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Feb 6 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Chinese balloon story getting more troubling tonight. WSJ, others reporting that Biden administration now says earlier, Trump-era Chinese balloon incursions happened, but nobody in US government knew about them at the time. 1/4 wsj.com/articles/biden…
Story, as told in WSJ, is that Biden officials 'pieced together' what happened later. So Trump administration veterans are telling truth when they say they never knew of such things, because the Biden team figured it all out later. 2/4 wsj.com/articles/biden…
For that to be true, one has to believe that US government missed these huge balloons over the US. Did that really happen? Seems hard to believe. Or did military spot them but not inform civilian leadership? Seems harder to believe. 3/4
Then there's the 'near' question. WP reporting that officials say Trump-era balloons came 'near' US, but are not clear whether they entered US airspace. Now that would be important, wouldn't it? Lots and lots of questions tonight. 4/4 End. washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/…

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Several headlines tonight along lines of 'U.S. May Execute Its First Openly Transgender Woman.' Missouri prisoner was convicted of killing 'former girlfriend.' Journalists straining to avoid saying that killer, Scott McLaughlin, was a man at time of 2003 murder. 1/4
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On Republicans joining J6 Committee: One thing McCarthy feared was that committee leadership would keep GOP members in dark about what was going on. So now, look at this episode from @DraperRobert piece in NYT: 1/4 nytimes.com/2022/12/23/mag…
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Fetterman campaign, many in media, seem to believe Oz made killer gaffe when he said federal government should play no role in abortion. Rather, wanted to see women, doctors, local political leaders involved in democratic process to set policy at state level. 1/5
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Elections approach. High gas prices a problem for president's party. Saudis, OPEC+ plan to cut production, send prices higher still. Biden asks, then threatens Saudis: Can you delay a month? 1/4 washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/joe-bi…
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Much talk about the John Fetterman interview with NBC. Some speculation that his performance and reliance on computer caption screen will heighten, not lessen, questions about his health, and is thus bad for his campaign. 1/4 nbcnews.com/nightly-news/v…
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