Drag shows, Sesame Street Arabic, lone rats: GOP senator describes how Biden spent $1 trillion on ‘government waste’

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., accused the Biden administration of spending more than a trillion in taxpayer dollars on “government waste” this year, including on a bearded lady cabaret show, Arabic Sesame Street and “girl-centered climate action.” .”

The Kentucky senator released his annual “Festivus” report detailing how the current administration has spent taxpayer dollars throughout the year.

The 2024 Festivus Waste Report found that the Biden-Harris administration spent over $1 trillion this year, including a $10,000 grant for “Beards on Ice” – a climate change-themed ice skating drag show , organized by the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, a self-organization. described “queer cabaret arts organization.”

Additionally, the Agency for International Development (USAID) spent $20 million on a Sesame Street spin-off show in Iraq called “Ahlan Simsim” to promote “inclusion” and “mutual respect.”

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Members of the Bearded Ladies Cabaret cross Broad St. before supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., march on the first day of the Democratic National Convention, July 25, 2016, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Tom Williams)

About $1.5 was spent experimenting with how different species, such as young female kittens, respond to motion sickness.

According to the report, researchers strapped kittens to a table, where they were turned in different directions and holes were drilled into their skulls to hold them in place — “all with your money,” Paul writes in the report. “Over a million and a half dollars of it.”

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has reportedly awarded New York University (NYU) over $400,000 to study whether lonely rats seek out cocaine more than rats that are in a positive environment , while the Department of the Interior (DOI) has committed $12 million in funding to a pickleball complex in Las Vegas, according to the report.

Basma, Muppet From Ahlan Simsim, Sesame Street, speaks on stage during the 2019 Concordia Annual Summit – Day 1 at Grand Hyatt New York on September 23, 2019 in New York City. (Riccardo Savi)

“Did the government really need to spend almost half a million dollars checking whether social isolation and hunger could lead to increased drug use? One thing is certain: we must put an end to this rat wheel of waste!” Paul wrote in the report.

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The State Department spent $3 million on Girl-Centered Climate Action in Brazil, a program reportedly aimed at “empowering young women to become climate leaders by integrating justice and inclusivity into environmental activism.” the report said, citing the details of the grants.

Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, on Wednesday blocked a bill that would have allowed local law enforcement agencies to track aerial drones. (Jose Luis Magana)

“As the average American taxpayer struggles to pay rent, their hard-earned dollars are ironically being funneled into more real estate,” the report said, referring to Biden’s difficulty spending $10 billion on building maintenance and furnishings , which were almost completely empty.

The Department of Energy (DOE) allocated $15.5 billion to automakers to push the industry into the electric vehicle (EV) space, while another $388,000 was allocated to “Magic in the United States.” went, a podcast that talks about how magical beliefs and practices developed in the United States

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The senator also mentioned that the Biden administration allocated $2.1 million to fund the border with Paraguay: “Nothing says America First like securing someone else’s border,” Paul wrote.