William Barry

[Rep. Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford]

MAJOR VICTORY FOR WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE & THE 442D FIGHTER WING: Secured F-15E Strike Eagle Mission ✅
https://t.co/xsnn8MyIOz

[Governor Mike Kehoe @GovMikeKehoe]

This is incredible news for Whiteman Air Force Base, the 442d Fighter Wing, and our entire state. The F-15E Strike Eagle mission secures the future for the 442d, saving jobs and bringing continued opportunity to Missouri.

This historic announcement would not have been possible without @RepMarkAlford's dedication to securing this mission alongside Whiteman leadership, @SenEricSchmitt, and @SenHawleyPress.

I want to thank President Trump, @SecWar, and @SecAFOfficial for investing in this mission and the warfighters who call Missouri home.

[Rep. Mark Alford @RepMarkAlford]

When I came to Congress, I made it my mission to fight for the 442d and ensure the Air Force understood what Whiteman brings to our nation’s defense. This has been over four years of nonstop determination.

Today, we are proud to announce that the mission of the 442d lives on with F-15E Strike Eagle fighters. #Working4You

[William Barry @WPB95]

@parkerpoling If only 👏 you 👏 put 👏 clapping 👏 hands, the youths would understand.

[Parker Hamilton Poling @parkerpoling]

Your heartfelt tweet about someone’s passing does. Not. Need. To. Note. That. You. Disagreed. With. Them.

This is a hill I will never leave, and may die upon.

[Danielle Battaglia @dani__battaglia]

NC road may be named after ex-lawmaker who made history in Congress for 22 days #ncpol

Read more at: https://t.co/4Z47OiRp6Q

[Anthony Adragna @AnthonyAdragna]

Foreign Relations advances noms of three former congresspeople:

— George Holding (R-N.C.) to lead European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (13-9)
— Dave Brat (R-Va.) to be ambassador to Australia (14-8)
— Michelle Steel (R-Calif.) to be ambassafor to South Korea (14-8)

[Mark Alford 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @markalfordkc]

I’m excited to announce the opening of our new campaign headquarters in Raymore, Missouri. A great turnout for our grand opening as we share our vision for the “New Fourth” Congressional district of the great state of Missouri!!!

[Brendan Pedersen @BrendanPedersen]

Some housing news split-screen:

Left, White House issues SAP in support of the House’s reworked housing bill

Right, Tim Scott and Elizabeth Warren say in a joint statement: “There’s still work to be done”

[Mark Alford 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸 @markalfordkc]

We are also filing a federal version of this bill.

[Congressman Rudy Yakym @RepRudyYakym]

Secretly recording an intern is cowardly and unethical. @ABC57News is not interested in journalism. They are interested in a hit job. No statement from this office will be given to a network that operates this way. https://t.co/pEtMRIjzLI

[Andy Barr @barrforsenate]

Honored to have President Donald J. Trump’s complete and total endorsement! Thank you, Mr. President!

[Reese Gorman @reesejgorman]

Trump endorses Andy Barr in Kentucky Senate Race

[Richard Goldberg @rich_goldberg]

Claim: “Under that agreement, Iran surrendered 97% of its enriched uranium, retaining a small amount of low-enriched material;”

Facts: Under the agreement, international policy opposing enrichment was reversed; a permanent enrichment capacity was enshrined; and a pathway to advanced centrifuge production and all-the-way-to-weapons-grade uranium enrichment was legalized.

Claim: “D/Ced 13k advanced centerfuges and a heavy-water reactor;”

Facts: JCPOA legalized advanced centrifuge R&D. Also, while Arak was disabled, an official later revealed the regime hid spare tubes to later restore it.

Claim: “and submitted to intrusive inspections.”

Facts: No access to military sites or SPND sites. No verification of section T to prevent weaponization activity.

Claim: “They're program was enfeebled and frozen.”

Facts: Their program was on a legalized pathway to industrial size at any level of enrichment with the most advanced centrifuges.

Claim: “When Trump ripped up the agreement, they resumed enriching uranium to much closer to weapon grade.”

Facts: The regime did not exceed JCPOA limits until more than a year after Trump exited and at that point enrichment was kept to low levels. Higher levels of enrichment did not begin until the Biden transition and then presidency in 2021.

Claim: “Maybe a little forethought would have been a good thing???”

Facts: Maybe the JCPOA was a disaster???

[Jake Sherman @JakeSherman]

Cc @PatrickMcHenry

[A.P. Dillon @APDillon_]

INBOX from @RepRichHudson - New chief of staff announced: Alex Rosemond
#ncpol #nc09

[Ben Sasse @BenSasse]

#NotDeadYet https://t.co/epoKP4HbPz

[Charyssa Parent @CharyssaParent]

Thank you for sharing your story, Melvin!

WATCH: Melvin's family from Benton County, MO tells @RepMarkAlford about the ENORMOUS tax break his daughter and son-in-law received from the working families tax cuts! 💵🇺🇸

[Josh Appel @joshjappel]

I can't believe the number of errors in a single essay.
1. Boston does not have city-wide free buses. It has three lines for which service has deteriorated. It was only possible because of Covid stimulus funding which will run out next month.
2. Kansas City's free busing program ended last year. It had become a homeless shelter and crime on passengers & vandalism went up. Neither are a good comp for the 440 million daily bus riders of NYC.
3. NYC's pilot program - limited to five bus lines, none in central Manhattan - saw ZERO increase in new ridership despite Almanza's claim that it incentivized car-owners to take the bus. According to the MTA, the program cost $16.5 million and "service performance had mixed results."
4. Almanza cites Washington State from 1994 to prove that free busing "will cost nothing." That limited program - which was only recommended for small transit areas - ended in 2012 after losing an annual $2.2 million. Mamdani's free bus plan will cost upwards of $700 million.
5. There is obvious conflation between turnstile hopping and bus fare evasion. Almanza says that prosecutors spend too much on fare evasions and therefore, making buses free will free up their time in effect. But fare evasion on buses is inconsistent and mostly enforced with a civil fine.
6. She says "precious resources had been spent arresting... all for a few dollars." Yes, one fare evader is a few dollars, many fare evaders lost the city $1 billion in 2024.
7. Almanza cites a case from Sept. 2024 where "officers drew their guns to shoot a fare beater." She fails to mention that the officers were actually pursuing a man with a knife and the cops asked him to drop the knife 30 times before he was shot.
8. Almanza cites the incorrect statistic that assaults on drivers decreased by 39% on free buses. First, in Kansas City they while assaults were down on drivers they were up on everyone else riding the bus. But two, that percentage comes from the extremely limited NYC pilot program and does not differentiate between verbal and physical assault. Moreover, according to the cross-tab data of the five lines, driver assaults did go up on the Q4 line, making any assertion of a definitive trend at least somewhat suspect. The increases and decreases are single digits of non-differentiated data in a limited and short experiment - nothing even remotely plausible to make a citywide claim based on.

@nytimes @nytopinion