Lemmygrad
  • Communities
  • Create Post
  • Create Community
  • heart
    Support Lemmy
  • search
    Search
  • Login
  • Sign Up
dead [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months ago

Trump says that the purpose of DOGE was that government funds could be redirected to US military budget over $1 trillion

hexbear.net

message-square
43
link
fedilink
177

Trump says that the purpose of DOGE was that government funds could be redirected to US military budget over $1 trillion

hexbear.net

dead [he/him]@hexbear.net to news@hexbear.netEnglish · 9 months ago
message-square
43
link
fedilink

https://xcancel.com/PeteHegseth/status/1909362824935358610

alert-triangle
You must log in or # to comment.
  • InevitableSwing [none/use name]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    86
    ·
    9 months ago

    And the democrats are going to vote for it because they think that will help them in the midterms.

    • Sulv [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.netBanned
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      62
      ·
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      Removed by mod

  • Dirt_Owl [comrade/them, they/them]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    81
    ·
    edit-2
    6 months ago

    deleted by creator

  • Zuzak [fae/faer, she/her]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    74
    ·
    9 months ago

  • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    74
    ·
    9 months ago

    This doesn’t even make any sense.

    The money isn’t real. They don’t need to actually cut spending to give more money to the military!

    • Sulv [he/him, undecided]@hexbear.netBanned
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      60
      ·
      edit-2
      8 months ago

      Removed by mod

      • invalidusernamelol [he/him]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        20
        ·
        9 months ago

        Used as a guise for massive wealth transfer from the working class to the bourgeoisie. All meant to prime us with desperation so we’ll fight in their war and work on their poorly built factories for cheap.

        The American proletariat is being cast into the role that was filled by 3rd world labor.

    • rentasonder
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      4 months ago

      deleted by creator

    • ☂️-@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      5
      ·
      edit-2
      7 months ago

      deleted by creator

  • FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    61
    ·
    9 months ago

    https://archive.is/JKoOl

    What Kamala Harris Meant by “Most Lethal Fighting Force” in Her DNC Speech

    • ratboy [they/them]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      48
      ·
      9 months ago

      For the Defense Logistics Agency, the magic recipe to “increase infantry squad lethality” is a battlefield-ready pepperoni pizza “with a high-heat-tolerant mozzarella cheese.”

      amerikkka-clap

      • MaoTheLawn [any, any]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        3
        ·
        9 months ago

        You are fucking shitting me

        America is not a real country

    • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      ·
      9 months ago

      Yes, these are the kinds of competitions that fascists have.

  • Evilsandwichman [none/use name]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    48
    ·
    9 months ago

    Are we about to be invaded by the Sith? Why are we wasting our money like this?

    • dead [he/him]@hexbear.netOP
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      47
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      9 months ago

      The US sees that they’re losing global power economically so their plan is to maintain global power through war. The plan is the same as it was under Biden.

    • PolandIsAStateOfMind
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      31
      ·
      9 months ago

      Sith history start with being invaded by Rakata, and unlike most other species, they actually managed to defend themselves. But they lost the later invasion by jedi renegades and become colonised and genocided. By the time of Palpatine, no original Sith population remains, only a tarnished name.

      • Gosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        15
        ·
        9 months ago

        Also lots of infighting iirc.

        • PolandIsAStateOfMind
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          12
          ·
          9 months ago

          Yeah but all that was after jedi invasion, we barely know Sith history before. By the time they enter galactic stage in the Hyperspace War they are already completely colonised. Also at the end of said war iirc Cinnagar empress order entire species be genocided by WMD’s, so by the time of SWTOR only few enclaves of them exist and most of the Second and Third Sith Empires are just ordinary humans.

      • AssortedBiscuits [they/them]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        9 months ago

        So the Sith are the Star Wars version of Prussians?

        • PolandIsAStateOfMind
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          4
          ·
          9 months ago

          Lol essentially yes.

      • REEEEvolutionBanned from community
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        9 months ago

        The genocides(by the republic) came later, first they got subjugated and mixed with their conquerors. Otherwise, yes, really horrible history.

    • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      14
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      To compete with China, and build the “golden dome”, the Iron Dome air defence system for the United States, which is supposed to have space based interceptors.

      Yes, it’s as wacky as it sounds.

  • corgiwithalaptop [any, love/loves]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    40
    ·
    9 months ago

    We live in hell world

  • TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    37
    ·
    9 months ago

    What happened to the 50% cuts?

    • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      11
      ·
      edit-2
      9 months ago

      Was always “fake news” based on a reporter misreading a DoD statement, that was about redistributing money already in the budget, not reducing it.

      https://hexbear.net/comment/5933595

      • TankieTanuki [he/him]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        4
        ·
        9 months ago

        Ah, figures.

  • shath [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    37
    ·
    9 months ago

    good idea im sure the defense industry is not taking you for a ride and rinsing every dollar out of you

  • EstraDoll [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    36
    ·
    9 months ago

    wait, I get that the budget is made up and Donald Trump lies all the time, but what happened to like 3-5 weeks ago when he said he’s cutting the budget by 40%?

    • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      36
      ·
      9 months ago

      3 weeks? That’s basically 3 decades, pal

      • Flyberius [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        22
        ·
        9 months ago

        lenin-laugh

    • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      9
      ·
      9 months ago

      He never said that, that was based on a reporter misreading a DoD statement

      https://hexbear.net/comment/5933595

  • ratboy [they/them]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    33
    ·
    9 months ago

    @MarmiteLover123@hexbear.net USAID mystery solved yea

    • FuckyWucky [none/use name]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      37
      ·
      9 months ago

      They could’ve had both USAID and higher military budget. USAID budget is tiny compared to the military.

      • ratboy [they/them]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        28
        ·
        9 months ago

        Yeah, but I had a prior conversation with the person I tagged about what would come after the dissolution of USAID, which is why I brought the agency up specifically.

    • MarmiteLover123 [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      9 months ago

      They also want to use fired government employees as a labour base for manufacturing loll

      • ratboy [they/them]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        9 months ago

        Jesus. Is there an article floating around about that?

  • SkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    29
    ·
    9 months ago

    shocked-pikachu

  • Hestia [she/her, fae/faer]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    26
    ·
    9 months ago

    Hell yeah, more planes that can’t fly.

  • FlakesBongler [they/them]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    25
    ·
    9 months ago

    And they’ll still get their asses handed to them!

    Great investment!

  • Archangel@lemm.eeBannedBanned from community
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    24
    ·
    9 months ago

    Aaah, yes…this will definitely earn him that Nobel Peace prize he’s always wanted. The most anti-war president in US history, folks.

    • UmbraVivi [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      20
      ·
      9 months ago

      It worked for the Obungler

      • Keld [he/him, any]@hexbear.net
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        17
        ·
        9 months ago

        It didn’t. O’bummer won his nobel peace prize for not being Bush

        • REEEEvolutionBanned from community
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          1
          ·
          9 months ago

          He got it for possibly not being Bush 2.0. He then became Bush 2.1.

news@hexbear.net

news@hexbear.net

Subscribe from Remote Instance

Create a post
You are not logged in. However you can subscribe from another Fediverse account, for example Lemmy or Mastodon. To do this, paste the following into the search field of your instance: !news@hexbear.net

Welcome to c/news! We aim to foster a book-club type environment for discussion and critical analysis of the news. Our policy objectives are:

  • To learn about and discuss meaningful news, analysis and perspectives from around the world, with a focus on news outside the Anglosphere and beyond what is normally seen in corporate media (e.g. anti-imperialist, anti-Zionist, Marxist, Indigenous, LGBTQ, people of colour).

  • To encourage community members to contribute commentary and for others to thoughtfully engage with this material.

  • To support healthy and good faith discussion as comrades, sharpening our analytical skills and helping one another better understand geopolitics.

We ask community members to appreciate the uncertainty inherent in critical analysis of current events, the need to constantly learn, and take part in the community with humility. None of us are the One True Leftist, not even you, the reader.

Newcomm and Newsmega Rules:

The Hexbear Code of Conduct and Terms of Service apply here.

  1. Link titles: Please use informative link titles. Overly editorialized titles, particularly if they link to opinion pieces, may get your post removed.

  2. Content warnings: Posts on the newscomm and top-level replies on the newsmega should use content warnings appropriately. Please be thoughtful about wording and triggers when describing awful things in post titles.

  3. Fake news: No fake news posts ever, including April 1st. Deliberate fake news posting is a bannable offense. If you mistakenly post fake news the mod team may ask you to delete/modify the post or we may delete it ourselves.

  4. Link sources: All posts must include a link to their source. Screenshots are fine IF you include the link in the post body. If you are citing a Twitter post as news, please include the Xcancel.com (or another Nitter instance) or at least strip out identifier information from the twitter link. There is also a Firefox extension that can redirect Twitter links to a Nitter instance, such as Libredirect or archive them as you would any other reactionary source.

  5. Archive sites: We highly encourage use of non-paywalled archive sites (i.e. archive.is, web.archive.org, ghostarchive.org) so that links are widely accessible to the community and so that reactionary sources don’t derive data/ad revenue from Hexbear users. If you see a link without an archive link, please archive it yourself and add it to the thread, ask the OP to fix it, or report to mods. Including text of articles in threads is welcome.

  6. Low effort material: Avoid memes/jokes/shitposts in newscomm posts and top-level replies to the newsmega. This kind of content is OK in post replies and in newsmega sub-threads. We encourage the community to balance their contribution of low effort material with effort posts, links to real news/analysis, and meaningful engagement with material posted in the community.

  7. American politics: Discussion and effort posts on the (potential) material impacts of American electoral politics is welcome, but the never-ending circus of American Politics© Brought to You by Mountain Dew™ is not welcome. This refers to polling, pundit reactions, electoral horse races, rumors of who might run, etc.

  8. Electoralism: Please try to avoid struggle sessions about the value of voting/taking part in the electoral system in the West. c/electoralism is right over there.

  9. AI Slop: Don’t post AI generated content. Posts about AI race/chip wars/data centers are fine.

Visibility: Public
globe

This community can be federated to other instances and be posted/commented in by their users.

  • 508 users / day
  • 1.1K users / week
  • 2.39K users / month
  • 4.77K users / 6 months
  • 360 local subscribers
  • 24.5K subscribers
  • 11.4K Posts
  • 300K Comments
  • Modlog
  • mods:
  • Alaskaball [comrade/them, any]@hexbear.net
  • carpoftruth [any, any]@hexbear.net
  • Breath_Of_The_Snake [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.net
  • Infamousblt [any]@hexbear.net
  • BE: 0.19.13
  • Modlog
  • Legal
  • Instances
  • Docs
  • Code
  • join-lemmy.org