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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...

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[–] CatAssTrophy@safest.space 19 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Nah, it had the purpose of doing a genocide on Palestine. It desensitizing people to Venezuela is just a highly hoped for bonus, per those pushing it.

[–] BreadstickNinja@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Eighty years of genocide and land theft of Palestinians would sure be a long game considering Trump probably only learned Venezuela exists a couple months ago

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Shhhh these kids only heard about Palestine 2 years ago and anything that happened before that is irrelevant! I just came from a post where they were advocating for Palestine to have nukes to deter the USA. Your history has no power here!

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm 38, I'm not a kid.

But I do have a fever right now.

[–] TronBronson@lemmy.world 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Hey me too! And I remember caring deeply about Palestine when I was 18! Then I learned more about the conflict and watched for 20 years. Now I have nuance hbu?

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 14 hours ago

There's nuance in every conflict, nobody sane goes on the attack without reason. That's what I believe.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago

True, multipurpose.