Topic: pentagon
Taxpayers fund 40,000 bombs for Israel through the standard military aid program
Rolling Stone is right about the $2.8 billion and the 40,000 bombs. Calling Foreign Military Financing a special program is the error: it is how US aid to Israel has worked for decades.
The Case Against Hegseth, Fact-Checked
Robert Reich’s impeachment argument rests on a stack of specific claims. Most hold up against the record. The child death toll does not.
Fact-Check: Hegseth’s Pastor and the Pentagon Pulpit
The viral Wilson/NPR claim is substantially accurate but overstates in three ways: “all women” misrepresents household voting, Wilson is not technically Hegseth’s pastor, and the Pentagon sermon was…
Are We Already in World War 3? A Sober Assessment of Where Things Stand
The US is at war with Iran, Russia is at war in Ukraine, China is rehearsing a Taiwan blockade, and the Pentagon is asking Ford and GM to build weapons — here’s what’s actually happening.