One of the first non-US gov planes to land in Saipan with emergency supplies after Typhoon Sinlaku devastated the Marianas was @SamaritansPurse. Pacific Mission Aviation helped response teams island hop.
Their professionalism and compassion is inspiring.
https://t.co/YbLE3Q3o5J
Preliminary on the ground update from Marianas Press on the aftermath of Typhoon Sinlaku in the US territory Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands.
Power outages, flooding, damage - mercifully no accounts of serious injuries as of now.
https://t.co/2cBJkSJRii
Heartbreaking images/reports from Typhoon Sinlaku's hit on Northern Marianas (US territory). A friend's home destroyed - one of many.
@POTUS declared emergency, now for @fema@INDOPACOM response - with oversight/accountability to ensure help gets quickly to where it is needed.
To me the most 🧐fascinating part of our @IndoPacPodcast interview with 🇵🇼#Palau's President @Surangeljr Whipps was his examples of what it's like for a small 🏝️ country to be 💰enticed & 🔨coerced by 🇨🇳#China to abandon 🇹🇼#Taiwan.
👇Links to full interview below👇
Apply real pressure on the Chinese and we might get some useful results on Ukraine. Withhold such pressure and the CCP can keep the Ukraine War going indefinitely. Will require taking on the American 'donor' class and other Chinese proxies that keep the pressure off the PRC.
Bipartisan bill sanctions China for enabling Russia's war in Ukraine.
The CCP is behind multiple world crisis to distract the US.
https://t.co/l1vhqDy9MH
If the CCP invades Taiwan, it would send shockwaves through our economy and put U.S. security at risk. That’s why we're working to strengthen Taiwan’s defense—so we deter China before conflict starts and protect Iowa's economy.
Jaime and I send our deepest condolences and warmest aloha to the family, friends and constituents of Governor Arnold Palacios, of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), who passed suddenly on Guam while receiving emergency medical treatment.
Please read this 🧵to understand how Chinese influence operations are pouring through America's weak western border, and to honor the work of a great American who tried to stop it. @FBI@USTreasury
@committeeonccp #ReleasetheSaipanFiles
Statement from NGA Chair Governor Jared Polis and Vice Chair Governor Kevin Stitt on the Passing of Northern Mariana Islands Governor Arnold I. Palacios. https://t.co/MF1lPs9OgC
Late Governor Palacios talks about how he repeatedly asked for Federal help in accounting for $1.6 billion in Federal funds given to the Northern Mariana Islands. Nothing came of it, leaving him feeling like St. "John the Baptist.... That's how lonely it's been". @USTreasury
April 24 letter from US Gov Palacios requesting @FBIDirectorKash be asked to do "intensive investigations of public corruption" in CNMI, mentioning he has "considerable evidence to provide".
July 1 @FBI letter CLOSING CNMI corruption investigation.
July 23 Gov. Palacios dies.
Governor Arnold Palacios, Northern Mariana Islands, USA (Saipan) just passed away.
He fought for the people and fiercely defended America's Western's border from all enemies, foreign and domestic.
Sir, rest well and know, in your name, next person up.
https://t.co/PTAma7Ru3b
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Governor Arnold I. Palacios of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
He was a devoted public servant and a true patriot who courageously stood against Chinese coercion, steadfastly defending the sovereignty of the CNMI and the American homeland.
His principled leadership and unwavering dedication to his people will leave a lasting legacy and will not be forgotten.
58 PLA aircraft, 9 PLAN vessels and 1 official ship operating around Taiwan were detected up until 6 a.m. (UTC+8) today. 45 of 58 sorties crossed the median line and entered Taiwan’s northern, central, southwestern and eastern ADIZ. We have monitored the situation and responded.