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.
fuck you and your customary slash s
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.