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More than $1 billion worth of weapons sent to Ukraine that were supposed to be closely monitored by the Pentagon cannot be fully accounted for‚ according to a new report from the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General. The news comes as efforts to secure additional U.S. funding for Ukraine’s war against Russia have become a hot button political issue‚ with an increasing number of Americans souring on providing additional resources. Out of $1.699 billion worth of equipment that was supposed to be tracked through enhanced end‑use monitoring (EEUM) protocols‚ $1.005 billion‚ or 59%‚ “remained delinquent‚” the report said. The New York Times noted that the report raises concerns that the weapons could be “stolen or smuggled‚” which will likely further erode support from lawmakers to continue providing weapons. Nearly 40‚000 weapons were not properly tracked that were required to be by U.S. law because “their battlefield impact‚ sensitive technology and relatively small size makes them attractive bounty for arms smugglers.” Weapons that were designated for EEUM included weapons like Javelin and Stinger missiles‚ night-vision devices‚ and various missiles. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP The Pentagon report did not offer any evidence that weapons had been misused after being transferred from the U.S. and said that there were “multiple reasons” for the errors‚ including “the limited number of ODC‑Ukraine personnel at logistics hubs in a partner nation and in Ukraine‚ the absence of procedures for conducting EEUM in a hostile environment until December 2022‚ the movement restrictions for EEUM personnel within Ukraine‚ and a lack of internal controls for validating data in the SCIP‑EUM database.”

Kansas City Chiefs star Travis Kelce shut down any further retirement speculation and told reporters he has no “desire to stop anytime soon.” During a playoffs press conference on Thursday ahead of the Chiefs’ Wild Card Game against the Miami Dolphins‚ reporters asked Kelce about comments he made to the Wall Street Journal earlier in the season that indicated he thinks about retiring “nonstop” because of all the injuries he’s sustained. Kelce turned the question around and asked the reporters‚ “Do you guys think about retirement? Am I the only one in this boat? Whoever’s not thinking about stuff down… I blame you.” “I have no reason to stop playing football‚ man‚” the Chiefs’ tight end insisted. “I love it‚ we still have success and I come in with the right mindset. I just love the challenge it gives me every single day to try to be at my best. I have no desire to stop anytime soon.” This will put to rest all the rumors that Travis Kelce is going to retire after this season. pic.twitter.com/aEq1uz3ddb — Brad Henson Productions (@BradHensonPro) January 11‚ 2024 The Chiefs have struggled on the offensive side of the ball most of the season‚ with Kelce racking up less than a thousand yards this season‚ The Athletic noted. In 15 games‚ Kelce finished with 93 receptions for 984 yards and five touchdowns in the regular season. When asked about his performance‚ the Kansas City player said he still was a valuable player on the team. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP “There are still ways to impact the game‚ being able to be a good blocker and in the pass game running my routes accordingly to get other guys open if it’s possible‚” Kelce said. “Getting a lot of attention‚ you can free up a lot of guys. I love the challenge.” Chiefs wide receiver Marquez Valdes-Scantling called Kelce “one of the best to ever do it‚ so as long as he can get out there and put his cleat on‚ he’s going to go out there and play. Him being in his 11th year‚ being able to play at a high level at 34 years old and being the leader that he is‚ that just shows what kind of player and teammate he is.” Related: Travis Kelce Spills Details About Taylor Swift Relationship And When It Really Began

The Secretary of Defense is out of commission‚ and no one’s even pretending anymore that the commander-in-chief has any idea what’s going on in the world. So‚ unless you’re heavily invested in weapons manufacturing‚ or sit on the board of Raytheon‚ you probably have a lot of urgent questions about last night’s U.S. military strikes in Yemen. You might wonder‚ for example‚ who exactly the Houthis are‚ and why they made the decision to shut down a critical international trade route by terrorizing ships in the Red Sea. It’s the kind of provocation that obviously justifies a response. It’s almost like they’re asking for U.S. military involvement in the region. You might also have questions about whether this is somehow a “wag the dog” scenario‚ given the Biden administration’s disastrous poll numbers. Regardless of your position on yesterday’s missile strikes‚ these are fair concerns. You’re not a conspiracy theorist for asking about them. After years of relentless lies from cable news “experts”‚ the skepticism isn’t really noteworthy at all. In fact‚ at this point‚ even the experts themselves have basically conceded that they can’t be trusted. That’s become particularly clear in just the past few days. From the airline industry to medicine‚ we are witnessing the collapse of the expert class in this country. They have lost their legitimacy‚ and they know it. You may have heard about Tony Fauci’s admission in a closed-door House committee hearing the other day. Fauci began by denying that he ever played a role in shutting down any schools in this country. That’s a lie‚ of course. Fauci’s agency provided official guidance calling on schools to shut down‚ which exposed those schools to civil liability if they refused. Then Fauci was asked about his infamous guidance that everyone needed to “socially distance‚” or stand six feet apart. As you probably remember‚ this six-foot rule became gospel in this country‚ virtually overnight. Every business and school and government building and airport put up little placards and stickers on the floor‚ instructing everyone to obey. At the time‚ we were told that “the science” mandated this rule. But the other day‚ Tony Fauci admitted what he always knew all along‚ which is that there was‚ in fact‚ no scientific data justifying this whatsoever. He says‚ essentially‚ that they just made it up on the spot. Here’s a New York Post reporter describing Fauci’s closed-door testimony: The guidance “just appeared‚” miraculously‚ like manna from heaven. Nobody knows where it came from or why‚ but there it was. Six feet apart they said‚ for no reason. Why not seven? Why not 10? Why not 100? Why not three? No reason. Literally no reason. Six feet is just what was decided‚ by whoever decided it. This isn’t the first time that Tony Fauci has admitted to lying to the public about COVID. At one point‚ you may remember‚ he told the New York Times that he had deliberately misled Americans about the concept of “herd immunity‚” by continually moving the goalposts.  Remember herd immunity? That was the idea that‚ once a certain number of people became immune to COVID — whether through infection or vaccination — then the virus becomes less of a threat‚ and we can resume our normal lives. Somehow‚ Fauci’s threshold for herd immunity kept changing throughout the pandemic. He kept saying that a bigger percentage of Americans needed to get the virus before herd immunity would apply. And then‚ when the Times asked him why he kept changing the percentage‚ he admitted it was just social engineering. This week‚ though‚ Fauci dropped the pretense of “science” entirely. He just admitted he was making stuff up. He was misleading us about pretty much every aspect of COVID — from social distancing to masks to the COVID shot to herd immunity. And now that he’s out of power‚ he can finally admit it because he knows he won’t suffer any consequences. WATCH: The Matt Walsh Show This is one of those stories that’s getting buried‚ for obvious reasons. For one thing‚ no one wants to hear about Fauci anymore. For a lot of different reasons‚ liberals and conservatives alike would prefer not to revisit that time in our recent history when Fauci was the most visible and powerful person in the country. Also‚ admittedly‚ there’s a lot going on in the world. Fine. But if you take ten steps back‚ you’ll see that the new expert class — the people who demand to be taken as seriously as Fauci — are struggling to replace him. They simply have no credibility.  Recall again the story that broke the other day in Axios. Here’s what they wrote: “BREAKING: The climate of 2023 was the hottest seen in at least 125‚000 years; for the first time in instrument records‚ daily global average temperatures went well above a Paris guardrail of 2°C.”  Along with that scary headline‚ Axios includes a chart that only goes back until the 1970s‚ strangely enough. But all the same‚ they’re insistent that 2023 was the hottest climate the world has seen in at least 125‚000 years. Now‚ I could reference a bunch of experts who contradict this theory. I could tell you all about Steve Milloy‚ a senior fellow at the Energy and Environment Legal Institute‚ who debunked this garbage science in the Wall Street Journal recently. Milloy pointed out that — if you can believe it — we didn’t have satellites or temperature stations to measure temperature 125‚000 years ago. He also writes that even today‚ most of the world isn’t covered by temperature stations‚ and the temperature stations we do have are still quite inaccurate. In fact‚ he wrote‚ “it’s been estimated that 96% of U.S. temperature stations produce corrupted data.” So we can’t trust temperature data today — much less data from before human civilization was formed. But I really don’t have to cite any of this‚ because it’s all obvious to anyone with any common sense whatsoever. That’s why the comments on that Axios article are uniformly negative because people aren’t buying the lies anymore.  This is a trend that’s been causing a lot of panic among experts and institutions that aren’t used to being challenged — including pretty much every corporate backer of the anti-white scam known as “diversity‚ equity and inclusion.” These are institutions that insist that DEI is a core part of their mission. They say their companies and universities simply cannot survive without it. But the moment you expose them‚ they run away in horror. All you have to do is shine a light on what they’re doing‚ and they give it up. That’s what just happened to Spirit AeroSystems. That’s the manufacturer of the door that blew out on that Alaska Airlines flight recently‚ while the plane was taking off. Yesterday‚ I came across a TikTok video that was uploaded by a Spirit AeroSystems employee (or intern‚ possibly) about a year ago. This is footage from a conference for women in engineering. The video caught my eye‚ because the hashtags were “Women in Engineering” and “Spirit’s Dream Team.” So naturally I clicked on the video. I wanted to see what an engineering “dream team” looks like at a company that very clearly is incompetent at engineering. Here’s what I found: Ladies and gentlemen‚ meet the “dream team” at the manufacturer that made the plane door that just blew off in the middle of a flight pic.twitter.com/gZ2AboGnpR — Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) January 11‚ 2024 Well‚ hey‚ what they lack in engineering talent and skill‚ they make up for in sass. Now you can shout “girl power” while you’re being sucked out of the giant hole in the side of the plane at 30 thousand feet. This the “dream team” at the company that made the door that fell off a passenger plane flying over Portland the other day. And within about an hour of me posting that video on Twitter‚ the Spirit AeroSystems employee (or intern) took it down. They know this is absurd. They know it’s completely incompatible with their mission. All you have to do is expose it‚ and they fold. The same thing just happened at Johns Hopkins Medicine. Hopkins’ “DEI office” — which exists‚ for some reason — sent out an email to employees alerting them to potential patients who have unearned “privilege”. The list includes “Males‚ Christians‚ White People‚ English-speaking people‚ Middle or owning class people‚ Cisgender People‚ Heterosexuals‚ and Able-Bodied people‚” among others. I’ll say that again. Johns Hopkins Medicine believes that “males‚ Christians‚ White people‚ English-speaking people‚ Middle or owning class people‚ cisgender people‚ heterosexuals‚ and able-bodied people” are inherently “privileged.” And of course the word “privilege” is a very thinly veiled code. What Hopkins is really saying‚ of course‚ is that they don’t like Christians‚ or whites‚ or heterosexuals. They’re not looking at any real markers of privilege. They’re just indulging their bigotry. That’s the unmistakable message there. Keep in mind‚ this is a hospital and a medical school we’re talking about. They have the ability to administer treatments that can save people or kill them. Their only job is treating people. They should not be making lists about groups of people who are inherently inferior to other groups of people. This kind of thing is threatening‚ actually. And they know that. That’s why‚ as soon as this was published online by the X account “End Wokeness‚” Hopkins took their little hit list down. Their DEI office issued a completely insincere apology and scampered away. CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILY WIRE APP Again‚ this is a pattern. Also yesterday — the same day that Hopkins took down its DEI list‚ and Spirit took down its TikTok video — Southwest Airlines deleted a post on X about its “all-female flight crew.” The post read: “All female flight crew? Go off‚ queens!” But as it turns out‚ people don’t care about the gender diversity of their flight crew. They care about competence. They care about not dying. And in no uncertain terms‚ thousands of people let Southwest know that. So‚ once again‚ they erased the post and pretended it never happened. It’s easy to take this kind of thing for granted. But just a few years ago‚ it would have been unheard of. Fauci never would have admitted fault. Neither would Johns Hopkins‚ as they told us to stay socially distant and wear masks. Neither would the airlines‚ as they bombarded us with propaganda about the importance of DEI hiring. But now these frauds are being held to account. When they try to lie‚ like Axios did with their climate alarmists‚ no one buys it anymore. When they try to push their ham-fisted social engineering‚ people call them out on it. What this means is that the rule of the experts is over. They can’t tell us to swallow DEI anymore than they can tell us to wear a mask or stand six feet apart. For everyone who cares about competence and public safety‚ this is the best possible outcome. For bloated DEI bureaucracies‚ this development marks — at long last — the beginning of the end.