Pete Hegseth, the secretary of War, was asked last week about reports that the Pentagon planned to ask Congress for $200 billion to fund the Iran War, and he said, “Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys.”
Tag: Politics
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9th CRUSADE: REPUBLICANS SELLING ANTI-MUSLIM HATE AFTER AUSTIN SHOOTING
The deadly shooting in Austin, Texas, allegedly committed by a naturalized U.S. citizen who was born in Senegal and was wearing a “Property of Allah” sweater, has been seized by Republicans as an example of the inherent risk of living alongside Muslims and has toughened their stance on immigration.
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THE POLITICS OF HATE: WEAPONIZED DISCORD IS THE DEEP STATE’S MOST EFFECTIVE TOOL
This country was built on the radical idea that government exists to serve the people—not to control them, monitor them, manage them, or rule over them.
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STOP INSIDER TRADING ACT CALLED ‘POLITICAL SCAM’
A bill intended to stop members of Congress from using their positions to play the stock market with the benefit of inside information was advanced inside the House last week, but was called a “political scam” by critics who say the legislation leaves a lot of wiggle room.
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‘PEACE’ PRESIDENT TRUMP EMBRACES ‘THE IRON LAWS OF THE WORLD’
U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision last week to kidnap Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, seize oil tankers, threaten to take over Greenland, and threaten war with Iran was seen as evidence that his second term in office will be devoted to expansionism through military means.
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DEMOCRATS SEE A BIG REPUBLICAN VULNERABILITY: AFFORDABILITY
Democrats have been able to weaponize the word “affordability” to resonate with the American voter who feels like the Trump administration has dropped the ball on the subject, and Republicans seem to be struggling to take back control of the narrative.
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MIDTERM MADNESS
On 3 November 2026, millions of Americans will head to the polls in the midterm elections that come with very high stakes for the Trump administration and how the rest of his term may play out.
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DONALD TRUMP ON A ROLL ALL WEEK
There is always something new and exciting coming out of Washington. Last week’s big story centered on the presumed prerogative of the United States to kill people anywhere in the world without necessarily having to make the legal or moral case that they deserved death.
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THE CONSTITUTION VS. THE COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF: THE DUTY TO DISOBEY UNLAWFUL ORDERS
Every military servicemember’s oath is a pledge to defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic.
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FIFA ‘PEACE PRIZE’ WINNER TRUMP CONTINUES KILLING SPREE
President Donald Trump, hot off winning the first-ever FIFA peace award, made sure to continue his killing campaign in Somalia, striking the country 109 times this year, which AntiWar.com said is an “unprecedented number.”