BREAKING: The Pentagon announces they don't have telephone service at their offices and as a result, they had to relocate to the DoD's building - these guys can't even call the Chinese much less shoot down the balloon...
Brig Gen Pat Ryder had to hold the Pentagon briefing in the Navy's conference room because of a communication outage... Ryder is only saying that they're monitoring the Chinese Spy Balloon but they've seen other balloons behaving similarly.
General Ryder admits China is currently violating US airspace and is actively maneuvering the Chinese Spy Balloon at 60,000ft - he is unwilling to give the public the exact location of the balloon but says Americans can look up and see the balloon...
UPDATE: The phones are still down at the Pentagon...
General Ryder said this happened before during the Trump administration and @realDonaldTrump did nothing about it - these people have #TDS - it is Trump's fault...
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1/🧵The Biden administration is justifying its decision not to shoot down the Chinese Spy Balloon due to the risk of debris falling on Americans. If our experience with the Space Shuttle explosion over Texas is any guide this 'concern' is overblown and likely a complete lie.
2/🧵The Challenger was traveling at 45,000ft at Mach 1.9 when it exploded over Texas. Weighing 4.5 million pounds the debris spread harmlessly over hundreds of miles over Texas and Louisiana - despite ZERO warning no one was injured.
3/🧵The Chinese Spy Balloon is traveling at 60,000ft at around 25MPH and weighs 1,000 pounds (.02% of the shuttle). The balloon could be pierced very easily allowing it to land in a relatively small area - providing a warning to anyone within the debris field.
The Italian American named Robert Francis O'Rourke who appropriated the Hispanic nickname "Beto" has a long history of malfeasance and illegal behavior. In almost every case he has avoided consequences for his crimes. This thread details just a few.
2/BETO🧵
Arrested and jailed for attempted burglary under TX penal code § 30.02. One year later the victim agreed to drop the charges against O'Rourke. newspapers.com/newspage/43240…
3/BETO🧵
Arrested and jailed for Driving While Intoxicating TX Penal Code § 49.01 after driving at a high rate of speed, striking another motorist, and attempting to flee the scene. He attended a criminal diversion program and the charges were dropped. web.archive.org/web/2018083120…
1/ The west's decision to continue to buy Russian energy and minerals has allowed Putin to wage his illegal war of aggression against Ukraine AND grow his economy at the same time. The west is complicit.
2/ Of course, Ukraine's economy has continued to grow during the war as well. This doesn't count more than $100 Billion being sent to Ukraine since the start of the war.
3/ If we really want to end the war we need to cut off Putin's access to cash. We need to quit buying their energy and punish anyone who does. The moment we do Putin will be forced to sue for peace.
FUTURE OF GOP🧵1/The Republican Party's (GOP) governing body is the RNC. Yesterday 111 unaccountable committee members secretly cast their ballot for @GOPChairwoman (@MittRomney's niece) to lead the RNC against the will of 4 out of 5 Republican Voters. rasmussenreports.com/public_content…
FUTURE OF GOP🧵2/Republican voters spoke loudly and clearly that they did NOT want Ronna McDaniel to lead their party. The fact that 111 people can hijack our party has convinced me that it is time to for the GOP to end its relationship with the RNC. thehill.com/homenews/campa…
FUTURE OF GOP🧵3/It is time we formed a NEW Republican Committee to set the party's agenda while remaining accountable to Republican voters. Here is my proposal. I'd love your thoughts. The details aren't important yet. Thoughts? @SpeakerMcCarthy@pnjaban@LeaderMcConnell?
SHOCK: Putin planning a HUGE offensive ahead of the delivery of western tanks to Ukraine. The genocidal leader is planning for years of war. The military-industrial complex is very excited. news.yahoo.com/putin-plans-uk…
2/ Russia seeks as many gains as it can accomplish before Ukraine deploys EU/US tanks. wsj.com/articles/russi…