Woke outerwear clothing brand @REI
announced it is shutting down its flagship #Portland store in the Pearl District following surging crime & public safety issues. The retailer supported #BLM during the 2020 riots & established a "BIPOC Advisory Council."
Washington Post reporter @JoshRogin
tells @GlennBeck
that the Pentagon's leaked documents reveal China's hypersonic glide missiles defeat our aircraft carriers and missile defense systems: "We spent thirty years building aircraft carriers and missile defense, and the Chinese built a missile for 1/100000 of the price that makes those things obsolete... It flies faster than sound... and they can maneuver it to hit our aircraft carriers as far as Guam. Half the Pacific is now no entry for our aircraft carriers if they decide to use these things."
#On_This_Day 248 years ago The Battles of Lexington and Concord, also called the Shot Heard 'Round the World, were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War.
Thomas Gage was appointed Royal Governor of Massachusetts in 1774 and tasked by the British Parliament with stamping out rising unrest caused by restrictive British policies. By April 1775, Gage was facing the threat of outright rebellion. He hoped to prevent violence by ordering the seizure of weapons and powder being stored in Concord, Massachusetts, twenty miles northwest of Boston. Patriot spies got wind of Gage’s plan. On the evening of April 18, Paul Revere and other riders raised the alarm that British regulars were on their way to Concord. Minute Men and militias rushed to confront them early on April 19. Though it is uncertain who actually fired the first shot that day, it reverberated throughout history. Eight years of war followed, and those who stood their ground against Gage’s troops eventually earned independence from Britain and became citizens of the democratic United States of America.
Source: Lexington and Concord