I’m very sympathetic to how complex it can be to communicate military service. Me saying “I was in the Army Reserves from 2008 to 2020” is generally accurate for the purpose of “how long did you serve?” but doesn’t tell the whole picture, which is unnecessarily complicated. So 🧵

https://twitter.com/repmeijer/status/1821995043839725629

I enlisted as a PFC in Army Reserves May 2008 on a 6 year Reserve (TPU) contract (w/2yrs Individual Ready Reserve). A year at West Point counted as prior svc (Chekhov’s gun to this story) and fulfilled basic training req so I went straight to advanced individual training (AIT) /2

Gonna piss off everyone with this take, but what the hell:

I think Walz played fast & loose with his military bio to stay above water as his congressional district drifted right. He let audiences paint in their minds a deceptive picture. It was shady but not stolen valor. (1/5) Walz alluding to “weapons in war, that I carried in war” to give credibility to his pro gun control stance intentionally sought to paint this ‘deceptive picture,’ just like saying ‘deployed during OEF.’ But he didn’t claim unearned medals or lie about being in IRQ/AFG. (2/5)

Background detail that may be helpful:
USCP closes some House office building entrances at night/on the weekends/when Congress is not in session to ease workload on personnel. Those doors still function as exits for fire purposes (have alarm bars to open from inside). 1/6

https://twitter.com/bensiegel/status/1708208042859270522

While Congress was in session, it was the weekend/unexpected and this entrance (looks like NJ Ave) is a main entrance normally, and the fastest above-ground route from Cannon offices to the Capitol. If Bowman was late for votes, it would make sense he would rush this way. 2/6

Every time I point out federal overreach, there are inevitable complaints of “WELL WHAT DO YOU PROPOSE!?!” Well, one of the wonders of our federal system is that states can pursue various solutions to problems. Some may be successful, others won’t, but differing approaches (1/5) allow for experimentation. We have to recognize that neither party has perfect solutions, and most approaches haven’t faced the test of cold hard real-world application. The idea that any problem can be perfectly solved by an untested federal policy is totally unrealistic. (2/5)

Just finished reading the Supreme Court’s stay of the OSHA vaccine mandate ETS. Big win for liberty, and worth reading in full. A couple choice grabs from the Court’s opinion and Gorsuch’s concurrence. Also: LONG LIVE THE NONDELEGATION DOCTRINE!

supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf… Gorsuch: Sometimes lawmakers may be tempted to delegate power to agencies to reduce the degree [they are] held accountable for unpopular actions. If Congress could hand off all legislative powers to unelected agency officials, it ‘would dash the whole scheme’ of our Constitution.

What is the most beautiful #MI03 historic home? (Pics in following tweets) Meyer May (1908, Frank Lloyd Wright)

Tonight we voted on the American Rescue Plan. Briefly put, this was an institutional abomination. Not only is this bill dead on arrival in the Senate bc the Senate parliamentarian judged it out of order via the Byrd Rule (which governs the Budget Reconciliation process)... (1/6) but it’s also inadequate in cash relief. So we did a 2am vote on a bill the Senate can’t accept. And instead of bipartisan COVID relief, this was a Dem grab bag of gifts to special interests. Want a Silicon Valley subway? A new bridge in upstate New York? This bill has it! (2/6)