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Rand Paul on the Senate Floor: THIS bill is the middle finger to America
Twitter/X ^ | Feb 12 | Sen. Rand Paul

Posted on 02/13/2024 6:06:54 AM PST by RandFan

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Oh my he is not happy.

7 minute video from last night...

1 posted on 02/13/2024 6:06:54 AM PST by RandFan
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To: RandFan
"On the Senate Floor I told the Ukraine-first Senators they should put the criminal migrant who assaulted the policeman and flipped off America on the cover of their terrible bill!"

They wouldn't do that. At least not until they have all the guns.

2 posted on 02/13/2024 6:09:41 AM PST by Tench_Coxe (The woke were surprised by the reaction to the Bud Light fiasco. May there be many more surprises)
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The same Congress obsessed with violating our 2A rights is arming and weaponizing foreign countries left and right. Law abiding Dads trying to protect their families face continuous threats from Biden and other gun grabbers.


wsj.com
WSJ NEWS EXCLUSIVE
By Jared Malsin and Nancy A. Youssef
Dec. 1, 2023 1:34 pm ET

Biden recently sent Israel Hundreds of Millions of Dollars of Arms
Includes 100 powerful 2000-Pound Bunker Buster Bombs, 15,000
smaller bombs, 57,000 artillery shells, 1,000 GBU-39 small diameter bombs

pic-—Bombs undergoing maintenance at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho in 2020. PHOTO: U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO BY AIRMAN 1ST CLASS AKEEM K. CAMPBELL

Biden has provided Israel with tens of thousands of weapons and artillery shells. The surge of arms, including roughly 15,000 bombs and 57,000 artillery shells, began shortly after the Oct. 7 attack and has continued in recent days, the officials said. The U.S. hasn’t previously disclosed the total number of weapons sent nor has it mentioned the transfer of 100 BLU-109, 2,000-pound bunker buster bombs.

The airlift of hundreds of millions of dollars in US munitions, primarily on C-17 military cargo planes flying from the U.S. to Tel Aviv, as the Biden administration urges them to consider preventing large-scale civilian casualties while supplying many of the munitions deployed.

Some security analysts say the US weapons giveaways could undercut Biden’s pressure on Israel to protect civilians. “It seems inconsistent with reported exhortations to use smaller-diameter bombs,” said a senior adviser at the nonprofit International Crisis Group, and a former attorney-advisor at the State Department.

Unlike US arms to Ukraine where the U.S. has published regular updates on some of the weapons it has provided, Washington has disclosed little about how many and what types of weapons it has sent to Israel.

Biden officials say the lack of disclosure is partly b/c US weapons to Israel come through different mechanisms, including military sales. U.S. military aid to Israel amounts to some $3.8 billion every year.

The US arsenal of artillery, bombs, other weapons and military gear have been used in Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Somalia and Libya, to target large groups of gathered enemy forces.

The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office and the Ministry of Defense didn’t respond to a request for comment on the weapons transfers. The White House National Security Council didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

On one hand, Israel’s military says it takes precautions to protect civilians, but has also said its air force strikes were causing “maximum damage.”

According to an internal US govt list of the weapons described to The WSJ, among the arms the U.S. has handed over to Israel just in the last few months include:
<><>more than 5,000 Mk82 unguided or “dumb” bombs,
<><>more than 5,400 Mk84 2,000 pound warhead bombs,
<><>around 1,000 GBU-39 small diameter bombs,
<><>approximately 3,000 JDAMs, which turn unguided bombs into guided “smart” bombs,
<><>BLU-109 bunker busters w/ 2,000 pound warheads designed to penetrate Hamas’ concrete shelters.

Military analysts say the transfer of large bombs to Israel illustrates the choices facing the Israeli military as it attempts to wipe out Hamas in Gaza, a tiny, densely populated ribbon of land that is home to more than two million Palestinians.

The U.S. has transferred about 1,000 GBU-39 small diameter bombs to Israel to help dislodge Hamas from Gaza.

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3 posted on 02/13/2024 6:14:28 AM PST by Liz (Matthew 11.28-30: Come to me, all you who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you strength.)
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To: RandFan

A few ‘representatives” represent. HOORAY Rand Paul


4 posted on 02/13/2024 6:14:39 AM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: RandFan
"THIS bill is the middle finger to America"

This and other euphemisms are used to describe a bill that does nothing but give aid and comfort to the domestic and foreign enemies of the United States.

The Constitution has a word for that. Use it!

5 posted on 02/13/2024 6:15:10 AM PST by Carl Vehse
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To: RandFan

One of the good guys.


6 posted on 02/13/2024 6:23:00 AM PST by bray (You can tell who the Commies fear.)
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To: RandFan

Think things are bad now? Think ahead…wait till the brain dead politicians will have no choice but to REMOVE and DEPORT all 8-10 million of the illegals…many will be armed and unwilling to leave by then.

$$$ Billions more will have to be spent increasing the .gov agencies in cleaning up the problem…….unless…. of course they will decide to give them all amnesty!

As a Congressman already stated the illegals are getting $2000 a month plus welfare, medical benefits, etc. ( the average American on SS only gets $1400 a month) why would they leave?

Unless action is taken soon, we are doomed for decades.


7 posted on 02/13/2024 6:23:47 AM PST by delta7
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To: delta7

1913 Federal Reserve
1920 19th Amendment
1965 Immigration Act

Three strikes.


8 posted on 02/13/2024 6:27:15 AM PST by EEGator
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To: RandFan

Tens of billions for other country’s borders.

Not a single cent for ours.

Rand Paul is correct.


9 posted on 02/13/2024 6:31:08 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: RandFan

Well, it looks like the adults took my advice. They let him have his tantrum until he got tired, and then voted the bill through anyway. But he got his virtue signalling done, and I suppose it will yield him some campaign cash.


10 posted on 02/13/2024 7:03:39 AM PST by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: EEGator

The Trivecta.


11 posted on 02/13/2024 7:12:47 AM PST by drwoof
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To: drwoof

We’re well over thirty TRILLION dollars in debt. no worries, we’ll borrow more money from the communist chinese (who use our money and debt to build up their military), and then instead of investing in our own infrastructure , piss it away to one of the most corrupt countries on earth. We can’t be bothered to defend our own border, but we’re super concerned over who controls the borderlands between poland and russia.


12 posted on 02/13/2024 7:16:55 AM PST by ozarker
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

You are the herpes of FR.


13 posted on 02/13/2024 7:19:23 AM PST by EEGator
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

lthough it happens occasionally, I’m still suprised when an America-/American-hating, woefully ignorant, heartless agitator exposes themselves on FR, revealing what they truly are.


14 posted on 02/13/2024 7:26:14 AM PST by glennaro (Never give up ... never give in ... never surrender ... and enjoy every minute of doing so.)
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To: delta7
why would they leave?

They wouldn't 'leave'. In a sane world they would be sent by the states to District of Columbia, where they don't violate the states' citizenship rights, to wait for trial. When every state starts moving them out, the deep state will be in deep sh[ite in DC.

Any 'parolee' found outside of District of Columbia after a given date is considered armed, dangerous, ... might go so far as to provide a reward for their death(s).

15 posted on 02/13/2024 9:18:18 AM PST by RideForever (Damn, another dangling par .....)
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To: EEGator

You’re too generous. . .


16 posted on 02/13/2024 9:30:48 AM PST by Rocco DiPippo (Either the Deep State destroys America or we destroy the Deep State. -Donald Trump)
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To: Rocco DiPippo

He is the chlamydia of FR?


17 posted on 02/13/2024 9:35:49 AM PST by EEGator
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