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Monday, May 27

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Biden's Unfair Loan Gift Is at the Taxpayer's Expense

www.wsj.com

There are a lot of people in this country who worked hard to pay off student loans.

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'Spirits of the dead' at the centre of bizarre scandal rocking Europe's biggest swinger community: Fortune teller 'dupes mayor into lavishing taxpayer cash on her to please his deceased relatives'

www.dailymail.co.uk

The mayor of the French town of Agde, the unofficial capital of swinger culture in Europe, is behind bars following a bizarre scandal which saw him accused of lavishing gifts on a local clairvoyant.

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Sunday, May 26

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F-35 Sustainment Challenges for the U.S. Taxpayer

This story originally was published by Real Clear Wire By Jared Conaboy Real Clear Wire What is good for defense contractors is not necessarily good for the military, nor the taxpayer, they are supposed to serve.

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Controversial Stroud parking permit scheme cost taxpayers £156k as civic chiefs confirm rollout has been stopped

Gloucestershire Highways had been planning to make changes to parking in the market town which would have cost motorists £61.80 a year to park on the street outside their homes

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Taxpayers footing £1400 bill for Edinburgh Lord Provost to watch Euro 2024 opener

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

SUNDAY MAIL EXCLUSIVE: Taxpayers will foot the £1400 bill to send Edinburgh council official Robert Aldridge to the match and glittering opening ceremony on June 14.

Saturday, May 25

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Disgraced EcoHealth Alliance reaped nearly $100M in taxpayer funds since 2008

www.foxnews.com

EcoHealth Alliance – a U.S.-based nonprofit with a stated mission of preventing pandemics – received upwards of $90 million dollars from the federal government over the last 16 years.

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David Cameron blows £60,000 of taxpayers' cash on 89 minutes in Albania

www.mirror.co.uk

The Foreign Secretary was forced to leave capital Tirana after less than an hour and a half, so he could come home to watch Rishi Sunak call the election

North Carolina GOP governor candidate blasts public spending as nonprofit rakes in taxpayer funds

www.dailykos.com

In his bid to become North Carolina’s first Black governor, Republican Mark Robinson assails government safety net spending as a “plantation of welfare and victimhood" that has mired generations of Black people in “dependency” and poverty.

Pothole compensation bills costing taxpayers 57% more than a year ago

inews.co.uk

Councils could have filled more than 350,000 potholes with the money they spent on compensation

Friday, May 24

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Taxpayers still on hook for COVID-shuttered ICE facility amid objections by blue state lawmaker

www.foxnews.com

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is again extending the evaluation of a mostly-shuttered detention center, and taxpayers remain on the hook.

Thursday, May 23

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Study: Increase in taxpayers reporting self-employment earnings cannot be attributed to increase in gig work

phys.org

The emergence over the past decade of new institutions and technologies that have made it easier for firms to obtain labor from self-employed contract workers instead of employees has spurred widespread speculation that the U.S. labor…

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North Carolina’s Lieutenant Governor Who Blasts Public Spending Caught Cashing In On Family Nonprofit With Taxpayer Funds

A spokesman for the organization defended Balance Nutrition’s finances and blamed Democrats for the backlash.

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IRS Update Offers Boost to Millions of Taxpayers

www.newsweek.com

The agency has agreed to extend its no-cost Free File private-sector tax software program through October 2029.

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State Department accused of using taxpayer money to promote atheism

nypost.com

Three Republican congressmen argued that the State Department misled Congress as it sought to “expand atheist networks abroad in violation of the Establishment Clause of the US Constitution.”

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Did El Paso city representative announce he’s running for mayor? What taxpayers spent to get the answer.

kvia.com

EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) -- El Paso city taxpayers paid thousands of dollars to find out whether City Rep. Brian Kennedy officially announced his run for mayor by saying he “was seriously considering” a run for the top seat. Earlier this week…

Wednesday, May 22

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Sidney Island deer cull will cost taxpayers $12M, CFA says

globalnews.ca

Phase one of the operation will reportedly cost more than $800,000, which works out to nearly $10,000 per deer taking into consideration how many were killed.