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Stephen SemlerVisualizing politics through a class lens. A newsletter by Stephen Semler.
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What $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon could fund instead
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: What $1.5 trillion could do outside the Pentagon.
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*Findings from the previous Polygraph newsletter were featured in this Forbes op-ed and this Yale debate. Thank you to my paid subscribers for making that researc...
Trump’s budget for 2027, a breakdown
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: 80% of Trump’s proposed budget goes to war and policing.
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ICYMI: US spends $2.1 billion a day on the Iran War
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Trump proposes largest military budget ever
Polygraph | Newsletter n°338 | 3 Apr 2026
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion military budget compared to enacted US military budgets since 1940.
US spends $2.1 billion a day on the Iran War
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: In the first two weeks of the Iran War, the US spent an estimated $2.1 billion per day, on average. Here’s how.
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Iran War: Cost of the first week
Polygraph | Newsletter n°336 | 27 Mar 2026
IN THIS NEWSLETTER: The Pentagon’s one-week cost estimate for the Iran War is at least $8 billion too low. Here’s my estimate for the first week.
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Producer of charts & policy analysis for the working class. Now: Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy; Cofounder, Security Policy Reform Institute (SPRI); Contributor, Costs of War Project. Before: humanitarian sector, lobbying, volleyball.
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