I have activated state emergency response resources including rescue boats & Blackhawk helicopters.
The Texas National Guard and DPS will be deployed as needed.
Heavy rain and flash flooding will hit much of the state this week. Stay weather aware & check https://t.co/kwFRFG1Spp for road conditions.
Turn Around, Don’t Drown.
@BrianCraigShow@DailyMail I call 🐎💩 on the preliminary analysis . Why would he go on a plane with severe heart disease and an aorta which could explode.
How come Mitch McConnell’s staff won’t release a video of him?
A photo could have been taken at any time.
I call BS. The American people aren’t stupid.
Lindsey Graham suffered chest pain at his Washington, D.C., home almost immediately after returning from Ukraine, then went into cardiac arrest and suddenly died.
Are we really going to allow Turkey under @RTErdogan to get access to F-35s when Erdogan is on the record saying “Hamas is not a terrorist organization”?
Let’s all take a moment to remember why Turkey is sanctioned under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) and why we originally barred Turkey from purchasing the F-35.
This was punishment for Turkey buying a RUSSIAN air defense system, the S-400. Our military won’t allow for the F-35 to fly in the same sky as Russian radar systems.
Section 1241 of the FY2021 NDAA (which codified the ban) allows the President to terminate the sanctions by submitting a certification to Congress that Turkey no longer possesses the S-400. CAATSA also gives the President waiver authority on national security grounds, but that would trigger a congressional review period (which Congress will certainly block).
Turkey still possesses the S-400s, and even though Erdogan is reportedly asking to sell the systems, the sale contract between Turkey and Russia contains a requirement for Russian consent. Putin will not agree to a sale designed to ease friction between the US and Turkey (the worst NATO member state).
Secretary of State Marco Rubio @SecRubio has not technically designated Turkey as a State Sponsor of Terrorism under the Export Control Reform Act, but he should. Additionally, Turkey should be removed from NATO over their support of Hamas.
On October 25, 2023, speaking to his AK Party parliamentary group in Ankara, Erdogan said, “Hamas is not a terrorist organization, it is a liberation group, mujahideen waging a battle to protect its lands and people.”
He added that Israel and the West could view Hamas as terrorists, but “Turkey does not owe you anything”.
Erdogan has openly and repeatedly hosted senior Hamas leadership, including Ismail Haniyeh in Istanbul in December 2019 and August 2020. Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan also met Hamas political leaders in Istanbul as recently as October 2024.
OFAC has designated several Turkey-based terrorist actors and Turkish companies: @SecScottBessent
1. Istanbul-based Redin Exchange, designated in 2019, reportedly helped move tens of millions to Hamas, including a $10 million transfer to the Qassam Brigades in March 2019 and $4 million from the IRGC-Qods Force in July 2018.
Source: https://t.co/Ls4UXLPrKz
2. In May 2022, @USTreasury sanctioned Trend GYO, a Turkish real estate investment firm as part of a covert investment portfolio used to fund Hamas.
In October 2023, AFTER October 7, the U.S. government placed new sanctions on specific shareholders and board members associated with the company.
Source: https://t.co/gTtGWvqs67
3. In October 2024, Treasury designated Hamid al-Ahmar, a Yemeni national residing in Istanbul who holds a Turkish identification number and is the chairman of a Hamas sham charity.
Turkey should NEVER be allowed to get access to the F-35s. @POTUS@PeteHegseth@SecRubio
@elonmusk why would X block out this video? You realize if people can’t see what’s going on it never gets fixed. Such a bullshit move. You need to fix this, sir.