All Articles on Pentagon
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News "F-35s Don't Help Families Pay Their Bills": GOP Under Fire for Slipping $30 Billion Pentagon Gift Into Coronavirus Plan "Just how twisted is the Senate GOP coronavirus bill you ask? It includes $686 million for new F-35 fighter jets." Read more |
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News Progressives Applaud AOC Proposal to Ban 'Insidious Practice' of Military Recruiting in Schools "It's important that our youth understand that joining the military isn't the only way to pay for college or find stability in life." Read more |
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Views Killing Democracy in America The military-industrial complex as a cytokine storm. Read more |
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News Day After Voting Down 10% Pentagon Cut, 37 Senate Dems Join GOP to Approve $740 Billion War Budget " I don't want to hear anyone tell me that we can't afford to expand enhanced unemployment benefits when we spend more on endless wars than the next ten countries combined," said Rep. Ro Khanna. Read more |
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News 'War Is Not a Game': AOC to File Amendment Banning US Military From Recruiting on Twitch "It's incredibly irresponsible for the Army and the Navy to be recruiting impressionable young people and children via live streaming platforms." Read more |
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News Top VP Contenders Diverge as Warren Votes 'Yes' and Harris Votes 'No' on Slashing Pentagon Budget to Fund Health and Education Sen. Kamala Harris' no vote "makes her a dubious choice" to be Joe Biden's running mate, said one progressive organizer. Read more |
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News "The Fight Isn't Over," Say Anti-War Groups as 139 House Democrats Vote With GOP to Reject 10% Pentagon Budget Cut "Though our amendment didn't pass, progressive power is stronger than ever. We will keep fighting for pro-peace, pro-people budgets until it becomes a reality," said Rep. Mark Pocan. Read more |
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Views Time to Stop Bankrolling War and the Wealthy The poetry of a movement to change this country. Read more |
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News 'Choose People Over Pentagon': Americans Urged to Call Lawmakers as Congress Set to Vote on 10% Military Budget Cut "In a moment of pandemic and urgent protest, we refuse to let Congress put defense contractors over peoples' needs" Read more |
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Views Americans Overwhelmingly Support Cutting the Pentagon to Support Our Real Needs A 10 percent cut to the Pentagon could come from a multitude of places, including: ending our never-ending wars in the Middle East, reducing our reliance on nuclear weapons, and turning off the spigot to arms contractors. Read more |