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🌟 Just released! "Words about War Matter: A Language Guide for Discussing War and Foreign Policy" new + updated! 🌟 The guide challenges the empty, dangerous jargon + euphemisms that dominate discussions of war--shaping thoughts, feelings, policy. wordsaboutwar.org

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We could fund housing, education, healthcare, and food assistance with the $134 million going towards Trump's deployment of troops to LA. It's time to prioritize community care over careless control.

We could fund housing, education, healthcare, and food assistance with the $134 million going towards Trump's deployment of troops to LA.

It's time to prioritize community care over careless control.
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NEW: The Trump administration deploying tanks and troops from LA to DC is a wake up call. The U.S. public can no longer afford to ignore the lethal consequences of militarism on our democracy. IPS scholar Christine Ahn and Leslie Cagan in Common Dreams: commondreams.org/opinion/fascis…

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NEW: Trump's tank-laden parade this Saturday will cost more than many grants β€” to prevent HIV, improve farming practices, and provide legal help to abused children β€” that his administration has cut. IPS National Priorities Project scholar Lindsay Koshgarian in Newsweek: newsweek.com/trumps-pentago…

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"Trump's military parade will not accomplish a single thing. It's a microcosm of this administration's bigger budget priorities. We don't need more money for weapons and war, and we certainly don't need to line the pockets of CEOs at the for-profit contractors that do dirty work

"Trump's military parade will not accomplish a single thing. It's a microcosm of this administration's bigger budget priorities.

We don't need more money for weapons and war, and we certainly don't need to line the pockets of CEOs at the for-profit contractors that do dirty work
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NEW: While millions of Americans face hunger, Trump's big, brutal bill would kick millions off food aid to hand trillions to the wealthy β€” and TRIPLE annual spending on mass deportation. We can still choose differently. Lindsay Koshgarian of National Priorities Project: otherwords.org/we-have-a-choi…

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NEW: On page 916 of Trump's big, ugly bill is a $365 million subsidy for the indoor tanning industry. It gives the entertainment industry $153 million for recording tech. It hands over a $1.4 billion tax break for firearm silencers. He's not "cutting waste." He's adding it.

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NEW: Trump's military parade today will not only raise alarms over growing autocracy β€” it will produce as much planet-heating pollution in a few hours as 300 homes do in a year. 𝕯𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖓𝖆 𝕹𝖔𝖔𝖗 with new IPS research in The Guardian: theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

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Trump's military parade will produce more than 2m kilograms of planet-heating pollution – equivalent to the amount created by producing of 67m plastic bags or by the energy used to power about 300 homes in one year. Read more in The Guardian. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

Trump's military parade will produce more than 2m kilograms of planet-heating pollution – equivalent to the amount created by producing of 67m plastic bags or by the energy used to power about 300 homes in one year. 

Read more in The Guardian. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
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Despite his rhetoric about cutting government waste, President Trump’s β€œbig beautiful bill” is chocked full of wasteful spendingβ€”thanks to a massive amount of corporate subsidies that could cost the U.S. billions, writes AFSC’s Brett Heinz. buff.ly/RbQ5S0T

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While the headlines may be new, the story is the same: This country has a history of criminalizing the people who keep it running. This injustice requires bold solutions, with a new vision of solidarity. And above all, it requires action. Inequality.org buff.ly/WIBaiC3