This article was produced by Sludge, an independent, ad-free investigative news site covering money in politics. Click here to support Sludge. Texas Republican Rep. Kay Granger, who co-founded the Joint Strike Fighter Caucus in 2011 to fend off budget cuts to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 weapons system, is the new chair of the committee that doles out hundreds of billions of dollars to fund defense… Source Source / Read More: Lockheed-Funded House Appropriations Chair Vows to Protect Defense Spending
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Zambia: Amnesty International welcomes the abolishment of the death penalty
Responding to an announcement by Zambia’s President Hakainde Hichilema on Friday 23 December 2022, that he had assented to a law banning the death penalty and the offence of criminal defamation of the president, Tigere Chagutah Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East and Southern Africa said: “Amnesty International welcomes the announcement by President Hichilema that […] The post Zambia: Amnesty International welcomes the abolishment of the death penalty appeared first on Amnesty International.
Top Recipient of War Industry Money to Head GOP House Armed Services Committee
Two House Republicans set to chair committees responsible for crafting and passing the annual defense bill were the biggest recipients of campaign money from individuals and PACs affiliated with the defense sector, an OpenSecrets analysis found. Reps. Mike Rogers (R–Alabama) and Ken Calvert (R–California) are slated to rise from the ranking members of the House Armed Services Committee and Defense… Source Source / Read More: Top Recipient of War Industry Money to Head GOP House Armed Services Committee
We Need “Gun Control” at the Pentagon
New outcries for gun control have followed the horrible tragedies of mass shootings in Uvalde and Buffalo. “Evil came to that elementary school classroom in Texas, to that grocery store in New York, to far too many places where innocents have died,” President Biden declared over the weekend during a university commencement address. As he has said, a badly needed step is gun control — which, it’s clear from evidence in many countries, would sharply reduce gun-related deaths. But what about “gun control” at the Pentagon? The concept of curtailing the U.S. military’s arsenal is such a nonstarter that it…