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Rob Whittaker
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The only ones who truly benefit from the #WarMachine are #Corporations! And this is further proof! My uncle was in the US Army and when he was discharged, he could fix just about anything electro-mechanical! But nooooo... We can't have folks fixing stuff themselves -- just buy new ones and waste #taxpayer money!
Congress Quietly Kills Military “ #RightToRepair,” Allowing #Corporations to Cash In on *Fixing* Broken Products
Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill.
by Matt Sledge, December 9 2025
"The idea of a 'right to repair' — a requirement that companies facilitate consumers’ #repairs, #maintenance, and modification of products — is extremely popular, even winning broad, bipartisan support in Congress. That could not, however, save it from the #MilitaryIndustrial complex.
" #Lobbyists succeeded in killing part of the National Defense Authorization Act [ #NDAA] that would have given service members the right to fix their equipment in the field without having to worry about military suppliers’ intellectual property.
"The decision to kill the popular proposal was made public Sunday after a closed-door conference of top congressional officials, including defense committee chairs, along with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
"Those meetings were secret, but consumer advocates say they have a pretty good idea of what happened.
" 'It’s pretty clear that defense contractors opposed the right-to-repair provisions, and they pressed hard to have them stripped out of the final bill,' said Isaac Bowers, the federal legislative director at #USPIRG. 'All we can say is that #DefenseContractors have a lot of influence on Capitol Hill.'
"The idea had drawn bipartisan support in both the House and Senate, which each passed their own versions of the proposal.
"Under one version, co-sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mt., defense companies would have been required to supply the information needed for repairs — such as technical data, maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, and lists of replacement parts — as a condition of Pentagon contracts.
"The idea was that no service member would ever be left waiting on a contractor to fly in from Norway to repair a simple part — which once happened — or, in another real-life scenario, told by the manufacturer to buy a new CT scanner in a combat zone because one malfunctioned.
"Instead of worrying about voiding a warranty, military personnel in the field could use a 3D printer or elbow grease to fix a part.
" 'The military is a can-do operation,' Bowers said. 'Service members can and should be able to repair their own equipment, and this will save costs if they can do it upfront and on time and on their schedule.' "
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/09/congress-military-ndaa-right-to-repair/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/54Nro
#EndlessWar #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #USInvasions #USPol #ContractorProfiteering #LockheedMartin #Boeing #NationalDefenseAuthorizationAct
Why FLOW Matters in Your Digital Life.
The Problem:
Most of the tech you use every day is controlled by #corporations—closed, #proprietary, and designed to lock you in. Think #Facebook, #iPhone, or #Adobe software: you can’t see how they work, you can’t modify them, and you’re often the #product, not the #user.
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Latest comic: A hot new startup
#corporations #deregulation #economy #oligarchy #WallStreet #cartoon #comic
Latest comic: A hot new startup
#corporations #deregulation #economy #oligarchy #WallStreet #cartoon #comic
The only ones who truly benefit from the #WarMachine are #Corporations! And this is further proof! My uncle was in the US Army and when he was discharged, he could fix just about anything electro-mechanical! But nooooo... We can't have folks fixing stuff themselves -- just buy new ones and waste #taxpayer money!
Congress Quietly Kills Military “ #RightToRepair,” Allowing #Corporations to Cash In on *Fixing* Broken Products
Both chambers included Pentagon budget provisions for a right to repair, but they died after defense industry meetings on Capitol Hill.
by Matt Sledge, December 9 2025
"The idea of a 'right to repair' — a requirement that companies facilitate consumers’ #repairs, #maintenance, and modification of products — is extremely popular, even winning broad, bipartisan support in Congress. That could not, however, save it from the #MilitaryIndustrial complex.
" #Lobbyists succeeded in killing part of the National Defense Authorization Act [ #NDAA] that would have given service members the right to fix their equipment in the field without having to worry about military suppliers’ intellectual property.
"The decision to kill the popular proposal was made public Sunday after a closed-door conference of top congressional officials, including defense committee chairs, along with Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D.
"Those meetings were secret, but consumer advocates say they have a pretty good idea of what happened.
" 'It’s pretty clear that defense contractors opposed the right-to-repair provisions, and they pressed hard to have them stripped out of the final bill,' said Isaac Bowers, the federal legislative director at #USPIRG. 'All we can say is that #DefenseContractors have a lot of influence on Capitol Hill.'
"The idea had drawn bipartisan support in both the House and Senate, which each passed their own versions of the proposal.
"Under one version, co-sponsored by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., and Sen. Tim Sheehy, R-Mt., defense companies would have been required to supply the information needed for repairs — such as technical data, maintenance manuals, engineering drawings, and lists of replacement parts — as a condition of Pentagon contracts.
"The idea was that no service member would ever be left waiting on a contractor to fly in from Norway to repair a simple part — which once happened — or, in another real-life scenario, told by the manufacturer to buy a new CT scanner in a combat zone because one malfunctioned.
"Instead of worrying about voiding a warranty, military personnel in the field could use a 3D printer or elbow grease to fix a part.
" 'The military is a can-do operation,' Bowers said. 'Service members can and should be able to repair their own equipment, and this will save costs if they can do it upfront and on time and on their schedule.' "
Read more:
https://theintercept.com/2025/12/09/congress-military-ndaa-right-to-repair/
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/54Nro
#EndlessWar #Corporatocracy #CorporateColonialism #USInvasions #USPol #ContractorProfiteering #LockheedMartin #Boeing #NationalDefenseAuthorizationAct
Chewie
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Tucson Voted Against An Amazon Data Center In the Desert. The Tech Giant Is Building It Anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FTQKxdh8ZEY
Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won. But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
#Amazon #DataCenter #VotedDown #MovingAhead #PublicIgnored #Bribery #Corporations #DontCare #BealeInfrastructure
Tucson Voted Against An Amazon Data Center In the Desert. The Tech Giant Is Building It Anyway.
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/FTQKxdh8ZEY
Tucson residents fought back against Amazon’s secretive plans to build a data center in the desert — and won. But now, in a blatant attempt to override the City Council and the will of the people, Amazon and the project’s developer is pushing ahead anyway.
#Amazon #DataCenter #VotedDown #MovingAhead #PublicIgnored #Bribery #Corporations #DontCare #BealeInfrastructure
J Miller
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"The Center on Faith & Justice at Georgetown University recently launched a new campaign encouraging people to pledge not to shop on Amazon during this Advent season. The 'No Amazon for Advent' effort is also backed by numerous other groups, including Faithful America, Red Letter Christians, and state councils of churches in California, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin."
~ Brian Kaylor
#Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich #corporations #JeffBezos #Amazon
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Agaric Tech Collective
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"This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration’s biased attacks on DEI; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts."
~ We Ain't Buying It
#Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich #corporations #Amazon #Target #HomeDepot
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"This action is taking direct aim at Target, for caving to this administration’s biased attacks on DEI; Home Depot, for allowing and colluding with ICE to kidnap our neighbors on their properties; and Amazon, for funding this administration to secure their own corporate tax cuts."
~ We Ain't Buying It
#Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich #corporations #Amazon #Target #HomeDepot
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"The 'We Ain’t Buying It' boycott, organized by grassroots organizations Black Voters Matter, Indivisible and Until Freedom, is pushing consumers across the country to 'hit pause on shopping from major corporations,' according to the campaign’s website.
The boycott specifically targets Amazon, Target, and Home Depot, accusing each company of 'undermining democracy.;”
~ Patricia Battle
#Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich #corporations #Amazon #Target #HomeDepot
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https://www.thestreet.com/retail/home-depot-to-suffer-massive-boycott-from-holiday-shoppers
"The Center on Faith & Justice at Georgetown University recently launched a new campaign encouraging people to pledge not to shop on Amazon during this Advent season. The 'No Amazon for Advent' effort is also backed by numerous other groups, including Faithful America, Red Letter Christians, and state councils of churches in California, Maine, North Carolina, Oklahoma, and Wisconsin."
~ Brian Kaylor
#Trump #EconomicElites #SuperRich #corporations #JeffBezos #Amazon
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"Amazon earns millions each year by providing cloud computing services to ICE—services that ICE relies on to conduct its operations. Amazon represents a moral crisis in corporate America."
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SexualAbuse #pedophiles #coverup #SuperRich #CEOs #corporations #JeffBezos #Amazon #ICE #surveillance
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"Amazon has stood complicit in the current administration's attack on democratic norms and human dignity by continuing to profit from government contracts and surveillance technologies that enable these injustices."
#Epstein #Trump #EconomicElites #SexualAbuse #pedophiles #coverup #SuperRich #CEOs #corporations #JeffBezos #Amazon
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