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Ben Freeman

Pete Hegseth
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2 hearings, 0 justification for a $1.5 trillion military budget

What was most surprising about today's Hegseth-Caine congressional hearings was perhaps what was missing: a real enemy.

These 100 former US lawmakers have become foreign lobbyists
Washington Politics

These 100 former US lawmakers have become foreign lobbyists

Many of them use their access to Washington to work for authoritarian states that want to influence our foreign policy

Weapons makers, foreign states lavish $32 million on US think tanks
Military Industrial Complex

Weapons makers, foreign states lavish $32 million on US think tanks

American research organizations often promote new weaponry that would benefit their donors

THAAD Iran
Military Industrial Complex

Weapons makers cash in on Trump's Iran war

Big Pentagon contractors like Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman saw billions added to their market value

Donald Trump Davos 2026
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Trump: We got a $1.5 trillion military budget. He’s (kinda) right.

His boast to Davos today wasn't off the mark if he combines these overflowing pots of national security funding