Katie Miller@KatieMiller
Here's what @DOGE found the USAID money was being spent on:
• $4.8 million to Ukraine’s public affairs office in Kyiv to fund social media influencers.
• $2.1 million to Paraguay to “enhance” their border security.
• Ukrainian women-led designers to fly to the Paris Fashion Show.
• $2 million on transgender surgeries, hormone therapy, and gender-affirming care in Guatemala.
• $3 million to promote “girl-centric climate action” in Brazil.
• $25,000 for a transgender opera in Colombia.
• $32,000 in Peru for a comic book featuring a “Trans hero” to tackle social and mental health issues.
• $20,000 for a DEI-promoting drag theater show in Ecuador.
• $20 million for a new Sesame Street show in Iraq.
• $6 million to boost “sustainable tourism” in Egypt—plus $50 million for Tunisia’s tourism.
• $87.9 million to help Afghans “farm”—which just happened to include poppy fields.
• $70,000 for a live musical event promoting Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility in Ireland.
• Over $54 million funneled to EcoHealth Alliance—the group linked to the Wuhan Institute of Virology and the likely origins of COVID.
• $15 million to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan for oral contraceptives and condoms.