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Senate Quietly Adds $10 Billion to Pentagon Budget While Blocking Climate Action
The addition alone is equivalent to the climate funding that Kyrsten Sinema wants to cut from the reconciliation bill.
Up to Half of Pentagon Spending Since 9/11 Has Gone to War Profiteers
A new analysis shows that a large portion of $14 trillion in Pentagon contracts has gone to just five companies.
Biden’s First Pentagon Budget Is One of the Highest Since World War II. Why?
Initiatives on rebuilding domestic infrastructure and combating climate change would do far more to keep people safe.
Sanders Slams Pentagon for “Waste, Fraud & Abuse,” Vows More Stringent Oversight
Despite the fact that the Department of Defense continually fails to pass audits, its budget grows more bloated yearly.
Military-Industrial Complex Exerts Powerful Influence on Biden’s Foreign Policy
Defense firms have spent about $127 million a year on lobbyists, and $25 million per election on campaign donations.
Progressives in Congress Should Unite to Slash Biden’s Military Budget
Progressives uniting as a block to resist out-of-control military spending would be a no-nonsense exercise of raw power.
Ocasio-Cortez: “Verdicts Are Not Substitutes for Policy Change”
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called out fellow Democrats for bolstering the problem of oppressive policing.
Increasing Pentagon Budget as US Pulls Out of Afghanistan Makes Little Sense
Fifty House Democrats signed a letter to President Biden in March urging a significantly reduced Pentagon budget.
Congress Urged to Reject Biden’s Pentagon Budget Increase
Analysts and antiwar critics say any increase in the Defense Department's bloated budget would be unacceptable.
All 10 GOP Senators Behind Skimpy COVID Proposal Gave the Military $740 Billion
The watered-down proposal currently calls for reducing Biden's proposed direct payments from $1,400 to $1,000.