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Nov 3, 2023 • 15 tweets • 3 min read
🧵 1) Col. Ben Jonsson, an Air Force officer who accused fellow “white colonels” of being “blind to institutional racism,” is the subject of blistering critiques from subordinates.
@OversightPR shared the internal military assessment with @DailySignal. dailysignal.com/?p=10405792) Col. Jonsson is among the more than 300 military officers awaiting Senate approval for a promotion. @SenTuberville has blocked Democrats—and now some Republicans—from rubber-stamping these promotions in a dispute over the Pentagon’s taxpayer-funded abortion policy.
Aug 17, 2023 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
🚨🧵 After the death of George Floyd in 2020, Air Force Col. Ben Jonsson accused his fellow “white colonels” of being the “biggest barriers” to addressing “racial injustice” in the military.
Today, he’s in line for a promotion to brigadier general. dailysign.al/3OBkU73
Col. Jonsson’s 825-word commentary in the @AirForceTimes on July 1, 2020, recounts several examples of what he describes as “white defensiveness” in the aftermath of Floyd’s death.
🚨🧵: A group of House conservatives is promising to oppose and stymie the legislative priorities of any Republican senator who votes in favor of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill. dailysign.al/3jjrzXh
The warning shot, delivered tonight via a letter from @chiproytx and 12 other conservatives, comes amid rising tensions between Republicans in the House and Senate over the Pelosi-Schumer spending bill.
