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Biden Uses Emergency Drawdown Authority 55 Times to Send $31.7B in Weapons to Ukraine

2024-09-30 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

President Biden exercised Presidential Drawdown Authority (PDA) 55 times from August 2021 through September 2024, transferring $31.7 billion in weapons from Pentagon stockpiles to Ukraine without normal Congressional oversight. Congress expanded PDA’s annual cap from $100 million to $11 …

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Rose Garden Amy Coney Barrett Ceremony Becomes White House COVID Superspreader Event

2020-09-26 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 8/10

On September 26, 2020, President Trump held a Rose Garden ceremony announcing Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination to the Supreme Court that became what Dr. Anthony Fauci would later call a “superspreader event,” with more than 150 attendees packed together without masks for both an …

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