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…
Congress has been passing this spending authorization bill every year since 1961.
Notably among House 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 Senate Democrats were likewise split with 28 for & 18 against with the more progressive tending to vote against.
Slotkin will do whatever is best for Israel, every time, as will Schumer.
WHY DIDN’T THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY STOP THEM!!!¡???
Obscenely corrupt. These people shouldn’t be helping Trump on a single bill…even if he placates them with what amounts to a jobs program. Not a single vote until ICE is gone and he starts following the law…just for starters.
Well, so much for universal healthcare.
It is just a distraction from the epstein files /s
No, that’s just silly, of course Democrats would hold the line and vote against such measures!
Unless…
Too many of them in the Epstein files, too?
Two wings same facist bird
The world under capitalism is so twisted that war is good for the economy. Let’s start using ecology as a measuring stick. That money thing is old and worn out and it shows us humans to be fools.
war is good for business
peace is good for business
volatility/uncertainty is even better, for those who know how the casino actually operates
No one can eat money.
The rich will eat other humans without question if it meant getting fresh meat.
They came come take my meat from my cold dead hands.
Yeah. I said it, lol
Well said. I hope this happens in my life time.
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But god forbid we give people food, housing, or health care.
More war = less people = more food for the survivors. It’s simple maths {taps head }
see, this is why we say voting won’t solve your problems. don’t hate the messenger.
you could use rethinking instead of blaming russians or tankies or whatever.
They can’t give that to Trump. How is Elon Musk going to become the world’s first multi-trillionaire?
If you pick the right currency, Musk is already the first multi-trillionaire!
Why not, the US dollar is going the way of Venezuela anyway.
Where at my USA citizens, who will run for their life’s if a war starts, if, if. Instead of de-throning Trump.
Just sit and watch…
Remember when he was impeached twice and nothing happened? The mechanisms through which to de-throne him do not exist. The system is broken.
But what about those checks and those balances?
Checkbooks and balancesheets , you say? They’re looking great for the top 0.001%.
They’re really going great, yeah?
