$720 million or $5 million: what’s worth Republicans’ time?

Fact: the United States Government spends about $5 million a year on National Public Radio. Fact: The United States Government has paid $720 million in late fees for shipping containers it hasn’t returned on time during the wars in Iraq …

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Ron Paul Calls for Military Budget Cuts

“If you want to cut, you have to put the militarism on the table as well.” — Ron Paul, August 11 2011.

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Where Eisenhower Would Have Found Spending Cuts

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If Eisenhower had witnessed the sham debt ceiling debate in Congress, he would have repeated his advice to the American people that every gun, warship and rocket we manufacture is a theft from Americans who hunger and from the hopes of our children.

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Death in Afghanistan

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Three years into the Obama presidency, we aren’t any closer to an end to the war in Afghanistan than we were on the day of his inauguration. Yesterday, the decision to stay in Afghanistan cost 31 Americans their lives, but in the scale of death and destruction that has already taken place, and still remains to come over the many years longer that American soldiers remain in Afghanistan, that loss seems like a new normal.

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The Real Doomsday Mechanism

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If Secretary Leon Panetta wants to see what a real doomsday mechanism looks like, he only needs to look at the tens of thousands of real doomsday mechanisms that his own bloated budget pays for. They’re called nuclear weapons, and the doomsday that they would bring about would not be a mere defunding of corporate military contracts.

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Private Contractor Anham Does Better than Government… for itself

The next time someone says to you that “whatever government does, business does better,” bring up Anham LLC, which according to a special inspector’s report found that Anham had been “egregious” in bilking the taxpayers of money. Notably, SIGIR’s limited …

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Why Has Obama Expanded The Use Of Mercenaries In USA Wars?

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Under President Obama, the use of mercenaries by the U.S. government is expanding. Last year, there were 22,000 mercenaries in Afghanistan and Iraq. This year, there are 28,178 mercenaries in Afghanistan and Iraq – an increase of 28 percent. To counter this trend, Jan Schakowsky and Bernard Sanders have introduced legislation in the House and Senate to prohibit the use of mercenaries for security roles that have been traditionally been filled by the military.

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Will Marshall of PPI comes out for Americans Elect, No Labels shoves him down Memory Hole

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Will Marshall is President of the “Progressive Policy Institute,” but don’t let the word “progressive” fool you. Marshall is “progressive” like George W. Bush’s Clear Skies Initiative cleared the skies. Marshall’s politics are “centrist,” which is to say of the …

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USA To Support Rebels Who Use Child Soldiers

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The Libyan rebels just recognized by the US government as the new official government of Libya have been attacking civilians and using child soldiers. It’s a rather unsavory alliance for the USA.

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Lynn Woolsey Gives Her 400th AntiWar Speech

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Yesterday morning, U.S. Representative Lynn Woolsey gave her 400th speech against war on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Boston and Brown Universities team up to calculate Cost of War: $4 Trillion and 250000 Dead is just the beginning

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On September 11 2011, 2996 people were killed and some buildings were destroyed in a series of terrorist attacks. These costs we know. What has been the cost of America’s reaction? The Eisenhower Study Group made up of researchers at …

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Is Iraq An American Asset Now?

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When Thaddeus McCotter calls Iraq an asset, he’s referring to it as if it’s a piece of property owned by the United States. Such an unwise statement is unbecoming a candidate for President, as well as being inaccurate.

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Is there a Peace Rally in Washington DC on July 6 2011?

No, not really. Sandy writes today from the southern tier of upstate New York to ask: Would you provide me with more details on the non-violent rally for peace scheduled for Thursday, July 6, 2011, in Washington, DC? Sandy’s question …

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Anti-War Coalition Plans Ahead for May 19, 2012 Protest in Chicago

This past week, after a meeting of more than sixty representatives of regional and national anti-war groups under the United National Antiwar Committee umbrella, a protest was announced — a striking eleven months in advance. On Saturday, May 19 2012, …

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War Profiteers PAC Targeting Barney Frank

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NewsMax claims to be against spending by big government, but its behind-the-scenes financial arrangements show that NewsMax helps corporations perpetuate unnecessary big government spending.

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Nuclear Abolition Day Events In The USA

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What does the number and nature of these events say about the state of nuclear weapons abolition activism in the United States?

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AntiWar GOP and ProWar Democrats?

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Opportunism rules on Capitol Hill, and the lesson for grassroots anti-war activists is that political interest, rather than pure idealism, needs to be harnessed to persuade Congress to end the three wars in which the United States is now involved.

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The Great Afghanistan Sale

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Less than two years ago, Barack Obama increased the number of soldiers in Afghanistan by 30,000. Now, Obama is telling us that, after 10 years of war, he’s beginning the end of it all by reducing the number of soldiers there by 10,000 over the next year. The math is elementary, but Obama seems to think that we’re all too dumb to figure it out.

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