America’s Birthday Blues & Bezos’ Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly | 6.1.26
6/1/202619 min
Partisan divides threaten America’s 250th anniversary celebrations, a catastrophic Blue Origin rocket blowup deals major blows to the Bezos-owned company and NASA, and a fresh wave of controversy besets Maine Democrat Senate hopeful Graham Platner. Reporting by Megan Basham. Plus, we speak with Leroy Chiao and Jon Fetherston. Get the facts first with Morning Wire. Thumbnail Image Credit: Kevin M. Sackett
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John Bickley· Host0:29
[upbeat music] The celebration of America's 250th anniversary should be a unifying moment, but partisan division has put a big concert on the National Mall in doubt. We look at how the president is responding, as well as anti-Trump sentiment resurfacing in the NFL.
Speaker 2· Soundbite0:49
Some things are bigger than football, and this is one of those things.
John Bickley· Host0:53
I'm Daily Wire executive editor John Bickley. Georgia Howe is off today. It's Monday, June 1st, if you can believe it, and this is Morning Wire. [upbeat music] A catastrophic Blue Origin rocket blowup has dealt the Bezos-owned company a major blow and has complicated NASA's plans for its moon base. We talk to an astronaut about what went wrong and the fallout from the dramatic failure.
Leroy Chiao· Guest1:21
It's probably gonna take at least a year and probably longer before they can start operating again.
John Bickley· Host1:26
And Graham Platner, the Democrats' leading Senate candidate