I’ve lost all hope in this shithole country.
Iraq was a lot of things.But oh my god did it realize efficiency. Iraq went from a poorly producing oil country to the fourth highest oil producer in the world.
I’m sad I’m still sometimes surprised at the depravity and shittyness of the US government and their violent, corrupt, evil handlers. They are the most evil people on earth running the most evil empire the world has ever seen. May they all burn in hell.
This bill also removed the right to repair requirement for military contracts. So if that $100 million jet from Lockheed martin breaks then we have to pay them whatever they want to fix it.
This creates a great incentive for the military contractors to build quality durable hardware …
This is far from an appearance issue. 18 Republicans also opposed the budget. If every Democrat had joined the 18 Republicans in saying no, this budget would not have been approved. Every politician – Democrat or not – who approved this budget needs to be voted out, no questions (if we get the chance). Primary the Democrats who voted “Yea”.
“There’s always money for bombs” but $900 Billion is absurd; and Democrats are screwing everyone over by encouraging this war. We do not want MAGA to have Wartime Powers. We do not want JD Vance, Stephen Miller, and Mike Johnson to have Wartime Powers.
Thank you for linking this, as this is indeed enraging but my oh my this is data gore if I have ever seen it…
Am I looking at a spreadsheet with the front panel unscrewed leaving all the wires hanging out or something?
Is this Minesweeper?
Wow, that is one of the worst diagrams I’ve seen in quite a while.
Good Lord, what a day to have eyes.
18 Republicans also opposed the budget. If every Democrat had joined the 18 Republicans in saying no, this budget would not have been approved
This is usually by design to protect risky seats and give the impression that they were opposed for political points. In essence those 18 Republicans are only enabled to vote no because they know Dems are supporting this passing. If more Dems voted no, less Republicans would have.
Bluth: there’s always money to bomb Afghanistan, Michael
No, we’re not allowed to criticize Democrats on Lemmy. It automatically makes you Russian MAGA.
The Dems should be blocking all votes like the GOP did under Obama. Fuck them.
Unfortunately that’s not their job. They are bribed to ensure NDAA always goes through. Voter sentiment on yet another war for oil be damned.
Until we stop the legalized bribery this will not change.
Evidently voter sentiment isn’t strong enough to vote for someone else!
ABWD at work
venezuela? huh? did i miss something?
The US is going all Russia on them, airspace violations, stealing ships and stuff
The bill, which is now bound for the Senate and which authorizes more than $900 billion, includes “critical pro-Israel provisions,” according to AIPAC.
More genocide money. Fuck America and Israel.
Does this belong in this community? Honestly curious. Fits the format, but not the theme.
Not surprising, about %50 of democrats are impostors. They would easily switch to republican party if they riskrd losing their seats.
There’s a reason we scoff at the notion of “far left” in US politics. Their options are right wing and fascist.
So anywhere from half-to a majority aren’t Democrats in your mind?
Sounds like that’s just what Democrats are and you’re struggling to come to terms with it.
You forget how conservative alot of democrats are and have been for decades.
Guess US needs more oil huh
“Nah, I heard oil… THAT SHIT MINE!”
Needs link to source.
Isn’t this the spending authorization bill they pass every year since 1961? It’s not specifically about Venezuela.
Notably among Democrats, it’s mostly the New Democrat Coalition (older, moderate, Clinton era 3rd way) voting for this & the Congressional Progressive Caucus (newer, liberal, progressive) voting against it. They’re a big tent party.
Vote New Democrat Coalition Congressional Progressive Caucus Yea 62 22 Nay 18 59 Squares and Rectangles…
Every Republican is a corrupt politician, but not ever corrupt politician is a Republican.
The logical solution is getting rid of corrupt politicians regardless of party.
How? By using the systems built by the corruption?
If you are living in the US, you exist under that system.
So maybe do whatever your plan is (anarchism, accelerationism, socialism) WHILE using the pre-existing system?
If one’s plan is accelerationism, then maybe it’s best to not do that plan.
Nah we can’t give up our comforts to make any real change. We can’t quit paying taxes or literally revolt violently because Stranger Things season 5 just dropped. We’re all scared and lazy especially the 2A folks who were always talking about needing the guns for when the government needed to be dealt with.
Damn, you sure made a lot of assumptions off of someone asking US citizens to make use of their privilege to vote.
You know there are multiple ways to affect change and you don’t have to choose just one, right?
Imperialism has always been bipartisan.
I wonder how much he’s getting paid to for this or if this is all a favor for the previous “campaign contributions”?
The House of Representatives is basically the Board of Directors for the American Military Industrial Complex
That implies they hold influence and aren’t just purchased pawns
