Trump’s $1.5 Trillion Pentagon Budget Will Make US Weaker
William Hartung for Common Dreams It has been reported that the Pentagon on Friday will release a proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2027 of almost $1.5 trillion, with approximately $1.15…
Trump’s Budget: A Moral Obscenity Wrapped in Patriotism
ScheerPost Staff In a move that is both reckless and morally indefensible, the Trump administration unveiled a fiscal year 2027 budget proposal this past Friday that dramatically increases military spending…
‘Not Another Penny for Another Endless War,’ Ilhan Omar Says as Trump Seeks $200 Billion
Jessica Corbett Common Dreams As US President Donald Trump on Thursday confirmed reporting that he’s seeking $200 billion more from Congress to continue waging his unpopular war of choice on…
Pete Hegesth the Latest Grifter
Joshua Scheer The $93 Billion Pentagon Shopping Spree Washington is once again demonstrating one of its oldest and most reliable traditions: screaming about government waste while spending taxpayer money like…
A Clique of Unhinged Techno-Optimists Is Putting Humanity at Risk
By Janet Abou-Elias and William D. Hartung for Tomdispatch.com – “I love the idea of getting a drone and having light fentanyl-laced urine spraying on analysts that tried to screw…
‘The Military-Industrial Complex Is Winning’: While Bombing Iran, Trump Says Weapons Contractors to Boost Production
Jessica Corbett for Common Dreams After meeting with several chief executives at the White House on Friday—while also bombing Iran with Israel and threatening Cuba—US President Donald Trump said that…
‘Not One Damn Penny’: Pentagon Expected to Ask Congress for Billions to Fund Iran War
By Jake Johnson for Common Dreams The Pentagon is reportedly planning to ask Congress to approve a supplemental funding package of around $50 billion to help finance the Trump administration’s…
Pentagon Can’t Even Figure Out How to Spend the Extra $500 Billion More Trumpfare
Posted by Joshua Scheer I was about to share this Common Dreams piece on the astounding fact that the Pentagon doesn’t even know what to do with the extra money…
Trump’s $1.5 Trillion ‘Dream Military’
Or What National Nightmares Are Made Of.
The ‘Peace President’ Who Bombed 10 Countries and Wants $1.5 Trillion for War
Posted by Joshua Scheer Donald Trump keeps insisting he’s a “peace president.” The record shows something closer to a global arsonist with better PR. In just one year of his…
Do the Democrats Have the Guts to Outflank Trump on Defense Industry Looting?
The failure to rigorously defend working people over the last forty years against needless mass layoffs may be why so many voters right now are willing to consider a new…
Netanyahu Says He Wants To End U.S. Military Aid to Israel in the Next 10 Years
In a surprise announcement, Benjamin Netanyahu told The Economist magazine that Israel plans to stop receiving U.S. military aid in the next 10 years.
Majority of Democrats Join Senate GOP to Pass Trump’s $900 Billion Pentagon Wish List
Sen. Ron Wyden said the bill “increases military spending by tens of billions of dollars and fails to include guardrails against Donald Trump and Hegseth’s authoritarian abuses."
‘Genocide is not an Oakland value:’ inside Oakland’s grassroots campaign to end military shipments to Israel
Oakland International Airport has become a key hub for transporting military cargo to Israel during the Gaza genocide. Now, over 30 groups and thousands of Oakland residents have come together…
Military Budget Bill Would Ramp Up Israel Aid to Fill In ‘Gaps’ When Other Countries Impose Embargoes Over Genocide
By: Stephen Prager Original for Common Dreams A little-reported provision of the latest military spending bill would direct the US to create a plan to fill the “gaps” for Israel…