Progressives Want Congress to Stop Bailing out the Pentagon During the Pandemic
White House/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Since the coronavirus crisis first took hold in the United States, the Defense Department has received $10.5 billion in emergency funding from Congress. Despite national security spending for this fiscal year now exceeding $756 billion, the Pentagon isn’t finished making…
Boeing Wants a Government Bailout. The Pentagon Already Gave It One.
Seattle Aviation/Zuma For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.A brutal 2019 for Boeing was turning into an even more torturous 2020. After weathering the enormous cost of grounding its scandal-plagued 737 Max jets, Boeing stood to lose even more money from the devastating impact of the coronavirus crisis…
The Acting Secretary of the Navy Just Resigned
Thomas Modly, acting secretary of the Navy, resigned Tuesday after harshly criticizing an aircraft carrier captain who he had fired the previous week.Chip Somodevilla/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis and more, subscribe to Mother Jones’ newsletters.Thomas Modly, the acting secretary of the Navy, resigned on Tuesday, one day after he called the former…
Trump Is Talking About Pardoning Michael Flynn Based on a Made-Up Claim
Michael Flynn leaves the federal court with his lawyer Sidney Powell on Sep 10, 2019.Manuel Balce Ceneta/Associated Press President Donald Trump may be poised to try to distract from his botched response to coronavirus by pardoning former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Or maybe Trump hopes to use the pandemic as cover to pardon Flynn.…
Key Senator Says Richard Grenell “May Have Misled Congress”
Richard Grenell speaks in Munich on February 14, 2020.Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images Following a 2017 Senate hearing on Richard Grenell’s nomination to be ambassador to Germany, Sen. Ben Cardin (D-Md.), submitted some quite specific written questions to the nominee. “I understand that you have written many articles and op-eds over the past eight…
Julian Assange and Roger Stone Are Perfect Examples of How Trump Uses His Pardon Power
ulian Assange gestures to the media from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates court on April 11, 2019 in London.Jack Taylor/Getty Images A lawyer for Julian Assange claims that former Republican Rep. Dana Rohrabacher told the WikiLeaks founder in 2017 that he would receive a pardon from President Donald Trump if he…