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Ending militarism in America

Taking on the MICIMATT(SH)!

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.

The new age militarists

What's their threat to our common future?

$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.

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The first trillionaire – no big deal?

Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers during an enforcement operation in Los Angeles, June 12, 2025. Photo: DHSgov (public domain)

ICE agent shoots delivery driver in Austin as officials question who will investigate

The Department of Homeland Security says it is leading the inquiry, with its Homeland Security Investigations unit in charge, a role the FBI has historically held, CBS News reported.
A satellite view of Tehran, Iran. Photo: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Trump says he is in ‘deciding mode’ on destroying Iran

The Pentagon's own death count is undercounting US troops killed in the seven-month war, the Washington Post has reported.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personnel at the O.B. Curtis Water Treatment Plant, which serves Jackson, Mississippi. Photo: Sabrina Dalton, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Appeals court rules the constitution guarantees no right to clean water

A dissenting judge compared the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis to Flint's
A military pharmacy. Photo: U.S. Air Force / Airman Trevor Calvert

Secret Pfizer and Lilly contracts favor drugmakers over patients, records show

The deals let companies raise prices overseas while carving blockbuster obesity drugs out of required discounts.