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Charles Booker| Opinion Contributor

Election lies spawn deadly assault on US Capitol

Ample video evidence has emerged over the last year of what happened during the riot at the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021. It rebuts former President Donald Trump's persistent promotion of lies about the attack and about the 2020 election.(Jan. 5)

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The recent hearings on the Jan. 6 insurrection make one thing crystal clear: There are members of Congress, more specifically the Senate, who violated their oath to protect our democracy. Rand Pauls one of those members.

As Rep. Liz Cheney said, theres no room for debate. The violent mob of insurrectionists stormed our capitol, beat, tasedand degraded capitol police, and sought to kill the Vice President and members of Congress. If it were up to senators like Paul, there would be no accountability, which poses a danger and a threat to our security.

Read Rand Paul's Response: To imply that I supported arguments to overturn the election is a lie

Why did Paul dismiss the harrowing testimony and statements of capitol police officers who shared their experience during the Jan. 6 attempted coup the day an officer was killed trying to protect him and his colleagues against a vicious mob? Why does he oppose efforts to invest in community safety to protect our families?

The insurrection, which was described as carnage and chaos by a Capitol police officer, was a physical manifestation of the weakening of our democracy. Videos from Jan. 6, 2021, accompanying testimonies, underscore how important it is for Kentuckians to understand the severity of that day and the impact itll have on our nation for years to come. An understanding that Paul himself purposely refuses to grasp, as he calls these hearings a partisan witch hunt.

Documents entered into the record reveal that the group that organized the insurrection printed Rand Paul…We the people love you on their plans to storm capitol buildings. If thats the surface, its fair to ask if digging deeper would cast an even more damning light on Pauls involvement in the events of that day. Paul doesnt want you to discover he abandoned and violated his oath to uphold the Constitution and protect our democracy.

"Thanks to your [expletive], we are under siege." Those are the words from Greg Jacob, former counsel to Mike Pence, to Trump-allied lawyer John Eastman. Rand Paul has no problems associating with the same people who organized that siege. Because to Paul, an allegiance to the corrupt establishment is stronger than an allegiance to the truth and the people of Kentucky who he has continuously failed torepresent.

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Kentuckians are tired of being deceived, especially by those who say theyll fight for us in DC. Pauls lies weaken our democracy by empowering those who seek to come to power by corruption and cheating, rather than by the will of the people of Kentucky and the people of the United States. Protecting our democracy is more than protecting the right to vote. Protecting our democracy is going to DC bound to the voters who elected you. Protecting our democracy is upholding the will of the people of Kentucky. Paul failed in his duty to protect our democracy on all accounts.

If Kentucky is to regain our power in Congress, we must start with replacing politicians like Rand Paul, who divide us, disrespect us, and hold us back rather than uniting us and delivering for our commonwealth. I believe our democracy and Kentucky is worth fighting for because I know there are people in every corner of Kentucky, from the hood to the holler, whose lives depend on our voice being heard. I believe our race will decide the fate of democracy. Ill respectfully uphold my oath, when elected to the U.S. Senate, to protect democracy.

Charles Booker is aDemocratic candidate for Senator in Kentucky,running against Sen. Rand Paul.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. Today, Senator Rick Scott released a weekly update on his actions to address Americas debt crisis and rising inflation following the announcement that the Personal Consumption Expenditure (PCE) price index increased 6.3% percent over the year under Joe Bidens failed leadership.

As families across America continue to suffer under President Joe Bidens record-breaking inflation, earlier this week Senator Rick Scott led his colleagues from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Senators Ron Johnson, Josh Hawley, James Lankford and Rand Paul, in letter to Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen demanding answers on how the Department prepared for inflation early in 2021. The senators are also requesting records pertaining to the American Rescue Plan, specifically those regarding the Treasurys actions to combat the known dangers of inflation following the reckless spending spree after the bills passage in March 2021. Read more in the Washington Examiner HERE.

Since being elected to the U.S. Senate, Senator Scott has repeatedly urged action to address Americas debt crisis and the harmful effects of inflation. ClickHEREfor a comprehensive list of his statements and actions on this urgent issue.

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A bill to help keep kids fed moves forward. Thats coming up on This Land of Ours.

The House and Senate each passed the Keep Kids Fed Act this month, but the bill had to return to the House because the Senate version was slightly different. The Hagstrom Report says the House passed the Senates version of the bill that requires the re-establishment of the reduced price category that Rand Paul of Kentucky insisted on including in the Senate version. The agreement between the leaders of each committee in charge of school meals originally merged the reduced price and free meal categories into one free meal category for the upcoming school year. The legislation also provides $3 billion in additional funding for the school meals program, with offsets coming from rescissions from the Agriculture Department and Small Business Administration programs. Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow says, Schools and parents can rest easy knowing that help is on the way so kids can continue getting school and summer meals.

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Listen to Sabrina Halvorsons This Land of Ours program here.

(USDA/WASHINGTON, June 24, 2022) I am pleased to see that Congress has taken action to provide much needed support to help USDAs child nutrition programs serve nutritious meals to Americas children. Throughout the pandemic, the school nutrition professionals who feed our children faced enormous challenges, which persist today, and they desperately need additional resources and continued flexibilities. The deal passed by Congress will ease some of the uncertainty and provide partial relief to our schools, summer sites and child care feeding programs. As I have said before, it is important to note that schools across the country will still face ongoing challenges and at USDA we will continue to use every tool at our disposal to ensure kids get the nutritious meals they need and deserve.

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Sabrina Halvorson is an award-winning journalist, broadcaster, and public speaker who specializes in agriculture. She is a native of Californias agriculture-rich Central Valley.

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Ukrainian artillerymen fire the M109 self-propelled howitzer during training at Grafenwoehr Training Area, May 12, 2022. Soldiers from the U.S. and Norway trained Armed Forces of Ukraine artillerymen on the howitzers as part of security assistance packages. (U.S. Army/Sgt. Spencer Rhodes)

WASHINGTON: The Defense Department agency responsible for overseeing foreign arms sales would like to have a presence on the ground to monitor the use of US weapons in Ukraine, but when that will happen is still unclear, its deputy directorsaid Thursday.

We do think that over time, we would like to be able to extend our insights with a greater presence on the ground going forward, Jed Royal, deputy director of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency, told reporters during a roundtable.

During peacetime, DSCA sends personnel to a foreign nation to open warehouses and arms bunkers to examine equipment and check the serial numbers of high-value weapon systems, Royal said. Right now, in Ukraine, thats just not available to us as a tool.

Currently, DSCA has personnel stationed in Europe that work directly with Ukrainians on arms transfers occurring outside of Ukraine, using paper receipts to track weapons as they move down echelon. However, those officials are somewhat limited in their ability to do more robust monitoring of US made weapons, Royal said.

Once we have more people in country, we should be in a position to actually go do more physical validation [and] verification, going forward, he said. Thats the kind of thing that were looking for here. It still wont be like a peacetime environment for it. So were going to have to get creative in how we do this.

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Royal added that the agency is not looking to send an operational detachment, but eventually hopes to have a security cooperation office in Ukraine similar to those DSCA has based in other countries.

I wouldnt venture [to guess] in terms of when we will be able to do that or what the what the operational status might be, or the threat environment might be in Ukraine [when we do that], he said, adding that the decision would not be made internally by DSCA but would fall to more senior government officials.

Until then, the assurances DSCA officials have received from the Ukrainians are very robust and satisfactory, he said.

Getting weapons from American stockpiles to Ukrainian forces involves several US agencies, with DSCA responsible for coming up with options of US gear that can meet Ukraines requirements, conducting the necessary security reviews, and pushing those proposal to senior government leaders, who ultimately make the decision on which arms to send.

The United States has delivered more than $6 billion in arms to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February. On Thursday, President Joe Biden said that the US would announce another package worth $800 million in the coming days, which would include advanced Western air defense system for Ukraine, more artillery and ammunition, counter-battery radars, additional ammunition for the HIMARS multiple launch rocket system weve already given Ukraine and more HIMARS coming from other countries as well, he said.

While Congress has been broadly supportive of security assistance to Ukraine, lawmakers across the political spectrum including Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. have raised concerns about the departments seeming lack of oversight.

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Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Wednesday condemned parts of the recently announced bipartisan gun safety deal, describing some provisions as constitutional deficiencies and vowing to introduce amendments as it comes to the Senate floor.

Unfortunately, this legislation was assembled as many are in secret, absent well placed leaks to journalists, Paul wrote on Twitter. There doesnt appear to be a willingness or time provided to read, understand, debate or amend this bill.

I will try anyway, he continued. To this end, I will introduce amendments to correct the constitutional deficiencies of this bill and hope my colleagues and the Senate leadership will do the same.

Senate negotiators on Tuesday released the text of a long-awaited deal on gun safety that would take firearms away from dangerous people and provide billions of dollars in new mental health funding, among other measures.

The Senate quickly voted 64-34 on Tuesday evening to advance the legislation, with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and 13 other GOP senators supporting the measure.

Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he expects the bill to pass the Senate by the end of the week.

Schumers timeline aims to get ahead of the Senates upcoming two-week recess. But a quick passage of the legislation requires an agreement from all 100 senators, so Paul could delay the final vote if he doesnt give way.

Paul said he supports some of the bills provisions, like a section that includes juvenile records in background checks for gun buyers under the age of 21.

Looking at the recent criminal past of anyone is a good idea before assessing gun ownership, Paul said. However, that idea was paired with many questionable or bad ones in this legislation.

He specifically raised concerns over a proposed $750 million in funding for states to implement crisis intervention orders, including red flag laws that allow a court to confiscate a firearm from someone deemed to be a significant danger to themselves or others.

Paul raised due process concerns over some states existing red flag laws, explicitly referencing those implemented in New York, Washington state and Washington, D.C.

He also criticized a prohibition on using the funds to train or equip school personnel with firearms.

In fact, we should be doing the opposite, encouraging schools to train and arm proper personnel as desired and needed in their schools, Paul said.

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