| John Nichols | Bernie Sanders holds up a Pentagon spending bill to force a Senate vote on $2,000 payments …
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| John Nichols | Bernie Sanders holds up a Pentagon spending bill to force a Senate vote on $2,000 payments …
Read moreIt’s perfectly clear that Donald Trump considers just about every last one of us a sucker and that’s not news at all.
Read moreA Post-Coronavirus economy can no longer afford to put the Pentagon first. As it turns out, creating jobs through Pentagon spending is among the least effective ways to rebuild the economy.
Read more| Gabe Murphy | This week the US House of Representatives failed to pass an amendment to the military budget that would have cut it by 10 percent. Common Dreams reports:
Read more| Katrina vanden Heuvel | In the long run, the Defense Department is not likely to escape the growing imperative of change.
Read more| Glenn Greenwald | a massive $740.5 billion military spending package was approved …
Read more| David Swanson | 20 members of Congress thus far have made themselves sponsor or cosponsor of a resolution to move major amounts of money out of wars and into human and environmental needs.
Read more| Sister Mary Pendergast and Sister Patricia Moriarty | As Sisters of Mercy who work closely with people living in poverty, we urge all of our legislators to support a proposal that would cut Pentagon spending
Read more| William D. Hartung | Any effort to reduce police spending and focus on social programs should include massive cuts to the Pentagon’s bloated budget. Distorted funding priorities aren’t the only driving force behind police violence …
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