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'What Interesting News...': Marsha Blackburn Responds to Elon Musk Buying Twitter

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr In a video released to social media, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) responded to Elon Musk buying Twitter. 'What Interesting News...': Marsha Blackburn Responds to Elon Musk Buying Twitter. Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee said: What interesting news, Elon Musk has reached the deal on Twitter. Now we want to make certain that twitter goes back to being what it was supposed to be the online public square where everyone has the opportunity to express their opinions and have those respected. You know this nation our freedoms have been well preserved because of robust respectful bipartisan debate.  It’s time for Twitter to become what it was supposed to be: the online public space for everyone with different views. The Twitter board has agreed to a $44bn (£34.5bn) takeover offer from the billionaire Elon Musk. Elon also called for a series of changes from relaxing its content restrictions to eradicating fake accounts.

Blackburn To Austin: Why Did Biden Officials Share Intel With Chinese Officials?

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) questioned Defense Sec. Lloyd Austin. Senator Blackburn: Thank you Mr. chairman, secretary Austin why don't we make our intelligence reports public now? Sec. Austin: We share as much as we can from our intel reports, but as you know we have to be careful about protecting sources and methods, right so that we don't lose capability. Blackburn: And would you agree that giving our adversaries access to our intel reports is a poor decision? Sec. Austin: Exactly I think that's something that we absolutely work to avoid.  Blackburn: Okay and so then why did senior Biden officials hold nearly half a dozen meetings with top Chinese officials to give them information on Russian troop movements? Sec. Austin: I don't know if I don't have insights on any occurrences like that so. Blackburn: Okay, it seems the Chinese called up their comrades i

Marsha Blackburn Reads 'Really Inappropriate' Jackson Quote About CRT

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At today's Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) pointed to a "really inappropriate" quote of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson concerning CRT and sentencing. We are going to show you some lines of this conversation, but if you want to know the complete info, do watch the video shown below this article. Sen. Marsha said:  I closed out last night with Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson reading back to her some of her opening statements. You talk about preserving our form of government. You talk about preserving equal access, equal justice. There was a comment in judge Jackson's opening that I read back to her because she left out something very important. I'm going to read this too. I'd like your comment and I have been a judge for nearly a decade now and I take that responsibility and my duty to be independent very seriously.  I decide cases from a neutral posture. I interpret and apply the

'4,000 Earmarks For Their Pet Projects': Sen. Marsha Blackburn Torches Omnibus Government Funding Bill

  Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr In a video released to her social media account, Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) explained her opposition to the omnibus government funding bill. Sen. Blackburn said: Well, the democrats know, what they're going to do to take money out of your wallet and spend it for their pet projects. As you have heard, there is a bill a 1.5 trillion dollar spending bill linking to a Ukraine humanitarian and military relief bill of 13.6 billion dollars. Now think about this you've got 13 billion dollars in aid to Ukraine and they're sticking on to this omnibus spending bill which is 1.5 trillion dollars. Now, why are some of the members of the US senate so giddy about passing this bill? It is because they have inserted 4 000 earmarks for their pet projects. Here's some of what is in here: A hundred billion dollars on green new deal initiatives and racial justice programs through the US department of agriculture.  A hundred million d