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Created: 2025-07-18 16:57:12 UTC

The FY26 Defense Appropriations Act (H.R. 4016) allocates $831.5B—flatlined from 2025—while claiming to prioritize lethality. Let’s dissect: $500M for Taiwan security and $1.27B for foreign forces under "Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide" raises eyebrows. Why outsource defense when domestic bases crumble?

The bill preserves F-15s and U-2s (smart), but $36.9B for XX ships includes $1.6B for private nuclear shipyard upgrades—will that fix the Navy’s XX% maintenance backlog? Meanwhile, $3.6B in civilian workforce cuts sound bold until you realize it’s spread across XXXXXX positions—barely a dent in DOD’s 750K+ bureaucracy.

Real reform? Audit the $1.6T in contractor spending first.

Congressional oversight and public scrutiny are overdue—see the full breakdown:


XX engagements

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