Biden-Era Army Thieved Over $151 Million From Soldier Paychecks for Food to Spend Elsewhere

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The Army is repurposing more than half of the money it collects from junior enlisted soldiers for food, according to data reviewed by Military.com. The numbers suggest that a large portion of those funds are not going toward feeding soldiers, a diversion of resources coming at a time when troops increasingly struggle to find nutritious food on base.

The money is collected in what amounts to a tax on troops — taken from their Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) payments, roughly $460 per month that is automatically deducted from the paychecks of service members who live in barracks and is intended to help cover food costs. For junior enlisted troops who earn about $30,000 annually, the cost can be consequential.

2024 financial records provided by the service from 11 of the Army’s largest bases show that more than $151 million of $225 million collected from soldiers was not spent on food. Given that the Army operates 104 garrisons, the true amount of unspent funds is likely far higher.

“It’s just returned to the big pool of Army funds, and it’s used someplace else,” one service official with direct knowledge of the situation said during an interview that was arranged by the Army public affairs office, referring to redirected BAS money collected from soldiers.

At Fort Stewart, Georgia, for example, soldiers contributed $17 million, but the base spent just $2.1 million — redirecting 87% of the funds. Schofield Barracks in Hawaii collected $14.5 million but used only $5.3 million, meaning 63% of the money was used elsewhere. (Read more from “Biden-Era Army Thieved Over $151 Million From Soldier Paychecks for Food to Spend Elsewhere” HERE)

This Dem Rep Made Everyone Dumber at the DOGE Oversight Hearing This Week

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The Department of Government Efficiency Oversight Subcommittee hearing on February 12 certainly wasn’t dull. We had “d**k” pics being whipped out, another Democratic congresswoman peddling election denialism, and overall Elon Musk derangement syndrome.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) chairs this subcommittee on DOGE, so you knew fireworks would fly. Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX), who is Greene’s archnemesis on the Hill, did what she did best: spew nonsense around the room like Trump “allegedly” being elected and casting Mr. Elon Musk as an unelected bureaucrat. Yes, admittedly, this isn’t Crockett at her worst, but such talk, I was told, was in support of armed rebellion.


Then, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA) called Elon a “d**k,” and did not shy away from using charged rhetoric to voice his outrage over DOGE doing its job in uncovering all of the liberal pork projects that have bled taxpayers for years. Oh, and his “d**k pic” was just an image of Mr. Musk during his remarks. These people truly have nothing. (Read more from “This Dem Rep Made Everyone Dumber at the DOGE Oversight Hearing This Week” HERE)

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Trump Plans Mass Firings of Government Workers. It Will Begin With These Employees.

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The mass firings of government workers have begun. On Thursday, the Trump administration met with the Office of Personnel Management, advising them to fire federal workers on probationary status. NBC News said this could put hundreds of thousands of workers in the crosshairs. These workers are essentially recent hires, and some might get fired very soon (via NBC News):

President Donald Trump’s administration began a mass firing of federal workers Thursday.

Office of Personnel Management officials met with agency leaders and advised them to dismiss probationary employees, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Hundreds of thousands of people could be affected, according to data from the Office of Personnel Management, although the exact number of people who will be terminated was not immediately clear.

Employees who have probationary status have typically been with the federal government for only one or two years — before all their civil service protections have kicked in.

(Read more from “Trump Plans Mass Firings of Government Workers. It Will Begin With These Employees.” HERE)

Investigation Confirms Biden Was Behind FBI Raid at Trump’s Florida Home All Along

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A social media thread report from America First Legal charges it was Joe Biden who was behind the FBI’s raid on President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida, all along.

That raid, a stunning armed maneuver against the 45th president of the United States, left armed officers raiding Trump’s home, allegedly looking for government documents, even reportedly invading the private possessions of Trump’s family members.

The raiders then staged photographs of various government documents in rows on the floor of Mar-a-Lago and released those images to the public to generate support for their claims.

The White House claimed at the time that it was all because of the need to retrieve those government documents, which later resulted in a massive federal criminal case against Trump, which dissolved when he was re-elected.

Incidentally, Joe Biden also was found to have had massive amounts of government documents in his possession, including in a stash in his unsecured garage, after his vice presidency, as was Trump Vice President Mike Pence. Both of them were given free passes for their actions. (Read more from “Investigation Confirms Biden Was Behind FBI Raid at Trump’s Florida Home All Along” HERE)

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Inside FEMA’s Sickening History of Misspending Billions of Taxpayers’ Dollars — And Going Largely Unchecked

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By New York Post. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has mismanaged tens of billions of dollars over the years, according to numerous government reports into its spending.

The government agency’s response to COVID, hurricanes, floods and housing migrants have all come under fire for being wasteful and going largely unchecked — as the newly created Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has been sent in to analyze its spending.

The most recent audit of the embattled disaster response agency claimed it mismanaged nearly $10 billion during the COVID pandemic between 2020 and 2023.

FEMA even approved a grant of $1.1 billion despite it only being supported by only a single piece of paper with no itemized costs, the Jan. 30 audit by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General found.

The request was also “not prepared by a licensed professional engineer or cost-estimating professional,” according to the 36-page report.

The Trump administration has called for a complete overhaul of FEMA, which has a slated budget of $65 billion for fiscal year 2025. (Read more from “Inside FEMA’s Sickening History of Misspending Billions of Taxpayers’ Dollars — And Going Largely Unchecked” HERE)

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Trump Admin Axes FEMA Employees Behind $59 Million ‘Luxury’ Hotel Scheme

By Daily Caller. The Trump administration has fired four Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) employees for sending $59 million in taxpayer dollars to New York City hotels to house and care for illegal migrants.

The firings come after Elon Musk, whose mission is weeding out frivolous spending within the U.S. government through his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) agency, highlighted the price tag in a social media post Monday. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) confirmed the firings Tuesday and referred to the payments as “egregious”.

“Effective immediately, FEMA is terminating the employment of four individuals for circumventing leadership to unilaterally make egregious payments for luxury NYC hotels for migrants,” DHS said in a statement shared with the Daily Caller News Foundation. “Firings include FEMA’s Chief Financial Officer, two program analysts and a grant specialist.”

“Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, DHS will not sit idly and allow deep state activists to undermine the will and safety of the American people,” the statement continued. (Read more from “Trump Admin Axes FEMA Employees Behind $59 Million ‘Luxury’ Hotel Scheme” HERE)

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‘No Exceptions’: Pentagon Schools Defy Hegseth by Renaming DEI Efforts

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In preparation for Donald Trump’s second presidency, the Pentagon’s school system attempted to conceal its diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts under a different name.

The Department of Defense Education Activity agency renamed social-emotional learning as “resilience,” according to a Jan. 6 meeting recording obtained by The Daily Signal.

During his first two weeks in office, Trump issued executive orders prohibiting radical gender ideology, critical race theory, and diversity, equity, and inclusion instruction from federally funded American education.

That includes schools on military bases run by the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity, which operates 161 schools across 11 foreign countries and in seven U.S. states and two territories, and serves more than 67,000 military-connected students.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth made it clear that he would enforce the president’s ban on DEI at the Department of Defense.

“The Pentagon will comply, immediately,” Hegseth said. “No exceptions, name-changes, or delays.” (Read more from “‘No Exceptions’: Pentagon Schools Defy Hegseth by Renaming DEI Efforts” HERE)

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Expert Left Speechless by Trump’s Latest Masterful Plan Against Media and Dems

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President Trump rolled back into the DC Swamp like a BOSS on a mission. Sure, in 2016, he took DC by storm—but not like this. This time around, it’s different. Everyone sees it and feels it, too.

Even some experts, like Mark Halperin, have been left speechless watching Trump steamroll not just the fake news media, but the entire Dem Party.

Mark says he’s never seen anything like this. Once again, President Trump is changing the game. He’s a man who has learned from the past—and now, he knows exactly how to play these bad guys like a fiddle.

But the shock and awe doesn’t stop there. Even CNN is at a loss for words over President Trump’s surging popularity.

(Read more from “Expert Left Speechless by Trump’s Latest Masterful Plan Against Media and Dems” HERE)

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GOP Rep Makes Shocking Statement on JFK Assassination as She Leads Task Force Aimed At Exposing ‘Federal Secrets’

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Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R–Fla.), the head of a new congressional task force aimed at exposing “federal secrets,” said Tuesday that she believes “two shooters” were involved in the assassination of former President John F. Kennedy.

The task force — which will also probe pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s client list — intends to build on the Trump administration’s efforts to declassify records related to the assassinations of JFK, former New York Sen. Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., and will start with a “thorough investigation” of JFK’s November 1963 shooting death in Dallas, Texas.

“Based on what I’ve been seeing so far, the initial hearing that was actually held here in Congress was actually faulty in the single-bullet theory,” Luna said during a Capitol Hill press conference, referring to the Warren Commission.

“I believe that there were two shooters,” she added.

The Warren Commission, a nearly year-long government probe into the JFK assassination, determined that Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald, who acted alone. (Read more from “GOP Rep Makes Shocking Statement on JFK Assassination as She Leads Task Force Aimed At Exposing ‘Federal Secrets’” HERE)

President Trump Receives Raucous Reception as He Salutes During Super Bowl LIX National Anthem; Trump: Super Bowl Tradition ‘Personifies Our Shared Patriotic Values’

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By Fox News. President Donald Trump was spotted in a salute during the national anthem performance by Jon Batiste before Super Bowl LIX kicked off on Sunday at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

Trump was shown in the stadium, and a raucous cheer was heard during the FOX broadcast from the crowd who saw him.

Trump was standing in between New Orleans Saints owner Gayle Benson and Trump’s daughter, Ivanka, during the national, which also received a loud roar from the crowd before kickoff.

Trump confirmed on Sunday that he would be present during the Super Bowl in New Orleans, releasing a message to express his excitement at seeing the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles go against each other in the “Big Game” once again. . .

“I look forward to joining the fans in New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX to cheer on two great teams – the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles – as they battle for the National Football League’s Vince Lombardi Trophy,” Trump said in a statement. (Read more from “Trump Receives Raucous Reception as He Salutes During Super Bowl LIX National Anthem” HERE)

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President Trump: Super Bowl Tradition ‘Personifies Our Shared Patriotic Values’

By Breitbart. President Donald Trump said ahead of his arrival at Super Bowl 59 in New Orleans, Louisiana, that the annual event “personifies” Americans’ “shared patriotic values.”

Trump issued an official White House statement expressing his excitement ahead of his departure from Palm Beach International Airport for the Big Easy, where he will become the first sitting president to attend a Super Bowl.

“I look forward to joining the fans in New Orleans for Super Bowl LIX to cheer on two great teams — the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles — as they battle for the National Football League’s Vince Lombardi Trophy,” he said.

Trump then hailed participants on the Chiefs and Eagles as embodiments of the American Dream and role models for America’s youth before remarking on the unity the game fosters:

The coaches, players, and team staff on the field tonight represent the best of the best in professional football, but they also embody the best of the American Dream. Their hard work, dedication, and tenacity is admirable, and their individual journeys are as inspiring as the drive and determination that has led them to this extraordinary moment. They also represent the hopes and dreams of our Nation’s young athletes as we restore safety and fairness in sports and equal opportunities among their teams.

(Read more from “President Trump: Super Bowl Tradition ‘Personifies Our Shared Patriotic Values’” HERE)

Trump Says US Military Schools Are Too Woke, Orders Immediate Dismissal of Academy Boards

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By The Post Millennial. On Monday, President Donald Trump announced that he has ordered the “immediate dismissal” of the board of visitors at the schools for US military branches.

“Our Service Academies have been infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues over the last four years. I have ordered the immediate dismissal of the Board of Visitors for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard. We will have the strongest Military in History, and that begins by appointing new individuals to these Boards. We must make the Military Academies GREAT AGAIN!”

Per the US Naval Academy, “The duty of the Academy’s Board of Visitors is to inquire into the state of morale and discipline, the curriculum, instruction, physical equipment, fiscal affairs, academic methods, and other matters relating to the academy which the Board decides to consider.”

In the wake of Trump’s November victory, the US Army saw in December the best recruiting numbers in 12 years. In January, the military branch saw the best recruitment numbers in 15 years. Over 8,000 servicemembers who had been discharged under the Biden administration for not taking the Covid-19 vaccine have been reinstated with full back pay being provided. “From 2021 to 2023, the Biden Administration and former Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin discharged over 8,000 troops solely due to their COVID-19 vaccination status,” the White House added. “After the vaccine mandate was repealed in 2023, only 43 of the more than the 8,000 troops dismissed elected to return to service under the Biden Administration and Secretary Austin.” (Read more from “Trump Says US Military Schools Are Too Woke, Orders Immediate Dismissal of Academy Boards” HERE)

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Trump Shows ‘Leftist Ideologues’ Entrenched In Military Academies The Exit

By Daily Caller. President Donald Trump announced he was firing the board of visitors of all U.S. military academies on Monday in his continued crusade against “leftist ideologues” in the military.

Trump cleaned out the board of visitors for the U.S. military academies, such as West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, Coast Guard Academy and Air Force Academy effective Monday, according to an announcement on Truth Social. Trump campaigned in the 2024 election on reducing so-called “woke” politics in the military, saying he would create a task force specifically to root out diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).

“Our Service Academies have been infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues over the last four years. I have ordered the immediate dismissal of the Board of Visitors for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard,” Trump said on Truth Social. “We will have the strongest Military in History, and that begins by appointing new individuals to these Boards. We must make the Military Academies GREAT AGAIN!”

One fired member of the West Point board of visitors, Retired Lt. Gen. Nadja West, gave a speech at Mount St. Mary’s University in 2021 on how diversity leads to a “harmonious community.”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also been a long-time critic of left-wing politics in the military, such as DEI initiatives and allowing transgenders in the military. Hegseth faced harsh criticism from Senate Democrats for his opinions on “woke” policies in the military. (Read more from “Trump Shows ‘Leftist Ideologues’ Entrenched In Military Academies The Exit” HERE)

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