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.”

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      Well, they might use them against Canada and Mexico first…

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        Don’t forget about Greenland! We have to go help them answer correctly on their referendum.

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    Better protect the shithole from… I don’t even know what. The threat is inside the White House, so maybe take that out and save like $900 Billion.

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

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      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.

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        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.

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    Record levels of military spending while the administration is openly blowing up the procurement process to grab fistfuls of cash from the procurement of stuff we neither want nor need.

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        Millions of barrels of reasons…

        Largest deposit of reasons in the world actually…

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          I don’t honestly think it’s oil, it’s rare earths we already have oil deposits larger then we can refine locally we don’t particularly need their. What we don’t have is rare earths, the oil is just a fun bonus to them.

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            Lol one word. Greed.

            But there are tons of other reasons as well. Imperialism, anti communist, “the war on drugs”, they hate brown people, etc. Pick one and I bet there’s a billionaire pushing for this. If we control 2 of the top five oil deposits that’s a win by it’s self regardless of we take it out of the ground.

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    At the same time, Pete Hegseth is telling soldiers to ignore military law, as the stacked supreme court is trying to force ninth circuits to accept vague and unspecified law changes that allow the executive body to define crime and punishment as they see fit.

    I.e centralization of the powers into the white house, distorting the rule of law and preparing to weaponize the army against Americans. If they succeed, Americans can say goodbye to their democracy and hello to their new God emperor.

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            People who defend a fascist regime just get flushed yeah.

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              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

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                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?

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                  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?

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      If you mean the 18year olds enlisted with the military, then yes!

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        Hey, I have an idea. We can have the military run the school system. That way kids will get 3 meals a day from 5-24 years old!

        3 Meals a day does not include a promise of nutrition, heat, or food. Water and motrin available on demand in amounts that make doctors cry.