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Veteran Affairs Department Cancels $178K in Subscriptions to Politico

Posted on Tuesday, February 11, 2025
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Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins on Monday announced that his department had canceled $178K in subscriptions to PoliticoPro, days after the White House pulled the United States Agency for International Development’s subscription.

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt last week revealed that over $8 million taxpayer dollars went to “essentially subsidizing subscriptions to Politico on the taxpayer’s dime.”

Collins did not state when he discovered the funding for Politico, or how many employees had access to Politico’s services under the subscription. But the secretary indicated that the funding would go to Veterans health services instead.

“Ran across a $178,000 contract VA had with Politico and we promptly canceled it,” Collins said in a post on X. “That money can be better spent on Veterans health care!”

It’s unclear for how long the subscription dates back, but according to USASpending.gov, Politico LLC received $8.2 million in funding from the USAID from 237 transactions. The Associated Press and The New York Times were also paid for subscription services.

Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.

Reprinted with permission from Just The News by Misty Severi.

The opinions expressed by columnists are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of AMAC or AMAC Action.

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Crumm Peatry
Crumm Peatry
1 month ago

“Better spent on veterans,” Thank you Mr President for fulfilling your promises to drain the swamp!

Theresa Coughlin
Theresa Coughlin
1 month ago

Any Veterans’ Affairs employee (or any other government employee for that matter) who wants a Politico subscription should PAY FOR IT THEMSELVES and leave American taxpayers alone.

anna hubert
anna hubert
1 month ago

Corruption in all the agencies is a bottomless pit. This is manure piled up for years with no one ever thinking of clean up, surely there was a “someone” in charge Had this been happening in a business there would be prison terms.

Lynn miller
Lynn miller
1 month ago

Now will federal agencies cancel subscriptions to NY Times, every activism propaganda broadcast and print service must be terminated.

Joe
Joe
1 month ago

COMMON SENSE!!! I don’t want my taxpayer dollars going to a liberal media outlet!!! Our veterans deserve better!!!

Thomas
Thomas
1 month ago

Outstanding.

Robert Zuccaro
Robert Zuccaro
1 month ago

I wasn’t allowed to even check my Yahoo email or go on Facebook on a government computer when I was active duty. “For Official Use Only” I was told!

uncleferd
uncleferd
1 month ago

Those who would waste money on Politico subscriptions are delightfully stupid, and provide meaningful workplace humor. They provide a vital distraction that will often be sorely missed, in the absence of fodder as “worthy” as Politico articles.

Sally
Sally
1 month ago

As a veteran, I am outraged this they were spending this money on THAT. Glad the VA Secretary canceled the $178k, but what about that $8.2 million?

Leslie
Leslie
1 month ago

Unfortunately, this just underscores how many federal employees have been Wokified and it is SOOOO hard to fire a federal employee. 200,000 VA employees were exempted form the deferred resignation program? So, how do we get rid of them now?

Vietvet 6769
Vietvet 6769
1 month ago

Hope does matter! My biggest fear that the veterans would not help need!

Stephen Russell
Stephen Russell
1 month ago

Privitize VA Care More
Outsource
sublet
VA covers funding for Vets ONLY

Bill on the Hill
Bill on the Hill
1 month ago

Thank you Doug Collins for doing your job per President Trump’s orders, well done…
Doug is a good man & a solid pick by potus…
Bill… :~)

Leslie
Leslie
1 month ago

Absolutely no chain of custody. Retards.

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