{"id":319003,"date":"2025-03-22T08:31:01","date_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:31:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/bill-maher-complains-elon-musk-and-doge-is-ignoring-outrageous-military-spending"},"modified":"2025-03-22T08:31:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-22T13:31:47","slug":"bill-maher-complains-elon-musk-and-doge-is-ignoring-outrageous-military-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.etrafficlane.com\/60dollarmiracle\/bill-maher-complains-elon-musk-and-doge-is-ignoring-outrageous-military-spending","title":{"rendered":"Invoice Maher Complains Elon Musk and Doge is Ignoring Outrageous Army Spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<h2 class=\"article__header--headline-fragments\">\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf1 text-uppercase h3\">Bill Maher<\/span><br \/>\n                          <span class=\"article__header--hf2 text-uppercase h1\">Hey Elon, Take Your Chainsaw to the Pentagon!!!<\/span><br \/>\n                      <\/h2>\n<p>        <!--\/.social-media-container--><\/p>\n<p>\n                        Published <time class=\"published-datetime\" datetime=\"2025-03-22T05:52:23-07:00\">March 22, 2025 5:52 AM PDT<\/time>\n                                                                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div readability=\"43.1899224806\">\n<section id=\"cb-0047b4cc9aafd0b1dc7e2e9e2591a995\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  canvas-block-is-first \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-1f8e94c9-65d6-4dde-abd9-324154cf8146-814844173-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-1f8e94c9-65d6-4dde-abd9-324154cf8146-814844173-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/a5\/16by9\/2025\/03\/22\/a5245b31af344a28b54787f8c46d9dac_md.jpg\" alt=\"032225_bill_maher-kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">HBO<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-0047b4cc9aafd0b1dc7e2e9e2591a995--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-bd0d2ea77d43ce7ab99e98c64d73aa62\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"29.0628019324\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/bill-maher\/\"><strong>Bill Maher<\/strong><\/a>, an old-line lib, is actually down with<strong> <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/people\/elon-musk\/\"><strong>Elon Musk<\/strong><\/a> slashing the federal budget, but Bill says Elon is playing outrageous favorites by overlooking the biggest federal fat cat of all &#8212; the military.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-bd0d2ea77d43ce7ab99e98c64d73aa62--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-188be0d96bb1c541457969c3aa4b9baf\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>The &#8216;Real Time&#8217; host laid it out in stark terms &#8230; Musk is creating an illusion of saving $$$, when the defense budget &#8212; which accounts for almost half of all federal spending &#8212; remains unmolested.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-188be0d96bb1c541457969c3aa4b9baf--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-a586789fa2dda1078fd5872f0a9e8194\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-video-block canvas-video-block-permalink canvas-video-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"video-block\">\n<div class=\"ratio ratio-16x9\">\n<div id=\"video-player-56e2b8a5-2482-46dc-93e4-51f7b600cb6c-2127720094-image-holder\" class=\"ratio ratio-item video-block__image-holder\">\n          <button class=\"ratio-item icon-video--shadow video-block__icon\" id=\"video-player-56e2b8a5-2482-46dc-93e4-51f7b600cb6c-2127720094-play-btn\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Play video content<\/span><br \/>\n          <\/button><br \/>\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/3e\/16by9\/2025\/02\/20\/3ed3ee7fc8ad4834ab28c8071b00293e_md.jpg\" alt=\"022025_elon_musk_kal\" width=\"728\" height=\"410\" class=\"img-fluid\"\/>\n                  <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>                    <span class=\"media-credit video-block__media-credit\">CPAC<\/span>\n          <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-a586789fa2dda1078fd5872f0a9e8194--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-c6bbe3f15aeb9cf86bf141d8fcf5bc6e\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>How about the 51 Air Force golf courses, Bill wonders &#8230; why hasn&#8217;t Musk 86&#8217;d them with his chainsaw? Or the Marines, with 10 golf courses.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-c6bbe3f15aeb9cf86bf141d8fcf5bc6e--><br \/>\n<a id=\"continued\" class=\"continued-anchor\"\/><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-b224ca75ec93abf90848849642668573\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"30\">\n<p>And what about putting the brakes on Boeing, which hiked the price of helicopters by 177,000% &#8212; you didn&#8217;t read that wrong &#8212; yet the chumpy Defense Dept. happily wrote those checks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-b224ca75ec93abf90848849642668573--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-3bc7e03f1121cd2e95809de56365321b\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-image-block canvas-image-block-permalink canvas-image-block--default  \">\n<div class=\"image-block\">\n                  <a class=\"js-click-image js-track-link image-lightbox-preview\" data-node-ref=\"tmz:image-asset:image_jpg_20250322_61021ba7e2ed47b1b213736eea726dc4\" data-container-ref=\"tmz:article:63bc6093-36aa-41b5-8347-01cc0e21aae2\" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;image&quot;}\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"img-wrapper\">\n<p>                          <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/imagez.tmz.com\/image\/61\/4by3\/2025\/03\/22\/61021ba7e2ed47b1b213736eea726dc4_md.jpg\" alt=\"032225_bill_maher-sg8\" width=\"728\" height=\"546\" class=\"img-fluid image-block__img-fluid img-aspect-auto\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>                                  <\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-3bc7e03f1121cd2e95809de56365321b--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-679293ee8592cc421813d7be5f31bbc3\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>Bill pulls from history &#8212; way back to 1961 &#8212; when outgoing Prez <strong>Dwight Eisenhower<\/strong> warned of the military-industrial complex. Note not taken.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-679293ee8592cc421813d7be5f31bbc3--><\/p>\n<section id=\"cb-69473fe65e77bdeda81ae8491312f779\" class=\"canvas-block canvas-block-permalink canvas-text-block canvas-text-block-permalink canvas-text-block--default  canvas-block-is-last \" data-context=\"{&quot;section&quot;:&quot;permalink&quot;,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;text_block&quot;}\" readability=\"28\">\n<p>And don&#8217;t get Bill started on the Homeland Security Dept. His take is not just maddening &#8230; it&#8217;s hilarious.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><!--\/#cb-69473fe65e77bdeda81ae8491312f779--><\/p><\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmz.com\/2025\/03\/22\/bill-maher-says-musk-is-not-slashing-outrageous-military-budget\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Maher Hey Elon, Take Your Chainsaw to the Pentagon!!! 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