RealClearPolitics White House & Natl. Political Correspondent - The Hill, Roll Call, Wash. Examiner alum. email: scrabtree@realclearpolitics.com
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Feb 24 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Did U.S. Companies, Including Sen. Kelly’s, Help Propel China’s Balloon Fleet? If so, what should Washington do about it? #decoupling#China#technology @RealClearNews realclearpolitics.com/articles/2023/…
“Sen. Kelly himself has first-hand knowledge of #China’s interest in near-#space balloon technology. He co-founded a balloon space-exploration company named World View in 2012. Just 2 yrs later, he helped facilitate investments for it from Chinese tech giant Tencent, #spyballoon
Jan 19 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
In this story from 7/21, I reported on the controversy regarding whether the Penn Biden Center and Biden's $1M+ "professorship" at Penn could have been funded -- at least in part -- by Chinese donations.
realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/…
U. Penn pres. said Penn never “solicited any gifts for the Penn Biden Center” b did not say if the U. directed any Chinese funds to the center.
In 2020, the Phil. Inquirer reported Penn received at least $258M in foreign $ - $68M from Chinese entities. inquirer.com/business/unive…
Jan 18 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
.@IRFSummit International Religious Freedom Summit co-chairs @SamuelBrownback and @LantosSwettK condemn the $500,000 bounty put on Enes Kanter Freedom @EnesFreedom by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s govt.
“We are appalled that the Turkish government has labeled Enes Kanter Freedom a ‘most wanted’ terrorist and put a bounty on his head. It is flatly unacceptable that any govt would openly target and endanger Enes — a courageous human rights activist and American citizen..."
Dec 15, 2022 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
Rep. Chris Smith on #Nicaragua's Ortega regime and its crackdown on the Catholic church, jailing of priests, kicking out nuns:
"It is unconscionable that we have not done everything we can to stop [international] loans from going to prop up this dirty dictatorship."
.@TheWilsonCenter's Eddy Acevedo highlights #Russian military presence, GPS satellite in #Nicaragua:
"Ortega has allowed Russian military activity in Managua...He has posted military hardware from #Russia, including t T-72 tanks, and Russia's Tu-160 Blackjack bombers..."
Dec 15, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
.@ChuckGrassley in "strongly" opposing Garcetti for amb. to #India, laces into him over his claim he didn't know that his top staffer was sexually harassing people.
"For mayor Garcetti to claim he didn't know what was going on, defies reason."
Grassley points to a photo of a group that includes Garcetti in which the staffer, Rick Jacobs, is making a lewd gesture.
He stresses that his investigation into the matter talked to 19 credible witnesses who either witnessed Jacobs' behavior or were victims of it.
Jun 14, 2022 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
Thread:
So in the middle of these Jan. 6 hearings, the @HouseForeign Affairs Committee is having a classified "briefing" on #Afghanistan tomorrow morning with several sr. @StateDept officials, according to multiple notices sent to members saying briefing will be "classified."
Why is it a briefing and not a full hearing when there are American citizens who still remain in #Afghanistan and untold thousands of Afghan allies who Biden promised safe haven?
@StateDept referred me to the House Foreign Affairs Comm Dems for ?s about the ground rules.
Sep 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Only 30 Americans and 170 Afghans/other foreign citizens on the first flight out of Afghan since 8/31 | Associated Press is reporting
"A foreign diplomat, likewise speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn´t authorized to brief the media, said another 200 foreigners, including Americans, would depart in the next couple of days."
Sep 9, 2021 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
Contrary to claims made by the WH and State Dept that there were only a small # of Americans waiting to depart on the grounded planes in Mazar-e-Sarif, my sources tell me there are over 140 Americans on those flights that the Taliban is clearing to depart out of Kabul airport.
These include Americans citizens, green-card holders (many wives) and their children.
Sep 8, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
The Taliban continues to block 6 planes from leaving while lawmakers, military vets and groups involved press @StateDept for more action.
143 Americans waiting to depart, and State could help clear passports and verify SIV applicants, sources tell RCP.
realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/…
Sources familiar with the situation playing out at Mazar-i-Sharif airport in N. Afghanistan dispute the State Dept's assertion that only a "small number of Americans" are waiting to board planes to depart.
They place the number at 143, which includes Americans citizens and LPRs
Oct 22, 2020 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
Dam is breaking...Hunter Biden’s business associate on key email chain verifies the email publicly, says Joe Biden was “the big guy” in long public statement. breitbart.com/politics/2020/…
Here is the lengthy statement from Tony Bobulinski, who is on the email chain and was a business partner if Hunter Biden’s:
Oct 20, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Toured the border wall in San Diego today - with @USBPChief Rodney Scott - viewed nearly 14-mile stretch from coast, inland - a lot of new housing, condos and shopping on both sides have cropped up in recent yrs as the area has grown safer.
Sep 14, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
I wrote a story a couple of decades ago about Burkman being a shameless self-promoter. It was pretty critical. Early warning sign?
Found it—Oct. 1999 issue of Capital Style magazine. Burkman was calling me up repeatedly asking that I do a story on him. So I did one entitled “Stalking Head.”
Sep 6, 2020 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
The USS Dewey was greeted by @realDonaldTrump flotilla in San Diego today - all of the Sailors are manning the rails right now. Coincidence??
Sep 6, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Trump came to Dover after my wife was killed fighting ISIS. He absolutely respects our service. nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…
As we unclasped our hands, the president said to me, “Shannon was the real deal, we are lucky to have people like her willing to go out there and face evil for us.” He kept his arm on my shoulder.
Aug 28, 2020 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
True, but these violent protests over police killings of black men began under Obama/Biden watch in Ferguson '14.
And they continued until they left office in '16. Martin, Garner, Brown, Sterling, Castile.
-Also who could forget a sniper ambushing five police officers in Dallas?
The sniper shooting rampage in Dallas in 2016 killed 5 police officers and injured nine others. Those police officers were actually helping protect otherwise peaceful protesters assembled to decry Sterling's and Castile's killings by police in La. and Minn., respectively.
Jul 28, 2020 • 5 tweets • 3 min read
.@realDonaldTrump says he wants the “money to follow the student” but the emergency COVID education choice plan Senate GOP is now considering would give the $ to governors to decide how parents can use it
Guaranteed Dem govs will not allow $10K in tax rebates or grants for parents to use on emergency COVID education plan of their choice — such as hiring a tutor/instructor for in-home tutoring - only choice 4 parents in states like Calif where Newsom has closed schools for the fall
Jul 27, 2020 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
.@DNC just cut me off on their conf. call when I tired to correct the record and say Republicans want to provide $70 billion in additional funds over and above the $70 billion DOE's annual budget to give each child $10k in funds for private schools, in-home tutors
from my story from this morning:
A senior administration official countered union opposition to the plan by calling that argument that they are defundign public schools “the height of dishonesty.” realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/…
Jul 9, 2020 • 5 tweets • 1 min read
Exclusive: Mark Kelly, the former NASA astronaut trying to oust Arizona GOP Sen. Martha McSally, was far more involved in facilitating a Chinese investment in a space exploration company Kelly co-founded than his campaign has previously acknowledged. realclearpolitics.com/articles/2020/…japantimes.co.jp/opinion/2019/0…
Jul 8, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Breaking: For the 2nd x in a week, District Court Judge Howell ruled in favor of @usagm new chief Michael Pack's legal right to fire several network heads + replace the governing board.
Howell on Tuesday denied plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration of her ruling last wk (cont)
Plaintiffs were trying to get Judge Howell to reconsider their motion for a temporary injunction against Pack's firings, which the media labeled "a Wed. night massacre," but the judge said was fully legal based on a 2016 law Congress passed.
Jul 4, 2020 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Would think the leading tech reporters at the @nytimes would report the big news pertaining to this in a 1,700-piece -- That the courts handed Pack a major victory on Thurs., 3 days before the story ran.
But strangely (or maybe not so) - no mention.
It's not like they didn't talk about the court battle in their piece...
From the piece:"...Mr. Pack fired the technology group’s top officials and bipartisan board, an action now being fought in the courts."
Jul 3, 2020 • 7 tweets • 4 min read
BREAKING: Big win for Michael Pack, Pres. Trump's new @UAGMgov chief. District Court Judge Howell today ruled in favor of him and against the motion for a temporary injunction against his decisions to fire several network heads + replace the governing board. More info. to come...
In her ruling, Judge Howell said: “Plaintiffs seek extraordinary relief but have fallen short of making requisite showings. Consequently…motion is denied.” @USAGMgov@OpenTechFund@VOANews
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