Beijing’s propaganda often assumes the United States must choose between direct war in the Strait or abandonment.

For years, Mark Kelly has built his political identity on one central claim: that his judgment deserves special weight because of his military service. Combat pilot. Commander. Astronaut. A man shaped by discipline, hierarchy, and the gravity of command. That résumé is not incidental. It is the foundation of his public authority. Campaign ads invoke it relentlessly. Voters are asked to trust him because he once lived under the strict obligations of military life. Yet when

German leaders publicly framing NPT / Two Plus Four as “obsolete” or conditional New German budget lines for fuel-cycle expansion, enrichment capacity growth tied to sovereign control, or weapons-adjacent R&D