>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…
User who’s post history is full, to the point of appearing completely like a propagandists troll, is upset people post links from gasp a place that isn’t 100% critical of China to rightfully bash democratic senators for voting to increase the military budget.
People pointing out hypocrisy are called uninformed or told it’s okay because China has to be bad so any source saying that is fair game.
I’m surprised socialist every day didn’t, but they could just have that user blocked
https://lemmy.world/comment/21117330
And even if told that the user wouldn’t change their mind
Yeah I think this person is probably too far gone but it’s a good idea to post it so more naive people reading the thread don’t fall for it.