Tag: Pentagon
Dear DOGE: Here’s how to cut the Pentagon budget by $100...
While it’s just a starting point, this reduction would allow us to prioritize what truly matters: healthcare, education, infrastructure, and the well-being of our people.
$883.7 billion NDAA passed amid Pentagon audit failures and controversial policies
Congress approves $883.7 billion defense budget despite Pentagon’s audit failures and criticism over waste, cultural policies, and misplaced spending priorities.
Billionaire pick for key Pentagon job tied to Khashoggi’s murderers and...
Critics warn Stephen Feinberg’s nomination for a top Pentagon role underscores troubling ties to Khashoggi’s murder and the defense industry.
Pentagon fails seventh straight audit amid $1 trillion military budget
Meanwhile, Congress continues to approve unprecedented increases in military spending, pushing the budget close to $1 trillion.
Pentagon ran a secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China at the...
The U.S. military ran a secret anti-vaccination campaign at the height of the pandemic in the Philippines and other nations to sow doubt about COVID vaccines made by China, according to a new investigation by Reuters.
The absence—and presence—of Daniel Ellsberg
Dan had made history in 1971 by revealing the top-secret Pentagon Papers, exposing the constant litany of official lies that accompanied the U.S. escalation of the Vietnam War.
Pentagon’s AI dilemma and the call to ban ‘killer robots’
This collective of advocacy organizations has issued a clarion call for ethical clarity, urging Pentagon officials to unequivocally state their stance against the development and deployment of autonomous weapons systems.
Pentagon’s financial abyss: Sanders exposes decades of dodged audits and rampant...
Amidst soaring defense spending, a new GAO report uncovers the Pentagon's chronic evasion of basic fraud prevention measures, with Senator Bernie Sanders leading the charge for accountability.
US military says national security depends on ‘forever chemicals’
As regulators propose restrictions on their use or manufacturing, Pentagon officials have told Congress that eliminating the chemicals would undermine military readiness.
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DNC leaders are pretending that U.S. weapons don’t enable the slaughter in Gaza
DNC leaders move to block arms embargo resolution as youth Democrats demand action on Gaza.
The case for Palestine
Uncovering the history of ethnic cleansing and U.S. complicity behind Israel’s assault on Gaza.
Trump threatens Chicago with federal takeover despite falling crime
Democrats decry a “manufactured crisis” as the White House touts a post-DC crackdown and eyes Chicago, despite data showing declining violent crime.
Nasser Hospital bombing in Gaza kills four journalists and other civilians
Attack on Khan Younis hospital leaves at least 19 dead as rights groups denounce a pattern of systematic targeting of media and medical facilities.
‘The West Bank is the prize’: Israel approves new settlements to ‘bury’ Palestinian State
The “E-1” settlement would see the construction of about 3,400 new housing units and would sever one of the last remaining territorial links between major Palestinian cities like Ramallah in the northern West Bank and southern cities including Bethlehem, as well as cut off East Jerusalem.