Security Policy Reform Institute
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This is open bigotry against New York’s first Muslim mayor, who thousands of Jewish voters support. The ADL has no such initiative regarding the Trump Administration, which employs extremists with ties to antisemitism. It even took down its Glossary of Extremism to appease them.
👀 Inbox: The Anti-Defamation League announces launch of initiative “to track and monitor policies and personnel appointments of the incoming Mamdani Administration and protect Jewish residents across the five boroughs.”
In other words, more than 1 out of every 10 dollars in federal contracts the top military contractors receive gets sent straight to their shareholders. Nice system we've got here.
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon/RTX, General Dynamics, and Northrop Grumman spent $89 billion on stock buybacks and dividends over the last four years. Two-thirds of that came from US taxpayers:
Turn the nostalgia machine off before it starts theintercept.com/2025/11/04/dic…
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon/RTX, General Dynamics, and Northrop Grumman spent $89 billion on stock buybacks and dividends over the last four years. Two-thirds of that came from US taxpayers:
The big arms firms are really public firms. Here's how much of their 2021–2024 revenue came from US government contracts: Lockheed Martin: 73% Raytheon (RTX): 45% General Dynamics: 67% Northrop Grumman: 86% Socialize the costs, privatize the profits. stephensemler.com/p/taxpayers-ba…
A Shutdown, SNAP Cuts, and the Rising Tide of Anti-Trump Resistance - The Wire- Networks that conjured up containment now script shutdowns, but the streets are erupting. @NewsfromCity @Bamonouri @karmanomad @MYBISA thewire.in/world/a-shutdo…
Four military contractors, four years, $89 billion in buybacks and dividends. $58 billion of that came from US taxpayers, enough to deliver SNAP benefits to 41.7 million for the next seven months.
Classified U.S. report finds backlog of ‘hundreds’ of possible Israeli human rights violations: washingtonpost.com/national-secur…
Text of the bipartisan S.J.Res.90 introduced by @SenTimKaine, @SenRandPaul and @SenAdamSchiff: congress.gov/bill/119th-con… The Capitol switchboard can connect you to your Senators’ offices at 202-224-3121. Polling on US voters’ opposition to use of military force against Venezuela:
= enough to deliver 5 months of SNAP benefits to over 40 million people
The US could've forced Israel to accept a ceasefire two years ago. Instead, it spent $38 billion enabling Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and fighting a regional war on Israel's behalf.
If one president can kill anyone by decree, every president can. That’s why unchecked war powers are dangerous, no matter who’s in the White House.
More than half of the pending $1 trillion military budget would flow to private contractors, who are fanatical about rewarding their shareholders. Helps explain why both parties in Congress support it
Israel is responsible for 95% of journalist and media worker killings in the Middle East since October 7, 2023, according to CPJ data. More than three in every four journalists and media workers killed worldwide over the past two years were Palestinians in Gaza.…
🚨 Tomorrow, Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya faces a hearing to rubberstamp the extension of his arbitrary detention — without charges or trial – for another six months. Dr. Hussam should have never been detained in the first place, let alone subjected to this ordeal of torture and abuse.…
Even after the ceasefire deal, Israel still holds thousands of Palestinians hostage
Only 13% of the Palestinians held in Israeli prisons have been sentenced, and most of those sentenced were never proven guilty. Many of the rest are hostages: those detained without charge or trial, to be used as bargaining chips in future negotiations stephensemler.com/p/israel-still…
First thing I'd do when I return to Gaza city is visit my father's grave & rebuild it, then build proper graves for my late close friends Ali, Khalil, Abdel Rahman, Mosab, Ahmad... Then help find the bodies of relatives & loved ones under the rubble & give them proper burials…
The US could've forced Israel to accept a ceasefire two years ago. Instead, it spent $38 billion enabling Israel's genocide of Palestinians in Gaza and fighting a regional war on Israel's behalf.
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