We spend $858 billion a year on “national security,” while millions are not secure in their homes, secure in their jobs, secure they’ll get healthcare if they get sick, or secure that they will have enough food to eat, clean water to drink, or clean air to breathe. We need a radical reassessment of what the phrase “national security” should mean. It’s not enough to know another country won’t do you in, if all manner of things right here at home just might.

May 3, 2023 · 3:50 AM UTC

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500 AMERICANS DIE EVERY DAY Simply because they're poor POVERTY 4th GREATEST CAUSE OF US DEATH published in JAMA, the Journal of American Medical Association US SPENDS $880 BILLION YEAR on weapons of war, more than the next 9 countries combined
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“I would not say that we flunked,” said DoD Comptroller Mike McCord, although his office did note that the Pentagon only managed to account for 39 percent of its $3.5 trillion in assets. responsiblestatecraft.org/20…
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National security means keeping the powerful powerful and everyone else scared to make change. It doesn’t mean physical security anymore, just look at the border and no security at schools.
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MW for PRESIDENT !
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Yes - all that money to shoot down Chinese balloons.
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There are upstanding Americans being terrorized every day. No opportunity to feel safe. The program is #AmericanZersetzung, and the victim is being called a a #TargetedIndividual .
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you aight? who is gonna be your running mate? RFK Jr?
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The best of many good things about Ukraine is they proved Russia can be stopped on a tiny fraction of the current Pentagon budget.
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