Congress Cashes In with Savannah Wooten

In this episode of "Always at War," hosts Courtney Rawlings and Alex Jordan explore how congressional stock trading enables U.S. policymakers to profit off of America’s constant wars and interventions , and speak with Public Citizen’s Savannah Wooten about how the military-industrial complex works to push U.S. military spending higher and higher — now approaching $1 trillion a year.
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Take a deep dive into Congressional war stock trading: https://readsludge.com/2024/09/12/here-are-the-members-of-congress-invested-in-war/ 
More on the Pelosi Tracker and Autopilot: https://www.salon.com/2025/03/17/pelosi-tracker-shows-us-how-to-trade-stocks-like-politicians/ 
How does Congress figure into the Military-Industrial Complex? Here’s a great breakdown: https://www.corporatecrimereporter.com/news/200/julia-gledhill-on-the-military-congressional-industrial-complex/ 
Who are Congress’ top military stock traders? Check it out: https://responsiblestatecraft.org/congress-defense-stocks/
Learn more about Rep. Tlaib’s efforts to ban members of Congress from owning military stocks: https://tlaib.house.gov/posts/tlaib-introduces-bill-to-ban-members-of-congress-from-owning-defense-stocks

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Why is America seemingly always at war? Join the Quincy Institute’s Courtney Rawlings and Alex Jordan as they expose the monied interests, outdated ideologies, and entrenched powers that have driven the U.S. to wage nearly 400 wars and interventions.

Each episode, they’ll be joined by journalists, advocates, and experts to uncover who profits from America’s endless conflicts, and to imagine how we can build a better, more peaceful U.S. foreign policy.

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