Monday, October 13, 2025

Pentagon moves $8 billion from research to pay troops

The Department of Defense is shifting $8 billion in previously allocated money to pay troops for the middle of the month as the government shutdown continues. With the shutdown approaching two full weeks and Congress not looking to see any votes until Tuesday at the earliest, military service members' Oct. 15 paychecks are in jeopardy. President Donald Trump announced earlier today that he was directing the Department of Defense to use "all available funds" to pay military members on Oct. 15.

Posted by madbomber at 10:38 AM | 11 COMMENTS | permalink

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The Department of Defense is shifting $8 billion in previously allocated money to pay troops for the middle of the month as the government shutdown continues.

With the shutdown approaching two full weeks and Congress not looking to see any votes until Tuesday at the earliest, military service members' Oct. 15 paychecks are in jeopardy. President Donald Trump announced earlier today that he was directing the Department of Defense to use "all available funds" to pay military members on Oct. 15.

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Blatantly illegal.

#1 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-13 12:53 PM

Everything the Trump administration does is blatantly illegal and there's nothing that can be done about it.

The Republican Party is the anti America Party.

Bunch of fascist killing this nation.

#2 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-13 01:01 PM

Blatantly illegal.

#1 | POSTED BY JPW

Just delaying the crash until they can hopefully come up with a new distraction for the American public to avoid talking and negotiating with the "enemy within".

#3 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-10-13 01:06 PM

JPW is not legal expert, wrong on this and wrong on COVID too! Just wrong.

#4 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-10-13 01:09 PM

Visitor_ is a desperate troll.

"Pay attention to me!" It shrieks.

#5 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-10-13 01:29 PM

Visiturd is a scat-munching twink who hopes to one day sink his tooth into the contents of the-------------'s diaper.

#6 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-13 01:33 PM

Reinheitsgebot is an avid fecalphile he pleasures himself to AI generated images of the Capital smeared in his favorite substance.

#7 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-10-13 01:39 PM

This is the same thing they did to finance retrofitting Bribe Force One.

#8 | Posted by REDIAL at 2025-10-13 01:40 PM

Visiturd's nano-phallus almost stirred when he saw his child-raping hero waddle up the steps of Air Force One with ------ toilet paper stuck to his shoe.

#9 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-10-13 01:42 PM

JPW is not legal expert, wrong on this and wrong on COVID too! Just wrong.

#4 | POSTED BY VISITOR_

POTUS doesn't have any authority to shuffle congressionally allocated funds.

Funny how "constitutional conservatives" are just fine with Trump violating constitutional separation of powers at whim.

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2025-10-13 01:48 PM

So you would rather these funds sit unused when they could pay service men and women? Trump is a better human being than the Democrats holding them hostage.

#11 | Posted by visitor_ at 2025-10-13 06:03 PM

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