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  Bernie Sanders (Source- Twitter) At a meeting of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions on Thursday, Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) spoke about his priorities for the committee and the best ways to achieve them.  Sanders expressed his view that the American healthcare system is broken and dysfunctional, with 85 million Americans uninsured or underinsured, 500,000 people filing for bankruptcy every year due to medical debt, and 68,000 people dying every year because they cannot afford to go to the doctor.  Sanders also highlighted the need to address the primary healthcare system, which is struggling even worse, including the need to address the horrific mental health crisis and the opioid crisis. He also noted that despite the high cost of healthcare, insurance companies still made over 60 billion dollars in profits last year.  Sanders also expressed his belief that women have the right to control their own bodies and that the government should not interfere and

FBI At a House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government hearing on Thursday, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) spoke about the FBI.  The House Select Committee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government held a hearing on Thursday to address concerns about the FBI's practices. During the hearing, Rep. Chris Stewart (R-UT) spoke about his first experience with the FBI in 2017 as a member of the House intelligence committee.  After stonewalling for months, he was finally allowed to read the FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) application on Carter Page and found that the FBI had lied to the FISA courts, Congress, and the American people. He expressed his disappointment and lack of trust in the FBI, saying that he would never speak to an FBI agent without his attorney present. Rep. Stewart also discussed the findings of the IG (Inspector General) report on the Carter Page FISA application, which found 17 significant areas of omissions and 51 wrong or unsuppo

  The Pentagon, Washington DC At a Pentagon press briefing, Press Secretary, Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder was asked about the high altitude airborne object shot down in US airspace over Alaska. On February 9th, the US military shot down an unidentified high-altitude airborne object in Alaska, which had entered US airspace.  According to Press Secretary and Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder, the object posed a threat to civilian air traffic, and the President gave the order to take it down. An F-22 fighter aircraft from Joint Base Elmendorf in Alaska was used to shoot down the object, employing an AIM-9X missile. Recovery efforts are underway, involving HC-130, HH-60, and CH-47 aircraft. At present, the origin of the object is unknown, and the military has not indicated whether it was a Chinese surveillance balloon or something else. The primary concern was the potential hazard to civil flight, and there is no information available yet on any potential threat to radar insta

The Pentagon, Washington DC At a Pentagon press briefing, Press Secretary, Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder was asked about the high altitude airborne object shot down in US airspace over Alaska. Shooting down of High Altitude Airborne Object in US Airspace: Pentagon Probed for Reason In a recent press briefing at the Pentagon, Press Secretary and Air Force Brigadier General Pat Ryder was asked about the shooting down of a high-altitude airborne object in US airspace over Alaska.  The object, which entered the US airspace on February 9th, was shot down due to its potential threat to civilian air traffic, according to General Ryder. The journalist asked whether the object showed any signs of maneuverability or propulsion. General Ryder stated that there was no indication of maneuverability at this time, but more information would be available in the future.  He also stated that the object did enter US airspace and was shot down by the President's order. The intelligence gathere

  Donald Trump's Announcement today In a video released to social media, former President Trump slammed President Biden's energy policy, claiming it was a "gift" to China. Former President Donald Trump's recent video about President Biden's energy policy is a continuation of his criticism of the current administration's policies. He argues that President Biden's energy policy is contributing to the worst inflation in 58 years and is negatively impacting American families. The former President claims that President Biden reversed the policies that were aimed at achieving energy independence and dominance, citing the cancellation of the Keystone XL pipeline, re-entry into the Paris climate accord, and roadblocks to new oil, gas, and coal production. Mr. Trump argues that President Biden's anti-American energy policies are a massive tax hike on everything, resulting in higher energy costs that raise the price of food, raw materials, shipping, tra

Photo credit: Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0,  via Flickr At today's Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) questioned United States Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman about the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic.   The origins of the COVID-19 pandemic have been a topic of much debate and speculation since the virus first emerged in Wuhan, China in late 2019. In the United States, some politicians, including Senator Rand Paul of Kentucky, have raised questions about the role of the U.S. government in funding coronavirus research in China and whether the pandemic may have originated from a laboratory leak in Wuhan. According to Senator Paul, the U.S. State Department has been funding coronavirus research in China for more than a decade through a program called PREDICT and the Global Virome Project. He has stated that the main recipient of this funding is the organization EcoHealth Alliance, which has received over 100 million dollars from the State Dep

Sarah Huckabee Sanders Governor of Arkansas, Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently picked by House Speaker Kevin McCarthy for the upcoming State of Union Address 2023. She will deliver the GOP response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address next Tuesday, Feb. 7, House Speaker McCarthy announced this Thursday via Twitter. Sarah Huckabee, 40, became the first woman elected to serve as Arkansas' governor in November and is currently the youngest governor in the country. She is also the first daughter to become a state governor after her father, Mike Huckabee (AK Gov. 1996 to 2007). Sarah was former President Trump's longest-serving White House press secretary from 2017 to 2019 and has remained a Trump loyalist since leaving his administration. It's rumored Trump could be eyeing Sanders for a vice presidential pick for the upcoming 2024 presidential elections, though she's said she intends to serve as governor of Arkansas for eight years. Sarah will deliver her s