A New Military-Industrial Complex Arises
The Secret War Within the Pentagon.
Pentagon Repatriates Guantánamo Detainee Held Without Charge for Over Two Decades
The move came as the Biden administration faced pressure to clear the notorious military prison of all uncharged detainees before Donald Trump takes office.
Privatising Syria: US Plans Post-Assad Selloff
By Kit Klarenberg / Global Delinquents Following the abrupt fall of Bashar Assad’s government in Syria, much remains uncertain about the country’s future – including whether it can survive as…
‘Slap in the Face to Working-Class Families’: Senate Sends Biden $895 Billion Military Bill
"We do not need to spend almost a trillion dollars on the military, while half a million Americans are homeless and children go hungry," said Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Despite 100% Pentagon Audit Failure Rate, House Passes $883.7 Billion NDAA
"Instead of fighting the rising cost of healthcare, gas, or groceries, this Congress prioritized rewarding the wealthy and well-connected military-industrial complex," said Defense Spending Reduction Caucus co-chairs.
Pentagon Fails Seventh Straight Audit as Annual US Military Budget Nears $1 Trillion
Sen. Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation that would require the Pentagon to return a portion of its budget as a penalty for failing audits, but lawmakers from both parties have…
Chris Hedges and Glenn Greenwald on Media, Terror, Gaza, and More
By Glenn Greenwald / System Update
‘Obvious Conflict of Interest’: Report Reveals 50+ US Lawmakers Hold Military Stocks
"It's abjectly terrifying that the personal benefit of any member of Congress is factored into decisions about how to wield and fund the largest military in the world," said one…
Modernizing Nuclear War
Seventy-nine years ago, the Truman administration dropped atom bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, instantly killing approximately 100,000 innocent civilians. Host Robert Scheer calls these horrific incidents…
Glenn Greenwald: Secret Pentagon Anti-Vax Campaign Discredited Chinese COVID Vaccine
Glenn Greenwald breaks down the recent Reuters report that revealed how the Pentagon launched a disinformation campaign to discredit the Chinese Sinovac inoculation.
U.S. Jewish Army Intel Officer Quits over Gaza, Says “Impossible” Not to See Echoes of Holocaust
By DemocracyNow! We speak with U.S. Army Major Harrison Mann, the first military and intelligence officer to publicly resign over the Biden administration’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza. Mann…
Last Year, You Spent More Than a Month’s Rent on Pentagon Contractors
A dollar by dollar look at how our taxes enrich military contractors — at the expense of things that actually make us secure.
Spending Unlimited
The Pentagon's Budget Follies Come at a High Price.
The American Empire in (Ultimate?) Crisis: The Decline and Fall of It All
By Alfred McCoy / TomDispatch Empires don’t just fall like toppled trees. Instead, they weaken slowly as a succession of crises drain their strength and confidence until they suddenly begin…
Congress Poised to Cede More Foreign Weapons Oversight. Why?
New bill would speed up the delivery of deadly arms while scaling back the ability of elected representatives to monitor the implications.