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
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?
Good Lord, what a day to have eyes.
Wow, that is one of the worst diagrams I've seen in quite a while.
I move my mechanized infantry from hex 3042 to hex 4035 for 6VP
Is this Minesweeper?
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
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 ...
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.
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!"
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.
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
Dems gonna dem
Imperialism has always been bipartisan.
Such a wicked nation
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 |
I want to know why those 18 Republicans voted against it
They didn’t receive sufficient contributions from the military industrial complex?
Just grabbing the first nay on the list which is Eli Crane. He appears to be a nationalist, which would make sense why he voted no. Still an undeserving piece of shit and a waste of limited resources.
I've lost all hope in this shithole country.
Democrats REALLY wanting to loose midterms, huh?..
Of course, this is going great for the rich elite class. Why would they want to win?
jfc all it takes is a fake war for the corporate Dems to throw everything away ... terrible
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.
I mean that’s unfortunately just the normal military budget lol. There’s no extra money in there for a war. That’s the peace time budget.
"Peace"
Are they just going to bomb to make life miserable in Venezuela? There are not enough troops for an invasion.
Does this belong in this community? Honestly curious. Fits the format, but not the theme.
Oh, now the MIC does something? Strange, they seemed to be oddly quiet when it comes to Ukraine. I'm always a bit surprised the MIC isn't all in on sending both old military stock and newly developed stuff there for testing and recognition. So much money to be made. It can also be quite the advertisement if your 30-year-old tanks can crush the mighty modern Russian army. Including the invincible T14 Armata shown off in 2015.
This was their times to shine, and even the most hardened anti-war peace lovers would have been forced to thank them for it.
Well there was funding for Israel in it you see, so they had to.
It's not like there's anything better to spend the money on.
I wonder how much he's getting paid to for this or if this is all a favor for the previous "campaign contributions"?
This bill getting funding is a SOP vote. No one dares not pass this.
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