3 Things To Know Today

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1 Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Appears Before House Subcommittee And Gets Blasted By Democrats

Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testified yesterday at a House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of Government, and Democrats made it clear that they weren’t happy about it. During his testimony, Kennedy held up a copy of a letter signed by 102 Democratic representatives earlier in the week asking that his invitation to testify at the hearing be rescinded. The letter cited comments published Saturday that were recorded on video at a press dinner in New York City where Kennedy claimed that the COVID-19 virus was “ethnically targeted” while Chinese people and Jews of European descent were more immune. Kennedy responded to the criticism by defending the right to free speech, saying, “The First Amendment was not written for easy speech. It was written for the speech that nobody likes you for.” Kennedy claimed that other Democrats were trying to silence him based on his views. In his testimony, Kennedy said he is “fully compliant with the vaccine schedule myself,” and said that the accusations from Democrats were “distortions” and “misrepresentations.”

2 House Committee Holding UFO Hearing Next Week

Several members of the House of Representatives announced yesterday in a press conference that the House Oversight Committee will hold a hearing on UFOs next week after they were denied information by the military. The committee will hear testimony from former U.S. intelligence official David Grusch, former Navy commander David Fravor, and former Navy pilot Ryan Graves. Both Graves and Fravor claim to have seen UFOs, and Grusch says the U.S. has retrieved vehicles of nonhuman origin. Saying that he “couldn’t believe the arrogance” of the general in charge of Elgin Air Force Base, Rep. Tim Burchett says the general told members of the committee that they would never be given the information they wanted. When asked if the military has better-quality images and videos of UFOs than what they’ve released publicly, Burchett responded with “I’ve seen’em, dude.” Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Sen. Mike Rounds introduced an amendment to the defense policy bill last week that would force the declassification of UFO-related records.

3 Medicine Shortages Likely After Tornado Destroyed North Carolina Pfizer Plant

The country could see long-term effects after a tornado severely damaged a Pfizer pharmaceutical plant in North Carolina Wednesday. The tornado ripped parts of the roof off the large complex that produces almost 25% of all sterile injectable medications used in U.S. hospitals, along with anesthesia and other drugs. Nash County Sheriff Keith Stone told the press, “I’ve got reports of 50,000 pallets of medicine that are strewn across the facility and damaged through the rain and the wind.” It's not known if the disaster will cause shortages of medicines and supplies; Pfizer tweeted shortly after the storm on Wednesday that “We are assessing the situation to determine the impact on production.” There were no serious injuries reported at the plant. More severe weather, along with a continuation of potentially-lethal high temperatures, are expected to continue to cause problems for much of the country through the weekend.


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