{"id":1781976,"date":"2022-12-20T17:18:02","date_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:18:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781976"},"modified":"2022-12-20T17:18:05","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T22:18:05","slug":"pride-centers-and-a-wax-museum-here-are-the-woke-projects-buried-in-congress-spending-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pride-centers-and-a-wax-museum-here-are-the-woke-projects-buried-in-congress-spending-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Pride Centers And A Wax Museum: Here Are The Woke Projects Buried In Congress\u2019 Spending Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpride-centers-and-a-wax-museum-here-are-the-woke-projects-buried-in-congress-spending-bill%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1781976&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Lawmakers on Capitol Hill touted a $1.7 trillion funding package on Tuesday \u2014 with both Democrats and Republicans claiming victories \u2014 which is designed to avert a government shutdown when the current funding expires at midnight on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The text of the legislation is some 4,000 pages long, leaving very little hope for lawmakers \u2014 even with the help of aides \u2014 to get through the text prior to voting on the massive package.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I wonder how long it would take the clerk to read this\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/iaphBzTEsS\">pic.twitter.com\/iaphBzTEsS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rand Paul (@RandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RandPaul\/status\/1605288779660812289?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And according to The Heritage Foundation, the omnibus bill they may not have time to read is packed with woke pet projects. Among them are a number of LGBTQ projects \u2014 from pride centers to museums \u2014 and \u201canti-racism\u201d initiatives, according to a thread shared on Twitter on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The thread began with a headline in all capital letters: \u201cWOKE PRIORITIES IN THE OMNIBUS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere are just a few earmarks (a.k.a. your taxpayer dollars set aside for special interests or projects) we found in the 1,455 page spending bill that are funding the left\u2019s extreme agenda using YOUR money,\u201d it read. An <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage\/status\/1605267869247442944\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">addendum<\/a> to the thread later noted that the number of pages had been a typo and that the actual size of the bill was much larger: \u201cThe bill (which was released really early this morning) has a whopping total of 4,155 pages.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udcb8 $1.2 million for \u201cLGBTQIA+ Pride Centers\u201d<br \/>\ud83d\udcb8 $1.2 million for &#8220;services for DACA recipients\u201d (aka helping illegal aliens with taxpayer funds) at San Diego Community College.<br \/>\ud83d\udcb8 $477k for the Equity Institute in RI to indoctrinate teachers with \u201cantiracism virtual labs.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Heritage Foundation (@Heritage) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage\/status\/1605233872073068544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>What followed was a list of the \u201cwoke agenda\u201d projects \u2014 along with their respective price tags and which areas of the country stood to benefit from omnibus money.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c$1.2 million for \u2018LGBTQIA+ Pride Centers\u2019;\u00a0$1.2 million for \u2018services for DACA recipients\u2019 (aka helping illegal aliens with taxpayer funds) at San Diego Community College; $477k for the Equity Institute in RI to indoctrinate teachers with \u2018antiracism virtual labs,\u2019\u201d the thread continued.<\/p>\n<p>More projects were listed in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage\/status\/1605233874019438595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">following tweets<\/a>, including \u201c$1 million for Zora\u2019s House in Ohio, a \u2018coworking and community space\u2019 for \u2018women and gender-expansive people of color\u2019;\u00a0$3 million for the American LGBTQ+ Museum in New York City; $3.6 million for a Michelle Obama Trail in Georgia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>New York\u2019s state capital is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Heritage\/status\/1605233876863160320\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">set to receive<\/a> three-quarters of a million dollars for \u201cLGBT and Gender Non-Conforming housing\u201d; Baltimore will rake in a cool $2 million for a wax museum dedicated to African Americans, tentatively named \u201cGreat Blacks in Wax\u201d; and New York will get over $800,000 for an \u201cLGBT center.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An additional $750,000 is earmarked for the \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/cdn-cgi\/l\/email-protection\" class=\"__cf_email__\" data-cfemail=\"c591b7a4abb689a4b1acab85\">[email\u00a0protected]<\/a> Coalition\u201d in Los Angeles, which is supposed to create \u201cworkforce development programs and supportive services for Transgender and Gender nonconforming and Intersex immigrant women.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) ripped into the omnibus during a Tuesday press conference, arguing that leadership should have presented a plan when it was due \u2014 on September 30, as it is every year \u2014 instead of delaying until the last minute and then trying to rush through a bill that no one would have time to read.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WATCH:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I brought along the 1.7 trillion, 4,000+ page Pelosi-Schumer omnibus spending bill that&#8217;s being fast-tracked through the Senate. This process stinks. It&#8217;s an abomination. It&#8217;s a no good rotten way to run government. We&#8217;re standing up and saying NO. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Wom6xKEeQh\">pic.twitter.com\/Wom6xKEeQh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Rand Paul (@SenRandPaul) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenRandPaul\/status\/1605295030305816576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 20, 2022<\/p>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers on Capitol Hill touted a $1.7 trillion funding package on Tuesday \u2014 with both Democrats and Republicans claiming victories \u2014 which is designed to avert a government shutdown when the current funding expires at midnight on Friday. 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