All posts tagged "war for profit"
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‘Peace Is Bad for Business’: War Profiteer Stocks Plummet After Diplomatic Progress With North Korea
June 13, 2018Last year, investors were drooling over the prospect of all-out war with North Korea, but Tuesday's...
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A Staggeringly Well-Funded Blowback Machine
May 18, 2018In reality, the costs of America’s wars, still spreading in the Trump era, are incalculable.
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Economy and Finance
‘Another Giant Spending Spree’: Budget Deal Denounced as Wasteful Gift to War Profiteers
February 8, 2018"Throwing more money at the Pentagon," one critic argued, "will only double down on the Trump...
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WATCH: Brave Congressman Explains How US Keeps Afghan Heroin Trade Alive at Your Expense
August 25, 2017Troops aren’t protecting your freedom in Afghanistan, they are being used to enrich a corrupt group...
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Military-Industrial Complex Stock Prices Surge After Trump’s Afghan War Speech
August 24, 2017So who is actually winning? It should come as no surprise that defense stocks surged on...
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Fill the Swamp: Trump to Put Military Industrial Complex Lobbyist in Charge of the Army
July 24, 2017Last Wednesday, it was reported that Donald Trump was moving to nominate Raytheon lobbyist Mark Esper...
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Military-Industrial Complex Gets Rich off Trump’s Record Saudi Arms Deal
May 23, 2017In news that should surprise no one, the stock prices of top defense contractors soared on...
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Trump is Running Out of Bombs
May 1, 2017Good news for Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Boeing. Not so good for civilians in Iraq,...
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Economy
Speculators Salivate at Potential for War in Syria (Video)
April 7, 2017Oil traded near a one-month high on Friday after the United States fired missiles at a...
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Economy and Finance
$10 Trillion Missing from Pentagon and No One — Not Even the DoD — Knows Where It Is
March 27, 2017Over a mere two decades, the Pentagon lost track of a mind-numbing $10 trillion — that’s...
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Former Bush Official Just Confirmed That Our Wars Are for Corporate Interests
March 30, 2016“I think Smedley Butler was onto something,” Col. Lawrence Wilkerson, former George W. Bush administration heavyweight,...
