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Comically they wrote an article, then fact checked themselves in the correction basically saying they the original reporting was correct.

> Also, the $8.2 million figure cited refers to payments in the 12 months leading up to February 2025, not dating back to 2016.

Talk about lying profusely. USAID is an ARM of the CIA, why would you want that?




You still haven't addressed the fact that USAID only paid $44k to Politico (over two years, for subscriptions), which is less than 0.0001% of USAID's budget.

You said USAID spends most of its budget on Politico and apartments near Langley. Are you going to admit that that was nonsense, before switching to your next argument?




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