I thank @SecArmy Dan Driscoll for his leadership to our Army and service to our country. Dan was the right man at the right moment to lead our Soldiers and Army civilians.
Our understanding and assumptions of warfare are being challenged in places like Ukraine and Iran, and Dan understands the old way of doing business no longer applies. He and General George began a transformative period of innovation in how we array our forces and equip our Soldiers. He challenged our legacy approach to manning and procurement. Most of all, he cared deeply about the men and women in our Army formations and quickly earned their respect.
If we had a @SecWar who maintained the same priorities and forward-thinking, he would be fighting to retain talented leaders like Dan and the many flag officers he has forced into retirement. Instead, he is creating a leadership void at the top of our military ranks.
I served on Senate Armed Services for 8 years and as chair or ranking member of the Personnel and Readiness subcommittee. I have never witnessed more inept management of the brave men and women who serve our country. He is intimidated by competence and retreats to ginning up culture wars instead of soberly attending to the vital work of our national defense and the health and well-being of our fighting force.
I urge the President to find a new leader at the Pentagon who will retain and empower our military talent rather than diminish it.
https://t.co/M58gSjtpCr
TikTok is now refusing to appear at a September 15th session held by Congress' Select Committee on China originally scheduled to answer questions about its algorithm & access to Americans' data says Chair Moolenaar (R-MI). He says it is to avoid scrutiny of child safety.
Refusals of vitamin K shots for U.S. newborns rose 57% from January to June.
Babies are born with very low levels of vitamin K, which helps blood to clot. Without the injection, they are 81x more likely in their first 6 months to have life-threatening bleeding in the brain or gut.
https://t.co/xJJ7yNqb2W
An American Mayor in North Dakota is suing Canada for “USING OUR AMERICAN WIND TO POWER THEIR TURBINES.”
The GOP is the party of ideas. TAXING THE WIND IS A GREAT IDEA.
Mo money, mo money, bishes.
BREAKING: DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin now says that ICE will be arresting people at polling places on election day. Specifically:
"ICE isn't there to patrol the polling places, we're there to enforce specific threats. The only reason why we would be at polling places if there is a threat to that polling place or we're serving a warrant on someone that we have been actively tracking down."
This is why they killed Democrats in the streets. This is why they keep arresting American citizens. They want Democrats to be too scared to show up at the polls on Election Day.
🚨 BREAKING:
Kelly: "When Trump was bankrupting the Taj Mahal casino, I was taking fire over Iraq... When Trump was writing birthday wishes to Epstein, I was among the first to arrive at the scene to recover the bodies of my fellow astronauts... When Trump was pushing conspiracy theories against President Obama, I was sitting beside my wife's hospital bed... I've been through far worse in service to my country. The president and Pete Hegseth will not silence me."
A U.S. government subsidy that helped lower the cost of Medicare prescription drug plans is ending a year early, potentially affecting monthly premiums for millions of beneficiaries in 2027. https://t.co/R4x9ndIEPT
Among those deported by ICE to the war-ravaged Central African Republic: A 24-year-old Afghan man whose family helped the U.S. fight the Taliban.
One brother, a pilot, was killed in the war.
Another brother worked alongside U.S. forces while in the Afghan Army.
The FBI has quietly changed its hiring standards and no longer automatically disqualifies applicants who admit to hiring prostitutes or stealing from an employer. It comes following the retirement, resignation and termination of scores of FBI agents during the second Trump administration. https://t.co/E3VrIow2pO
The next time that you take an uber or Lyft in the DMV, keep this former Afghan general in mind. He now drives to make ends meet. He led an 11th hour effort to stop the Taliban from sweeping control of the country. 5 years ago today the last US soldier exited. But the trauma remains.
At least three baby goats belonging to a North Carolina petting zoo have tested positive for rabies, prompting state health officials to issue an urgent warning to those who visited the operation's mobile menagerie since late July. https://t.co/YGDq5Fn2vc
Thanks PM Carney. Rest assured… the vast majority of Americans will never refer to Lake Ontario as “Lake America.” Just like we will never call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America.” There are still many of us who think of Canadians as our great friends. 🇺🇸🇨🇦
It has been five years since the US & NATO withdrew from Afghanistan as it fell once again to Taliban control. It is six years since the Trump deal with the Taliban to withdraw. Today is a painful day for the families of the 13 Americans and 170 Afghans killed at Abbey Gate during that chaotic exit. Today the Pentagon spox said Hegseth's team is still doing their own review of what happened. Meanwhile the congressional War Commission review is held until 2027.