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The Pentagon faces an urgent budget shortfall caused largely by the war in Iran ...

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U.S. military spending could soon hit a record $1.5 trillion. Roughly half of defense spending goes to private contractors that have routinely price-gouged the government, according to investigations. Meanwhile, the Pentagon has failed eight straight audits. Hello?

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-- Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) 11:41 AM · Jul 9, 2026

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Pedo 47 could steal from cancer charities again to fund his war crimes.

#1 | Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2026-07-21 12:38 PM | Reply

#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-07-21 02:21 PM | Reply

Let 'em have a bake sale.

#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2026-07-23 10:44 AM | Reply

I don't understand how the Pentagon is short of cash unless Trump and his family are stealing the money.

#4 | Posted by Zed at 2026-07-23 11:01 AM | Reply

#4- contractors have been ripping off the taxpayers since forever. Plus the usual "military ethics".

#5 | Posted by sentinel at 2026-07-23 11:11 AM | Reply

Trumpy came to power (as so many do) claiming he was gonna "drain the swamp".

Now the swamp is everywhere all the time.

When everything is the swamp then nothing is a swamp.

Mission Accomplished!

#6 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-07-23 11:25 AM | Reply

Maybe another tax cut for the wealthy will help?

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2026-07-23 11:44 AM | Reply

Put those DOGE guys on the case. Big Balls, Scooter, Cletus and Jughead should be able to find trillions, just like they did a year ago.

I read into Drinky Pete's testimony this week that the Iran Excursion has cost billions more than the administration either will admit to, or knows. They thought the whole thing would have been over in a weekend, which, of course, was not the case. Now, Der Dotard's crime family is making bank on government contracts, and Hegseth's testimony was an attempt to get the billionaire class even more money.

Here's a quick way to get the dough that the Pentagon needs--cut off Israel's war machine...

#8 | Posted by catdog at 2026-07-23 12:24 PM | Reply

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