{"id":569,"date":"2025-02-15T18:11:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T23:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/americaschallenges.wordpress.com\/?p=569"},"modified":"2025-03-01T20:02:02","modified_gmt":"2025-03-01T14:02:02","slug":"insights-into-government-spending-on-key-initiatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendreger.com\/?p=569","title":{"rendered":"Insights into Government Spending on Key Initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-585 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/kendreger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ourpotus-1.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"\" width=\"598\" height=\"253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kendreger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ourpotus-1.jpg 533w, https:\/\/kendreger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/ourpotus-1-300x127.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 598px) 100vw, 598px\" \/><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Here is a somewhat complete outline of the past 3 weeks while Mr. Trump has been in office. There are probably a lot more and I will keep adding to these as I find them. If you know of more post them here and share the heck out of it! Americans must know where their Taxes are really going!<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\r\n<li><strong>$9.7 Million for UC Berkeley to develop &#8220;a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise-driven skills&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$2.3 Million for &#8220;strengthening independent voices in Cambodia&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$32 Million to the Prague Civil Society Center.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$40 Million for &#8220;gender equality and women empowerment hub&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$14 Million for &#8220;improving public procurement&#8221; in Serbia.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$486 Million to the \u201cConsortium for Elections and Political Process Strengthening,\u201d India.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$22 Million for &#8220;inclusive and participatory political process&#8221; in Moldova.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$21 Million for voter turnout in India.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$29 Million to &#8220;strengthening political landscape in Bangladesh&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$20 Million for &#8220;fiscal federalism&#8221; in Nepal.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$19 Million for &#8220;biodiversity conversation&#8221; in Nepal.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$1.5 Million for &#8220;voter confidence&#8221; in Liberia.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$14 Million for &#8220;social cohesion&#8221; in Mali.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$2.5 Million for &#8220;inclusive democracies in Southern Africa&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$47 Million for &#8220;improving learning outcomes in Asia&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$2 Million to develop &#8220;sustainable recycling models&#8221; to &#8220;increase socio-economic cohesion among marginalized communities of Kosovo Roma, Ashkali, and Egypt&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$373 Million in 70 DEI training grants.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$60 Million in 9 more wasteful DEI and Environmental Justice contracts.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$1.9 BILLION of HUD money was just recovered after being misplaced during the Biden administration due to a broken process. These funds were earmarked for the administration of financial services but were no longer needed.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>115 Million in 167\u00a0cancellations\u00a0with\u00a0savings\u00a0of\u00a0$2.23 Million\u00a0contract\u00a0for\u00a0HHS\u00a0for\u00a0\u201cequity\u00a0assessments\u00a0of\u00a0existing\u00a0program\u00a0policies\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>The\u00a0Department\u00a0of\u00a0Education\u00a0terminated\u00a0grants\u00a0to\u00a0the\u00a0four\u00a0\u201cEquity\u00a0Assistance\u00a0Centers\u201d\u00a0totaling\u00a0$33 Million.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$50 MILLION of Biden-era environmental justice grant is allocated to the Climate Justice Alliance. For \u201cclimate justice travels through a Free Palestine\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$4.6 Million contract to coordinate Zoom and in-person meetings.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$3.0 Million contract to write a report that showed that prior reports were not utilized by schools.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$1.4 Million contract to physically observe mailing and clerical operations.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>EPA\u00a0also\u00a0canceled\u00a03\u00a0DEI\u00a0contracts,\u00a0saving\u00a0American\u00a0taxpayers\u00a0$45 Million.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>EPA\u00a0will\u00a0not\u00a0be\u00a0renewing\u00a0our\u00a0membership\u00a0with\u00a0Politico\u00a0and\u00a0Politico\u00a0E&amp;E,\u00a0saving\u00a0the\u00a0American\u00a0taxpayers\u00a0$458,919\u00a0per\u00a0year.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$2.7 Million in Media contracts &amp; Subscriptions, including Politico.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>58 cancellations with savings of &gt;$150 Million in categories including Media, DEI, and Consulting. This includes<\/strong> <strong>$405 Thousand at DHS for \u201cresilience, energy, and sustainability management program support services\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$10 Million for Mozambique Voluntary Medical male circumcision.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$9.7 Million for UC Berkeley to develop &#8220;a cohort of Cambodian youth with enterprise-driven skills&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$374,000 Thousand for a \u201cDEI On-boarding Specialist\u201d What the hell is that?<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$2.3 Million for &#8220;Strengthening Independent Voices in Cambodia&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$32 Million to the Prague Civil Society Center.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$40 Million for a &#8220;Gender equality and women empowerment hub&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$14 Million for &#8220;improving public procurement&#8221; in Serbia.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$486 Million to the &#8220;Consortium for Elections and Political Processes Strengthening,&#8221; including $22 Million for the &#8220;inclusive and participatory political process&#8221; in Moldova and $25 Million for voter turnout in India.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$29 Million to &#8220;Strengthening political landscape in Bangladesh.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$20 Million for &#8220;fiscal federalism&#8221; in Nepal.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$19 Million for &#8220;biodiversity conversation&#8221; in Nepal.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$1.5 Million for &#8220;voter confidence&#8221; in Liberia.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$14 Million for &#8220;social cohesion&#8221; in Mali.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$2.5 Million for &#8220;inclusive democracies in Southern Africa.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$47 Million for &#8220;improving learning outcomes&#8221; in Asia.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$2 Million to &#8220;develop sustainable recycling models&#8221; to &#8220;Increase socioeconomic cohesion among marginalized communities of Kosovo Roma, Ashkali, and Egypt&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$4 Million at DoT for \u201cDEIA program and project management support services\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$25,000 Thousand award entitled \u201cEmpowering LGBTQIA+ Refugees in Greece\u201d with the description \u201cTo provide material, legal and psychological support to LGBTQIA+ asylum seekers and refugees; inform and raise awareness of civil society on issues faced by the LGBTQIA+ community.\u201d It has now been canceled.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$881 Million in the Department\u00a0Of\u00a0Education\u00a0terminated\u00a089\u00a0contracts.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$91,000 Thousand for \u201ctraining, education, and\u00a0access to professional and economic opportunities for women and increasing their participation in climate change adaptation activities\u201d in African, Middle Eastern, Latin American, and Caribbean regions.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>One Department of Education contractor was paid $1.5 Million to \u201cobserve mailing and clerical operations\u201d at a mail center.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>\u00a0$101 Million in the Department\u00a0of\u00a0Education\u00a0terminated\u00a029\u00a0DEI\u00a0training\u00a0grants.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>The Department of Agriculture ended 18 contracts totaling $9 million. These included contracts for &#8220;Central American gender assessment consultant services.&#8221; The contracts also included $29,000 Thousand for &#8220;Brazil forest and gender consultant services.&#8221; Additionally, there was $121,000 Thousand for the &#8220;Women in Forest Carbon Initiative Mentorship program.&#8221;<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$254,000 thousand for Diversity Dialogue Workshops.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$250 Million saved by the coordination across 35 agencies over the last two days to terminate 199 wasteful contracts saving\u00a0 $250 Million, including: -Contract for \u201cAsia Pacific &#8211; Sri Lanka climate change mitigation adaption and resilience coordinator services for forest service\u201d -Workshop for \u201cIntercultural communication diversity dialogue circle communicating across differences\u201d.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>DOGE just dropped the hammer on an $ 8.2 million USDA contract for &#8220;Cow Farts&#8221;! The project was for &#8220;environmental compliance services&#8221; to study what? Cow Farts! Yep, you heard that right &#8211; your tax dollars were about to fund the ultimate in climate science: collecting cow emissions for the &#8220;Climate Smart Commodities&#8221; initiative.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>$10 Million for &#8220;Mozambique voluntary medical male circumcision&#8221;.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>DHS Head Kristi Noem fires over 400 employees at the Department of Homeland Security.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>Kristi Noem fires over 400 employees from the Department of Homeland Security.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li>\u00a0<strong>97% of political contributions from USAID employees went to Democrats.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<li><strong>The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration just fired approximately 600 employees.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">Secretary <br \/>@RobertKennedyJr<br \/>has canceled a $240 million contract from the Biden administration to develop a new COVID vaccine.<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\">15,000 IRS employees have just been identified by the Trump Administration to be terminated as early as next week.\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><strong>The Social Security Administration just announced that 7,000 employees will be fired, and six of its ten regional offices will also be closed. Dozens of senior officials, including associate &amp; deputy associate commissioners, just got fired to start. SO GREAT! Social Security made $72 BILLION in improper payments in 2024 alone.<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<li><span class=\"css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3\"><br \/>. <\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here is a somewhat complete outline of the past 3 weeks while Mr. Trump has been in office. There are probably a lot more and I will keep adding to these as I find them. If you know of more post them here and share the heck out of it! 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