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EXPOSED: Your Tax Dollars Funded $240 MILLION in Transgender Rat Testing and Other Government WASTE

Gary FranchiFebruary 2, 2026313 views
EXPOSED: Your Tax Dollars Funded $240 MILLION in Transgender Rat Testing and Other Government WASTE
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Oklahoma Senator James Lankford just dropped a bombshell that will make every taxpayer's blood boil. His ninth annual "Federal Fumbles" report exposes how the federal government has been lighting your hard-earned money on fire with $240 million spent on transgender rat testing and other outrageous projects that serve absolutely no benefit to the American people.

While families across America were struggling with Biden's inflation and economic disasters, federal bureaucrats were apparently more concerned with studying the gender identity of laboratory rodents. This isn't just government waste – it's a slap in the face to every American who works hard and pays their taxes.

The report doesn't stop there. Lankford documented how the National Institutes of Health handed out grants for aborted fetal tissue research, another grotesque example of how the administrative state operates with zero accountability to the people it's supposed to serve.

The Deep State's Money Pit

This is exactly why President Trump created the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) under Elon Musk's leadership. Patriots, this report proves what we've known all along – the federal bureaucracy is completely out of control and treats taxpayer dollars like Monopoly money.

"This represents everything wrong with the administrative state that President Trump is working to dismantle," the report effectively demonstrates.

Think about it: $240 million could have secured our border, rebuilt our infrastructure, or supported our veterans. Instead, it went to studying transgender rats while Americans couldn't afford groceries under the Biden regime's economic policies.

Senator Lankford deserves credit for exposing this madness year after year. His "Federal Fumbles" series has become essential reading for anyone who wants to understand just how deep the swamp really goes.

This is precisely why the Trump-Vance administration's DOGE initiative is so critical. Elon Musk and the efficiency team need to take a chainsaw to these ridiculous programs and restore fiscal sanity to our government.

How many more millions are being wasted on projects that would make any reasonable American shake their head in disgust? It's time to drain the swamp once and for all.

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Gary Franchi

Award-winning journalist covering breaking news, politics & culture for Next News Network.

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WorkingDadTexasVerifiedFeb 2, 2026
I work 50+ hours a week to support my family and pay taxes for THIS? Time to vote these spenders out of office.
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HardWorkingAmericanVerifiedFeb 2, 2026
Amen brother. Every paycheck I see how much goes to the feds and this is what we get.
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MainStreetUSAVerifiedFeb 2, 2026
Meanwhile small businesses like mine are getting crushed by inflation and regulations. This makes my blood boil.
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DefendTheConstitutionVerifiedFeb 3, 2026
This is what happens when bureaucrats have unlimited access to our wallets. We need term limits and spending caps NOW!
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PatriotMom2024VerifiedFeb 3, 2026
This is absolutely INSANE! Meanwhile my property taxes went up 15% this year and they're telling us there's no money for road repairs. Where is the accountability?
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TaxpayerFirstVerifiedFeb 3, 2026
Same here in Ohio - our schools need funding but they're wasting money on this nonsense!
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SmallGovNowVerifiedFeb 3, 2026
This is exactly why we need a complete audit of federal spending. How many other wasteful programs are flying under the radar?
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FiscalHawkVerifiedFeb 3, 2026
Probably hundreds more. We need Elon's efficiency team to clean house!
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RedStateRealistVerifiedFeb 3, 2026
Can someone explain to me how rat studies have anything to do with legitimate medical research? This sounds like ideological activism disguised as science.
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CommonSenseGalVerifiedFeb 4, 2026
The swamp is deeper than we thought.
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ConservativeVoter88VerifiedFeb 4, 2026
240 MILLION DOLLARS?! That could have funded veterans' healthcare or border security. This administration's priorities are completely backwards.