Sitemap - 2021 - Speaking Security
Biden sends stimulus checks to military contractors instead of ordinary people
Biden over-delivered on military spending and under-delivered on social spending
Campaign cash from military industry subsidizes bad politics, p. 2
Campaign cash from military industry subsidizes bad politics
The US military-industrial complex pollutes more than 171 countries
For the same amount of money, investing in healthcare creates twice as many jobs as the military
Biden's economic agenda is half the cost of projected military budgets
Biden has delivered just 8% of the funding he campaigned on for climate, infrastructure, and health
The US needs to work on itself before it can claim a global leadership role on climate
Is Biden’s infrastructure bill a climate bill?
The Progressive Caucus gives up its leverage
Redistribution of wealth comparison: climate programs vs. private sector contractors
Breakdown of how Congress wants to spend public funds in FY2022
Biden pitches new reconciliation bill. What’s in it for climate?
Defunding the reconciliation bill to fund the Pentagon
Biden is acquiescing to the gutting of the reconciliation bill
Biden negotiated away two-thirds of his climate funding
Biden cuts climate funding in reconciliation bill
10-year spending projections for Biden’s reconciliation bill v. Pentagon budget
Corruption is a bipartisan problem but has a bipartisan solution
Military contractor cash matters, even on non-budget votes
Since July, $25M worth of military gear has gone to police through the 1033 program
US will give 3x more money to Israeli military than UN Green Climate Fund in FY2022
Per year, the Pentagon budget is more expensive than the reconciliation bill
Military contractor cash matters, regardless of party affiliation
Over half of Pentagon spending since FY2001 went to the private sector
Four amendments to repeal/curtail the 1033 program have been proposed
Do Barbara Lee and Mark Pocan have the votes to reduce Pentagon spending?
How House Republicans and Democrats voted on the last 8 Pentagon budgets
Was the collapse of the Afghan security forces predictable?
Does campaign cash from the arms industry matter?
House committee approves $25bn increase to military budget
House committee set to boost military budget by $25 billion
Media coverage of Afghanistan War fluctuated with US troop levels
The top 5 military contractors ate $2 trillion during the Afghanistan War
Military contractor profits rely on public subsidies
Biden projects America's failure in Afghanistan on the Afghans
Climate change mitigation is less expensive than projecting military force abroad
Biden’s infrastructure plan passes the Senate
There’s hardly any climate funding left in Biden’s infrastructure bill
The Biden administration gets rolled in infrastructure negotiations
House votes to give twice as much money to Israeli military than UN Green Climate Fund
Does the US have the credibility to criticize police violence abroad?
Senate committee adds $25 billion to Biden's military budget
Will weapons from Afghanistan end up in the hands of police?
Cost comparison: FY2022 DOD budget vs. annual funding from Biden’s infrastructure bill
Biden tried to sell his infrastructure plan using Cold War rhetoric and failed
What’s in Biden’s budget for the police?
Biden: climate programs must have ‘pay-fors’ but combat can be funded by the deficit
Pentagon gifts $18.1 million in military gear to police over past 3 months
Where Biden’s federal law enforcement budget ranks among global military expenditures
Biden doubles funding for police hiring program
Biden’s infrastructure plan goes from bad to worse
The Pentagon budget is mostly just a public bailout for arms companies
Biden wants more money for ICE than Trump
CEO pay at top weapons firms vs. federal minimum wage
Congress plays active role in the military spending problem
US spending on police, prisons headed wrong direction
Biden wants $2.3 billion more for F-35s than the CDC
Biden’s foreign aid plan funds the Israeli military more than the international climate response
Green New Deal for Cities Act can’t be dismissed as radical
Biden follows Trump’s lead on military spending
World military budgets vs. US expenditures on police
Reviewed: Biden’s proposed budget for FY2022
Military industry-backed lawmakers more likely to support police militarization program
Congress urges Biden to issue executive order on police militarization
The flow of military equipment to police through Q2 of FY2021
Rejecting the 'safe haven' argument
NATO countries are spending more on their militaries but not as much as Biden wants them to
Biden’s AWOL Executive Order on Police Militarization
A pathway for confronting militarism and corruption in Congress
Repealing endless war authorizations will not suffice. Defund the Pentagon, too
Building an amendment to defund the Pentagon
Interview: Five questions with Christian Sorensen, author of Understanding the War Industry
How Republicans and Democrats voted on military spending during the Trump administration
Military spending produces inequality, a breakdown
The worst 29 Senate Democrats on military spending during the Trump administration, a breakdown