Episode Details

• Robert F Kennedy Jr Committee Hearing
• COVID censorship
• The Sound of Freedom
• Kamala Harris claims Florida is teaching kids slavery was wonderful
• NYC Mayor Eric Adams says NYC is officially at maximum capacity for illegal immigrants
• Sen Tommy Tuberville put a hold on the DOD abortion access bill

• On the Senate floor Wednesday, Tuberville blocked a seventh attempt by Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo., to approve a backlog of military promotions that has persisted for months. 
• While Tuberville has suggested that the Pentagon’s policies have hurt recruitment and retention, White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby argued Monday that ending the abortion policy would have an “extremely, extremely significant impact” on military recruiting and retention and that it be likely to lead to the armed forces’ losing “talent, important talent.”

HEADLINE: It’s not just military leaders: Tuberville hold scrambles Pentagon’s policy shop by Lara Seligman 

• All four roles are currently being filled on a temporary basis. But unlike the military positions, the civilian seats cannot be filled by acting officials indefinitely. Under the Vacancies Act, they are limited to 210 days. 
• By contrast, only seven of the now 66 senior Pentagon positions requiring Senate confirmation are open, according to Arnold Punaro, a retired Marine Corps major general and former Senate Armed Services staff director.
• The longer the blockade lasts, the more positions could be affected. Many officials leave at the halfway point in an administration to take a new position or return to private life. And if the officials in acting roles reach the legal time limit, the administration will have to tap someone new to fill the position.