Drag shows, Arabic Sesame Street, lonely rats: GOP senator details how Biden spent $1T on 'government waste'
$10K was spent on a 'bearded lady' ice skating show, just one of numerous examples of frivolous federal spending highlighted by the Sen. Rand Paul



Rand Paul says he will support raising debt ceiling if government reform happens
Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ken., talks about the debt ceiling and government spending on ‘Sunday Morning Futures.’

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., is calling out the Biden administration for spending over a trillion taxpayer dollars on "government waste" this year, including on a bearded lady cabaret show, Arabic Sesame Street, and "girl-centered climate action."


The Kentucky senator released his annual "Festivus" report that details different ways in which the current administration spent taxpayer dollars throughout the year.

The 2024 Festivus Waste Report found that the Biden-Harris administration spent over $1 trillion this year, including giving a $10,000 grant to "Beards on Ice" — an ice skating drag show on climate change put on by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, a self-described "queer cabaret arts organization."

Additionally, the Agency for International Development (USAID) spent $20 million on a Sesame Street spin-off show in Iraq, titled "Ahlan Simsim," in an effort to promote "inclusion" and "mutual respect."

About $1.5 was spent experimenting how different species, such as young female kittens, respond to motion sickness.

According to the report, researchers would strap kittens to a table, where they are spun around in several directions and have holes drilled into their skulls to keep them in place — "and it’s all being done with your money," Paul writes in the report. "More than one and a half million dollars of it."


The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) reportedly gave New York University (NYU) over $400,000 to study whether lonely rats seek cocaine more than rats who are in positive environments, while the Department of the Interior (DOI) allocated $12 million to fund a pickleball complex in Las Vegas, according to the report.


"Now, did the government really need to spend nearly half a million dollars to verify that social isolation and starvation may lead to increased drug usage? One thing is for sure, we must end this rat-wheel of waste!" Paul wrote in the report.

The State Department spent $3 million on "Girl-Centered Climate Action" in Brazil, a program reportedly designed to "empower young women to become climate leaders by integrating equity and inclusivity into environmental activism," the report writes, citing the grant details.


"As the average American taxpayers struggle to pay rent, their hard-earned dollars are ironically funneled into more real estate," the report read, referring to the Biden struggles spending $10B on maintaining and furnishing buildings that were almost entirely empty.

The Department of Energy (DOE) gave automakers $15.5 billion to push the industry into the electric vehicle (EV) sector, while another $388,000 was given to "Magic in the United States," a podcast discussing how magical beliefs and practices have evolved in the U.S.


The senator also mentioned the Biden administration giving $2.1 million to fund Paraguay's border: "Nothing says "America First" like securing someone else’s border," Paul wrote

TikTok divestment could be ‘deal of the century’ for Trump, House China Committee chair says
The Supreme Court should hear arguments Jan. 10 on the law requiring a divestment of TikTok from ByteDance

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tiktok-...chair-says

Biden spares federal death row inmates: Murderers targeted sailor, young girls, law enforcement
Jorge Avila-Torrez, Daryl Lawrence and Thomas Sanders among those who no longer face death penalty

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-s...nforcement

Oh, boy is this fun to watch

https://www.foxnews.com/media/dnc-powerh...aving-cult

Woman dies after being set on fire while sleeping on NYC subway train: police
NYPD is looking for a man who is 5'6, 150 pounds, and about 25-30 years old


Police are searching for a suspect after a woman was set on fire and burned to death on a subway train in Brooklyn, New York, on Sunday in a horrifying and disturbing crime.

The New York City Police Department (NYPD) said it happened at the Stillwell Avenue Subway station in Coney Island at about 7:30 a.m.

Police said the woman was sleeping on a stationary "F" train.

That's when police said an unknown man approached the woman and lit her on fire before leaving the subway car.


EMS pronounced the woman dead at the scene.

Horrifying video posted online appears to show the woman standing in the train while engulfed in flames. A man, who matches the description of the suspect, is seen sitting on a bench just outside the train, watching as the woman burns.

Police are searching for a man described as 5’6 tall, 150 pounds, and about 25 to 30 years old



The suspect was last seen wearing a gray hooded sweatshirt, blue jeans, a dark beanie with a red band and brown boots, police said.


NYPD Crime Stoppers is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information regarding the incident.

Police encourage anyone with information about the incident to call the NYPD’s Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or, for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782).

Joe Manchin calls Democratic Party ‘toxic,’ blames progressives
Manchin says progressives are out of touch with Americans

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-man...ogressives

Here you go.  Enjoy.  Lots of good ones this week.  

https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2...and-on.php

Fortunately both airmen survived.

https://news.usni.org/2024/12/21/u-s-sup...ators-safe

They suck, and much of the party is an absolute establishment joke.  Is this the "normalcy" we want to continue with?       Uniparty indeed.  

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2024/...nay-votes/

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/4306...motivation