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Blackvegetable » 17 minutes ago » wrote: ↑

17 minutes ago

The House Armed Services Committee voted along party lines to permanently rename the Department of Defense the Department of War, tucking the measure into the annual defense policy bill during a marathon late-night session. The move codifies an executive order Trump signed last fall, resurrecting a name the U.S. military bureaucracy last used in the 1940s.

Representative Adam Smith, of Washington and the committee’s top Democrat, was forthright in his assessment of the effort. “One of the dumbest things that has been done by this administration,” he said. “It’s semantic nonsense at a time when we have a lot of substantive arguments.”

The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that a full renaming could run as high as $125 million—a number that landed badly with Democrats already furious over the bill’s $1 trillion overall price tag and what they described as a lack of meaningful guardrails around the nearly 100-day war with Iran.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-win ... hing-ever/

BV, you are posting that article like you just uncovered the Pentagon Papers is adorable. You’re over here clutching your pearls about a possible $125 million renaming cost like it’s the end of civilization, meanwhile your own side has been lighting money on fire like it’s a competitive sport.

Let’s take a quick stroll down Memory Lane, since you clearly forgot the receipt book:

Base renaming's? Tens of millions.
Statue removals? Tens of millions more.
Legal fees, cranes, storage, and “emergency cultural sensitivity consultants”? Add another pile.
Sanctuary city programs? Billions — with a B.
Migrant hotel contracts? Hundreds of millions for rooms that cost more per night than a Vegas penthouse.
Healthcare, schooling, and social services expansions? Billions every single year.
Green energy subsidies? Hundreds of billions.
Homelessness programs in blue cities? Tens of billions, and somehow the tents still multiply

But sure, Slack Jaw, tell us again how renaming the Department of Defense is the financial apocalypse. You don’t get to pretend you’re the guardian of fiscal responsibility. So, before you start lecturing anyone, maybe take a long hard look at the actual price tags your team signed off on. Because compared to that list, your $125 million freak‑out is PATHETIC

You are the DUMBEST **** ON HERE....