Republican lawmakers have unveiled a bill to authorize $901 billion in military spending for the next fiscal year. House Speaker Mike Johnson says the National Defense Authorization Act would “ensure our military forces remain the most lethal in the world.”
While we close schools and hospitals due to lack of funds
Well, we also funded ICE a few multiples more…
That is actually a recruiting tactic.
Why would we need schools and hospitals when we’re trying to build military bases and detention camps?
Record levels of military spending while the administration is openly blowing up the procurement process to grab fistfuls of cash from the procurement of stuff we neither want nor need.
Nor will receive
The same military forces you plan on using against American citizens?
Well, they might use them against Canada and Mexico first…
Don’t forget about Greenland! We have to go help them answer correctly on their referendum.
Better protect the shithole from… I don’t even know what. The threat is inside the White House, so maybe take that out and save like $900 Billion.
Seriously. Russians don’t need to invade US, they’re dissecting it from within
The US is gearing up for World War III. And it looks like they’re planning on starting it.
I wish this didn’t sound so true 😔 we will never have peace in our lifetimes. It’ll take 100s more miserable years, and we will likely trigger an apocalypse before we make it better.
Maybe it’s time for the crows to have their shot as the dominant species.
I thought we were giving it to the octopodes?
Ah well, they can duke it out.
The Portia spiders are the best suited Imo
I mean it doesn’t, they’re definitely going to try to start a war but no one is coming to Venezuelas defense in earnest. Our Navy would crush most attempts before they even went foot dry. All of South America could try to stop us but you’d just end up with guerilla warfare with a president who really really wants to nuke something.
It’s almost like you should do something about it
Why aren’t you doing something about it?
Putting aside how fucking tired and predictable this response is from do-nothing US liberals outraged that anyone would suggest their good intentions aren’t enough-
When it gets to my border (and it will, due to your inaction), I assure you we will not hesitate to hurt the right people.
Why not do something now? Why wait?
Thanks one trick pony
No sweat, coward
You’re welcome, fake bloodthirsty poser-coward
At the same time, Pete Hegseth is telling soldiers to ignore military law, as the stacked supreme court is trying to force ninth circuits to accept vague and unspecified law changes that allow the executive body to define crime and punishment as they see fit.
I.e centralization of the powers into the white house, distorting the rule of law and preparing to weaponize the army against Americans. If they succeed, Americans can say goodbye to their democracy and hello to their new God emperor.
King Cheeto, Lord of the Rats!
Just in time to invade Venezuela for literally no reason
I mean they have tons of reasons. Just None they can say outloud.
Millions of barrels of reasons…
Largest deposit of reasons in the world actually…
Oil? You cooking?
I don’t honestly think it’s oil, it’s rare earths we already have oil deposits larger then we can refine locally we don’t particularly need their. What we don’t have is rare earths, the oil is just a fun bonus to them.
Lol one word. Greed.
But there are tons of other reasons as well. Imperialism, anti communist, “the war on drugs”, they hate brown people, etc. Pick one and I bet there’s a billionaire pushing for this. If we control 2 of the top five oil deposits that’s a win by it’s self regardless of we take it out of the ground.
Don’t forget invading blue cities
War-Mongering Republicans, everybody.
700 billion of that goes to contractors related to Trump
You forgot the /s
It’s less sarcasm and more not having happened YET.
Do you have a source for this info by chance?
Tagging you as MAGA haha
Did you look at their other comments first, or do you just flush people down the toilet as soon as look at em?
People who defend a fascist regime just get flushed yeah.
People who can’t provide source for their information are disinformation agent or highly regarded individuals; you tell me, which one are you? Getting so offended over asking for source tells me you’re just a sham trying to sway an opinion
Do you think that if a person is a MAGA, they should be treated poorly?
Do you think if they are treated poorly, it’s up to that person to provide “evidence” to other non-involved people?
I, personally do not care about the political alignment of an individual as long as they can reason and provide credibility for their claims.
I know and understand how trump is a corrupt individual but that does not mean I should go around making claims just because it will hurt him.
If a MAGA is treated poorly and they don’t have proof of that mistreatment then it’s simply an opinionated claim at that point until proven otherwise.
What does this have to do with the ‘700 billion claim’ you made though?
Look. This is Lemmy. If the crime of taking me way too literally made people not worth talking to, I’d be damn near alone on this site.
I never said I wouldn’t talk to them.
“ensure our military forces remain the most lethal in the world.”
List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (2020–present)
Does this mean the Kids in Mississippi get three meals a day finally?
If you mean the 18year olds enlisted with the military, then yes!
Hey, I have an idea. We can have the military run the school system. That way kids will get 3 meals a day from 5-24 years old!
3 Meals a day does not include a promise of nutrition, heat, or food. Water and motrin available on demand in amounts that make doctors cry.
American citizens sit by and allow this shit to happen.
What would you like me to do? I am one person. I go to protest and call my congressman who is a MAGA. Outside of any metro area it is a sea of fundamentalisms and meth. One third of this country is violently MAGA, a third does not seem to care, and my third is trying but we seem to be drowned out. There are people fighting in legal ways for now. I don’t know what it will take to get the sleeping third to wake up. Call me a coward if you like but there will be no shot heard round the world bullshit this time. Just look at what the German people did after Sophie Scholl was executed. Nothing. I guess I just proved your point.
I swear these people are fucking bots and their whole purpose is to drive a wedge. I’m actually seeing a bit of a turn recently on the “America Bad” front, evidenced by an approaching 50/50 split of ups and downs. And I think bot is the best case, because then it’s just some keyboard warrior who clearly doesn’t understand the situation and parrots some other comments on an article from a biased source that they didn’t even bother to read.
Like you, my Congressman is useless. His name is Tom Kean Jr. He’s a nepo politician, and as that goes he doesn’t deserve to stand in his father’s shadow. He’s a moderate Republican who is almost impossible to find and takes no stance on anything. We never hear from him. But this district was drawn to mix communities like mine in with communities that vote for him and so here I am.
That more ignorant suggestions (which I don’t want to besmirch the OC here, I’m sure they’d go down this path eventually) would have us take up arms against … whatever. Storm the Capitol, maybe. Any mention of that being stupid is called weak.
So yeah, I’m with you.
And every Russian supports Putin and every Iranian loves religious rule. What a stupid thing to say.
American citizens go to work and don’t turn on the news. News is for those who can afford to worry.
More like “Most Americans are so self-absorbed, they can’t be bothered until the problems start affecting them directly in their daily lives”
And they’re complicit.
I also blame the poor for choosing to work instead of fighting my wars.
This is one of many areas we have a false choice in. We can have party A spend 901 Billion or Party B spend 902 Billion. There is an out and good people are working on bringing up candidates outside the old system. But it will take time.
Those fishing boats aren’t going to blow themselves up.
LOL, “efficiency”.
Humanity on an iron cross
