The Biden-Harris administration requested $69 billion for nuclear weapons in FY25. So while the last administration increased the nuclear weapons budget by $14 billion, this one's on track to increase it by $20 billion stephensemler.com/p/biden-harris…

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Another useful graph from Stephen Semler, the master of visualizing uncomfortable truths: #AbolishNuclearWeapons #SignTheNuclearBanTreaty

Global nuclear weapons spending was $7 billion higher last year than it was in 2020. The US share of this global total was 52% in 2020. Now it's more than 56%. The Doomsday Clock was 100 seconds to midnight in 2020. It’s now 90 seconds to midnight. stephensemler.com/p/biden-harris…

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Is Israel intentionally attacking aid workers? We’ve compiled 14 incidents where humanitarians were attacked despite giving the IDF their coordinates and being clearly identified as civilians ,by Stephen Semler responsiblestatecraft.org/israel-hamas-w…

Biden-Harris continued Trump’s nuclear buildup - Democrats once criticized Trump’s profligate spending on nuclear weapons but now applaud the Biden-Harris administration for spending even more. ,by Stephen Semler stephensemler.com/p/biden-harris…

📢 Don't miss the latest edition of "Week in Arms Trade Publications"! This week we dive into key topics like the UN First Committee, the UK arms industry, Israel, Italy, and US policies. Read and share! 🌍 Check it out here: mailchi.mp/forumarmstrade… #ArmsTrade #GlobalSecurity

2020 Democratic Party Platform: "[Trump's] proposal to build new nuclear weapons is unnecessary, wasteful, and indefensible" 2024 Platform: "The [Biden-Harris] Administration is modernizing each leg of our nuclear triad...and investing in our nuclear enterprise"

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AIPAC's super PAC, United Democracy Project, raised $7.5 million in August, according to its just-out FEC filing. Top donors last month: -hedge fund founder Jonathon Jacobson ($2M) -billionaire Marc Rowan ($1M) -Haim Saban ($1M) -Kraft Group ($500k) > docquery.fec.gov/cgi-bin/forms/…

In the springtime, I did a tally of public tertiary institutions that received materiel through the Pentagon's 1033 program, for this piece: nytimes.com/2024/05/11/opi…. Stephen Semler did a tally around the same time; here's what he found: stephensemler.com/p/how-the-pent…