Tag: department of defense
The US built a blueprint to avoid civilian war casualties. Trump...
The civilian protection mission was dissolved as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth made “lethality” a top priority.
What’s in a name?
If there is any hope of salvaging this country’s (not to speak of this planet’s) future, then this history has to be faced, and we must recover—or perhaps discover—our moral bearings.
His former company got caught employing undocumented workers. Now he’s profiting...
It’s run by Nathan Albers, who previously co-owned a company that pleaded guilty to a scheme to hire and conceal undocumented workers.
Elon Musk stands to get even richer as Trump backs $1...
William Hartung blasts the promised budget as “completely unnecessary” and says that “almost the only beneficiaries are going to be the weapons manufacturers.”
How awesome is ‘awesome’?
Will the U.S. military under Lloyd Austin's leadership recover its long-lost awesomeness?
GAO report finds DOD fails to combat waste and fraud
The report noted that the DOD has been susceptible to multiple forms of fraud schemes, including fraudulent bid submissions, counterfeit parts, billing for work not performed, and disguising conflicts of interest.
Trump threatens to veto first-ever congressional action on “forever chemicals”
A handful of multibillion-dollar chemical companies have waged war on our bodies and our environment for nearly 70 years without our knowledge...
The Defense Department is worried about climate change – and also...
Yet with few exceptions, the U.S. military’s significant contribution to climate change has received little attention.
How the Pentagon took ownership of Donald Trump
The Pentagon will never be forced to make significant reforms until Americans stop believing in (and consenting to) its comforting lies.
New Congressional report issued by Pentagon warns against climate change, calls...
"The effects of a changing climate are a national security issue with potential impacts to Department of Defense (DoD or the Department) missions, operational plans, and installations."
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Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
Anti-ICE protesters sentenced to decades as Trump turns ‘antifa’ label into prosecution tool
The Prairieland case transformed a July 4 protest outside a Texas immigration jail into a terrorism prosecution, with sentences from 30 to 100 years and warnings of a new federal playbook against left-wing dissent.
Alaska governor vetoes single-use polystyrene foam foodware ban
For now, polystyrene products will remain legal for use by commercial food vendors statewide.