US President Donald Trump signed the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law Thursday, completing the passage of the largest military spending bill in US history—$901 billion, or over $1 trillion when combined with supplemental funding passed earlier this year.
The Senate voted 77-20 on Wednesday to pass the bill. The Democratic leadership, including Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York and Minority Whip Dick Durbin of Illinois, voted for the bill. They were joined by Senators Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, both of whom released a video last month calling on military personnel to disobey illegal orders—as Trump was sending the US military on a murder spree off the coast of Latin America.
Citing Trump’s statements about using troops to shoot protesters in America, Slotkin invoked the legacy of the Nuremberg tribunals, which convicted Nazi leaders for war crimes and crimes against peace. But when it came time to vote, this invocation was revealed to be completely meaningless. Slotkin voted to hand Trump the resources to pursue his military adventure against Venezuela…
Regardless of the article source, here is the actual bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1071
And who voted Yay and Nay: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00648.htm
While its good to know mine voted no, the end result still sucks.
The world socialist website parrots Chinese Communist Party propaganda only, they even support China’s aggression against Taiwan and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, among other things. This is not a reliable media source.
The sooner every American realizes that there is NO ONE in the government with the desire and the power to help us, the better.
Edit: VOTE and be educated, but don’t expect anyone therein to be accountable and reponsible. Get ANGRY about that.
This is a dangerous narrative. Many people are not voting because this narrative the two sides are the same. They can do a lot in common but they are definitely not same. This year alone proves it.
Yes I understand and would not discourage voting. Its currently the only way to have any influence at all. Whole system needs to be turned over for anything to meaningfully change; vote as much as possible and get thoroughly educated, just don’t expect politicians to do anything helpful when they’re already owned by money.
I simple don’t understand why anyone buys the sentiment that you are an expressing here. The unfortunate truth is that, in every substantive way, it is true that the two parties are in lock step. I am aware that Democrats will sometimes use rhetoric that implies that they have more enlightened positions in some issues. However, it’s not credible when they consistently cave, pre-compromise, and shift rightward at nearly every opportunity. I’ve been observing the party, from within and without for 40 years. I’ve come to the conclusion that as an organization, the party as currently organized, has NOT A SINGLE principled stand on any policies whatsoever. Let me be explicit: there is no issue on which Democrats organizationally are not willing to compromise or flip on including: abortion, civil rights, democracy, and so on. They are a loose conglomerate of self-interested corporate sell outs, period. Are there a few individual exceptions, of course. But as a collective, the party is trash, and they are the reason that fascism has been allowed to progress in this country for decades.
What is needed is a wholesale reconstruction of that party. Replace nearly everyone in power and completely reject corporate funding. BTW, accomplishing that involves two things: 1.) voting, and 2.) rejecting the voices that demand that we lower our standards for short term political expediency.
Yea it seems like a lot people don’t want to face the fact that US politics are a theatre drama. And of course they also presume that you’re implying that means one shouldn’t vote, indeed a dangeous (and irritating) assumption. I believe one should vote based on a politicians actions and character, and try to notice when they’re bought and performing. The preponderance of evidence that anyone with any power is bought out is defeaning.
If the political parties are scared a narrative is going to reduce turn out they should probably stop enforcing that narrative with their decision making. Neither party can vote against their constituents then claim they’re the good guys.
The whole point is that we know they are shitbags and money hungry whores, but they are undeniably better for your everyday life and wellbeing than Republicans, full stop.
Lesser of two evils turned into lesser of two genocides and soon it will be lesser of two fascists and that logic is exactly why were slow walking into it. Other countries look at the US like we’re insane for this type of shit. It doesn’t have to be this way, but if you keep voting for evil you’ll keep getting evil.
Oh and the democrats you insist are better just helped the republicans pass a bill that legally invalidates intersex people, and the republicans could not have passed it at all without the dems help. There’s literally no issue they won’t compromise on if it’s politically expedient. Nothing.
Mm, I’d be willing to bet that there are some who really are America first. It just so happens that includes waging war and extracting resources from places too weak or otherwise unable to defend themselves.
The choice U.S. citizens are being given is clear. We can extract resources from you or we can extract resources from someone else. Resources will be extracted either way.
We can extract resources from you or we can extract resources from someone else. Resources will be extracted either way.
They’re doing both.
Correct, the difference is which will happen first. Given the option, the American people will choose the latter. They just need to be coerced into it first.
Well, more like 20 people out of 100, so not many.
Choose your political flavor (must choose one or self righteous assholes online will blame society’s problems on you for not voting instead of the neoliberal billionaires who control the politicians)
Republican: 🇺🇸✝️💣 Democrat: 🏳️🌈💅💣
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Isn’t this the site with the socialist AI garbage?
It’s literally the propaganda arm of a fringe political party. Like, the party runs it. Not just aligns with it to make money like Fox and conservatives.
All of their articles are opinion pieces. But they are open to discussion with other viewpoints, so long as those viewpoints align closely with their own:
The partisanship of the World Socialist Web Site by no means excludes objectivity or honest debate. We welcome a broad exchange of viewpoints with workers, students and intellectuals who are seeking an alternative to bourgeois politics and capitalist economics.
Look at OPs history. It’s full of this crap.
