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. »WHERE’S BIDEN? LAME-DUCK PRESIDENT SLAMMED FOR ‘QUIET QUITTING’ AMID MAJOR GOVERNMENT FUNDING BATTLEAbout $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 34 HOUSE REPUBLICANS WHO VOTED AGAINST A BILL TO AVERT A PARTIAL GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWNThe 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.
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Drag shows, Arabic Sesame Street, lonely rats: GOP senator details how Biden spent $1T on ‘government waste’
