Is Antony Blinken the Next Cabinet Member to Go to War With Congress?

Republicans, especially in the House of Representatives, are looking at the actions (or, at times, inaction) of the Biden administration and determining that they are worthy of impeachment. For Joe Biden, it's about his lying and corruption.

For Alejandro Mayorkas, it's about threatening national security through his refusal to enforce U.S. law at the border. Other faces have begun to appear in the House's crosshairs, however. The latest name to bubble up to the surface is Secretary of State Antony Blinken. The House Foreign Affairs Committee is seeking to get hold of any and all documents and information related to the Biden administration's outright disaster of a withdrawal from Afghanistan - or else.

In a letter Monday night, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-TX) threatened to hold Sec. Blinken in contempt of Congress if the State Department continues withholding documents — specifically interview documents used to draft the administration's "after-action review" of Biden's Afghanistan withdrawal.

The problem is, that withdrawal really kickstarted the current instability in the Middle East, as it made clear to anti-American forces that we wouldn't be around to stop them from doing their worst. Iran was left emboldened, and they turned to other terror groups and began training them to further destabilize the region. But holding Blinken in contempt of Congress is also likely to be downplayed by Democrats, touted as a baseless, election-year move with no real legal force behind it.

The Biden administration has long maintained that its actions were the correct ones, even despite reports and leaks from within that show anything but unity on the subject.

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Police Report Shows Lakewood Church Shooter Had Prior Arrest for Illegally Possessing Firearms

More information has emerged in the case of Genesse Ivonne Moreno, the individual who opened fire at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church earlier in February in an attempted mass shooting. It was revealed that she had a troubling history of prior gun charges before committing the assault.

This report adds to the list of warning signs that Moreno exhibited in the years leading up to the shooting. She was arrested in 2022 during a traffic stop where officers discovered a plethora of illegal firearms and substances in her vehicle.

The woman who opened fire earlier this month at Joel Osteen’s Lakewood Church before being shot and killed by off-duty police officers on the scene was previously arrested on gun charges, according to a police report.

After the officers searched her vehicle, she was taken into custody and booked into the Fort Bend County Jail. This incident, combined with a rather extensive history of six prior arrests dating back to 2005, sheds more light on the shooter’s pattern of behavior, which culminated in the church shooting.

In the weeks following the assault, the Houston Police Department released body camera footage showing the tense moments in which police officers confronted Moreno at the church. It was revealed earlier in February that Moreno’s neighbors had brought concerns about her violent behavior to the authorities, but no action was taken.

Moreno’s history begs a crucial question: What are the best ways to prevent mentally ill individuals from endangering the public? The conversation typically focuses on restricting gun ownership but gives little mention to mental health and how the authorities should respond when faced with a potential mass murderer.

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