Tag: Pentagon
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.
Pentagon projected to hand $407 billion to private military contractors this...
"Military spending involves a massive redistribution of wealth from the public to private sector."
The Pentagon’s 20-year killing spree has always treated civilians as expendable
Overall, military spending accounts for about half of the federal government’s total discretionary spending -- while programs for helping instead of killing are on short rations for local, state and national government agencies.
No punishment for US troops who slaughtered 10 Afghan civilians, says...
“If the Pentagon wants to come clean about this horrific event, it will release documents and videotapes that show who was responsible for key decisions and what technological failings were responsible.”
Progressives slam GOP’s ‘shameful’ attempt to add another $25 billion to...
"It's time to fix our broken budget priorities, and start putting human needs over Pentagon greed."
The Pentagon as Pentagod
In truth, the deity America believes in is the five-sided one headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
How to cut $1 trillion from the Pentagon
A CBO report requested by Bernie Sanders lays out three options for a modest Pentagon trim over the next decade. Can we pull it off?
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The first trillionaire – no big deal?
Multi-billionaires are bad enough; a trillionaire is a magnitude worse
Appeals court rules the constitution guarantees no right to clean water
A dissenting judge compared the Jackson, Mississippi water crisis to Flint's
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.
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.
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.