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Mark Pocan: “Politico got about 44,000 in subscriptions from USAID.”

Featuring: Mark Pocan, Democratic | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 2

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This Week in Washington 2.7.25.

Published | Video Starts at 00:08

I think you might have seen that Politico, a news source in Washington, they said they got $8 million from USAID. Well, here's the whole story. They Politico got about 44,000 in subscriptions from USAID. And the rest of the number is just simply made up. It's across all levels of federal government in subscriptions. Many offices, including I think it was Lauren Boebert's office, subscribes to Politico. (00:08–00:14)

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