Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Tag: U.S. Military

After Afghanistan, US military presence abroad faces domestic and foreign opposition...

While these reductions may seem like a U.S. military withdrawal from the world stage, its presence overseas remains vast.

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 costs of war (to you)

Where did most of our money go?

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.

The names you’ll never know

Over the last 20 years, the United States has conducted more than 93,300 air strikes that killed between 22,679 and 48,308 civilians.

The US military, post-Afghanistan

Can we finally give peace a try?

9/11 at 20: Two decades of missed opportunities

In the face of all this suffering, it’s clear that $21 trillion in spending hasn’t made us any safer.

9/11’s legacy of drone warfare has changed how we view the...

The “war on terror”, due to its elusive nature as a war with blurry and unachievable objectives, has resulted in the west fighting an “endless war”.

Since 9/11, US has spent $21 trillion on militarism at home...

“Our $21 trillion investment in militarism has cost far more than dollars.”

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The Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. Photo: Another Believer / CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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.
The Melrose Gate at Paramount Pictures in Los Angeles. Photo: Chris Brown (zoonabar) / CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

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.
The U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Photo: FEMA/Bill Koplitz, via Wikimedia Commons

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?
The Knesset, Israel's parliament building, in Jerusalem. Photo: Gary Todd, via Wikimedia Commons

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.
A press briefing at the White House. Photo: The White House

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.