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…
WHY DIDN’T THE REPUBLICAN MAJORITY STOP THEM!!!¡???
What? The news calls out dems because it’s already safe to assume that the R’s are doing everything their dear leader demands as always. The dems betrayed their constituents again, that’s the only thing news worthy thing here.
no shit.
Well great - a customary /s would have left no doubt.
C’mon, this isn’t reddit.
No, but it IS still the internet, where nobody can hear your tone of voice or see your facial expressions. How do you suppose anyone is supposed to tell the difference between OP and someone saying the EXACT same thing, totally serious?
For me it was the upside-down exclamation mark that gave it away. And I’d rather see it as satire.
fuck you and your customary slash s
Slotkin will do whatever is best for Israel, every time, as will Schumer.
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Nice little racist over generalisation there bud. You really belive all the young innocent children in that country are an ‘infestation’? You strike me as unintelligent and corrupt.
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YOU are the entire problem with America. Every single MAGA, without exception, is a traitor, corrupt, racist, pedophile, misogynist, ignorant, and incompetent. That includes you.
I am brown. I cannot be racist according to your Twitter rules.
Well, I don’t support your convenient rationalization (MY Twitter rules? WTF? I’ve never used Twitter in my life), but even if it were true, it would still mean that you are a traitor, corrupt, pedophile, misogynist, ignorant, and incompetent. So, not much of an improvement, and BTW, nobody is buying the story that you aren’t racist, either.
Only a MAGA would pick out one thing out of a list of vile characterizations, and think that was a withering defense, LOL.
Only white people can be any of that. Us racial minorities are protected from it.
That statement alone is racist. You’re like most MAGAs - you aren’t intellectually capable of recognizing your own racism. At least a few realize it, although usually because they’re proud of it.
I am not racist, I am just xenophobic
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Same thing.
You know which other group of people dehumanized their victims? Nazis.
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Valid.
Wtf… Those are human beings you are talking about.
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And what corrupt third world country do you live in?
Chile
The worst savages on this planet right now are MAGAs. They are the biggest threat to humanity, and must be purged from our government and our society. They have no place in our culture, any more than Nazis or KKK.
Low life groyper trash here folks; nothing to see here.
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Obscenely corrupt. These people shouldn’t be helping Trump on a single bill…even if he placates them with what amounts to a jobs program. Not a single vote until ICE is gone and he starts following the law…just for starters.
Damn, I kinda missed when Democrats get back power, last tims I checked they held minority in all the branches
A bunch of them voted yes and helped this to pass.
Yes, they agreed to have a mitary this year just like every year before now, because there literally is not another option.
If they have no option but to vote yes that’s not really a vote, is it?
The military isn’t going to fall apart if they vote no. And if it did, frankly that would be a good thing.
No it would not fall apart, but it would be severely diminished in capabilities for that fiscal year, which is something we can’t allow when China is ramping up military capabilities and Russia is actively expanding westwards.
But god forbid we give people food, housing, or health care.
But those aren’t fReEdOmS according to all the fragile egod snowflakes in under armor and grunt style tshirts
More war = less people = more food for the survivors. It’s simple maths {taps head }
Choose your political flavor (must choose one or self righteous assholes online will blame society’s problems on you for not voting instead of the neoliberal billionaires who control the politicians)
Republican: 🇺🇸✝️💣 Democrat: 🏳️🌈💅💣
A world war you say? Golly.
« Third time’s the charm!! »
Well, so much for universal healthcare.
The world under capitalism is so twisted that war is good for the economy. Let’s start using ecology as a measuring stick. That money thing is old and worn out and it shows us humans to be fools.
Well said. I hope this happens in my life time.
No one can eat money.
The rich will eat other humans without question if it meant getting fresh meat.
They came come take my meat from my cold dead hands.
Yeah. I said it, lol
war is good for business
peace is good for business
volatility/uncertainty is even better, for those who know how the casino actually operates
No, that’s just silly, of course Democrats would hold the line and vote against such measures!
Unless…
Too many of them in the Epstein files, too?
Regardless of the article source, here is the actual bill: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/1071
And who voted Yay and Nay: https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00648.htm
Schumer is such a douche bag
Schmuck Schumer
Cuck Spooner.
Goddamnit I thought better of the astronaut.
A lot of politicians like Mark Kelly and Mark Warner have good views overall but are fairly militaristic.
Yeah I know, McCain was relatively ok until dementia made him pick Palin but still a total warhawk. It’s just fucking infuriating to have voted for both Sinema and him on a straight blue ballot and then see they’re all just in it to play the game, not create positive change.
While its good to know mine voted no, the end result still sucks.
So you think the DNC should have just let defence budget lapse until a better deal magically manifested?
So you think we shouldn’t try to rein in Trump starting another forever war?
The bill mentioned by the Chinese propaganda outlet above is the passing of the annual military budget. It increased by a very large amount this year because Republicans and fascists are running the show.
It has NOTHING to do with Trump starting another forever war, any more than not signing it has to do with welcoming a Chinese invasion across the pacific. It explicitly only has to do with how much the USA is spending on its military specifically for 2026.
It increased by a very large amount this year because Republicans and fascists are running the show.
OK…
It has NOTHING to do with Trump starting another forever war
Which would greatly benefit from increased defense spending. So it looks like, in fact, it has a lot to do with it.
FYI that user fights anyone that isn’t 110% pro democrat.
Straight to the point, I think the main thing was giving soldiers a raise.
Even a government shutdown doesn’t prevent trump from starting another war. He can do literally anything he wants, clearly including war crimes, with the military he already has.
War crimes and also just plain old third degree murder. He used to joke about walking down park ave and shooting somebody in the face, well I guess he proved it correct when he blew up boats full on unarmed civilians.
True, first it was murder and then it was war crimes
Yes, that would be the correct thing to do. The DOD isn’t going to go without money while legislators haggle over spending for the next fiscal year.
That is exactly what would happen. That’s how budgetary spending works. If congress doesn’t pass it, they don’t get the money.
Why not? Apparently that’s how MAGA thinks things should be handled. They should be happy to see Dems adopting the same strategy.
Why not? Because the world is at the precipice of WWIII due to the USA’s diplomacy going limp and heavy aggression from Russian and Chinese expansionism. Whatever tens of millions suffer because of Republican letting social safety nets falter, which is not mutually exclusive mind you, is nothing compared to the amount of suffering caused if hostilities broke into US backed nations and states across the pacific.
It’s one thing to say “we should spend less on military” or “the military should be able to pass audits”, but to say “defund the US military” is some clear Tankie propaganda shit of the highest order.
I’m not advocating for dismamtling the military, but I do think we should hamstring the MAGA traitors as much as possible. Only a small minority of Americans truly support these PedoCon Traitors, and we shouldn’t allow them to turn the entire world against us. Limiting their use of the military via budget and legislation and courts is the responsible thing to do for the future of our country.
Once America is back in the responsible hands of sane adults, we can talk about re-establishing a reasonable military budget.
These pedocon traitors are the majority in congress. They write the offers and we either have a military budget or we don’t. There is no middle ground we can claim.
That doesn’t mean they have to vote for it. They can refuse, and the MAGAs can pass it on their own. The Dems are under no obligation to support ANYTHING the MAGAs do.
For this entire administration, there shouldn’t be a single Dem vote for ANY MAGA legislation. Force them to win with MAGA votes only. I’m keeping track of DINO appeasers, and will be loudly calling them out for their disloyalty to their constituents, and supporting their primary opponents. One of them is my own guy, who is as weak as any DINO I’ve ever seen. He needs to go.
And if it means our military doesn’t have funding for the next year, they can blame the MAGA majority, who didn’t vote for it, not Dems, who are obligated to oppose ALL MAGA legislation.
I don’t even have to check, I know my Blue guy voted Yes. He might as well be MAGA.
I’m starting to think that the republicans and democrats are just one party and, as George Costanza says, “They’re scattin’ and be-boppin’ all over us!”. They only have allegiance to themselves, not the citizenry.
