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.”

  • Typhoon
    47·
    1 month ago

    The US is gearing up for World War III. And it looks like they’re planning on starting it.

    • lazynooblet@lazysoci.alEnglish
      16·
      1 month ago

      I wish this didn’t sound so true 😔 we will never have peace in our lifetimes. It’ll take 100s more miserable years, and we will likely trigger an apocalypse before we make it better.

      • Madison420@lemmy.world
        1·
        1 month ago

        I mean it doesn’t, they’re definitely going to try to start a war but no one is coming to Venezuelas defense in earnest. Our Navy would crush most attempts before they even went foot dry. All of South America could try to stop us but you’d just end up with guerilla warfare with a president who really really wants to nuke something.