USAID Turned Off: Suddenly Politico Can’t Pay Their Employees

For some reason Politco, a far left political media company, was unable to pay their entire staff.

This comes on the heels of USAID getting turned off.

Could these two be connected?

Just a coincidence?

Was Politico being propped up by the government via USAID?

📈Politico received $8.1 million in just the last year from agencies across the government including: HHS, Department of Interior, Department of Energy, USDA.

Most of the funding appears to be covering subscription costs for government employees.

Source:… https://t.co/ZDoTJaT8rm pic.twitter.com/1N5CsksGul

— Oscar Buynevich (@buynevich) February 4, 2025

It’s hard to say at the moment what the real reason for this payroll trouble is.

But it certainly is raising eyebrows.

German media conglomerate Axel Springer owns Politico and has at least some thread of public financial tie to USAID dollars. It's entirely possible that Politico had a payroll error and will be back in 20 minutes, but it's also possible they're entirely reliant on USIAD lmao https://t.co/wEbQ7XaMaQ pic.twitter.com/369WTPcPNq

— Lee (Greater) (@shortmagsmle) February 4, 2025

With DOGE on the case, it won’t be long before every media company that is propped up will be exposed.

And here’s a curious post.

Before we all knew about USAID, we see that Politico was taking money from NYC…

Did you know that NYC pays Politico over $200,000 per year from our taxpayer money? (Source: Checkbook NYC) https://t.co/zoEymhbu2e

— Sam E. Antar (@SamAntar) January 24, 2025

I wonder why the far left is so upset about USAID getting turned off…

USAID was supposed to be the hotbed of resistance against Trump 2.0.

They were going to launder money to international “democracy” NGOs and media outlet to attack President Trump.

This is why they’re melting down big time. pic.twitter.com/BsjbQkZVYp

— Natalie Winters (@nataliegwinters) February 4, 2025