2025/02/18

       While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are stationed at 737 bases, in 130 nations around the world, defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Peter B. Hegseth, Secretary of Defense (foreign military aggression) orders his assistant secretaries to reduce their budgets by eight percent each year for the next five years (a total reduction of 34%).  The savings will not go toward tax cuts or deficit reduction but rather increasing the budget for other military priorities such as using the U.s. Armed Forces for Soviet-style border repression against Mexico and nuclear arms development.

       [added 1/26/2026] Thanks to Antiwar.com for this entry.

       “Sicherheitsdienst Reichsfuhrer” Kristi L.A. Noem, Secretary of Homeland Security, announces the beginning of an international multi-million “dollar” campaign to discourage foreigners from pursuing their unalienable right to contribute to voluntary, free-market improvement of themselves and the nation’s economy: “President Trump has a clear message: if you are here illegally, we will find you and deport you.  You will never return.  … Don’t even think about it.  [W]e will hunt you down.”

       [added 1/26/2026] Thanks to John Whitehead for this entry.

       Elon R. Musk, Administrator of the “Department” (Office) of Government Efficiency, tweets that he will suggest to Republican (fascist/socialist) President Trump a proposal to issue a 5,000 “dollar” “DOGE dividend” check to every household if he is able to achieve 2,000,000,000,000 “dollars” in Federal budget reductions over the course of the next 16 months.

       Question: What is wrong with deficit reduction and tax cuts?

       [added 1/26/2026] Thanks to Ron Paul for this entry.