BREAKING: Pentagon Source Tells Me The @DeptofDefense Is Executing A Plan To Possibly Shoot Down The Chinese Spycraft Balloon Just Off The East Coast In The Atlantic But In #UnitedStates Airspace. @USNavy Forces Are Preparing For Recovery If They're Able To Down The Craft.
UPDATE: The #FAA Has Shut Down Airspace Where The @DeptofDefense Is Attempting To Shoot Down & Have The @USNavy Recover #China's Spy Aircraft Balloon.
UPDATE: #China's High Altitude Spy Balloon Spotted Minutes Ago Over #MyrtleBeach#SouthCarolina. The Balloon Is Heading East Into An Area Of Airspace Closed For #NationalDefense Purposes. Where A Fleet Of Military Aircraft & @USNavy Surface Ships Will Attempt To Shoot It Down!
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BREAKING: INVADED AIRSPACE! @DeptofDefense Is Monitoring A High Altitude #Chinese Spy Balloon Hovering Over The Northern U.S. For Days.
Military Leaders Are Discussing Shooting It Out Of The Sky, According To 2 U.S. Officials & A Senior DOD Official. nbcnews.com/politics/natio…
CONTD: Here Are Images Of China's High Altitude Spy Balloon Platform As It Was En Route To The #UnitedStates 2 Weeks Ago.
CONTD: #China's High Altitude Spy Balloon Has Illegally Invaded #UnitedStates Airspace & Has Been Lingering The Last Few Days Over The Northern U.S.
It Was Caught By Cameras Near #Billings#Montana Yesterday.
BREAKING: A List Of Concessions The #GOP21 Got To Vote For #KevinMcCarthy As Speaker.
1) It will only take a single congressperson, acting in what is known as a Jeffersonian Motion, to move to remove the Speaker if he or she goes back on their word or policy agenda. 1/5
2) A “Church” style committee will be convened to look into the weaponization of the @FBI and other government organizations (presumably the @CIA, the subject of the original Church Committee) against the American people. 2/5
3) Term limits will be put up for a vote.
4) Bills presented to Congress will be single subject, not omnibus with all the attendant earmarks, and there will be a 72-hour minimum period to read them. 3/5
HISTORY: Nov 1864 From Pres #Lincoln To Ms. Bixby Mother Of 5 Boys:
Dear Madam,
I have been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of the Adjutant General of Massachusetts that you are the mother of five sons who have died gloriously on the field of battle. (1/4)
CONTINUED: I feel how weak and fruitless must be any word of mine which should attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. But I cannot refrain from tendering to you the consolation that may be found in the thanks of the Republic they died to save. (2/4)
CONTINUED: I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, (3/4)
BREAKING: A Mid-Air Collision Involving Two Vintage Airplanes In #Dallas#Texas Today. Both Aircraft Crashed Into Flames. The Accident Took Place During The Wings Over Dallas WWII Airshow.
UPDATE: Another Angle Of The Two Vintage Aircraft Colliding Over #Dallas#Texas & Crashing Into Flames.
UPDATE: Yet Another Angle Of The Mid-Air Collision Of Two Vintage Aircraft Over #Dallas#Texas Today.
FLASHBACK: This 1977 @BBC Interview Of @TheSlyStallone About Why He Made "Rocky" Is As True Today As It Was When He First Said It. #Hollywood Has Turned Their Back On Making Good Movies!