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.” In a statement, Public Citizen’s Robert Weissman responded, “The last person who should be entrusted with an even bigger budget is the dangerous and lawless Pete Hegseth. As Hegseth illegally targets civilian boats near Venezuela with expensive Hellfire missiles, wastefully and recklessly deploys the National Guard in cities around the country, and teases an unconstitutional and costly war, Congress should refuse to add a penny to his budget.” Meanwhile, lawmakers have attached a provision to the NDAA that would withhold money from Hegseth’s travel budget if the Pentagon refuses to hand over video of the September 2 boat strike.

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.”

    • Apathy@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      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

      • velindora@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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        6 days ago

        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?

        • Apathy@lemmy.world
          2·
          6 days ago

          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?

          • velindora@lemmy.cafeEnglish
            12·
            6 days ago

            It’s cracking a joke about corruption, and having you-a MAGA-say “if you can’t prove it by showing me evidence that you’d never have access to in the first place then you must be wrong”

            Please stop making comments on the internet unless you provide hard evidence to support your opinion.

            You’re a joke.

            • Apathy@lemmy.world
              2·
              6 days ago

              You’re actually mentally handicapped it seems, I’ll pray for you.

              For your information I’m a registered democrat and voted in a democratic mayor in the recent ballot.

              Keep living in your deranged world though ☺️