Tag: military spending
What would it take for military spending in America to go...
We have become George Orwell’s Oceania, where war is peace, surveillance is privacy, and censorship is free speech.
The Pentagon just got $778 billion, but USAID is running out...
“Why is there more money for the military-industrial complex… at the same time the U.S. is refusing to spend the $25 billion needed to make enough additional vaccines to vaccinate the world?”
‘No Militarization of Space Act’ introduced in Congress
It is sponsored by five members of the House of Representatives led by Representative Jared Huffman called the U.S. Space Force “costly and unnecessary.”
War is making us poor!
Why is it that the U.S. spends more on military than the next 9 countries combined?
World military spending rises to a hefty $2.0 trillion despite UN...
There’s still time to reevaluate this approach, restructure U..S military spending, and focus on human needs.
‘The greatest purveyor of violence in the world’
“A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual death."
Trump vetoes defense bill because of Section 230, calls it a...
The House will meet on Monday to vote to override the President's veto of the NDAA and Senate will do the same on Tuesday.
House passes $740 billion defense bill amid the major struggles of...
“In the midst of a pandemic—as people across the country struggle to make rent, to pay their bills, to survive a deadly disease—it should be unthinkable.”
Beware the Pentagon’s pandemic profiteers
Hasn’t the military-industrial complex taken enough of our money?
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Since 1975, $79 trillion has been redistributed from the bottom 90% to the top...
Has this massive redistribution, driven by policies favoring corporations and the wealthy, reshaped the American economy?
Just 36 companies drove half the world’s climate-altering emissions in 2023: New report
Released today by the Carbon Majors project, the list is dominated by coal, cement, and oil producers.
Trump and Musk’s plan to slash 83,000 VA jobs sparks outrage
A leaked internal memo from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has revealed that the Trump administration, in coordination with Elon Musk’s...
Why is Trump sabotaging our national security?
Trump ordered the cyber command at DOD, to "stand down" regarding any monitoring of Russian actions. This is how this could damage our national security.
Supreme Court weakens clean water protections, allowing more raw sewage discharge into US waterways
The ruling blocks the EPA from enforcing broad water quality limits through “end result” permits, which require cities and businesses to ensure discharged water meets pollution standards.