This Election Day, progressive ideas swept the polls this month on Election Day. Across multiple elections at the state and local government levels, voters chose pro-people and planet agendas over militarism, fossil fuels, and billionaire corporate interests. 

In the midst of the shutdown, Senators were still busy. They approved a $32 billion increase for the Pentagon on a bipartisan basis, approving the increase by a vote of 77-20 as part of a larger bill, the National Defense Authorization Act.

Once again, the MAGA regime is prioritizing billionaire Pentagon contractors over struggling families.   President Trump and the MAGA regime are weaponizing hunger against millions of Americans by refusing to fund SNAP during the Republican-led government shutdown, resulting in the first ever lapse of food stamp benefits beginning on November 1. ...

Amid a wave of attacks on migrants, 80 percent of Americans now say immigration is good for this country — a record high.

In climate reparations camp, we learned what the U.S. owes to the world for its contribution to the climate crisis - $446 billion per year by 2035.

The Republicans in Congress have used a charade of government efficiency to justify funding reductions in these anti-poverty and anti-hunger programs.

Since taking office this year, President Trump and his administration have been unapologetically loud and harmful about immigration. And they’re using the U.S. military to help do all of it. 

It doesn’t have to be this way. Alternative investments that build a more secure and equitable society for everyone are necessary and possible.

Here are ten programs President Trump has cut (or threatened to cut) that we could save for about $45 million or less.trill

Militarism is deeply intertwined in pop culture, spanning media formats of TV, movies, sports, games, and toys.