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US lawmakers remove provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act for 2026 that would have ensured military members' right to repair their own equipment (Boone Ashworth/Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/the-military-almost-got-…

The Military Almost Got the Right to Repair. Lawmakers Just Took It Away
The final language of the annual bill that funds the US military is in. It removes provisions that would have helped ensure service members’ ability to fix their own equipment.

Ukraine's military confirms strike on oil depot in Russia's Volgograd Oblast: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/10/ukraines-military-confirms-strike-on.html

Donald Trump Prepares to Launch Military Land Strikes in Mexico
https://greekcitytimes.com/2026/01/09/donald-trump-prepares-to-launch-military-land-strikes-in-mexico/

Neros, which makes low-cost, military FPV drones in the US, raised $75M led by Sequoia, bringing its total funding to $121M, and won a US Army contract (Farah Stockman/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/business/neros-military-drones.html

The 20-Somethings Who Raised $121 Million to Build Military Drones
Neros, a company founded in 2023 by former teenage drone racers, won a coveted Army contract and is gaining popularity in the defense sector.

It's not hard to calculate. How much money is each person, man, woman, and child paying for the US military under trump?
Right now the US is spending one $TRILLION each year on the military: That's this many dollars, each year:
$1,000,000,000,000
We have roughly 330,000,000 people in the US.
That means each of us is paying about $3000 each year to pay for the US military.
So a family of four is paying about $12,000/year.
Now, remember, trump wa…

'Second stage' of Ukrainian military's corps reform underway, Syrskyi says: https://benborges.xyz/2026/02/10/second-stage-of-ukrainian-militarys.html

✅ Settler colonialism
✅ Apartheid
✅ Ethnic cleansing
✅ Genocide
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/dec/08/yellow-line-that-divides-gaza-under-trump-plan-is-new-border-for-israel-says…

Congress Quietly Strips Right-To-Repair Provisions From US Military Spending Bill - Slashdot
https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/12/09/2123219/congress-quietly-strips-right-to-repair-provisions-from-us-military-spending-bill

Ukrainian military holds defensive lines around Pokrovsk as Russia steps up assaults: https://benborges.xyz/2026/01/08/ukrainian-military-holds-defensive-lines.html