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Let’s take @Alladdin1983 work and go a little deeper. Hedge funds, $100 in office expense and universities begging for tax payer money, they giving it away to other universities - just so they can come back and ask for more money.

The Research Foundation has $72 million in hedge funds… against what? Why are they using tax payer money to bet against the stock market?

They have another $117 million invested in global stock funds. And $89 million handled by private firms.

Then consider 2 of their 5 paid contractors are Banks.

As mentioned earlier, half their funding comes from tax payers, funneled into the foundation from a dozen other universities.Image
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This on top of the $17 million in travel, $7.5 million in meetings and conferences, and $100 million in office expenses… how much timer does one company need? Image
The combined work by individuals in uncovering waste and abuse is amazing. I always like to thank @DataRepublican for sharing the tools she created, making this possible.
And they sent $322 million out of the country. I thought this money was for New York? @RepMTG @RepThomasMassie @DOGE

They did not indicate if they maintained records for why the money was given (schedule F, line 1) @DOGE_IRS only a disclaimer on schedule O filling. Image
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May 29
The DOGE suggestions are often criticized for cutting into agencies like Veterans’ Affairs.

.“they are taking away from vets”

This is a thread of more than $6 million in veteran affairs spending with Oriental Trading Company.

edible gummy bears
tropical tote bags
Glow sticks
And thousands of other Chinese-manufactured gimmick items.

While the company is based in Omaha, Nebraska, and has a significant fulfillment center there, it's estimated 85% of Oriental Trading Company's products are manufactured in China.Image
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May 20
This dive speaks to government waste, global manipulation and falls in line with the research being conducted by @DataRepublican

This is a long thread so please read through to get full context.

The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP) activities and funding sources reveal deep entanglements with government agencies, defense contractors, and foreign governments, raising questions about its true independence, mission of peace, and global agenda.

With more than $8.9 million in government funding and additional government contracts it was worth look into their IRS filings, which revealed alarming globalist agendas and high-profile connections.

President Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, who took the helm in 2022, has a history of service in both the Clinton and Obama administrations.

Former board chair Penny Pritzker, a billionaire and former Secretary of Commerce under Obama, exemplifies the revolving door between CEIP and high-level government positions.

This pattern raises concerns about the organization's ability to provide unbiased perspectives. Which only deepens in their financials.

CEIP's programs often mirror the agendas of its funders. For instance, its work on nuclear policy and international security frequently aligns with the strategic interests of NATO and the U.S. State Department.

Other programs invoke world order and nation rebuilding. Seemingly a big task for a company that only lists $147 million in revenue.Image
2) For each of the last four years CEIP has expanded details of operations in their IRS 990 schedule O filings.

One such program was transitioning their Geoeconomics and Strategy program into “America Statecraft Program” in 2021.

Calling it an “urgent need for a more disciplined US foreign policy” that is “realistic about the limits of America power.”

CEIP also launched an “Africa program which seeks to engage policymakers and scholars to shape global discourse and policy in the region.”Image
3) The Statecraft program includes a publication outlining the need for more intervention on the global scene.

Saying it can be seen “as a response to geopolitics that uses economic means for foreign policy ends. In a historical context, economic statecraft reflects a shift away from a neoliberal doctrine toward more interventionism in the economy.”


“State control over economic instruments is insufficient to the political task, governments are willing to deploy more coercive measures, including violence, both at home and abroad.

“In extreme cases, where successive national governments cannot achieve their political objectives either by manipulating economic instruments or by using force, the state fails until some group emerges that is powerful enough to reenergize or replace it. In that sense, responding to geoeconomic forces is an existential requirement.”

carnegieendowment.org/research/2024/…
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May 10
Why is the National Health Institute funding the Chinese Communist Party-backed Peking University?

$21 million in funding. (Thread 🧵)

$7.47 million dollar in tax payer money sent to the CCP university in the Haidian District in Beijing China since 2010, and $15 million approved by the Biden Administration that was awarded this year. @DOGE_NIH

Sources: @DataRepublican website, CNN NPR and @usaspending special thank you to both tagged accounts for providing awesome tools.Image
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The Chinese Communist Party connections with Peking University were publicly know as early as 2020, as reported by NPR.

“From 2013 to 2017, at least 109 universities unveiled their first-ever charters, affirming party leadership, according to NPR's analysis.”

“The new charters effectively hand the party ultimate control over the schools' administration, mirroring how the party dominates government agencies.

NPR specifically named Peking University, Renmin University, and Nanjing University, noting they have “a prominent international studies program jointly administered with Johns Hopkins University.”
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John’s Hopkins touts the partnership with Peking University on its website.

“nursing schools at The Johns Hopkins University (JHU) and Peking Union Medical College (PUMC) will create the first nursing doctoral-level (PhD) program in China. Faculty at the JHU and PUMC nursing schools will work together to prepare Chinese nurses as leaders in their country’s higher education for nursing, nursing research and health care administration.“Image
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May 1
Part 3 of 3
On the path of money from PATH - it eventually landed with Clinton Health Access Initiative Inc - which also received $93.9 million in federal grants.

Among the board members are Bill and Chelsea Clinton, and there is a nest of related NGOs under CHAI - for a different countries (read thread for more)

Thank you to the diligent hard work of @DataRepublican for the tools to find this. She has been calling out funding to the Clintons and others for a long time.Image
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CHAI reported revenues of $228 million with a grant out flow of just $30 million.

$4 million for trustees
$77.1 million in salaries
$4.7 million in 401k
$22.3 million in employee benefits
$7 million in conferences
$20.7 million in travel Image
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Among the stated purposes is “work with governments to strength national financing systems.”

Which leads to ask, why is a health company working to help prop up a financial system? Image
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Apr 22
Every penny counts: US tax payers funded $89 million in grants related to Disinformation and/or censorship.

As you go through the thread below, you start to realize why government is fighting to hold on to these. From manipulating world politics, to Russian disinformation:

Congress has long passed laws allowing this to happen legally with no accountability.

This money, being spent in their districts, incentivizes congress to vote yes. Many will run on slogans like “I got $ in funding for our state’s colleges and universities”

What they won’t say what it was used for:

- $23.5 million to Covid “disinformation” with a specific focus on migrants and to “Essential Workers and Undocumented Individuals”

- $575,000 for journalists to study journalist to spot fake news

- $7.2 million centered around media disinformation in the United States.

- $43.2 million to COVID misinformation

-$1.2 million misinformation related to a ban on menthol cigarettes

-$37.3 million centered around misinformation in foreign elections

-$133k for kids to attend disinformation camp

Below is a thread showing some of the disinformation/censorship grants that were awarded under the previous administration.
$22.4 million went to one misinformation/disinformation program. The money was divided (after paying themselves) to seven subgroups, one specifically targeting Undocumented individuals

How did they do it? By paying “trusted influencers” now you understand the social media push.

And $1.1 million to University of Hawaii to spend in California to study undocumented workers to understand disinformation - this grant is specifically to collect information and data.Image
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Mar 28
A new topic crossed my desk today.
Nonoperating 501 (c) (3) - these are tax exempt organizations that receive private funding, but grant money to public entities- in this particular case using funds to supply a public school system in North Carolina with questionable materials.

These organizations do not have to report who their donors are, but donations and contributions are tax deductible.

Meaning an individual can avoid paying income tax, because they donated to a nonprofit charity. This creates a big loophole for money transfers to projects. @DOGE_IRS @DOGE

(See thread 🧵 for more details)

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With just $7 million in revenue, Peotry Foundation spent more than $18 million according to their IRS 990PF filing.

$5 million in wages and benefits, $2.2 million in professional fees and $5 million in publications (like the one above) and “other expenses” Image
Here are a list of grants given by the foundation according to their most recent filings, as presented on their website. Image
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