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Politics:

Of Men and Balloons

We officially have an absurd debate over Chinese surveillance balloon toughness. Yes, this is now a thing. A slew of Republicans today lashed out at President Biden for not shooting down the balloon just as the Pentagon carried out his orders to do so. The balloon was shot down by an F-22 firing a sidewinder missile just off the coast of South Carolina.
This was followed by new claims that President Trump never would have allowed a Chinese balloon into US airspace at all. Rep. Joe Wilson, a notorious goober who represents a district in South Carolina declared: “The catastrophic Chinese Spy Balloon spectacle clearly threatened American families from Alaska to my home community in South Carolina and confirms President Biden and Vice President Harris should resign.”
But according to a Pentagon press release out this afternoon, Chinese surveillance balloons entered US airspace at least three times during Trump’s presidency. He not only didn’t shoot them down he also, it would seem, kept it a secret.

Russia and Iran Team Up to Build Drones

Moscow and Tehran are moving ahead with plans to build a new factory in Russia that could make at least 6,000 Iranian-designed drones for the war in Ukraine, the latest sign of deepening cooperation between the two nations.
As part of their emerging military alliance, the officials said, a high-level Iranian delegation flew to Russia in early January to visit the planned site for the factory and hammer out details to get the project up-and-running. The two countries are aiming to build a faster drone that could pose new challenges for Ukrainian air defenses.

Yelabuga is about a thousand miles from Ukrainian held territory, but the Ukrainians have been able to hit the Engels military airport (500 miles) at least twice already. I have a hard time believing that the Ukrainians wouldn’t already be thinking about a longer strike.

Settlement Invalidates 2016 Trump Campaign NDAs

Former President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign will pay $450,000 as part of a settlement of a long court fight over its use of nondisclosure agreements.
The proposed settlement with Jessica Denson, a former campaign aide whom the campaign tried to silence as she claimed she was the target of abusive treatment and sexual discrimination by another campaign member, effectively invalidates the nondisclosure agreements that hundreds of officials from Mr. Trump’s first presidential run signed.

Watch 'Mulan' with your kid, wind up in prison? What will Arizona lawmakers think of next?

Ban on marijuana users owning guns is unconstitutional, U.S. judge rules

The U.S. Department of Justice did not respond to request for comment but is likely to appeal.

So weird that this was even a law to begin with. Is the DOJ going to argue that stoners shouldn’t have guns but drunks can?

U.S. downs Chinese spy balloon off Carolinas coast

In all likelihood, the Navy will recover the hardware. Whether you or I ever learn exactly what information was being gathered is another matter.

The White House’s new Medicare salvo

Ashli Babbitt was a patriot's idea of a traitor and a traitor's idea of a patriot.

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