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Washington unquestioningly increases spending on foreign wars and defense contractors. But, the moment someone wants to invest in basic necessities for U.S. citizens at home, they are highly scrutinized. Glenn Greenwald on Trump's new $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget proposal:

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