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Johnson Says Pentagon Needs More Money for ‘Fighting Communism on Our Own Shores’
(www.commondreams.org)
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this post was submitted on 14 Jul 2026
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I’ll read this as “I excuse Trump’s illegal deployment of Marines on a state that never requested help, therefore Speaker Johnson’s request for an increased military budget is hereby excusable following days of unrest triggered by Communists” and carry on.