May 10, 2026

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DOGE Cuts $2 Billion in Government Contracts

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has helped federal agencies modify or cancel $2 billion worth of government contracts in the last 4 weeks alone, producing an overall savings of $757 million for the American taxpayer. DOGE’s similar efforts in the four weeks prior affected 273 government contracts, which led to a total savings of $1.4. This means DOGE is reporting a savings of over $2 billion in the last two months of work alone.

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DOGE Cuts $2 Billion in Wasteful Contracts from Federal Agencies – slaynews.com

Federal agencies have eliminated or scaled back 95 government contracts worth up to $2 billion over the past four weeks, saving an estimated $757 million, according to the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).

The cuts are part of a broader effort launched during President Donald Trump’s second term to reduce federal spending and eliminate what officials describe as wasteful programs.

Millions in Contracts Scrapped Across Agencies

Among the contracts terminated:

• A $75,400 State Department deal for “media monitoring services”

• A $45.6 million Office of Personnel Management contract for “talent acquisition support”

• A $98.5 million Department of Education research contract tracking high school students

• A $76.4 million Education Department study on college financing and outcomes

The latest reductions follow an earlier wave of cuts.

SCOTUS Cuts off Leftist Foreign Aid Slush Funds

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After lower-level insurrectionist DNC-CCP judges repeatedly attempted to force the Trump administration to keep funding their party’s money laundering foreign aid fund scheme, the Supreme Court has officially ended their judicial tyranny. SCOTUS ruled 6-3 the Trump administration has every right to cut off $4 billion in foreign aid if he so chooses. The six justices assessed that “the harms to the Executive’s conduct of foreign affairs appear to outweigh the potential harm faced by respondents.”

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Supreme Court Hands Trump HUGE Victory, Clears Path to Freeze $4 Billion in Foreign Aid – gellerreport.com

The U.S. Supreme Court will allow the federal government to freeze more than $4 billion in foreign aid payments that President Trump tried to cancel last month using a rare “pocket rescission.”

The justices voted 6-3 to grant the Trump administration’s emergency appeal, which stopped a lower court’s order to release the funds that had already been set aside.

A spokesperson for the White House Office of Management and Budget said, “This is a huge win for restoring the President’s power to carry out his policies. Left-wing groups can no longer take over the president’s agenda.

Tax Dollars Funded COPAL, Which Trains Anti-ICE ‘Observers’– www.dailysignal.com

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Protests over two immigration enforcement-involved shootings have highlighted the agitators organizing against federal agents on the ground in Minnesota, and the organization Comunidades Organizando el Poder y la Accíon Latina, or COPAL Education Fund, is a major player.

COPAL describes itself as a group that works “to improve the quality of life of Latine families.” It also hosts a hotline for people to call when spotting Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at work. The group also set up the Immigrant Defense Network, which trains “legal observers” to watch and report ICE.

Here Are The Traitorous Republicans Who Sided With Democrats to Fund Corrupt, Criminal USADF– gellerreport.com

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Traitorous Senate Republicans joined Democrats to keep funding the U.S. African Development Foundation, even after the agency’s own leadership acknowledged corruption and DOGE flagged it for fraud.

“The USADF Director of Financial Management’s fraudulent acts betrayed the trust of the American people,” said Acting Assistant Inspector General for Investigations Sean M. Bottary. “As the Inspector General with continued oversight jurisdiction over U.S.-funded foreign assistance, we will utilize our global investigative reach to aggressively detect and disrupt those who defraud taxpayer dollars programmed overseas.”

SBA Has $26 Billion Slush for Bogus Businesses that all exclude white men

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Chris Ruffo, the man who helped Florida legally remove DEI and wokeness from its public institutions, is claiming on Steve Bannon’s show The War Room that the Small Business Administration has a $26 billion slush fund they use to fund dubious businesses so long as those businesses aren’t owned by white men.

Ruffo claimed, “Yeah. So this is at the Small Business Administration. It’s a $26 billion slush fund that is dedicated to providing government contracts, including many no-bid government contracts, exclusively to firms that are owned by racial minorities and women. In many cases, these are shell companies where they have a token minority and then a private firm behind them. But in all cases, for this entire $26 billion slush fund, there’s only one identity group that is prohibited from accessing these funds or bidding for these contracts, white men.

And so this is like the epitome of DEI. It’s billions of dollars. There’s all sorts of fraud and corruption. In the program’s 45-year history, there’s never been a single audit done. And the question is simply this. It’s now one year into the Trump administration. The president came out strong on day one, said no more DEI. Why are we still administering billions of dollars for every group except for one? It seems totally unfair, totally unconstitutional. And yet it’s still something that, until now, has been surviving in the Trump administration.”

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Christopher Rufo Exposes $26 Billion SBA Slush Fund –  warroom.org

STEVE BANNON (HOST): Chris Rufo, the great Chris Rufo, is joining us. And Chris, look, naturally I would want you on here in Davos, because Larry Fink, you’ve so broken Fink on DEI. Larry Fink, who was kind of the financial guy of enforcing all the companies to do it because of his immense power on Wall Street.

And he’s over at Davos kind of denying, you know, no ESG, no DEI. We don’t need to do that. We don’t need a Green New Deal because intermittent power won’t work for the data centers, AI. He’s throwing over all of his beliefs.

And you were the leader in the effort to break the DEI, but you came up with something, I think, two days ago that I think may be the biggest story in the country and people need to focus on it.

It was this, is it 26, we talk about Somalis in Minneapolis and the ripoff of the learning centers and all this is getting deeper and everybody’s telling me this. But you’re identifying, in the Trump administration, there’s still Congress approving, I guess there’s $26 billion being spent on this type of scams by the Small Business Administration.

Medicaid Paid Out $400M To Dead ‘Recipients’ In One Year– thefederalist.com

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The ongoing scandal regarding Minnesota’s welfare-industrial complex demonstrates the extent to which government-created graft has “hidden” in front of the nation’s noses for not just years but decades. Another report released just before Christmas illustrates the depths of those fraudulent payments.

Last summer, I wrote here about a report by Louisiana’s legislative auditor highlighting nearly $10 million in Medicaid payments that state made on behalf of deceased beneficiaries between February 2019 and last March. Perhaps unsurprisingly, the most recent report shows that this type of government waste and abuse — or, depending on one’s perspective, fraud by insurance companies, who receive payments for “covering” dead people — occurs with regularity nationwide.

DOGE WAS RIGHT: HUD Finds $5+ Billion in Fraud in One Year Under Biden—Dead Tenants, Fake IDs, Inactive Accounts Paid– gellerreport.com

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You can begin to understand why the swamp fought Musk and DOGE so hard.

HUD officials say the majority of some $5 billion in fraudulent rental aid in 2024 went to New York, California and DC — though dead people from all 50 states got paid.

HUD just found $5 BILLION+ in FRAUDULENT payments in 2024 alone, under Biden.

Payment error of over 11% PERCENT.

13 Republicans Betray Trump, Side With Dems On Push To Overturn Key Executive Order– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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Thirteen House Republicans broke ranks Wednesday night, siding with Democrats to move ahead on a bill aimed at gutting President Donald Trump’s executive order clamping down on federal worker unions.

The push came from Rep. Jared Golden of Maine, who used a procedural weapon known as a discharge petition to force the issue onto the floor. The maneuver lets a majority of lawmakers drag a bill forward even if leadership wants it buried.

The House voted 222-200 to start debate and set up a final vote. All 209 Democrats joined 13 Republicans to advance the measure, which faces another procedural test Thursday.

The GOP defectors were Jeff Van Drew of New Jersey, Nicole Malliotakis of New York, Nick LaLota of New York, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, Rob Bresnahan of Pennsylvania, Don Bacon of Nebraska, Mike Lawler of New York, Tom Kean of New Jersey, Ryan Mackenzie of Pennsylvania, Zach Nunn of Iowa, Chris Smith of New Jersey, Pete Stauber of Minnesota, and Mike Turner of Ohio.

DOGE Cuts Billions in Nonsense – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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Your taxpayer dollars and mine were paying for a special makeup artist at the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) — that is, until DOGE got involved.

The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cut contracts with a ceiling value of around $17 billion altogether over the last three weeks. It seems as if the waste and fraud in our federal government is endless, and DOGE has to wade through an absolute mountain of corrupt insanity as it tries to restore fiscal responsibility to the government.

If red states can’t deliver DOGE promises, what can they deliver?– www.theblaze.com

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The DOGE revolution has identified federal waste, forced Washington politicians to rethink their spending habits, and exposed the decades-long crusade by Democrats to funnel taxpayer money into activism. In a state like North Dakota — a deep-red stronghold — you’d expect Republicans to seize November’s America First mandate and gut bloated budgets.

Think again. Too many unprincipled legislators are choking on the swamp’s fumes, betraying the voters who rejected the status quo. It’s time to call them out.

Politicians care more about re-election and climbing the ladder than they do about your wallet. They’ll dodge tough cuts to keep their seats, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill.

DOGE Saves $4.2 Billion More in Wasteful Contracts – PJ Media– pjmedia.com

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The Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) is still hard at work cutting billions of taxpayer dollars’ worth of outrageous federal contracts and grants.

In less than a week, DOGE was able to end over 120 federal contracts worth billions of dollars in savings, including a contract to provide Nigeria with a technical advisor. And last week, the agency terminated nearly 500 contracts. This is what we voted for in 2024.

DOGE posted, “Contracts Update! In the last 5 days, agencies terminated 123 wasteful contacts with a ceiling value of $5.3B and savings of $4.2B, including an $857k DOI contract for a ‘technical advisor, Lagos Nigeria’, a $1.5M Dept. of Treasury contract for ‘Word Processing and Document Formatting Services Examination Training’ for the IRS, SBSE and HCO, and a $785k State Dept. consulting contract for ‘staffing.’”

Teens charged in DOGE staffer attack to be kept in custody– www.washingtonexaminer.com

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Judge Kendra Davis Briggs, a Biden-nominated associate judge for the D.C. Superior Court, denied the two Maryland juveniles’ requests for less restrictive detention conditions, according to the Washington Post.

The hearing follows the attack and carjacking targeting Coristine, 19, who goes by “Big Balls”, and Emily Bryant, his “significant other,” according to the filed police report of the incident. The carjacking occurred at 3:01 a.m. on Aug. 3 on the 1400 block of Swann Street NW.

Briggs presided over Monday’s hearing following President Donald Trump’s press conference in which he declared a “crime emergency” in Washington, federalized the Metropolitan Police Department, and mobilized the D.C. National Guard. Trump, who has repeatedly floated threats of federalizing the capital city, amped up his rhetoric against D.C. home rule after the attack against Coristine.

Republicans Defied White House on Programs Slashed by DOGE– www.dailysignal.com

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House Republicans defied many of the White House’s requests for cuts to programs that don’t align with the president’s America First agenda.

In May, the Office of Management and Budget submitted its fiscal year 2026 Discretionary Budget Request asking Congress to cut funding to programs accused of wasting taxpayer dollars pushing left-wing ideology abroad. While the House Appropriations Committee reduced or eliminated funding for some of the requests, many remain untouched or barely adjusted.

For instance, OMB requested the elimination of funding to the Asia Foundation and East-West Center, which previous administrations have used for advice on how to deal with China.

HUGE WIN: Appeals Court Reverses Lower Court’s Order, Allows President Trump to Cut Billions in Foreign Aid Payments | The Gateway Pundit– www.thegatewaypundit.com

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A federal appeals court on Wednesday reversed a district court’s order and allowed President Trump to cut billions of foreign aid payments that Congress already approved.

A three-judge panel on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 ruling overruled a lower court’s order that blocked Trump from cutting billions of dollars to USAID.

The three judges included: Majority: Karen Henderson (George H.W. Bush), Gregory Katsas (Trump), and dissent: Florence Pan (Biden).

D.C. Circuit Court Affirms Trump’s Slashing Of USAID Waste– thefederalist.com

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President Donald Trump had the presidential and legal authority to terminate billions of taxpayer dollars to the U.S Agency for International Development (USAID) and its countless overseas pet projects, the Washington D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed this week.

Ever since Trump issued his day-one executive order effectively freezing USAID’s wasting of Americans’ hard-earned dollars, judges have encroached on his presidential authority by hampering his power to impound, or “decline to spend the full amount of an appropriated fund.”

In its 2-1 ruling published on Wednesday, the D.C. Circuit Court not only reversed those attempts, but also paved the way to limit the number of lawsuits and subsequent injunctions designed to keep Trump from doing his job by curbing American subsidization of covert programs like Iraqi “Sesame Street,” LGBT initiatives abroad, and even meals for terrorists.

Trump’s New Weapon to Slash Spending Without Congress– gellerreport.com

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A pocket rescission is a rarely used but fully legal tool that lets the President kill funding without Congress.

This little known tool could let DOGE cuts bypass uniparty quislings and weak, spineless GOP senators, freezing funds without Congressional approval.

Expect legal  challenges but so what?  It’s a bold move to shrink government spending

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Millions Double Enrolled in Taxpayer-Funded Coverage: Analysis– thefederalist.com

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Earlier this year, The Federalist highlighted a Wall Street Journal investigation that found taxpayers had spent billions paying for individuals who had enrolled in Medicaid in multiple states simultaneously. The kicker is not surprising but still shocking: As bad as the Journal exposé seemed, the reality is worse.

A new investigation increased both the number of enrollees with duplicate forms of taxpayer-funded coverage and the amount taxpayers are paying for such unnecessary double-dipping. It provides an example — one of many — to rebut leftist claims that the recently passed budget reconciliation bill will somehow destroy the safety net.

The Journal analysis of Medicaid data from 2019 to 2021 found taxpayers spent $4.3 billion over three years, providing duplicate coverage to an average of 660,000 people per year. The Trump administration recently examined what happened after four years of Biden administration policies, designed to promote enrollment in taxpayer-funded coverage at all costs.

The analysis by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of 2024 enrollment data concluded that, last year, “an average of 1.2 million Americans each month were enrolled” in Medicaid in multiple states — nearly double the level of duplicate enrollment cited by the Journal in the opening years of the Biden presidency. Moreover, CMS also noted that another “1.6 million Americans each month were enrolled in both Medicaid” and taxpayer-subsidized coverage on the insurance Exchange plans.

USAID Defunding Bill Signed into Law by Trump

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HUGE BREAKING NEWS: Trump Signs Bill Slashing $9 Billion from Foreign Aid, Public Broadcasting– conservativeroof.com
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President Donald Trump signed a bill on July 24 to claw back $9 billion in federal spending.

Ahead of the signing, Trump said on Truth Social that the House’s approval of the bill was “BIG.”

It rescinds $7.9 billion in spending under the now-defunct U.S. Agency for International Development, whose responsibilities have been folded into the State Department.

The bill was initially set to rescind $9.4 billion, but $400 million was stripped out. That cut would have removed funding for PEPFAR, a State Department initiative that combats HIV and AIDS abroad.

The bill also eliminates $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), both of which have been accused by conservative critics and the Trump administration of liberal bias.

This does not mean it is the end of either NPR or PBS, however.

“The biggest impact will be that the shows with low-audience ratings will get cut,” conservative pundit Jake Novak said.

Trump Scores ‘Hugely Significant’ Legal Victory Approving Key Administration Priority– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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President Donald Trump scored another huge legal victory after a judge tossed out a lawsuit brought against his administration that challenged his “dismantling of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).”

Conservative pundits and commentators are saying this is a significant development, as it may lead to the dismissal of other cases against the administration that make similar claims. Once it’s appealed, the circuit court’s precedent will then bind other district courts in our nation’s capital.

The lawsuit in question was first filed on Feb. 6, 2025, by the American Foreign Service Association and the American Federation of Government Employees. The purpose of the suit was to block President Trump from putting thousands of individuals who worked for USAID on administrative leave before eventually firing them.

Both groups, which filed the lawsuit jointly, claimed that the administration’s actions were in violation of federal employment protections and posed safety risks to those who worked abroad.

When it was first filed, Judge Carl J. Nichols, who was appointed to the bench by President Trump, issued a temporary restraining order halting the planned removal of over 2,200 government workers. The reason? Safety concerns overseas.

JD Vance breaks tie to advance rescissions bill targeting foreign aid, PBS, NPR | The Post Millennial– thepostmillennial.com

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The rescissions package, approved by the House of Representatives last month, would eliminate approximately $8.3 billion from USAID and $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

Vice President JD Vance cast two decisive tie-breaking votes in the Senate on Tuesday to advance a $9.4 billion spending rescissions package backed by President Donald Trump. The measure, which would claw back federal funding from a range of programs, including the US Agency for International Development (USAID) and public broadcasters NPR and PBS, is now headed into a marathon floor debate.

The Senate twice deadlocked at 50-50 on procedural votes to begin debate on the controversial bill. In both instances, Vance stepped in to break the tie and push the measure forward. The rescissions package, approved by the House of Representatives last month, would eliminate approximately $8.3 billion from USAID and $1.1 billion from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB).

Supreme Court Ruling Allows Department of Education Layoffs– www.dailysignal.com

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The Supreme Court ruled in favor of major layoffs at the Department of Education Monday. It’s a huge win for those who believe the department was a failure and in need of a huge reduction in size.

McMahon v. State of New York was a 6-3 decision, with the liberal justices dissenting. The case had been brought against Education Secretary Linda McMahon by a variety of lawsuits after she removed 1,400 employees from the Department of Education’s staff.

Specifically, the Supreme Court ruled that a lower-level federal court could not block the firing of Department of Education employees while the case was ongoing.

“Today, the Supreme Court again confirmed the obvious: the President of the United States, as the head of the Executive Branch, has the ultimate authority to make decisions about staffing levels, administrative organization, and day-to-day operations of federal agencies,” McMahon said in a statement.

President Donald Trump, who signed the executive order that led to the Department of Education layoffs, also celebrated the decision.

HHS surmounts obstacles set by Democrat-appointed judges, gives thousands of bureaucrats the boot– www.theblaze.com

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services revealed in late March that it was downsizing its workforce from 82,000 to 62,000 employees as part of a broader overhaul intended to maximize efficiency, save taxpayers money, and help make America healthy again.

The agency sent notices of reduction in force to 10,000 employees. Another 10,000 workers apparently left voluntarily, accepting early retirement and buyout offers.

The threat of a proper housecleaning enraged Democrats and, of course, pink-slip recipients, who filed legal challenges. Democrat-appointed U.S. district judges proved more than willing to hold up the terminations, prompting the government to appeal and the Supreme Court to weigh in.

Three GOP Senators Betray Trump On Key Bill– trendingpoliticsnews.com

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The U.S. Senate on Tuesday narrowly advanced key legislation making good on President Donald Trump’s promise to defund publicly funded media outlets like NPR, but not without overriding opposition from three Republicans who almost derailed the bill.

Conservatives focused their anger on the three holdouts who bucked their party, forcing Vice President J.D. Vance to cast the tie-breaking vote in favor of stripping PBS and NPR of taxpayer funds. It was the sixth time this year that Vance had to intervene to avoid a defeat in the Republican-controlled chamber.

The vote came as Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) works feverishly to shore up several of Trump’s agenda items before Congress breaks for its annual August recess.

The 51-50 vote saw Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), who is up for reelection in 2026, break with her party over a bill that sought to claw back public funds from both media outlets. Still, she voted to advance the legislation to the floor for its final vote.

“The rescissions package has a big problem — nobody really knows what program reductions are in it,” Collins said in a prepared statement released after the procedural vote. “That isn’t because we haven’t had time to review the bill. Instead, the problem is that (the Office of Management and Budget) has never provided the details that would normally be part of this process.”

EXCLUSIVE: Millions In US Tax Dollars Likely Funding Sex Work Overseas, Watchdog Finds– dailycaller.com

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Hundreds of millions in federal taxpayer dollars have been given to organizations around the world that likely facilitate prostitution and the sex industry, a watchdog group has found.

Through the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) program, the U.S. government has doled out roughly $385 million to foreign organizations suspected of violating U.S. policy on sex work and prostitution advocacy, according to a complaint filed by the Center to Advance Security in America (CASA) and obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. In addition to the grants that have already been spent, CASA uncovered another $480 million in obligated funds to the same groups.

CASA is calling on the State Department’s Office of Inspector General to conduct a comprehensive audit of the PEPFAR program.

“The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in June 2020 that foreign organizations receiving federal money must have policies opposing prostitution and sex trafficking,” CASA Director James Fitzpatrick stated to the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Our team at CASA has uncovered organizations receiving PEPFAR funds who not only do not have policies opposing, but are actively promoting, the sex work industry.”

DNC Operatives Plead Guilty to USAID Bribery Scheme

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Three DNC operatives who were a part, in some capacity, of the alleged bribery scheme that is USAID, have pled guilty, Roderick Watson, 37, a former employee, and two contractors, Walter Varnes and Darryl Britt.

Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, said of the plea deals, “The defendants sought to enrich themselves at the expense of American taxpayers through bribery and fraud. Their scheme violated the public trust by corrupting the federal government’s procurement process. Anybody who cares about good and effective government should be concerned about the waste, fraud, and abuse in government agencies, including USAID. Those who engage in bribery schemes to exploit the U.S. Small Business Administration’s vital economic programs for small businesses — whether individuals or corporations acting through them — will be held to account.”

USAID Official Pleads Guilty In Sprawling Corruption Scheme– trendingpoliticsnews.com
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Roderick Watson, a former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee who worked under the Biden administration, and three businessmen have pleaded guilty to participating in a $550 million bribery scheme involving the embattled agency.

Watson, a Maryland native, is alleged to have received bribes valued north of $1 million in exchange for using his position as a trusted overseer of taxpayer money to direct 14 prime federal contracts to two consulting companies, Apprio and Vistant, which were contracted with USAID.

Watson, 57, pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official and faces up to 15 years in federal prison. He is currently scheduled to be sentenced this upcoming October.

As part of the wide-reaching scheme, Vistant owner Walter Barnes and Darryl Britt, owner of Apprio, used Paul Young, the president of a subcontractor used by both Vistant and Apprio, as a middleman in order to facilitate some of the bribes that went to Watson, the Justice Department said in a press release.

Barnes pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official and securities fraud. Britt has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official, while Young pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official.

In addition, Apprio and Vistant, both of which contracted with USAID, have agreed to admit criminal liability and enter into three-year deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in connection with criminal informations filed in the District of Maryland.

“The defendants sought to enrich themselves at the expense of American taxpayers through bribery and fraud,” said Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Their scheme violated the public trust by corrupting the federal government’s procurement process. Anybody who cares about good and effective government should be concerned about the waste, fraud, and abuse in government agencies, including USAID. Those who engage in bribery schemes to exploit the U.S. Small Business Administration’s vital economic programs for small businesses — whether individuals or corporations acting through them — will be held to account.”

The scheme dates back to 2013 when Watson, working within his capacity as a USAID contracting officer, agreed to steer government contracts to Britt’s Apprio firm in exchange for bribes, prosecutors said. Britt’s company had been eligible for lucrative federal contracts as a designated “socially and economically disadvantaged” business by the Small Business Administration (SBA), according to a report from the New York Post.

Federal Contractors Plead Guilty to Bribery Scheme Involving USAID Official– slaynews.com
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Several federal contractors have pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme involving a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) official.

A major corruption scandal has engulfed the USAID, where a long-running bribery scheme resulted in over $1 million in improper payments and four guilty pleas tied to federal contracting abuse, Fox News reported.

The Justice Department uncovered that a USAID official took bribes in exchange for steering contracts.

The charges draw new scrutiny to the embattled agency, already facing restructuring and criticism over spending.

On Friday, the DOJ announced that Roderick Watson, 57, a former USAID contracting officer, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from government contractors beginning in 2013.

These bribes came from Walter Barnes, owner of Vistant, and Darryl Britt, owner of Apprio, through a third party named Paul Young, who ran a subcontractor connected to both firms.

Prosecutors say the illegal payments exceeded $1 million and included cash, laptops, NBA suite tickets, a country club wedding, mortgage down payments, phones, and jobs for Watson’s relatives.

The bribes were carefully masked using shell companies, false invoices, bank transfers, and fabricated payroll records.

USAID Contractors Plead Guilty in Another Million Dollar Scheme

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Federal Contractors Plead Guilty to Bribery Scheme Involving USAID Official– slaynews.com
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Several federal contractors have pleaded guilty to a bribery scheme involving a U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) official.

A major corruption scandal has engulfed the USAID, where a long-running bribery scheme resulted in over $1 million in improper payments and four guilty pleas tied to federal contracting abuse, Fox News reported.

The Justice Department uncovered that a USAID official took bribes in exchange for steering contracts.

The charges draw new scrutiny to the embattled agency, already facing restructuring and criticism over spending.

On Friday, the DOJ announced that Roderick Watson, 57, a former USAID contracting officer, pleaded guilty to accepting bribes from government contractors beginning in 2013.

These bribes came from Walter Barnes, owner of Vistant, and Darryl Britt, owner of Apprio, through a third party named Paul Young, who ran a subcontractor connected to both firms.

Prosecutors say the illegal payments exceeded $1 million and included cash, laptops, NBA suite tickets, a country club wedding, mortgage down payments, phones, and jobs for Watson’s relatives.

The bribes were carefully masked using shell companies, false invoices, bank transfers, and fabricated payroll records.

President Trump, please disavow the Commission on Population Growth– www.lifesitenews.com

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(LifeSiteNews) — U.S. government agencies have never engaged in open coercion to force down the birth rate, at least within the borders of the United States. (USAID’s past actions overseas are another matter.)…

The blueprint for this assault on American families and American fertility was drawn up way back in 1972 by something called the Commission on Population Growth and the American Future.

The Commission was the brainchild of one of America’s original population bomb fanatics, John D. Rockefeller III, who also happened to be one of the wealthiest men on the planet.

Like many of his fellow globalist elites—think Bill Gates and Warren Buffet—Rockefeller had long been convinced that Americans were having way too many babies. And he decided that it was past time to use a whole-of-government approach to put a stop to this reckless reproduction.

Rockefeller badgered President Richard Nixon into setting up the Commission on Population Growth in 1970 and appointing him as chairman. Over the next two years he steered it with an iron hand, using it to concoct a comprehensive plan that he hoped would stop America’s population growth dead in its tracks.

The report that he issued, called Population and the American Future, was a population controller’s dream. It began—as such screeds always do—with a stark warning: Unless something was done to stop America’s high birth rates, the population of the U.S. would explode from 203 million in 1970 to 300 million by 2000.

Grim consequences would follow, the report warned: Cities would become overcrowded cesspools of poverty and racial tension. Inequality would grow. Hordes of children would strain schools and other social services to the breaking point. Pressure on natural resources like water and energy would escalate as cities sprawled across the landscape, full of people sowing pollution wherever they went.

$550 Million Illegal DNC Funding Scheme Exposed

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USAID Official and Three Corporate Executives Plead Guilty $550 Million in Fraud, Bribery Using DEI– gellerreport.com
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Four men, including a government contracting officer for the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and three owners and presidents of companies, have pleaded guilty for their roles in a decade-long bribery scheme involving at least 14 prime contracts worth over $550 million in U.S. taxpayer dollars.

Roderick Watson, 57, of Woodstock, Maryland, who worked as a USAID contracting officer, pleaded guilty to bribery of a public official;
Walter Barnes, 46, of Potomac, Maryland, who was the owner and president of PM Consulting Group LLC doing business as Vistant (Vistant), a certified small business under the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) 8(a) contracting program, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official and securities fraud;
Darryl Britt, 64, of Myakka City, Florida, who was the owner and president of Apprio, Inc. (Apprio), a certified small business under the SBA 8(a) contracting program, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official; and
Paul Young, 62, of Columbia, Maryland, who was the president of a subcontractor to Vistant and Apprio, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official.

In addition, Apprio and Vistant, both of which contracted with USAID, have agreed to admit criminal liability and enter into three-year deferred prosecution agreements (DPAs) in connection with criminal informations filed today in the District of Maryland. As part of these resolutions, both Apprio and Vistant admitted to engaging in a conspiracy to commit bribery of a public official and securities fraud. The DPAs entered into with Apprio and Vistant require each company to, among other obligations, provide ongoing cooperation with and disclosures to the Justice Department, implement a compliance and ethics program, and report to Justice Department regarding remediation and implementation of these compliance measures.

“The defendants sought to enrich themselves at the expense of American taxpayers through bribery and fraud,” said Matthew R. Galeotti, Head of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. “Their scheme violated the public trust by corrupting the federal government’s procurement process. Anybody who cares about good and effective government should be concerned about the waste, fraud, and abuse in government agencies, including USAID. Those who engage in bribery schemes to exploit the U.S. Small Business Administration’s vital economic programs for small businesses — whether individuals or corporations acting through them — will be held to account.”

“Watson was entrusted to serve the interests of the American people — not his own — and his criminal actions for his own personal gain undermine the integrity of our public institutions,” said U.S. Attorney Kelly O. Hayes for the District of Maryland. “Public trust is a hallmark of our nation’s values, so corruption within a federal government agency is intolerable. This office, along with our law enforcement partners, will continue to pursue and prosecute corruption at every level to ensure accountability and protect public trust.”

“The guilty pleas reflect the FBI’s unwavering commitment to holding accountable all those who abuse the authority and responsibility of public service,” said Assistant Director Joe Perez of the FBI’s Criminal Division. “The actions of the defendants in this scheme serve to erode public trust. The FBI is focused on rebuilding this trust and protecting American taxpayers from corruption through investigations such as these.”

“Corruption in government programs will not be tolerated. Watson abused his position of trust for personal gain while federal contractors engaged in a pay-to-play scheme,” said Acting Assistant Inspector General for Investigations Sean Bottary of the USAID Office of Inspector General (USAID-OIG). “USAID-OIG is firmly committed to rooting out fraud and corruption within U.S. foreign assistance programs. Today’s announcement underscores our unwavering focus on exposing criminal activity, including bribery schemes by those entrusted to faithfully award government contracts. We appreciate our longstanding partnership with the Department of Justice in holding accountable those who defraud American taxpayers.”

“Watson exploited his position at USAID to line his pockets with bribes in exchange for more than $550 million in contracts. While he helped three company owners and presidents bypass the fair bidding process, he was showered with cash and lavish gifts,” said Chief Guy Ficco of IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI). “Through its financial crime investigations, IRS-CI works to protect taxpayer dollars and ensure government funds are awarded based on merit — not corruption. In close coordination with our law enforcement partners, IRS-CI helped put an end to their greed and criminal conduct. Now, Watson and his co-conspirators will face justice.”