Mastodawn

#Amazon #Boeing #Honeywell #LockheedMartin #RTX (#Raytheon) get $5.6 billion more spending on #Ai & #drones investments in #Trumpocracy Congress record-breaking $914 billion defense budget.
(Note Was “Defense” now War Dept)

Emperor’s New Drones
https://jacobin.com/2025/11/defense-industry-lobbying-trump-budget

CostsOfWar
https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/paper/HR1

Insecurity Prophets Lobby Profits
https://www.stimson.org/2025/what-you-need-to-know-about-pentagon-and-military-related-spending-in-h-r-1/

Report PDF
https://costsofwar.watson.brown.edu/sites/default/files/2025-10/What%20You%20Need%20to%20Know_Final_10.23.pdf

#Capitalism #militaryindustrialcomplex #privatization #RichPeoplesYachtMoney

Trump Is Making Private Military Contractors Even Richer

A new report reveals that a significant portion of Donald Trump’s defense budget is going to a select few private military contractors — the same firms who have spent hundreds of millions lobbying the federal government.

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Peter Riley Nov 3

Air & Sea (next Land fall) #BloodForOil
https://www.reuters.com/graphics/USA-CARIBBEAN/MILITARY-BUILDUP/egpbbnzyrpq/

“Largest in the world … #BP aka #BigProfits Statistical Review of World Energy reports 2019 the total proved reserves of 303.3 billion oil barrels for #Venezuela; more than #SaudiArabia 297.7 billion barrels. “
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_reserves_in_Venezuela

#Capitalism #fossilfuels #mapping #militaryindustrialcomplex

Mapping how the US is preparing a military staging ground near Venezuela

The US military is upgrading a Cold War base in the Caribbean it abandoned 20 years ago. Experts say it’s a step towards sustained operations in the region.

Reuters

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Peter Riley Nov 4

#Venezuela - #JesseWelles Nov 2025

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeI6iTaJA9Y

#BloodForOil #Imperialism #militaryindustrialcomplex

Venezuela

YouTube