- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
- cross-posted to:
- world@lemmy.world
US President Donald Trump signed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law Thursday, completing the passage of the largest military spending bill in US history—$901 billion, or over $1 trillion when combined with supplemental funding passed earlier this year.
The Senate voted 77-20 on Wednesday to pass the bill. The Democratic leadership, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, voted for the bill. They were joined by Senators Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, both of whom released a video last month calling on military personnel to disobey illegal orders—as Trump was sending the US military on a murder spree off the coast of Latin America.
Citing Trump’s statements about using troops to shoot protesters in America, Slotkin invoked the legacy of the Nuremberg tribunals, which convicted Nazi leaders for war crimes and crimes against peace. But when it came time to vote, this invocation was revealed to be completely meaningless. Slotkin voted to hand Trump the resources to pursue his military adventure against Venezuela…
You wouldn’t understand…we have to cave to every request for increased military funding. Otherwise we’ll look feckless and weak!if we help our citizens where would be able to give more money to the military
Meanwhile asking individual soldiers to disobey any unlawful orders.
smol bean senator with no structural power or leverage whatsoever
In the Alternative timeline Kamala would be signing the deal and Americans would be celebrating that there’s $1 trillion being spent on global peace.
Imperialism is bipartisan.
The Democrats continuing to prove that they’re the most worthless party in the world.
"you know that disheveled guy waving a gun around we tell ya to hate? yeah we gave him your money. but we don’t support him 🤷 "

healthcare plsTHE RESISTANCE
What a bunch of useless assholes.
Lesser evil btw
Harm reduction!
Vote blue no matter who!
how many seasons of blowback does this fund?








