm GEO Group announced that the federal government would continue funding the 1,940-bed Adelanto ICE Processing Center. The center has remained mostly empty since […]
Taxpayers Turning on Funding NPR
Taxpayers are stepping up public funding for National Public Radio (NPR), according to a new study from DailyMail.com/TIPP. investigation Asked Respondents asked, “Do you agree or disagree that NPR should lose taxpayer funding because of its political bias?” Overall, 44% agree that NPR should be defunded, while 26% disagree. A further 31% are still unsure. […]
NIH director admits taxpayers funded gain-of-function research in Wuhan — four years after COVID pandemic began
Finally! Finally, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Principal Deputy Director Lawrence Tabak told Congress Thursday that U.S. taxpayers paid for the work done at China’s Wuhan Institute of Virology in the months and years before the COVID-19 pandemic. admitted to funding acquisition research. Asked by Rep. Debbie Lesko (R-Ariz.) whether NIH grants to the Manhattan-based […]
L.A. Supervisors Vote to Have Taxpayers Fund Legal Bills for Pro-Hamas Activists Arrested at UCLA
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors passed a motion ensuring the public defender’s office provides legal representation and legal resources to pro-Palestinian activists arrested at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) earlier this month. . As Breitbart News pointed out, pro-Palestinian “encampments” have occurred in which activists have taken over the center of […]
LA County taxpayers are footing the bill for the defense of UCLA’s arrested protesters
The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors voted last week to provide legal assistance to people arrested during a law enforcement raid to remove anti-Israel protesters at the University of California, Los Angeles. Earlier this month, California Highway Patrol officers in riot gear entered a fortified encampment outside Royce Hall and arrested more than 200 […]
Biden’s labor secretary could be forcing taxpayers to foot $32B in unemployment fraud she caused in California: GOP senators
President Biden’s Labor Secretary will make U.S. taxpayers pay for nearly $32 billion in unemployment fraud he caused during the coronavirus pandemic while serving as California’s top labor official Possibly, the Republican senators wrote. Wednesday’s letter. Sens. Bill Cassidy and Mike Crapo expressed their concerns in a letter to Labor Secretary Julie Su. Department of […]
IRS to Increase Audit Rates of Wealthy Taxpayers by 50 Percent
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) announced a 50% increase in audit rates for wealthy taxpayers and large corporations. The IRS will reportedly use the allocated funds based on the following provisions: inflation control lawsigned into law by President Biden in 2022. “The audit rate for taxpayers with income over $10 million is expected to increase […]
Millions Of Taxpayers Dollars Intended For Border Wall Are Just Sitting There, Watchdog Reveals
Hundreds of millions of dollars originally intended to fund construction of the U.S.-Mexico border wall have been left unspent, a top government watchdog announced. The Government and Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report on whether the Biden administration violated the Impoundment and Control Act of 1974 by blocking funds intended for construction of the southern […]