Marilyn Strickland Must Do More to Prevent Nuclear War January 30, 2025
Sean Arent, Washington PSR | The Suburban Times
The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists have unveiled the 2025 Doomsday Clock at 89 Seconds to Midnight, the closest its ever been to the metaphorical end of civilization. Their reasoning? No serious efforts have been made to address climate change, and the United States is leading the way on a renewed nuclear arms race, investing billions to modernize the entire arsenal of over five thousand warheads. “Nuclear Modernization” is expected to cost US taxpayers between $1.7 and $2 trillion in the coming years, all for shinier versions of weapons that cannot be used without triggering a mass extinction event.
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