When I was 22 years old, I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution. I upheld that oath through flight school, multiple deployments on the USS Midway, 39 combat missions in Operation Desert Storm, test pilot school, four space shuttle flights at NASA, and every day since I retired – which I did after my wife Gabby was shot in the head while serving her constituents.
In combat, I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets. At NASA, I launched on a rocket, commanded the space shuttle, and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the bodies of my astronaut classmates who died on Columbia. I did all of this in service to this country that I love and has given me so much.
Secretary Hegseth’s tweet is the first I heard of this. I also saw the President’s posts saying I should be arrested, hanged, and put to death.
If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won’t work. I’ve given too much to this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution.
Concerns have been raised after Mr Justice Chamberlain, the judge who was expected to hear a legal challenge to the ban on Palestine Action, was removed from the case at the last minute without explanation https://t.co/vYp3LmSrzY
Sussex police officers PC Stephen Smith and PC Rachel Comotto, who pepper-sprayed and tasered a 92-year-old disabled man at a care home, have been found not guilty of assault https://t.co/lsJVrNIFG3
Assistant Chief Constable Paul Court said both officers will face proceedings for gross misconduct.
Sadiq Khan backs calls for the partial decriminalisation of cannabis possession, as study suggests the way the drug is policed causes greater harm to society than its usage, with use of stop-and-search powers disproportionately affecting black communities https://t.co/XwCXPnFlRO
Cancer touches us all. Like so many of you, Jill and I have learned that we are strongest in the broken places. Thank you for lifting us up with love and support.
On behalf of my family it is with heartbreaking sadness that I mark the passing of my beautiful father Meyrick Sheen today. We were with him throughout. There will never be anyone like him.
RIP Meyrick Sheen (1940 - 2025)❤️
Tyrone Richards, a prisoner serving a controversial indefinite Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence took his own life at HMP Manchester after being denied parole, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has found https://t.co/nLfMPw4uas
Jeff Bezos never wanted this cartoon to become public.
He killed it, and as a result, pulitzer prize editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes quit.
Make sure everyone sees this cartoon. - @AaronParnas