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This is what USAID was doing, though on a much larger scale, of course. But multiply this many times over across all these aid requests, and it adds up to billions.
The left cannot be trusted, ever.
nypost.com
The left cannot be trusted, ever.
A star-studded benefit concert featuring everyone from Billie Eilish to Lady Gaga raised about $100 million for victims of the LA wildfires in January — but struggling locals say they have yet to see a dime from it eight months later.
The massive, much-ballyhooed FireAid event — which drew heavy-hitter supporters such as former Veep Kamala Harris and her hubby, Doug Emhoff — has doled out the dough to 197 charities, many of which are focused on a variety of niche, woke and DEI causes not directly related to helping fire victims.
One charity is focused on buying uniforms for kiddie choir singers ($100,000) and another offers pet health care ($250,000).
Organizers — who have been accused of being tone-deaf — said in their defense that they never claimed FireAid Inc. funds would go directly to helping victims.
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Several grants went to nonprofits that focus on political advocacy for minority groups, including the NAACP Pasadena ($100,000), the Los Angeles Black Worker Center ($250,000), My Tribe Rise ($200,000), and the CA Native Vote Project ($100,000), which conducts voter registration drives for Native Americans across the state.
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Missing from the list were the names of people with burned-down houses.
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FireAid is giving money to a nonprofit that teaches other organizations how to be a nonprofit,” Howard noted, referring to the Center for Nonprofit Management, which got $250,000.
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$100M in LA wildfire aid is being doled out to fund pet clinics, DEI projects and fungus planting— but not a dime directly to victims
The $100 million FireAid benefit concert has responded to backlash with a new audit report, yet fire victims are still scratching their heads.