The Space Force Would Cost $13 Billion and the Air Force Wants New Things — But How Are You Gonna Pay For It?

When Medicare for All and paid family leave are called “pie in the sky,” but the Air Force says its current fleet of 312 squadrons—which cost many billions each—”is not enough”

Jon Queally
By Jon Queally
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When it comes to progressive proposals aimed at social well-being, the associated costs are always the first explanation for why such efforts are either unrealistic "pie in the sky". Medicare for All. But how you gonna pay for it? Tuition-free public college. But how you gonna pay for it? Paid family leave and sick leave. But how you gonna

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Beijing Notes Signs of US Decline Behind Bloated New Pentagon Budget

The emerging multipolar global arrangement has convinced observers that the United States is undeniably confronting an inevitable decline in its status as the world’s foremost hegemonic power.

Elliott Gabriel
By Elliott Gabriel

BEIJING – China has expressed serious concern about the new United States military budget, which explicitly notes the U.S.’ “long-term strategic competition with China” as a top priority and raises the government’s annual investment in the military to an unprecedented $716 billion – an exponentially higher budget than that of any other defense

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America’s Only Problem With Its Obscene War Budget is That Trump Didn’t Thank John McCain in a Speech

What is actually in the $717 billion military spending bill that Trump just signed?

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
John McCain

President Donald Trump signed a $717 billion military spending bill on August 14. What made headlines was not the size of the bill or what is in the bill. Rather, most were upset that Trump did not thank Senator John McCain, whose name was put on the bill by his colleagues in Congress to honor him. On CNN, Jake Tapper, host of “The Lead,”  said

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House Democrats and Republicans Unite to Expand U.S. Nuclear Arsenal

Democrats attempted to include gun control legislation in the bill that would have expanded background checks, while Republicans sought to include an amendment requiring the military buy only American-made dinner and flatware.

Emma Fiala
By Emma Fiala
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WASHINGTON -- The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved its version of the $717 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2019 on Thursday, with a bipartisan 351 to 66 vote that included 131 Democrats. The significant increase in the NDAA budget garnered the support of both parties, which cited concerns about the

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An Open Invitation: Women’s March on the Pentagon

A Women’s March on the Pentagon Is Planned for October 20th and 21st 2018 to Confront the Bipartisan War Machine with Calls for Grassroots Solidarity Marches Across the United States and the World

Emma Fiala
By Emma Fiala
Peace activist Marilyn Cornell, of Strongsville, Ohio, holds an American flag with a peace sign on it during an anti-war protest in Washington, on March 20, 2010, where thousands of protesters marched through Washington to protest the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan on the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

In direct response to ongoing military aggression and mind boggling increases in military funding that pass with bipartisan support in the United States, as well as the absence of the issue of war in the popular Women’s Marches held in 2017 and 2018, anti-war activists are calling for a Women’s March on the Pentagon, akin to the 1967 anti-war event

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