Tag: military spending
Progressive Briefing for Friday, August 3, 2018
7 hospitalized after pipeline explosion, Senate Democrats agree to major military spending, White House rolls back fuel economy standards, and more.
40 Democrats join Republicans and vote for $717 billion military spending...
The NDAA will hit Donald Trump's desk today and is "on track to become law before the start of the fiscal year for the first time since the fiscal 1997 bill."
The anti-empire report #157: Unpersons
In his desperation for approval, our dear president has jumped on the back of increased military spending.
The devil’s dynamo
The Devil’s Dynamo of today has lead to a modern version of colonialism and empire.
Conspiracy of silence
Sadly, today it seems as if most of our 20 somethings and their parents do not even know what is going down. The Conspiracy of Silence is winning!
Democrats in Congress are fighting for the rich in their opposition...
Democrats should demand an end to taxation of Social Security benefits.
Dead nation walking
Regardless of who is our president, from either of the two ‘War Parties’, military spending has been going through the roof.
Why does Donald Trump insist on more military spending?
Americans are tired of war, yet Donald Trump’s budget sends an unfortunate but clear message.
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States settle antitrust suit over $111 billion Paramount-Warner Bros. merger
Critics say a force-majeure clause and a company-appointed editorial board leave the settlement's protections easy to escape.
Unions win settlement forcing Trump administration to rescind shutdown mass-firing policy
The agreement follows a court fight that began after roughly 4,200 federal employees received layoff notices during last fall's 43-day shutdown.
Federal judge orders White House to restore access for CNN, MS NOW and Politico
The order lasts 14 days, and the outlets have until Monday to seek a preliminary injunction after some reporters were briefly turned away despite the ruling.
The best comeuppance for the first anti-American administration – perpetual exposure as the seditious...
If Russia or China wanted a Manchurian candidate (a brainwashed stooge who betrays his own background and constituency), could they have surpassed the president harumphing in the White House?
Why didn’t Netanyahu’s cabinet preempt October 7 (since it knew about it in advance)?
New York Times reporting confirms Israeli leadership had advance intelligence before the October 7 attack, raising fresh questions about why it was not acted on.