The Squad
The Squad is an informal political grouping of four congresswomen elected in the 2018 United States House of Representatives elections, made up of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota.
“The Squad” Earmarked $224 Million Since 2023 – Led By AOC, It’s Pork Barrel Spending by The Democratic Socialists
Adam Andrzejewski from OpenTheBooks on Substack [openthebooks@substack.com] Mar 26, 2024 2024
Taken from a source of real news Open the Books.
House Republicans opened the earmark door with a secret caucus vote three years ago. Now, it's nearly a 'free' for all.
“The Squad” is a group of ultra-left wing Congressional socialists which has been the toast of so-called “progressives” for the last several years.
Its members might promise a worker’s paradise, in which government “withers away,” in the words of Vladimir Lenin, but for now they are only too happy to direct government largesse to the folks back home.
In fact, The Squad members have earmarked $224 million and many absurd pet projects since 2023. Download the full database of The Squad’s 2023 and 2024 earmarks here.
Our figures include the earmarks in the most recent $1.2 trillion spending bill from last week.
It’s a stunning display of logrolling – deep inside the status quo – they say they hate as a tool of capitalist oppression.
The Squad maxed out their pork in 2023 and 2024. Their 215 earmarked projects cost the rest of us (overwhelmingly non-socialist) U.S. taxpayers $224.1 million. Every dime was borrowed against our national debt.
New York’s Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), AKA, “AOC,” who last week did not know that “RICO” names a crime, is The Squad’s most prominent voice. She is celebrated as a “socialist superstar” by the Democratic Socialists of America.
Representative Ocasio-Cortez earmarked $1.2 million for a new building for the International Muslim Women’s Empowerment Project. Its founder teaches a “hijab grab” self-defense move involving a “kick to the groin.”
And then there’s the $500,000 for the Billion Oyster project in her district. Rich people eat oysters. However, the law prohibits anyone from either fishing or eating oysters in the Hudson River. So, this is only an engineering project for eco-marginalized people in Queens.
Other Squad members are Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), Cori Bush (D-MI), Greg Casar (D-TX), Summer Lee (D-PA), Ilhan Omar (D-MN), Ayanna Pressley (D-MA), and Rashida Tlaib (D-MI).
The Squad Practices Race-based Earmarking
Squad members shoveled some pretty stinky stuff into spending bills. It appears race-based legislating is OK if a progressive does it:
- $850,000 to create jobs for the Black community near George Floyd Square, whose murder in 2020 “added to the stress faced by the community and increased the need for support and stability in housing and commerce.” Patron: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
- $1.7 million to help the Environmental Leaders of Color build a “green tech park.” The group’s goal is to “assist marginalized communities in preparing for climate change’s adverse effects … so that they can thrive like healthy plants in their natural ecosystem.” Patron: Congressman Jamaal Bowman.
- $1 million for the Immigrant Opportunity Center expansion. It’s run by CAPI USA, a nonprofit that “guides refugees and immigrants in their journey toward self-determination and social equality.” Patron: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar.
- >$1.35 million to New Immigrant Community Empowerment, a nonprofit that advocates for citizenship for all illegal immigrants. Patron: Congresswoman Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez ($500,000). The group received another $850,000 this year from Rep. Grace Meng (D-NY).
- $1.5 million to build special grocery stores and education facilities for Black farmers in the community of St. Louis, Michigan. Patron: Congresswoman Cori Bush.
- $1 million for the San Antonio College Empowerment Center, which runs an Undocumented Student Support Program to help immigrants enroll in the school. Patron: Congressman Greg Casar.
The Squad’s Green Earmarks
Congresswoman Ocasio-Cortez introduced her Green New Deal, in 2019. It’s the focus of 21 earmarks to build green infrastructure, move away from fossil fuels, and involve minority communities in climate policy. She and her colleagues find ways to get us to pay for their policy preference, such as:
- $1 million to build “a network of intergenerational, trauma-informed waterfront green spaces.” The project already received $792,000 in 2022 earmark funding. Patron: Congresswoman Ayanna Presley
- $466,000 to improve the energy efficiency of a St. Louis, Michigan homeless shelter. Patron: Congresswoman Cori Bush.
- $4 million to build an “industrial green beltway” in Dearborn, Michigan. Patron: Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib.
- $500,000 from Ocasio-Cortez will build an oyster reef to “address longstanding environmental justice inequities facing underrepresented communities in Queens.” Oyster habitats in New York have been damaged by pollution and harvesting them for food is illegal.
- $850,000 to repair a bridge that “connects minority environmental justice communities” in Pennsylvania. Patron: Congresswoman Summer Lee.
- $2 million for Everett, Mass. to build a park for “low-income BIPOC residents” to “stay cool during increasingly hot summers.” (“BIPOC” is an acronym for “Black, indigenous and other people of color.”) Patron: Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley.
Stopping Insane Earmarks. Or Not.
In 2024, when it got too insane, Republican members of the House finally got serious and cut a few of the whacky earmarks.
For example, Rep. Pressley’s earmark to build affordable housing for LGBTQ seniors did not make it into the final House bill.
However, in the second minibus bill, Pressley was able to add back $850,000 for LGBTQ “The Pryde” senior housing by moving the earmark to the U.S. Senate. Pressley called Republicans homophobic for attempting to eliminate her LGBTQ earmarks.
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'Squad' Member Caught on Camera Admitting What's The Only Reason She's Wearing a Mask
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In Less Than a Year: 3/4ths of The “Fraud” Squad Currently Under FEC Investigation
Andrew Kerr - November 25, 2019
- The three most prolific members of the “squad”of freshman representatives are the subjects of multiple Federal Election Commission complaints and ethics probes.
- The congresswomen have been accused of violating campaign finance laws for their personal or political benefit.
- Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib have promised to bring about a more equitable and just world.
The three most prolific members of the so-called “squad”of freshman Democratic congresswoman face allegations of violating campaign finance laws and House ethics rules for their personal or political benefit 10 months into their terms.
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Cortez a member of the Democratic Socialists of America. New York's 14th Congressional District, which includes the eastern Bronx and northern Queens. The freshman Democrat previously worked as a bartender.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls The Electoral College A Scam – Claims That It's Racist
Oh Goodie! Joe Biden Trashes Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, “She Won a Primary. In the General Election Mainstream Democrats Won” VIDEO
Two Holocaust survivors have a powerful message for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a new video from Turning Point USA. Video AOC claims America runs Concentration camps.
Makers of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Comic Book Get Cease and Desist Letter From DC Comics
‘The Stupid. It Burns': Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Slams Older White Male Democrat John Yarmuth — Thinking He's a Republican!
Hilarious Little Girl Does Outstanding Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Impersonation.
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says She Will Sign Rep. Rashida Tlaib's Impeachment Resolution.
Nancy Pelosi Downplays Socialist Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in ‘60 Minutes’ Interview (VIDEO)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Promotes Boycott of New York Post by Arab Muslim Merchant Group Over Ilhan Omar 9/11 Front Page.
Video: Childish Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Talks With Her Mouth Stuffed With Popcorn, Wipes Hands on Pants as She Talks US Military Draft Policy.
CRINGE VIDEO: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Pulls a Hillary Clinton and Fakes a Southern Drawl During Speech
WATCH: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Falsely Claims Republicans Changed Constitution to Remove FDR From Office..&rdquoThe Scoop”Video
GENIUS! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Complains About $7 Croissants at NY Airport – Then Proposes Minimum Wage Increase to $15/Hour.
MSNBC TOWN HALL: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Says So Many Stupid Things At One Time It's Hard to Keep Up
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blames FOX, GOP, Dark Money Conspiracy–and Democrats–for Her 23 Percent Approval Rating
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Chief of Staff Ran Slush Fund – Funneled Over $1 Million in Campaign Donations to His Own Companies
The Two Faces Of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Let's Reject The Politics Of Fear… Because We're All Going To Die In 12
Years!’
WAYNE ALLYN ROOT: Proof Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is Wrong For America
HUGE! Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez CAUGHT IN MAJOR LIE! … Claims Crazy ‘Green New Deal’ Document FROM HER OWN WEBSITE Is a Fake!
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Calls for Defunding ICE, Says THEY Have a ‘Radical Agenda’
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/?s=Alexandria+Ocasio-Cortez
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&Rep. Rashida Tlaib
Rashida Tlaib, or what-ever her name is. Palestinian, Muslim, democrat
Michigan's 13th Congressional District
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/rep-rashida-tlaibs-dad-says-she-lied-about-her-residency-and-civil-rights-activist-associate-claims-she-lied-about-his-sexual-abuse/
Check this [link has disappeared]https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/?s=Rashida+Tlaib link for stories.
Dad Says She Lied About Her Residency and Civil Rights Activist Associate Claims She Lied about His Sexual Abuse!
We know that Representative Rashida Tlaib from Michigan was accused by her own father of committing residency fraud so she could run for office in the district she currently serves. A deeper dive into her past shows that she worked with a man who for years was accused of massive sexual abuse and who still is a leader of the American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee.
We reported in July that Representative Tlaib's father accused his ‘daughter of the year’ Rashida of lying and reporting that she lived in her father's home in order to run for office in his district –
Democrat Mouthpiece and Squad Leader Rashida Tlaib: “We Need a Political Revolution” to “Completely Transform” America. To Muslim more than likely.
Democrat Mouthpiece and Anti-Semite Rashida Tlaib Meets with Pro-Terrorist Islamic Organization in Dallas
‘The Squad's' Rashida Tlaib Uses Multiple Names While Hanging Out With Some Very Suspect Characters!
21-Year-Old Palestinian Woman Has Back Broken and Then is Murdered By Her Brother in Honor Killing — Anti-Semite Rashida Tlaib Blames Jews.
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Retweet Jew-Hating Cartoonist who Mocked Dead US Soldiers in Iraq.
Update: Anti-Semitic Democrat Rashida Tlaib Says She Will Not Visit Israel After All — Posts Several Jew-Bashing Tweets
Predictable: Hamas-Linked CAIR Defends Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib's Entry into Israel While Pushing Legislation to Destroy Israel
Here We Go… Democrat Liz Warren Defends Anti-Semites Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib — Trashes Israel
Dem Rep. Rashida Tlaib Received $2500 Donation From Palestinian Michigan Man Who Died 10 Years Ago
Rashida Tlaib is in Big Trouble in Her Home State, May Be Bounced from Congress After First Term
MUST SEE: THREE VIDEOS That Prove Radical Squad Leader Rashida Tlaib is a Violent Lunatic with Unchecked Anger Issues.
Liberal Media HIDES Violent, Profanity-Laced Meltdown by Freshman Democrat Rashida Tlaib at Migrant Detention Center
Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley Trash Declaration of Independence as Sexist, Racist, Prejudiced on Independence Day
Palestinians Broadcast Ramadan Mini-Series Inciting Muslim Children To Kill Jews – Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar Silent.
NY Times Offers Proof That Democrat Rashida Tlaib Was Lying Through Her Teeth About Israel
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Ayanna Pressley
7th Congressional District Massachusetts, Muslim, democrat
Democrats Rashida Tlaib and Ayanna Pressley Trash Declaration of Independence as Sexist, Racist, Prejudiced on Independence Day
Boston Police Union Calls on Radical Democrat Ayanna Pressley to Pull Support for Violent Antifa Terrorists
Pelosi Trashes Ocasio-Cortez, Tlaib, Omar and Pressley — Says They Have No Following Beyond Twitter
Man Wearing “Some People Did Something”Shirt at New York 9/11 Memorial Reading of the Names Has Message for Ilhan Omar and The Squad
Rand Paul Offers To Buy Ilhan Omar Ticket To Somalia So She ‘Might Come Back And Appreciate America More’
President Trump: ‘Mainstream Media is out of control,’ They ‘Constantly Lie’
Trump Blasts ‘The Squad’ — ‘Racist … Inexperienced … Not Very Smart’
Rebel Media Reporter Brings Jumbotron Truck Featuring ‘The Squad’ Refusing to Denounce Antifa to DNC HQ
RNC Releases Ad Linking Freshman Lawmakers to the Antifa Attack at ICE Facility, ‘Squad Goals: Anarchy’
POLL: Trump Support Among GOP Goes UP After President Blasts America-Hating ‘Squad’
“We Will Never Be a Socialist or Communist Country!”— TRUMP Absolutely HAMMERS AOC and Ilhan Omar on Her Al-Qaeda and 9-11 Comments!
It Gets Personal: Ocasio-Cortez Claims Pelosi Is Deliberately Inciting Death Threats Against Her
AOC Doubles Down on Her Statement That Pelosi Is “Singling Out Newly Elected Women of Color”
Police Plead with ‘Squad’ Member Ayanna Pressley to (newsletter dot bigleaguepolitics article missing) Stop Fundraising for ANTIFA Terrorists
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Ilhan Omar
Ilhan Omar Minnesota's 5th Congressional District, Muslim, democrat. Many stories found at the following (thegatewaypundit page is missing) link.
Man Wearing “Some People Did Something”Shirt at New York 9/11 Memorial Reading of the Names Has Message for Ilhan Omar and The Squad
Did Ilhan Omar's Estranged ‘Partner’ and Father of Her Three Children Just Admit Ilhan Married Her Brother to Defraud US Immigration?
Ilhan Omar Defends Notorious Somali Terror Group on Twitter
Anti-Semitic Democrat Ilhan Omar Calls on the UN to Take Control of US Border and Keep It Open
NEW: Ilhan Omar Decries Efforts to ‘Smear My Character’; Refuses to Answer ‘Stupid Questions’ About ‘Shenanigans’
MUM: Ilhan Omar Denies Bombshell Affair Reports, Then Refuses To Answer Questions
Ilhan Omar Divorce Papers from Brother-Lover Says “Dissolution with Child”— Had Baby with Different Husband During Brother Marriage
Alabama Republican Party Approves Resolution to Oust Ilhan Omar From Congress
BREAKING: Anti-Semitic Democrat Ilhan Omar Accused of Committing Perjury 7 Times in 2017 Court Documents
Palestinian Authority Bans LGBT Activities in West Bank, Ilhan Omar Responds
LIAR!… Ilhan Omar Says She Was Meeting Members of Knesset and Israeli Security Officials While in Israel — BUT SHE LIES – IT'S NOT ON HER SCHEDULE
“Breathtakingly Ignorant or a Pathological Liar”– Israeli Advocacy Group DESTROYS Ilhan Omar's Countless Lies Following Cancelled Trip
Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib Retweet Jew-Hating Cartoonist who Mocked Dead US Soldiers in Iraq
Radical Islamist Connections Between Ilhan Omar, CAIR, the Fort Pierce Islamic Center, the FBI and Obama's White House Come to Light.
Timeline for Omar
1982 Ilhan Omar is born October in war-torn Somalia. Her birth name is Ilhan Nur Said Elmi. Her father is Nur Said Elmi Mohamed.
1985 Ahmed Nuir Elmi, is likely Ilham Omar's brother, born on April 4. He is named after his father.
1991 Ilhan Omar, her father, two sisters, and two brothers flee the country as a result of escalating violence, they stay in Dadaab refugee camps on Kenya until 1995.
1995 The family splits up. Ilhan, her father, and her sister go to America. Her two brothers (including Ahmed Nur Said Elmi – her probable brother and future husband) receive asylum in the united Kingdom. At some point, possibly 2002, it appears Ahmed Nur Said Emi comes to the United States to live with his father.
2001 Ilham becomes a United States naturalized citizen.
2002 Omar applies for civil license to marry Ahmed Abdsalan Hirsi,k but never gets the license. Instead they marry in their muslim faith tradition.
2003 An “Ahnmed N. Elmi”was enrolled as a senior and graduate with thge class of 2003 and Arlington Senior High School in St Paul, MN. The enrollment records states that “Ahmed N. Elmi”was born on April 4, 1985. Ilhan Omar's 2009 marriage documents and her 2017 divorce proceedings state that her husband Ahmed Nur Said as born that same dat4e. It is likely they are the same person.
2003 Omar and Hirsi have their first child.
2006 Omar ahd Hirsi have their second child.
2008 The State Department stops accepting refugee applications from a number of African countries,, The reason is the the State Department began DNA testing refugees who claimed to have family in the United States and found that 87% of claims were fraudulent.
2008 Omar and Hirsi claim they have ende4d their relationship with a “faith divorce.&rdquo
2009 Omar civilly marries Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, who is likely her brother.
2009 Omar and Elmi go to school together at North Dakota State University to compete their educations.
2009 Hirsi and the two children he has with Omar all move into the same residence as Omar and Elmi. Then they are recorded all living at a second residence together. Omar and Hirsi are not ever recorded living apart.
2011 Omar and Elmi graduate from NDSU and then immediately separate. This fits well with the idea that Omar and Elmi married because federal student loans are more easily obtained by a married couple. If this is so, it would implicate Omar and Elmi in federal student loan fraud.
2011 Omar and Hirsi reunite soon after graduation.
2013 Omar ahd Hirsi have their third child.
2013 On January 19th, Ilhan Omar was placed under arrest for trespassing and refusing to leave a hotel upon lawful demand, violating Section 609.605 of the Minnesota Statutes. She was booked into Hennepin County jail, but the charges were later dropped.
2013 Omar Publicly posts a tweet to the internet that identified her father as Nur Said. Nursaid is also Elmi's father.
2014 Omar and Hirsi file joint tax returns when they weren't married and Omar as still married to Elmi. This is tax fraud.
2015 Omar and Hirsi again file joint tax returns when they weren't married and Omar was still married to Elmi. This is the second incidence of tax fraud.
2015 Omar leaves Hirsi and goes to London to meet up with Elmi. In 2017, under penalty of perjery, Omar claim on her diforce petition that she hasn't seen Elmi since 2011. That statement is false.
2016 Omar wins Minnesota House seat.
2017 Omar and Elmi file for civil divorce, It's granted in 2018.
2018 Omar ahd Hirsi marry civilly.
2018 The Minnesota Campaign Finane Board opens a fromal investigation of Ilhan Omar. They later find evidence of several violations.
2018 Ilham Omar wins her congressional race for MN-5
2019 In August, the wife of political consultant Timothy M7ynett accuses him of having an affair with Omar. A company owned by Mynett was paid $370,000 for consulting work for Omar's campaign.
2019 In October, Omar files for divorce from Hirsi, citing and ‘irretrievable breakdown’ of the marriage. The divorce is finalized in November.
In a 2013 internet posting above, Ilhan Omar identified Nur Saod as her father. Nur Saod said Ahmed Elmi is her father, which would make them siblings. Omar later deleted this incriminating posting.