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  • Rand Paul backed by GOP donor with $33B TikTok stake

    04/07/2023 3:56:31 AM PDT · by tlozo · 37 replies
    NY Post ^ | Apr 6, 20223 | Lydia Moynihan
    Sen. Rand Paul’s heated opposition to a TikTok ban startled Capitol Hill last week, but you could look at it as a straightforward case of following the money, according to insiders – in this case, the money of a major GOP donor who has $33 billion on the line. The gentleman from Kentucky – who has made his career partly as a China hawk – surprised colleagues on the Senate floor last week when he blocked Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley’s hopes for fast-tracked legislation to ban TikTok. “Speech is protected whether you like it or not,” Rand said, jumping...
  • Injured and disoriented, soldier 'had some fight left'

    06/05/2009 3:28:54 AM PDT · by csvset · 13 replies · 1,094+ views
    The Virginian-Pilot ^ | June 5, 2009 | Bill Sizemore
    Blinded by a dust storm kicked up by helicopter rotor wash and grenade explosions, all Sgt. 1st Class Michael Lindsay could see was shadowy figures scurrying about in the dim light, grabbing weapons. // In the ensuing firefight inside a remote rural compound in Samarra, Iraq, Lindsay was seriously wounded. But he and his fellow Army Green Berets kept firing. When it was over, 11 insurgents were dead - including the target of the predawn raid, a man described by the Army as a high-value terrorist who had been financing weapons and roadside bombs with profits from a kidnapping and...