We’re debating the Iran War Powers Resolution I co-authored with @RepRoKhanna.
Under our Constitution, the power to initiate war rests solely with Congress.
Congress owes our service members a clearly defined mission, so that when they accomplish it, they can come home.
"I have studied every air campaign since WWI... I've modelled the bombing of Fordow and regime change in Iran for 20 years... We are now in the grip of the escalation trap... This has never worked in over 100 years... Trump is up against the weight of history" - @ProfessorPape.
In order to be born, you needed:
2 parents
4 grandparents
8 great-grandparents
16 second great-grandparents
32 third great-grandparents
64 fourth great-grandparents
128 fifth great-grandparents
256 sixth great-grandparents
512 seventh great-grandparents
1,024 eighth great-grandparents
2,048 ninth great-grandparents
For you to be born today from 12 previous generations, you needed a total of 4.094 ancestors over the last 400 years
Pause for a second and really think about this…
How many hardships did they survive?
How many silent battles did they fight?
How many tears did they wipe away?
How many moments of joy did they celebrate?
How many love stories began so that yours could one day exist?
How many dreams for a better future were whispered into the dark?
All of it…
just so you could be here, alive, in this moment
This chart is fun studying if you watched any TV show in the last 25 years. It also shows how rare it is what Breaking Bad pulled off. The show improved its rankings each season. Usually shows get worse (The Simpsons and even Yellowstone). Source: https://t.co/Gcxjnx5Vwf
Where Americans Choose to Move & Where They Leave: "I was surprised by the extent to which certain ecological regions correspond to the patterns on this map" https://t.co/7siEcyRDj4
Being in this role, I’ve gotten to know these players well. I don’t know if I’ve ever been happier for a group of guys. They ate a lot of shit earlier this year and rightfully so. They didn’t quit and just went on the road and ended Georgia’s 33-game home winning streak.
My friend Charlie Kirk was the best of America. A self-made man, a young husband and father, and a patriot, he was relentlessly positive about the future. He dedicated his life to making a difference with young people, drawing huge crowds everywhere he went. He was open to ideas and willing to debate anyone. That good-natured openness is what got him killed by an intolerant lunatic. Charlie was winning the debate, and for that, he had to be silenced, permanently. Our thoughts and prayers are with his wife Erika and his family.