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In fiscal year 2015, Pentagon and related spending will total $598 billion, accounting for 54 percent of all federal discretionary spending. That's roughly the size of the next seven largest military budgets around the world, combined.

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Ten Things We Could Fund Instead of a Military Parade

Lindsay Koshgarian, Hanna Homestead |

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

A Brief Introduction to the Ties Between Militarism and Pop Culture

Aspen Coriz-Romero |

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

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Recent Publications

Tax Day 2025: Your Tax Receipt

Lindsay Koshgarian

In February 2025, the average price for a dozen eggs was $5.90. Below, find out how much you might have paid for weapons and war, mass deportations, and programs that are on the Trump-Musk chopping block — and which programs cost less than a dozen eggs.

Trump & GOP Stack the Deck Against Struggling Americans to Build a War and Mass Deportation Machine

Hanna Homestead

The GOP’s extreme increases in militarized spending - at the expense of working people and the planet - will make us all less secure.

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