Jason Emert

Last week Margot Elizabeth made her grand entrance to the world August 4th at 7lbs 3oz. Mom did an incredible job while I mostly got in the way. James is so proud and already very protective of his baby sister. We are all so in love with our beautiful baby girl.

Amazing how scared Russia has become of Ukraine. Putin is such a coward. Not to mention, threatening to strike Kyiv? Lol. That’s what Russia has been doing for 4+ years. Get new material.

Russian forces captured 68 square miles of Ukraine last month — and it cost them 4,800 vehicles and more than 36,600 dead and wounded troops. At the current rates of advance, Russia would capture the rest of Ukraine in the year 2256 at the cost of 101 million casualties. forbes.com/sites/davidaxe…

Family outing as early voting begins today! We hope you’ll join us in supporting Amendments 3 and 4 (at least). Both amendments will support economic development and keep building on Louisiana’s current successes. Early voting runs through May 9 and Election Day is May 16.

Business leader @Scottballard5 in @NOLAnews: Amendment 4 would give LA a competitive edge - nola.com/opinions/guest… #lagov

The framers of the Constitution intended for the House of Representatives to regularly expand as the population grew, but that has not happened for over 100 years. “It's just a way to restore the logic of the system,” said Yuval Levin of @AEI, who supports expanding the House by 150 members. “Growing the House is not a silver bullet, but it's part of a larger effort to help Congress help itself.”

We applaud and support the decision by Judge Brad Myers today.  As he clearly stated, “Executive Order JML 26-038 simply complies with the mandate of the Federal Court.”  Louisiana will not be electing members of Congress under an unconstitutional map.  As Governor, I will do everything in my power to protect the integrity of our elections and uphold the Constitution.

Early Voting for the May 16 election begins TOMORROW! Vote YES on amendments 3&4!

I am pleased to support the nomination of Lt. Gen. Doug Schiess to be our next Chief of Space Operations. He brings the operational experience, strategic mindset and leadership we need to continue that momentum and ensure space capabilities remain a decisive advantage for our nation. spaceforce.mil/News/Article-D…

Happy birthday, Louisiana! ⚜️ ☀️ 🐊 🐟 On this day in 1812, Louisiana became the 18th state admitted to the U.S. Union. We're 214 years old today, and still as vibrant as ever!

Signed and sealed. Kosovo will head to snap elections on June 7th, third parliamentary elections in less than 16 months.

‼️Pentagon officials confirmed the release of $400 million in funds for Ukraine that already had been authorized by Congress, after the top Senate Republican overseeing defense spending criticized Pentagon leaders for withholding the money.

Marco Rubio, @SecRubio, gets the Iranian regime better than almost anyone in Washington, and honestly, probably better than a lot of Iranians themselves. In the whole Trump administration, and maybe in the entire history of U.S. presidents dealing with the Islamic Republic since 1979, I’ve never seen an American politician who actually understands these mullahs this clearly. “The best way to understand Iran is you have a political class. Now, I think… look, people talk about moderates and hardliners. They’re all hardliners in Iran. But there are hardliners who understand they have to run their country and an economy, and there are hardliners that are completely motivated by theology. The hardliners that are motivated by theology are not just the IRGC officials but obviously the supreme leader and the council that surrounds him. And then you’ve got the political class, the foreign minister or the president, the speaker of the Majlis. These guys, they’re hardliners too. But they also understand the country has to have an economy, people have to eat, they have to figure out a way to pay salaries in their government. And so you see tension, and you always have in that system, between the Iranians who understand ‘let’s be hardliners but let’s also balance that with the need to… run our country’ and the hardliners who don’t care and have this apocalyptic vision of the future. Unfortunately, the hardliners with an apocalyptic vision of the future have the ultimate power in that country. That tension is pronounced now that you have a supreme leader…”

🇫🇮 President of Finland Alexander Stubb: "If you look at it from Putin’s perspective, this operation has been a strategic failure on so many levels. First, he wanted to take over Ukraine, but instead, Ukraine has become more European and firmly transatlantic. Second, he wanted to prevent NATO from expanding, yet he ended up pushing Finland and Sweden into the alliance. And third, he wanted to project Russian global power. But look at Russia’s influence now in Cuba, Venezuela, Syria, or Iran. It’s nowhere to be seen."

King Charles III’s closing remarks to a Joint Session of Congress: “The story of the United Kingdom and the United States is at its heart a story of reconciliation, renewal, and remarkable partnership. From the bitter divisions of 250 years ago, we forged a friendship that has grown into one of the most consequential alliances in human history. I pray with all my heart that our alliance will continue to defend our shared values, with our partners in Europe and the Commonwealth and across the world, and — [applause] — and that we ignore the clarion calls to become ever more inward looking. Mr. Speaker, Mr. Vice President, distinguished ladies and gentlemen, America's words carry weight and meaning as they have since independence. The actions of this great nation matter even more. President Lincoln understood this so well with his reflection in the magisterial Gettysburg Address, that the world may little note what we say, but will never forget what we do. And so to the United States of America, on your 250th birthday, let our two countries rededicate ourselves to each other in the selfless service of our peoples and of all the peoples of the world. God bless the United States and God bless the United Kingdom.”

i can still live another 50 years if @Mike_Pence has the courage

We are delighted to welcome @EVKontorovich to the Meese Institute for the Rule of Law at @AmericanFreedom! Eugene is a distinguished and highly respected scholar. We are building quite a team of principled conservatives at Advancing American Freedom.

@NewReaganCaucus Colby wouldn’t be SecDef under Vance. Anyone who says this is wildly out of touch with reality on the inside and is manifesting a boogeyman scenario that will never happen.

Never Vance.

@LuisMorenolg was a failed ambassador to Jamaica who tried to force his own radical left ideology on to that nation. It would be the highest compliment to be viewed negatively by Moreno and the former career FSOs like him who are the reason for the rot that was rampant at State.

The U.S. military is prepared to conduct combat operations at a scale not yet seen in Iran. That includes operations to degrade/destroy all means Iran has (radar, communication, munitions, mines, boats, C2, etc) to influence the Strait of Hormuz, which to this point was not been a main effort.