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Democrats vote to give Trump $1 trillion for global war (www.wsws.org)

submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to c/notvoting@slrpnk.net

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/59919866

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...

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[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 4 points 7 months ago

19 Democrats and Bernie voted against it. So get those reelected and everybody else should be attacked in primaries. Obviously this is not the only bill to pass, so look at other bad bills with some Democrats support and focus on the shittiest ones. Also it is important to look at what good they actually did. Not say, but actually vote and push for.

It is also really important to understand that politicians want power and they get it by winning elections. The blank check vote of Congress after 9/11 were incredibly popular back then, so they were supported by pretty much everybody. That can also be used to do good though.