From Rockets to Ball Bearings, Pentagon Struggles to Feed War Machine. The flow of arms to Ukraine has exposed a worrisome lack of production capacity in the United States that has its roots in the end of the Cold War. https://t.co/Mqg8j91AYo
Covered a lot of hearings over the years and very few like this one: Where both sides spend hours bashing one witness. Typically, one side defends the witness and the other side attacks.
Today, both went after the TikToK CEO.
And now momentum is growing for a nationwide ban pic.twitter.com/WDfb4vuhao
[....] “Something turned on during the pandemic and lit a fire,” said Jue, a Chinese American mother of two girls, ages 3 and 5, living on the west side of San Francisco.
Two staff members have been shot at Denver’s East High School - the third incident of gun violence there this school year, including the fatal shooting of student Luis Garcia. Students walked out of class to support gun safety earlier this month. #coleghttps://t.co/EDKxGJGHzO
Republicans in the House have been talking about balancing the budget. Since budget season kicks off this week, @aliciaparlap@jshkatz and I took a look at what that would take. https://t.co/6tOQNcYeiI
Breaking News: The Pentagon is blocking the U.S. from sharing evidence on Russian atrocities in Ukraine with the International Criminal Court, officials said. Military leaders fear setting a precedent that might pave the way for it to prosecute Americans. https://t.co/xnHCjkkZnK
“In much of the Western world, the liberal takeover of institutions is nearly complete. But the revolution isn’t coming.” — @verdur_in observes a reactionary backlash emerging instead https://t.co/7dw6VFWMqz
“SNL” has parodied straight men frequently of late, often deploying a mocking tone. But last night, the show found a more poignant way to do so, writes @amandawicks_. https://t.co/golXg7Crml
Surprise: we do have some grownups in Congress! What's more: broadcast media is starting to cover them again!!!
Really interesting to see more of these joint, bipartisan appearances on the Sunday shows. This one from HPSCI leaders Turner+Himes. Warner/Rubio, Gallagher/Krishnamoorthi did this recently as well. https://t.co/MB8ZeHT4pk
#Caribbean | Gang violence in Haiti’s Artibonite department, a hotspot for rice cultivation, has displaced thousands and caused the closure of a major hospital. Irrigation channels in rice fields are running dry. https://t.co/R5jqKxBQSG
Astounding. Absent institutional / legal reform, federal funding in mfg, tech, etc won’t be enough to revitalize the US. IRA and CHIPS good first steps, but by no means is the work done. https://t.co/wD509xuFb2