Thursday Afternoon Update: California Hit By Extreme Weather, Dems Use Bully Pulpit To Attack Journalists, Alarming Claim About TikTok

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California Hits Extreme Weather

California is still being affected by severe weather. Forecasters predict the Golden State will be pummeled yet again by heavy rains, thunderstorms, and up to eight feet of snow – in higher elevations such as the Sierra Nevada.

As the snowpack on the mountains melts, it is also possible that flooding will occur. At least 30 people were killed in storms that ravaged the state over the last few months.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced Thursday that the weather phenomenon called “The Weather Storm” was being addressed. “La Nina” Three years later, the La Nina has come to an end. La Nina is well-known for increasing hurricane activity in the Atlantic and worsening drought conditions west.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is Hospitalized

Senator Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was Rushed to the hospital After falling during dinner, he fell on Wednesday evening. Michael Whittaker, a Daily Wire researcher, joined Morning Wire’s. “Afternoon Update” For more information:

“A spokesperson said Senator McConnell suffered a concussion during the fall and will remain hospitalized ‘for a few days of observation and treatment.’

McConnell was at a private dinner to support the Senate Leadership Fund, when he fell and tripped. McConnell, a polio survivor at 81 years old, fell again during a private dinner for the Senate Leadership Fund in 2019. He also fractured his shoulder.

Twitter Files Hearing

On Thursday, Congress held its inaugural hearing on the Weaponization of the Federal Government. “Twitter Files.” Independent journalists Matt Taibbi, and Michael Shellenberger gave evidence at the hearing on the disclosure of emails allegedly showing collusion with the government to silence or censor some viewpoints.

Multiple Democratic representatives demanded that the journalists reveal the sources of the Twitter leaks and other questions. Here’s one exchange with Sylvia Garcia (Texas Democratic Congresswoman) and Jim Jordan (Republican Committee Chair).

Rep. Garcia: “So you’re not gonna tell us Musk first approached you?”

Matt Taibbi: “You’re asking a journalist to reveal his sources.”

Garcia: “So you consider Musk to be the direct source of all this?”

Matt Taibbi: “Now you’re trying to get me to say he’s the source.”… https://t.co/JmY0IUClz4 pic.twitter.com/JLjm6MIQ4F

— Real Mac Report (@RealMacReport) March 9, 2023

Taibbi also shared his thoughts on what The Twitter files revealed:

Matt Taibbi discusses the ways in which our federal government has been turned into an instrument for censorship, social control and censorship: “Twitter, Facebook, Google, and other companies developed a formal system for taking in moderation requests from every corner of government, from the FBI,… https://t.co/i1Xr2MEspf pic.twitter.com/Y0pv3SIQBs

— Becker News (@NewsBecker) March 9, 2023

FBI Christopher Wray’s Stunning Claim about TikTok

The FBI Director Chris Wray shocked U.S. senators when he said that the Chinese Communist Party is able to take over the United States. “millions” Many Americans have access to the TikTok app, which is wildly popular.

“If you look at the Chinese government’s gobbling up of information and data, and then the use of AI and other tools, ultimately supercomputing, things like that, to marshal all that data to conduct targeting for espionage, targeting for IP theft, targeting for the all the things that I and others on this panel have been calling out about the Chinese government,” Wray stated. “Data is the coin of the realm, those who have the best information have the power and that’s what that enables them to do.”

Wray’s comments are made as Congress considers authorizing President Biden to ban the app entirely in the United States.

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Russia’s Unprecedented Bombast on Ukraine

Today, Russia launched an air attack on Ukraine.  Greg Wilson, managing editor of The Daily Wire, spoke to Afternoon Update about the attack on Ukraine.

“The wee-hour skies of Ukraine were lit up Thursday by what is being described as an unprecedented blitz on major cities including Kyiv and Lviv. The barrage of 81 missiles included six hypersonic weapons capable of penetrating the capital’s air defenses. Critical infrastructure and residential buildings in 10 regions across the country were bombarded, according to Ukrainian officials. At least six deaths and numerous casualties have been reported so far. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky called it a ‘difficult night’ in a Facebook post, but vowed to make the Russians pay for their quote ‘miserable tactics.'”

Update On Kidnapped Americans In Mexico

The drug cartel responsible for the kidnapping four Americans in Matamoros (Mexico) has now turned over the men. Five men were tied up and left on the streets with a letter from Scorpion, a faction of the Gulf cartel, apologizing for the deaths and for Tamaulipas citizens.

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