In the last five working days of September alone, the DoD spent $50.1 billion on grants and contracts. That’s more than the annual defense budget of countries like Israel and Italy. In fact, there are only nine foreign countries that spend that much on their military in an entire year!
These amounts only include money sent to entities outside the government, not salaries for service members and scores of other expenses.
Instead, the shopping spree encompasses luxury food items like lobster, high-end furniture and rushed IT purchases.
Feel like this should be a bigger story, if true.
Open The Books reporting Hegseth spent $94 billion in Sept 2025 under use-it-or-lose-it.
That much could do so much good.
openthebooks.substack.com/p/pentagon-s...
10.03.2026 23:20
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10.03.2026 22:13
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So he truly is entering his George W Bush phase of presidenting.
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Thank y'all for showing up and doing this.
10.03.2026 18:56
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Cant he just rub some cocaine on it?
10.03.2026 17:28
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Excellent question. Worth a call to their offices to find out.
I do know there is a weekly sunday afternoon prayer group outside the facility going on, opposing it being opened.
10.03.2026 17:26
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If this goes on for a month - its basically the yearly budget for the state of Georgia. Instead we're blowing up things across the world and making prices higher for everyone.
10.03.2026 17:24
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My mistake, apologies. No offense was intended.
10.03.2026 17:17
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I tend to defer over to @parkermolloy.com and their thinking on this.
This is never described as a compromise to recognize trans rights
in every other situation besides sports. It’s universally used as a foot in the door for more discrimination.
10.03.2026 16:45
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When your words mean nothing your supporters can read anything into them and be happy.
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Moratorium passes. Big deal. Another locality on record in a rural area saying they do not want this in their area.
10.03.2026 01:10
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Public comment over. A collage of people speaking in favor of the moratorium. Citing facts and clear thought. Literally the members of a single family speaking against. Citing the dregs of right wing fever dreams.
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At the Oakwood Georgia City council meeting tonight. On the agenda is a moratorium resolution about the ICE facility planned for the town.
A room full. Holds 70 people. Estimated 65 for the moratorium. #gapol
09.03.2026 23:26
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Look, again, as I've said over and over and over, it would be one thing if the people obsessing over trans people in sports were interested in some sort of compromise. But they're just... not. www.readtpa.com/p/fine-lets-...
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straight up secret police intimidation tactics.
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We had the case of the elderly blind man who didn't speak english dumped at a gas station after release and he died trying to get home.
This young woman has to accept a ride from a stranger after ICE releases her in another state.
Tactics are not changing. wgntv.com/news/chicago...
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So Brian wants these captains to up and run this gauntlet, risking the lives of themselves and their crew for what? Keep American gas under $3/gal?
09.03.2026 16:19
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This is why change is coming to this area.
09.03.2026 16:17
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If only it were one dipshit. A dozen congressional republicans could end this today but they don't.
09.03.2026 14:03
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I too would excel at not being QB for Miami and demand the same price.
09.03.2026 12:32
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One would think he would want to sign anything he could get while he still has majorities in Congress.
09.03.2026 04:45
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Same Zohran Mamdani post on 3 different apps. Notice that only on the Elon Musk Nazi Bot App (99.9% bots) does he get insulted. This is why Twitter is worthless for anyone who isn't a Nazi. Stop wasting your time on a bot app run by a serial pedophile. EAT THE RICH.
09.03.2026 01:44
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It reduces all the friction in your pipes and make your water flow better right?
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Wow -- as first spotted by @BadFoxGraphics on X, Fox & Friends this morning used *old footage of a previous dignified transfer* to mislead their audience about the fact that Trump wore a baseball cap during the one yesterday
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How about that. They do have the worst of the worst in these places.
But its the guards.
08.03.2026 02:23
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A school in their own country at least.
08.03.2026 02:19
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