Guy posts a screenshot from usaspending.gov of the overview for Politico and then asserts

Politico spent years masquerading as an independent news outlet while secretly being propped up by USAID, a taxpayer-funded slush fund. Now, with Trump and Elon pulling the plug, the charade is over. No paychecks, no propaganda. This isn't journ*lism—it was state-funded narrative control, designed to protect the regime and attack its enemies.

Politico had a problem with their payroll today and the chudspehere is convinced it has something to do with USAid. Naturally the chuds lap it up except if you scroll immediately below the overview you get this

It just means that other agencies are acting as fronts for USAid clearly. I wonder what they were paying them for? I hope its something juicy.

Print and internet subscriptions. No, thats just code for attempting to destroy Trump.

R-slurs go even further

Edit 3: 9 mil to Reuters

🤨 https://t.co/R32kbLTeTW

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) February 5, 2025

Edit 4: Associated Press

It's not just Politico. The Associated Press has been raking in millions of dollars in government money for years.

The AP's bias also makes perfect sense. pic.twitter.com/RrH5JPykvY

— Kyle Becker (@kylenabecker) February 5, 2025

Reuters & AP are paid as wire services. US law requires agencies to publish via the register and wire services when they make administrative changes, its how people find out what they are doing. Multiple agencies (particularly state & DOD) also pay for wire subscriptions as its a cheap intelligence source.